Section 1. Querying Data: Select
Section 1. Querying Data: Select
Querying data
This section helps you learn how to query data from the Oracle Database. We
will start with a simple query that allows you to retrieve data from a single
table.
Section 6. Subquery
Subquery – introduce the concept of subquery and how to use the
subqueries to perform advanced data selection techniques.
Correlated Subquery – learn about the correlated subquery which is a
subquery that depends on the values returned by the outer query.
EXISTS and NOT EXISTS – check for the existence of rows returned by a
subquery.
ANY, SOME, and ALL – compare a value to a list or subquery. Note
that SOME and ANY are the same so they are interchangeable.
CREATE TABLE – walk you through the steps of creating new tables in the
database.
Identity Column – learn how to use the identity clause to define the
identity column for a table.
ALTER TABLE – teach you how to change the structure of existing tables.
ALTER TABLE ADD column – show you how to add one or more columns
to an existing table
ALTER TABLE MODIFY column – show you how to change the definition of
existing columns in a table.
Drop columns – learn how to use various statements to drop one or more
columns from a table.
DROP TABLE – show you how to delete tables from the database.
TRUNCATE TABLE – delete all data from a table faster and more
efficiently.
RENAME table – walk you through the process of renaming a table and
handling its dependent objects.
Virtual columns – introduce you to virtual columns and how to use them
in the database tables.