SQL

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INTRODUCTION
SQL is divided into the following Data Definition Language (DDL) Data Manipulation Language (DML) Data Retrieval Language (DRL) Transaction Control Language (TCL) Data Control Language (DCL)

DDL -- create, alter, drop, truncate, rename DML -- insert, update, delete DRL -- select TCL -- commit, rollback, savepoint DCL -- grant, revoke CREATE TABLE SYNTAX Create table <table_name> (col1 datatype1, col2 datatype2 coln datatypen); Ex: SQL> create table student (no number (2), name varchar (10), marks number (3)); INSERT This will be used to insert the records into table. We have two methods to insert. By value method By address method a)
USING VALUE METHOD

Syntax: insert into <table_name) values (value1, value2, value3 . Valuen); Ex:
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insert into student values (1, sudha, 100); insert into student values (2, saketh, 200);

To insert a new record again you have to type entire insert command, if there are lot of records this will be difficult. This will be avoided by using address method. b)
USING ADDRESS METHOD

Syntax: insert into <table_name) values (&col1, &col2, &col3 . &coln); This will prompt you for the values but for every insert you have to use forward slash.

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insert into student values (&no, '&name', &marks);

Enter value for no: 1 Enter value for name: Jagan Enter value for marks: 300 old 1: insert into student values(&no, '&name', &marks) new 1: insert into student values(1, 'Jagan', 300) / Enter value for no: 2 Enter value for name: Naren Enter value for marks: 400 old 1: insert into student values(&no, '&name', &marks) new 1: insert into student values(2, 'Naren', 400)
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INSERTING DATA INTO SPECIFIED COLUMNS USING VALUE METHOD

Syntax: insert into <table_name)(col1, col2, col3 Coln) values (value1, value2, value3 . Valuen); Ex:
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insert into student (no, name) values (3, Ramesh); insert into student (no, name) values (4, Madhu);

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INSERTING DATA INTO SPECIFIED COLUMNS USING ADDRESS METHOD

Syntax: insert into <table_name)(col1, col2, col3 coln) values (&col1, &col2 .&coln); This will prompt you for the values but for every insert you have to use forward slash. Ex: insert into student (no, name) values (&no, '&name'); Enter value for no: 5 Enter value for name: Visu old 1: insert into student (no, name) values(&no, '&name') new 1: insert into student (no, name) values(5, 'Visu')
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/ Enter value for no: 6 Enter value for name: Rattu old 1: insert into student (no, name) values(&no, '&name') new 1: insert into student (no, name) values(6, 'Rattu')
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SELECTING DATA Syntax: Select * from <table_name>; -- here * indicates all columns or Select col1, col2, coln from <table_name>; Ex:
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select * from student; NO NAME MARKS --- ------------1 Sudha 100 2 Saketh 200 1 Jagan 300 2 Naren 400 3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu

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select no, name, marks from student; NO --1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 NAME -----Sudha Saketh Jagan Naren Ramesh Madhu Visu Rattu MARKS -------100 200 300 400

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select no, name from student; NO --1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 NAME ------Sudha Saketh Jagan Naren Ramesh Madhu Visu Rattu

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CONDITIONAL SELECTIONS AND OPERATORS

We have two clauses used in this Where Order by USING WHERE Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <condition>; the following are the different types of operators used in where clause. Arithmetic operators Comparison operators Logical operators Arithmetic operators +, -, *, / -- highest precedence

(select nsal,nsal+20 from nani)

Comparison operators

=, !=, >, <, >=, <=, <> (select * from nani where nno!=12; )
between, not between in, not in

null, not null (select * from nani where nno is not null;) like (select * from nani where nname like 'kani')
Logical operators

And
a)
USING

Or not

(select * from nani where nno=12 and nname='kani';) -- lowest precedence

=, >, <, >=, <=, !=, <> Ex:

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select * from student where no = 2; NO --2 2 NAME ------Saketh Naren MARKS --------200 400

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select * from student where no < 2; NO --1 1 NAME ------Sudha Jagan MARKS ---------100 300

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select * from student where no > 2; NO NAME --- ------3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu MARKS ----------

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select * from student where no <= 2; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 2 Saketh 1 Jagan 2 Naren MARKS ---------100 200 300 400

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select * from student where no >= 2; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 2 Naren 3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu MARKS --------200 400

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select * from student where no != 2; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 1 Jagan 3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu MARKS ---------100 300

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select * from student where no <> 2; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 1 Jagan 3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu MARKS ---------100 300

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USING AND

This will gives the output when all the conditions become true. Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <condition1> and <condition2> and .. <conditionn>; Ex: SQL> select * from student where no = 2 and marks >= 200; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 2 Naren c)
USING OR

MARKS -------200 400

This will gives the output when either of the conditions become true. Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <condition1> and <condition2> or .. <conditionn>; Ex: SQL> select * from student where no = 2 or marks >= 200; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 1 Jagan 2 Naren d)
USING BETWEEN

MARKS --------200 300 400

This will gives the output based on the column and its lower bound, upperbound. Syntax:

select * from <table_name> where <col> between <lower bound> and <upper bound>; 7 Practice exceises

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select * from student where marks between 200 and 400; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 1 Jagan 2 Naren MARKS --------200 300 400

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USING NOT BETWEEN

This will gives the output based on the column which values are not in its lower bound, upperbound. Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <col> not between <lower bound> and <upper bound>; Ex: SQL> select * from student where marks not between 200 and 400; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha f)
USING IN

MARKS --------100

This will gives the output based on the column and its list of values specified. (select * from nani where nno in (12,13);) Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <col> in ( value1, value2, value3 valuen); Ex:
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select * from student where no in (1, 2, 3); NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 2 Saketh 1 Jagan 2 Naren 3 Ramesh MARKS --------100 200 300 400

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USING NOT IN

This will gives the output based on the column which values are not in the list of values specified. Syntax:

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select * from <table_name> where <col> not in ( value1, value2, value3 valuen); Ex:
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select * from student where no not in (1, 2, 3); NO NAME --- ------4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu MARKS ---------

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USING NULL

This will gives the output based on the null values in the specified column. Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <col> is null; Ex:
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select * from student where marks is null; NO NAME --- ------3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 5 Visu 6 Rattu MARKS ---------

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USING NOT NULL

This will gives the output based on the not null values in the specified column. Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <col> is not null; Ex:
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select * from student where marks is not null; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 2 Saketh 1 Jagan 2 Naren MARKS --------100 200 300 400

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USING LIKE

This will be used to search through the rows of database column based on the pattern you specify.

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Syntax: select * from <table_name> where <col> like <pattern>; Ex: i) This will give the rows whose marks are 100.
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select * from student where marks like 100; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha MARKS --------100

ii) This will give the rows whose name start with S.
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select * from student where name like 'S%'; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 2 Saketh MARKS --------100 200

iii) This will give the rows whose name ends with h.
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select * from student where name like '%h'; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 3 Ramesh MARKS --------200

iV) This will give the rows whose names second letter start with a.
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select * from student where name like '_a%'; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 1 Jagan 2 Naren 3 Ramesh 4 Madhu 6 Rattu MARKS -------200 300 400

V) This will give the rows whose names third letter start with d.
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select * from student where name like '__d%'; NO NAME --- ------1 Sudha 4 Madhu MARKS --------100

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Vi) This will give the rows whose names second letter start with t from ending.
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select * from student where name like '%_t%'; NAME ------Saketh Rattu MARKS --------200

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Vii) This will give the rows whose names third letter start with e from ending.
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select * from student where name like '%e__%'; NO NAME --- ------2 Saketh 3 Ramesh MARKS --------200

Viii) This will give the rows whose name cotains 2 as.
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select * from student where name like '%a% a %'; NO NAME --- ------1 Jagan MARKS ---------300

* You have to specify the patterns in like using underscore ( _ ).

USING ORDER BY This will be used to ordering the columns data (ascending or descending). Syntax: Select * from <table_name> order by <col> desc; By default oracle will use ascending order. If you want output in descending order you have to use desc keyword after the column. Ex:
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select * from student order by no; NO NAME MARKS

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--1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6
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------Sudha Jagan Saketh Naren Ramesh Madhu Visu Rattu

--------100 300 200 400

select * from student order by no desc; NO NAME --- ------6 Rattu 5 Visu 4 Madhu 3 Ramesh 2 Saketh 2 Naren 1 Sudha 1 Jagan MARKS ---------

200 400 100 300

USING DML
USING UPDATE This can be used to modify the table data. Syntax: Update <table_name> set <col1> = value1, <col2> = value2 where <condition>; Ex:
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update student set marks = 500 where no = 2; update student set marks = 500, name = 'Venu' where no = 1;

USING DELETE This can be used to delete the table data temporarily. Syntax: Delete <table_name> where <condition>; Ex:
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delete student;

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If you are not specifying any condition this will delete entire table.
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delete student where no = 2;

USING DDL
USING ALTER This can be used to add or remove columns and to modify the precision of the datatype. a)
ADDING COLUMN

Syntax: alter table <table_name> add <col datatype>; Ex:

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alter table student add sdob date;

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REMOVING COLUMN

Syntax: alter table <table_name> drop <col datatype>; Ex:

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alter table student drop column sdob;

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INCREASING OR DECREASING PRECISION OF A COLUMN

Syntax: alter table <table_name> modify <col datatype>; Ex: SQL> alter table student modify marks number(5); * To decrease precision the column should be empty. d)
MAKING COLUMN UNUSED

Syntax: alter table <table_name> set unused column <col>; Ex: SQL> alter table student set unused column marks; Even though the column is unused still it will occupy memory. d)
DROPPING UNUSED COLUMNS

Syntax: alter table <table_name> drop unused columns; Ex:

SQL> alter table student drop unused columns; * You can not drop individual unused columns of a table.

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RENAMING COLUMN

Syntax: alter table <table_name> rename column <old_col_name> to <new_col_name>; Ex:

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alter table student rename column marks to smarks;

USING TRUNCATE
This can be used to delete the entire table data permanently. Syntax: truncate table <table_name>; Ex:
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truncate table student;

USING DROP This will be used to drop the database object; Syntax: Drop table <table_name>; Ex:
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drop table student;

USING RENAME This will be used to rename the database object; Syntax: rename <old_table_name> to <new_table_name>; Ex:
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rename student to stud;

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USING TCL
USING COMMIT This will be used to save the work. Commit is of two types. Implicit Explicit a)
IMPLICIT

This will be issued by oracle internally in two situations. When any DDL operation is performed. When you are exiting from SQL * PLUS. b)
EXPLICIT

This will be issued by the user. Syntax: Commit or commit work; * When ever you committed then the transaction was completed. USING ROLLBACK This will undo the operation. This will be applied in two methods. Upto previous commit Upto previous rollback Syntax: Roll or roll work; Or Rollback or rollback work; * While process is going on, if suddenly power goes then oracle will rollback the transaction.

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USING SAVEPOINT You can use savepoints to rollback portions of your current set of transactions. Syntax: Savepoint <savepoint_name>; Ex: savepoint s1; insert into student values(1, a, 100); SQL> savepoint s2; SQL> insert into student values(2, b, 200); SQL> savepoint s3; SQL> insert into student values(3, c, 300); SQL> savepoint s4; SQL> insert into student values(4, d, 400);
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Before rollback
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select * from student; NO NAME --- ------1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d MARKS ---------100 200 300 400

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rollback to savepoint s3; Or rollback to s3;

This will rollback last two records. SQL> select * from student; NO NAME --- ------1 a 2 b MARKS ---------100 200

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USING DCL
DCL commands are used to granting and revoking the permissions. USING GRANT This is used to grant the privileges to other users. Syntax: Grant <privileges> on <object_name> to <user_name> [with grant option]; Ex:
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grant select on student to sudha; -- you can give individual privilege grant select, insert on student to sudha; -- you can give set of privileges SQL> grant all on student to sudha; -- you can give all privileges
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The sudha user has to use dot method to access the object. SQL> select * from saketh.student; The sudha user can not grant permission on student table to other users. To get this type of option use the following. SQL> grant all on student to sudha with grant option; Now sudha user also grant permissions on student table. USING REVOKE This is used to revoke the privileges from the users to which you granted the privileges. Syntax: Revoke <privileges> on <object_name> from <user_name>; Ex: revoke select on student form sudha; -- you can revoke individual privilege SQL> revoke select, insert on student from sudha; -- you can revoke set of privileges SQL> revoke all on student from sudha; -- you can revoke all privileges
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USING ALIASES
CREATE WITH SELECT We can create a table using existing table [along with data]. Syntax: Create table <new_table_name> [col1, col2, col3 ... coln] as select * from <old_table_name>; Ex: SQL> create table student1 as select * from student; Creating table with your own column names. create table student2(sno, sname, smarks) as select * from student; Creating table with specified columns. SQL> create table student3 as select no,name from student; Creating table with out table data. create table student2(sno, sname, smarks) as select * from student where 1 = 2; In the above where clause give any condition which does not satisfy.
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INSERT WITH SELECT Using this we can insert existing table data to a another table in a single trip. But the table structure should be same. Syntax: Insert into <table1> select * from <table2>; Ex:
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insert into student1 select * from student;

Inserting data into specified columns SQL> insert into student1(no, name) select no, name from student; COLUMN ALIASES Syntax: Select <orginal_col> <alias_name> from <table_name>; Ex:
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select no sno from student; or select no sno from student;

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TABLE ALIASES If you are using table aliases you can use dot method to the columns. Syntax: Select <alias_name>.<col1>, <alias_name>.<col2> <alias_name>.<coln> from <table_name> <alias_name>; Ex: SQL> select s.no, s.name from student s;

USING MERGE
MERGE You can use merge command to perform insert and update in a single command. Ex:
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Merge into student1 s1 Using (select *From student2) s2 On(s1.no=s2.no) When matched then Update set marks = s2.marks When not matched then Insert (s1.no,s1.name,s1.marks) Values(s2.no,s2.name,s2.marks);

In the above the two tables are with the same structure but we can merge different structured tables also but the datatype of the columns should match. Assume that student1 has columns like no,name,marks student2 has columns like no, name, hno, city.
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Merge into student1 s1 Using (select *From student2) s2 On(s1.no=s2.no) When matched then Update set marks = s2.hno When not matched then Insert (s1.no,s1.name,s1.marks) Values(s2.no,s2.name,s2.hno);

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MULTIPLE INSERTS
We have table called DEPT with the following columns and data DEPTNO -------10 20 30 40 a) DNAME -------accounting research sales operations LOC ---new york dallas Chicago boston

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Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(2),marks number(3));

b)

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Insert all Into student values(1,a,100) Into student values(2,b,200) Into student values(3,c,300)

Select *from dept where deptno=10; -- This inserts 3 rows c)

MULTI INSERT WITH SPECIFIED FIELDS SQL>

insert all Into student (no,name) values(4,d) Into student(name,marks) values(e,400) Into student values(3,c,300) Select *from dept where deptno=10;

-- This inserts 3 rows d)

MULTI INSERT WITH DUPLICATE ROWS SQL>

insert all Into student values(1,a,100) Into student values(2,b,200) Into student values(3,c,300) Select *from dept where deptno > 10;

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-- This inserts 9 rows because in the select statement retrieves 3 records (3 inserts for each row retrieved)

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MULTI INSERT WITH CONDITIONS BASED SQL>

Insert all When deptno > 10 then Into student1 values(1,a,100) When dname = SALES then Into student2 values(2,b,200) When loc = NEW YORK then Into student3 values(3,c,300) Select *from dept where deptno>10;

-- This inserts 4 rows because the first condition satisfied 3 times, second condition satisfied once and the last none. f)
MULTI INSERT WITH CONDITIONS BASED AND ELSE

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Insert all When deptno > 100 then Into student1 values(1,a,100) When dname = S then Into student2 values(2,b,200) When loc = NEW YORK then Into student3 values(3,c,300) Else Into student values(4,d,400) Select *from dept where deptno>10;

-- This inserts 3 records because the else satisfied 3 times g)

MULTI INSERT WITH CONDITIONS BASED AND FIRST SQL>

Insert first When deptno = 20 then Into student1 values(1,a,100) When dname = RESEARCH then Into student2 values(2,b,200) When loc = NEW YORK then Into student3 values(3,c,300) Select *from dept where deptno=20;

-- This inserts 1 record because the first clause avoid to check the remaining conditions once the condition is satisfied.

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MULTI INSERT WITH CONDITIONS BASED, FIRST AND ELSE SQL>

Insert first When deptno = 30 then Into student1 values(1,a,100) When dname = R then Into student2 values(2,b,200) When loc = NEW YORK then Into student3 values(3,c,300) Else Into student values(4,d,400) Select *from dept where deptno=20;

-- This inserts 1 record because the else clause satisfied once i)

MULTI INSERT WITH MULTIBLE TABLES SQL>

Insert all Into student1 values(1,a,100) Into student2 values(2,b,200) Into student3 values(3,c,300) Select *from dept where deptno=10;

-- This inserts 3 rows ** You can use multi tables with specified fields, with duplicate rows, with conditions, with first and else clauses.

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FUNCTIONS
Functions can be categorized as follows. Single row functions Group functions

SINGLE ROW FUNCTIONS Single row functions can be categorized into five. These will be applied for each row and produces individual output for each row. Numeric functions String functions Date functions Miscellaneous functions Conversion functions Abs Sign Sqrt Mod Nvl Power Exp Ln Log Ceil Floor Round Trunck Bitand Greatest Least Coalesce

NUMERIC FUNCTIONS

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a). ABS

Absolute value is the measure of the magnitude of value. Absolute value is always a positive number. Syntax: abs (value) Ex:
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select abs(5), abs(-5), abs(0), abs(null) from dual; ABS(5) ABS(-5) ---------- ---------5 -5 ABS(0) ABS(NULL) ---------- ------------0

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SIGN

Sign gives the sign of a value. Syntax: sign (value) Ex:

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select sign(5), sign(-5), sign(0), sign(null) from dual; SIGN(5) SIGN(-5) ---------- ---------1 -1 SIGN(0) SIGN(NULL) ---------- -------------0

c)

SQRT

This will give the square root of the given value. Syntax: sqrt (value) Ex:
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-- here value must be positive.

d)

select sqrt(4), sqrt(0), sqrt(null), sqrt(1) from dual; SQRT(4) SQRT(0) SQRT(NULL) SQRT(1) ---------- ---------- --------------- ---------2 0 1

MOD

This will give the remainder. Syntax: mod (value, divisor) Ex:

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dual;

select mod(7,4), mod(1,5), mod(null,null), mod(0,0), mod(-7,4) from MOD(7,4) MOD(1,5) MOD(NULL,NULL) MOD(0,0) MOD(-7,4) ------------ ---------- --------------------- ----------- ------------3 1 0 -3

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NVL

This will substitutes the specified value in the place of null values. Syntax: nvl (null_col, replacement_value) Ex:
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select * from student; NO NAME --- ------1 a 2 b 3 c MARKS --------100 200

-- here for 3rd row marks value is null

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select no, name, nvl(marks,300) from student; NO NAME NVL(MARKS,300) --- ------- --------------------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300

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select nvl(1,2), nvl(2,3), nvl(4,3), nvl(5,4) from dual; NVL(1,2) ---------1 NVL(2,3) ---------2 NVL(4,3) ---------4 NVL(5,4) ---------5

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select nvl(0,0), nvl(1,1), nvl(null,null), nvl(4,4) from dual; NVL(0,0) ---------0 NVL(1,1) NVL(null,null) NVL(4,4) ---------- ----------------- ---------1 4

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POWER

Power is the ability to raise a value to a given exponent. Syntax: power (value, exponent) Ex:
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select power(2,5), power(0,0), power(1,1), power(null,null), power(2,-5) from dual;

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POWER(2,5) POWER(0,0) POWER(1,1) POWER(NULL,NULL) POWER(2,-5) -------------- -------------- ----- --------- ----------------------- --------------32 1 1 .03125

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EXP

This will raise e value to the give power. Syntax: exp (value) Ex: SQL> select exp(1), exp(2), exp(0), exp(null), exp(-2) from dual; EXP(1) EXP(2) EXP(0) EXP(NULL) ----------------------- ------------2.71828183 7.3890561 1 h)
LN

EXP(-2) ---------.135335283

This is based on natural or base e logarithm. Syntax: ln (value) Ex:

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-- here value must be greater than zero which is positive only.

select ln(1), ln(2), ln(null) from dual; LN(1) LN(2) LN(NULL) -----------------------0 .693147181

Ln and Exp are reciprocal to each other. (3) = 20.0855369 LN (20.0855369) = 3

EXP

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LOG

This is based on 10 based logarithm. Syntax: log (10, value) -- here value must be greater than zero which is positive only. Ex:
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select log(10,100), log(10,2), log(10,1), log(10,null) from dual; LOG(10,100) LOG(10,2) LOG(10,1) LOG(10,NULL) --------------- ----------- ------------ ----------------2 .301029996 0

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LN

(value) =

LOG

(EXP(1), value)

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select ln(3), log(exp(1),3) from dual; LN(3) LOG(EXP(1),3) ----------------------1.09861229 1.09861229

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CEIL

This will produce a whole number that is greater than or equal to the specified value. Syntax: ceil (value) Ex:
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dual;

select ceil(5), ceil(5.1), ceil(-5), ceil( -5.1), ceil(0), ceil(null) from CEIL(5) CEIL(5.1) --------- ----------5 6 CEIL(-5) CEIL(-5.1) ---------- ------------5 -5 CEIL(0) CEIL(NULL) -------- -------------0

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FLOOR

This will produce a whole number that is less than or equal to the specified value. Syntax: floor (value) Ex: from

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select floor(5), floor(5.1), floor(-5), floor( -5.1), floor(0), floor(null) dual;

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FLOOR(5) FLOOR(5.1) FLOOR(-5) FLOOR(-5.1) FLOOR(0) FLOOR(NULL) -------------- ------------- ------------ -------------- ----------- -------5 -5 -6 0
ROUND

This will rounds numbers to a given number of digits of precision. Syntax: round (value, precision) Ex:
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dual;

select round(123.2345), round(123.2345,2), round(123.2354,2) from

ROUND(123.2345) ROUND(123.2345,0) ROUND(123.2345,2) ROUND(123.2354,2)

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--------------------- ------------------------ --------------------------------------------123 123 123.23

123.24

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select round(123.2345,-1), round(123.2345,-2), round(123.2345,-3), round(123.2345,-4) from dual;

ROUND(123.2345,-1) ROUND(123.2345,-2) ROUND(123.2345,-3) ROUND(123.2345,-4) ------------------------ ------------------------- ----------------------------------------------120 100 0 0

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select round(123,0), round(123,1), round(123,2) from dual; ROUND(123,0) ROUND(123,1) ROUND(123,2) ----------------- ----------------- ---------------123 123 123

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select round(-123,0), round(-123,1), round(-123,2) from dual; ROUND(-123,0) ROUND(-123,1) ROUND(-123,2) ------------------ ----------------- -------------------123 -123 -123

select round(123,-1), round(123,-2), round(123,-3), round(-123,-1), round( -123,-2), round(-123,-3) from dual;
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ROUND(123,-1) ROUND(123,-2) ROUND(123,-3) ROUND(-123,-1) ROUND(-123,2) ROUND(-123,-3) ------------------------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------------120 100 0 -120 -100 0 SQL> select round(null,null), round(0,0), round(1,1), round(-1,-1), round(-2,-2) from dual;

ROUND(NULL,NULL) ROUND(0,0) ROUND(1,1) ROUND(-1,-1) ROUND(-2,-2)

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TRUNC

This will truncates or chops off digits of precision from a number. Syntax: trunc (value, precision) Ex:
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dual;

select trunc(123.2345), trunc(123.2345,2), trunc(123.2354,2) from TRUNC(123.2345) TRUNC(123.2345,2) TRUNC(123.2354,2) --------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------123 123.23 123.23

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select trunc(123.2345,-1), trunc(123.2345,-2), trunc(123.2345,-3), trunc(123.2345,-4) from dual;

TRUNC(123.2345,-1) TRUNC(123.2345,-2) TRUNC(123.2345,-3) TRUNC(123.2345,-4) ------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------------------------------------120 100 0

SQL>

select trunc(123,0), trunc(123,1), trunc(123,2) from dual; TRUNC(123,0) TRUNC(123,1) TRUNC(123,2) ---------------- ---------------- ----------------123 123 123

SQL>

select trunc(-123,0), trunc(-123,1), trunc(-123,2) from dual; TRUNC(-123,0) TRUNC(-123,1) TRUNC(-123,2) ----------------- ----------------- -----------------123 -123 -123

SQL> select trunc(123,-1), trunc(123,-2), trunc(123,-3), trunc(-123,-1), trunc( -123,2), trunc(-123,-3) from dual;

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TRUNC(123,-1) TRUNC(123,-2) TRUNC(123,-3) TRUNC(-123,-1) TRUNC(-123,2) TRUNC(123,-3) ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- --------------------------------------------120 100 0 -120 -123 0

SQL>

2) from

select trunc(null,null), trunc(0,0), trunc(1,1), trunc(-1,-1), trunc(-2,dual;

TRUNC(NULL,NULL) TRUNC(0,0) TRUNC(1,1) TRUNC(-1,-1) TRUNC(-2,-2) ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------------- ---------------0 1 0 0 n)
BITAND

This will perform bitwise and operation. Syntax: bitand (value1, value2) Ex:
SQL>

select bitand(2,3), bitand(0,0), bitand(1,1), bitand(null,null), bitand(-2,-3) from dual; BITAND(2,3) BITAND(0,0) BITAND(1,1) BITAND(NULL,NULL) BITAND(-2,-3) -------------- --------------- -------------- ------------------------ ----------------2 0 1 -4

o)

GREATEST

This will give the greatest number. Syntax: greatest (value1, value2, value3 valuen) Ex:
SQL>

select greatest(1, 2, 3), greatest(-1, -2, -3) from dual; GREATEST(1,2,3) GREATEST(-1,-2,-3) -------------------- ----------------------3 -1

If all the values are zeros then it will display zero. If all the parameters are nulls then it will display nothing. If any of the parameters is null it will display nothing. p)
LEAST

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This will give the least number. Syntax: least (value1, value2, value3 valuen) Ex:
SQL>

select least(1, 2, 3), least(-1, -2, -3) from dual;

LEAST(1,2,3) LEAST(-1,-2,-3) -------------------- ----------------------1 -3 If all the values are zeros then it will display zero. If all the parameters are nulls then it will display nothing. If any of the parameters is null it will display nothing. q) COALESCE This will return first non-null value. Syntax: coalesce (value1, value2, value3 valuen) Ex:
SQL>

select coalesce(1,2,3), coalesce(null,2,null,5) from dual; COALESCE(1,2,3) COALESCE(NULL,2,NULL,5) ------------------- ------------------------------1 2

STRING FUNCTIONS

a)
INITCAP

Initcap Upper Lower Length Rpad Lpad Ltrim Rtrim Trim Translate Replace Soundex Concat ( || Concatenation operator) Ascii Chr Substr Instr Decode Greatest Least Coalesce

This will capitalize the initial letter of the string.

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Syntax: initcap (string) Ex:

SQL>

select initcap('computer') from dual; INITCAP ----------Computer

b)

UPPER

This will convert the string into uppercase. Syntax: upper (string) Ex:
SQL>

select upper('computer') from dual; UPPER ----------COMPUTER

c)

LOWER

This will convert the string into lowercase. Syntax: lower (string) Ex:
SQL>

select lower('COMPUTER') from dual;

LOWER ----------computer d)
LENGTH

This will give length of the string. Syntax: length (string) Ex:
SQL>

select length('computer') from dual; LENGTH ----------8

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e)

RPAD

This will allows you to pad the right side of a column with any set of characters. Syntax: rpad (string, length [, padding_char]) Ex:
SQL>

select rpad('computer',15,'*'), rpad('computer',15,'*#') from dual; RPAD('COMPUTER' RPAD('COMPUTER' ---------------------- ---------------------computer******* computer*#*#*#*

-- Default padding character was blank space. f)

LPAD

This will allows you to pad the left side of a column with any set of characters. Syntax: lpad (string, length [, padding_char]) Ex:
SQL>

select lpad('computer',15,'*'), lpad('computer',15,'*#') from dual; LPAD('COMPUTER' LPAD('COMPUTER' --------------------- --------------------*******computer *#*#*#*computer

-- Default padding character was blank space. g)

LTRIM

This will trim off unwanted characters from the left end of string. Syntax: ltrim (string [,unwanted_chars]) Ex:
SQL>

select ltrim('computer','co'), ltrim('computer','com') from dual; LTRIM( LTRIM -------- --------mputer puter

SQL>

select ltrim('computer','puter'), ltrim('computer','omputer') from dual; LTRIM('C LTRIM('C ---------- ---------computer computer

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string. h)

-- If you havent specify any unwanted characters it will display entire

RTRIM

This will trim off unwanted characters from the right end of string. Syntax: rtrim (string [, unwanted_chars]) Ex:
SQL>

select rtrim('computer','er'), rtrim('computer','ter') from dual; RTRIM( RTRIM -------- --------comput compu select rtrim('computer','comput), rtrim('computer','compute') from

SQL>

dual;

string. i)
TRIM

RTRIM('C RTRIM('C ---------- ---------computer computer -- If you havent specify any unwanted characters it will display entire

This will trim off unwanted characters from the both sides of string. Syntax: trim (unwanted_chars from string) Ex:
SQL>

select trim( 'i' from 'indiani') from dual; TRIM( ----ndian

SQL> select LTRIM

trim( leading'i' from 'indiani') from dual; TRIM(L -----ndiani

-- this will work as

SQL> select RTRIM

trim( trailing'i' from 'indiani') from dual; TRIM(T -----Indian

-- this will work as

j)

TRANSLATE

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This will replace the set of characters, character by character. Syntax: translate (string, old_chars, new_chars) Ex:
SQL>

select translate('india','in','xy') from dual;

TRANS -------xydxa

k)

REPLACE

This will replace the set of characters, string by string. Syntax: replace (string, old_chars [, new_chars]) Ex:
SQL>

select replace('india','in','xy'), replace(india,in) from dual; REPLACE REPLACE ----------- ----------Xydia dia

l)

SOUNDEX

This will be used to find words that sound like other words, exclusively used in where clause. Syntax: soundex (string) Ex:
SQL>

select * from emp where soundex(ename) = soundex('SMIT'); JOB ----CLERK MGR HIREDATE ----- -----------7902 17-DEC-80 SAL DEPTNO --------- ---------500 20

EMPNO ENAME -------- -------7369 SMITH m)

CONCAT

This will be used to combine two strings only. Syntax: concat (string1, string2) Ex:
SQL>

select concat('computer',' operator') from dual;

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CONCAT('COMPUTER' ------------------------computer operator If you want to combine more than two strings you have to use concatenation operator(||).
SQL>

select 'how' || ' are' || ' you' from dual; 'HOW'||'ARE --------------how are you

n)

ASCII

This will return the decimal representation in the database character set of the first character of the string. Syntax: ascii (string) Ex:
SQL>

select ascii('a'), ascii('apple') from dual; ASCII('A') ASCII('APPLE') ------------ -----------------97 97

o)

CHR

This will return the character having the binary equivalent to the string in either the database character set or the national character set. Syntax: chr (number) Ex:
SQL>

select chr(97) from dual; CHR ----a

p)

SUBSTR

This will be used to extract substrings. Syntax: substr (string, start_chr_count [, no_of_chars]) Ex:

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SQL>

select substr('computer',2), substr('computer',2,5), substr('computer',3,7) from dual;

SUBSTR( SUBST SUBSTR ---------- ------- -------omputer omput mputer If no_of_chars parameter is negative then it will display nothing. If both parameters except string are null or zeros then it will display nothing. If no_of_chars parameter is greater than the length of the string then it ignores and calculates based on the orginal string length. If start_chr_count is negative then it will extract the substring from right end. 1 C -8 q)
INSTR

2 O -7

3 M -6

4 P -5

5 U -4

6 T -3

7 E -2

8 R -1

This will allows you for searching through a string for set of characters. Syntax: instr (string, search_str [, start_chr_count [, occurrence] ]) Ex:
SQL>

select instr('information','o',4,1), instr('information','o',4,2) from dual; INSTR('INFORMATION','O',4,1) INSTR('INFORMATION','O',4,2) ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------4 10

If you are not specifying start_chr_count and occurrence then it will start search from the beginning and finds first occurrence only. If both parameters start_chr_count and occurrence are null, it will display nothing. r)
DECODE

Decode will act as value by value substitution. For every value of field, it will checks for a match in a series of if/then tests. Syntax: decode (value, if1, then1, if2, then2, . else); Ex:
SQL>

select sal, decode(sal,500,'Low',5000,'High','Medium') from emp; SAL DECODE

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----500 2500 2000 3500 3000 5000 4000 5000 1800 1200 2000 2700 2200 3200
SQL>

--------Low Medium Medium Medium Medium High Medium High Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium

select decode(1,1,3), decode(1,2,3,4,4,6) from dual; DECODE(1,1,3) DECODE(1,2,3,4,4,6) ----------------- -----------------------3 6

If the number of parameters are odd and different then decode will display nothing. If the number of parameters are even and different then decode will display last value.

s)

If all the parameters are null then decode will display nothing. If all the parameters are zeros then decode will display zero.
GREATEST

This will give the greatest string. Syntax: greatest (strng1, string2, string3 stringn) Ex:
SQL>

select greatest('a', 'b', 'c'), greatest('satish','srinu','saketh') from dual; GREAT GREAT ------- ------c srinu

If all the parameters are nulls then it will display nothing. If any of the parameters is null it will display nothing. t)
LEAST

This will give the least string. Syntax: greatest (strng1, string2, string3 stringn)

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Ex:
SQL>

select least('a', 'b', 'c'), least('satish','srinu','saketh') from dual; LEAST LEAST ------- ------a saketh

If all the parameters are nulls then it will display nothing. If any of the parameters is null it will display nothing.

u)

COALESCE

This will gives the first non-null string. Syntax: coalesce (strng1, string2, string3 stringn) Ex:
SQL>

select coalesce('a','b','c'), coalesce(null,'a',null,'b') from dual; COALESCE COALESCE ----------- ----------a a

DATE FUNCTIONS

Sysdate Current_date Current_timestamp Systimestamp Localtimestamp Dbtimezone Sessiontimezone To_char To_date Add_months Months_between Next_day Last_day Extract Greatest Least Round Trunc New_time

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Coalesce

Oracle default date format is DD-MON-YY. We can change the default format to our desired format by using the following command.
SQL>

alter session set nls_date_format = DD-MONTH-YYYY; But this will expire once the session was closed.

a)

SYSDATE

This will give the current date and time. Ex: SQL> select sysdate from dual; SYSDATE ----------24-DEC-06 b)
CURRENT_DATE

This will returns the current date in the sessions timezone. Ex:
SQL>

select current_date from dual; CURRENT_DATE -----------------24-DEC-06

c)

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

This will returns the current timestamp with the active time zone information. Ex:
SQL>

select current_timestamp from dual; CURRENT_TIMESTAMP --------------------------------------------------------------------------24-DEC-06 03.42.41.383369 AM +05:30

d)

SYSTIMESTAMP

This will returns the system date, including fractional seconds and time zone of the database. Ex:
SQL>

select systimestamp from dual; SYSTIMESTAMP --------------------------------------------------------------------------24-DEC-06 03.49.31.830099 AM +05:30

e)

LOCALTIMESTAMP

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This will returns local timestamp in the active time zone information, with no time zone information shown. Ex:
SQL>

select localtimestamp from dual; LOCALTIMESTAMP --------------------------------------------------------------------------24-DEC-06 03.44.18.502874 AM

f)

DBTIMEZONE

This will returns the current database time zone in UTC format. (Coordinated Universal Time) Ex:
SQL>

select dbtimezone from dual; DBTIMEZONE ---------------07:00

g)

SESSIONTIMEZONE

This will returns the value of the current sessions time zone. Ex:
SQL>

select sessiontimezone from dual; SESSIONTIMEZONE -----------------------------------+05:30

h)

TO_CHAR

This will be used to extract various date formats. The available date formats as follows. Syntax: to_char (date, format)
DATE FORMATS D DD

---

No of days in week No of days in month

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DDD MM MON MONTH RM DY DAY Y YY YYY YYYY SYYYY I IY IYY IYYY Y, YYY YEAR CC Q W WW IW HH MI SS FF

or PM or P.M AD or BC A.D or B.C

AM A.M FM

-------------------------------------

No of days in year No of month Three letter abbreviation of month Fully spelled out month Roman numeral month Three letter abbreviated day Fully spelled out day Last one digit of the year Last two digits of the year Last three digits of the year Full four digit year Signed year One digit year from ISO standard Two digit year from ISO standard Three digit year from ISO standard Four digit year from ISO standard Year with comma Fully spelled out year Century No of quarters No of weeks in month No of weeks in year No of weeks in year from ISO standard Hours Minutes Seconds Fractional seconds Displays AM or PM depending upon time of day Displays A.M or P.M depending upon time of day Displays AD or BC depending upon the date Displays AD or BC depending upon the date Prefix to month or day, suppresses padding of month or Suffix to a number suffix to a number to be spelled out Suffix combination of TH and SP to be both spelled out same as SPTH

day
TH SP SPTH THSP

Ex:
SQL>

select to_char(sysdate,'dd month yyyy hh:mi:ss am dy') from dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD MONTH YYYYHH:MI ---------------------------------------------------24 december 2006 02:03:23 pm sun

SQL>

select to_char(sysdate,'dd month year') from dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DDMONTHYEAR') ------------------------------------------------------24 december two thousand six

SQL>

select to_char(sysdate,'dd fmmonth year') from dual;

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TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD FMMONTH YEAR') ------------------------------------------------------24 december two thousand six

SQL>

select to_char(sysdate,'ddth DDTH') from dual; TO_CHAR(S -----------24th 24TH

SQL>

select to_char(sysdate,'ddspth DDSPTH') from dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DDSPTHDDSPTH -----------------------------------------twenty-fourth TWENTY-FOURTH

SQL>

select to_char(sysdate,'ddsp Ddsp DDSP ') from dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DDSPDDSPDDSP') -----------------------------------------------twenty-four Twenty-Four TWENTY-FOUR

i)

TO_DATE

This will be used to convert the string into data format. Syntax: to_date (date) Ex:
SQL>

day')

select to_char(to_date('24/dec/2006','dd/mon/yyyy'), 'dd * month * from dual; TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('24/DEC/20 -------------------------24 * december * Sunday

-- If you are not using to_char oracle will display output in default date format. j)
ADD_MONTHS

This will add the specified months to the given date. Syntax: add_months (date, no_of_months) Ex:
SQL>

dual;

select add_months(to_date('11-jan-1990','dd-mon-yyyy'), 5) from ADD_MONTHS ----------------

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11-JUN-90
SQL>

dual;

select add_months(to_date('11-jan-1990','dd-mon-yyyy'), -5) from ADD_MONTH --------------11-AUG-89

If no_of_months is zero then it will display the same date. If no_of_months is null then it will display nothing. k)
MONTHS_BETWEEN

This will give difference of months between two dates. Syntax: months_between (date1, date2)
SQL> select months_between(to_date('11-aug-1990','dd-mon-yyyy'), to_date('11jan-1990','dd-mon-yyyy')) from dual;

Ex:

MONTHS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE('11-AUG-1990','DD-MONYYYY'),TO_DATE('11-JAN-1990','DD-MON-YYYY')) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 select months_between(to_date('11-jan-1990','dd-mon-yyyy'), to_date('11aug-1990','dd-mon-yyyy')) from dual;

SQL>

MONTHS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE('11-JAN-1990','DD-MONYYYY'),TO_DATE('11-AUG-1990','DD-MON-YYYY')) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 l)
NEXT_DAY

This will produce next day of the given day from the specified date. Syntax: next_day (date, day) Ex:
SQL>

select next_day(to_date('24-dec-2006','dd-mon-yyyy'),'sun') from NEXT_DAY( -------------

dual;

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31-DEC-06 -- If the day parameter is null then it will display nothing. m)

LAST_DAY

This will produce last day of the given date. Syntax: last_day (date) Ex:
SQL>

select last_day(to_date('24-dec-2006','dd-mon-yyyy'),'sun') from dual; LAST_DAY( ------------31-DEC-06

n)

EXTRACT

This is used to extract a portion of the date value. Syntax: extract ((year | month | day | hour | minute | second), date) Ex:
SQL>

select extract(year from sysdate) from dual; EXTRACT(YEARFROMSYSDATE) -----------------------------------2006

-- You can extract only one value at a time. o)

GREATEST

This will give the greatest date. Syntax: greatest (date1, date2, date3 daten) Ex:
SQL>

select greatest(to_date('11-jan-90','dd-mon-yy'),to_date('11-marmon-yy'),to_date('11-apr-90','dd-mon-yy')) from dual; GREATEST( ------------11-APR-90

90','dd-

p)

LEAST

This will give the least date. Syntax: least (date1, date2, date3 daten)

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Ex:
SQL>

select least(to_date('11-jan-90','dd-mon-yy'),to_date('11-mar-90','ddyy'),to_date('11-apr-90','dd-mon-yy')) from dual; LEAST( ------------11-JAN-90

mon-

q)

ROUND

Round will rounds the date to which it was equal to or greater than the given date. Syntax: round (date, (day | month | year)) If the second parameter was year then round will checks the month of the given date in the following ranges.
JAN JUL --JUN DEC

If the month falls between JAN and JUN then it returns the first day of the current year. If the month falls between JUL and DEC then it returns the first day of the next year. If the second parameter was month then round will checks the day of the given date in the following ranges. 1 16 --15 31

If the day falls between 1 and 15 then it returns the first day of the current month. If the day falls between 16 and 31 then it returns the first day of the next month. If the second parameter was day then round will checks the week day of the given date in the following ranges.
SUN THU --WED SUN

If the week day falls between SUN and WED then it returns the previous sunday. If the weekday falls between THU and SUN then it returns the next sunday. If the second parameter was null then it returns nothing. If the you are not specifying the second parameter then round will resets the time to the begining of the current day in case of user specified date.

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 Ex:

If the you are not specifying the second parameter then round will resets the time to the begining of the next day in case of sysdate.

SQL> select round(to_date('24-dec-04','dd-mon-yy'),'year'), round(to_date('11-mar06','dd-mon-yy'),'year') from dual;

ROUND(TO_ ROUND(TO_ ------------ --------------01-JAN-05 01-JAN-06

SQL> select round(to_date('11-jan-04','dd-mon-yy'),'month'), round(to_date('18jan-04','dd-mon-yy'),'month') from dual;

ROUND(TO_ ROUND(TO_ ------------- --------------01-JAN-04 01-FEB-04

SQL> select round(to_date('26-dec-06','dd-mon-yy'),'day'), round(to_date('29-dec06','dd-mon-yy'),'day') from dual;

ROUND(TO_ ROUND(TO_ -------------- -------------24-DEC-06 31-DEC-06

SQL>

select to_char(round(to_date('24-dec-06','dd-mon-yy')), 'dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss am') from dual; TO_CHAR(ROUND(TO_DATE(' --------------------------------24 dec 2006 12:00:00 am

r)

TRUNC

Trunc will chops off the date to which it was equal to or less than the given date. Syntax: trunc (date, (day | month | year)) Ex: If the second parameter was year then it always returns the first day of the current year. If the second parameter was month then it always returns the first day of the current month. If the second parameter was day then it always returns the previous sunday. If the second parameter was null then it returns nothing. If the you are not specifying the second parameter then trunk will resets the time to the begining of the current day.

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SQL> select trunc(to_date('24-dec-04','dd-mon-yy'),'year'), trunc(to_date('11-mar06','dd-mon-yy'),'year') from dual;

TRUNC(TO_ TRUNC(TO_ ------------- -------------01-JAN-04 01-JAN-06

SQL> select trunc(to_date('11-jan-04','dd-mon-yy'),'month'), trunc(to_date('18-jan04','dd-mon-yy'),'month') from dual;

TRUNC(TO_ TRUNC(TO_ ------------- ------------01-JAN-04 01-JAN-04

SQL> select trunc(to_date('26-dec-06','dd-mon-yy'),'day'), trunc(to_date('29-dec06','dd-mon-yy'),'day') from dual; TRUNC(TO_ TRUNC(TO_ ------------- -------------24-DEC-06 24-DEC-06 SQL>

select to_char(trunc(to_date('24-dec-06','dd-mon-yy')), 'dd mon yyyy am') from dual; TO_CHAR(TRUNC(TO_DATE(' --------------------------------24 dec 2006 12:00:00 am

hh:mi:ss

s)

NEW_TIME

This will give the desired timezones date and time. Syntax: new_time (date, current_timezone, desired_timezone) Available timezones are as follows.
TIMEZONES AST/ADT BST/BDT CST/CDT EST/EDT GMT HST/HDT MST/MDT NST PST/PDT YST/YDT

-----------

Atlantic standard/day light time Bering standard/day light time Central standard/day light time Eastern standard/day light time Greenwich mean time Alaska-Hawaii standard/day light time Mountain standard/day light time Newfoundland standard time Pacific standard/day light time Yukon standard/day light time

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Ex:
SQL> select to_char(new_time(sysdate,'gmt','yst'),'dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss am') from dual;

TO_CHAR(NEW_TIME(SYSDAT ----------------------------------24 dec 2006 02:51:20 pm

SQL> select to_char(new_time(sysdate,'gmt','est'),'dd mon yyyy hh:mi:ss am') from dual;

TO_CHAR(NEW_TIME(SYSDAT ----------------------24 dec 2006 06:51:26 pm t)

COALESCE

This will give the first non-null date. Syntax: coalesce (date1, date2, date3 daten) Ex:
SQL>

mar-

select coalesce('12-jan-90','13-jan-99'), coalesce(null,'12-jan-90','2398',null) from dual; COALESCE( COALESCE( ------------- -----------12-jan-90 12-jan-90

MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS

a) in. Ex:
SQL> UID

Uid User Vsize Rank Dense_rank

This will returns the integer value corresponding to the user currently logged

select uid from dual; UID

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---------319 b)
USER

This will returns the logins user name. Ex:

SQL>

select user from dual; USER ---------------SAKETH

c)

VSIZE

This will returns the number of bytes in the expression. Ex:

SQL>

select vsize(123), vsize('computer'), vsize('12-jan-90') from dual; VSIZE(123) VSIZE('COMPUTER') VSIZE('12-JAN-90') ------------- ----------------------- ---------------------3 8 9

d)

RANK

This will give the non-sequential ranking. Ex:

SQL>

select rownum,sal from (select sal from emp order by sal desc); ROWNUM SAL ---------- ---------1 5000 2 3000 3 3000 4 2975 5 2850 6 2450 7 1600 8 1500 9 1300 10 1250 11 1250 12 1100 13 1000

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14 15
SQL>

950 800

select rank(2975) within group(order by sal desc) from emp; RANK(2975)WITHINGROUP(ORDERBYSALDESC) --------------------------------------------------------4

d)

DENSE_RANK

This will give the sequential ranking. Ex:

SQL>

select dense_rank(2975) within group(order by sal desc) from emp; DENSE_RANK(2975)WITHINGROUP(ORDERBYSALDESC) ----------------------------------------------------------------3

CONVERSION FUNCTIONS

a)
BIN_TO_NUM

Bin_to_num Chartorowid Rowidtochar To_number To_char To_date

This will convert the binary value to its numerical equivalent. Syntax: bin_to_num( binary_bits) Ex:
SQL>

select bin_to_num(1,1,0) from dual; BIN_TO_NUM(1,1,0) -----------------------6

b)

If all the bits are zero then it produces zero. If all the bits are null then it produces an error.

CHARTOROWID

This will convert a character string to act like an internal oracle row identifier or rowid. c)
ROWIDTOCHAR

This will convert an internal oracle row identifier or rowid to character string.

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d)

TO_NUMBER

This will convert a char or varchar to number. e)

TO_CHAR

This will convert a number or date to character string. f)

TO_DATE

This will convert a number, char or varchar to a date.

GROUP FUNCTIONS Sum Avg Max Min Count

Group functions will be applied on all the rows but produces single output. a)
SUM

This will give the sum of the values of the specified column. Syntax: sum (column) Ex:
SQL>

select sum(sal) from emp; SUM(SAL) ---------38600

b)

AVG

This will give the average of the values of the specified column. Syntax: avg (column) Ex:
SQL>

select avg(sal) from emp;

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AVG(SAL) --------------2757.14286 c)
MAX

This will give the maximum of the values of the specified column. Syntax: max (column) Ex:
SQL>

select max(sal) from emp; MAX(SAL) ---------5000

d)

MIN

This will give the minimum of the values of the specified column. Syntax: min (column) Ex:
SQL>

select min(sal) from emp; MIN(SAL) ---------500

e)

COUNT

This will give the count of the values of the specified column. Syntax: count (column) Ex:
SQL>

select count(sal),count(*) from emp; COUNT(SAL) COUNT(*) -------------- -----------14 14

CONSTRAINTS
Constraints are categorized as follows. Domain integrity constraints

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 Not null Check Entity integrity constraints Unique Primary key Referential integrity constraints Foreign key Constraints are always attached to a column not a table. We can add constraints in three ways. Column level Table level Alter level -- along with the column definition -- after the table definition -- using alter command

While adding constraints you need not specify the name but the type only, oracle will internally name the constraint. If you want to give a name to the constraint, you have to use the constraint clause. NOT NULL This is used to avoid null values. We can add this constraint in column level only. Ex:
SQL>

create table student(no number(2) not null, name varchar(10), marks number(3));

SQL> create table student(no number(2) constraint nn not null, name varchar(10), marks number(3));

CHECK This is used to insert the values based on specified condition. We can add this constraint in all three levels. Ex:
COLUMN LEVEL SQL>

create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3) (marks > 300)); create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3) constraint ch check(marks > 300));

check
SQL>

TABLE LEVEL SQL>

create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3),

check

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SQL>

(marks > 300)); create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint ch check(marks > 300));

ALTER LEVEL SQL> SQL>

alter table student add check(marks>300); alter table student add constraint ch check(marks>300);

UNIQUE This is used to avoid duplicates but it allow nulls. We can add this constraint in all three levels. Ex:

COLUMN LEVEL SQL>

create table student(no number(2) unique, name varchar(10), marks number(3)); SQL> create table student(no number(2) constraint un unique, name varchar(10), marks number(3));
TABLE LEVEL SQL> SQL>

create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), unique(no)); create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint un unique(no));

ALTER LEVEL SQL> SQL>

alter table student add unique(no); alter table student add constraint un unique(no);

PRIMARY KEY Ex: This is used to avoid duplicates and nulls. This will work as combination of unique and not null. Primary key always attached to the parent table. We can add this constraint in all three levels.

COLUMN LEVEL SQL>

create table student(no number(2) primary key, name varchar(10), marks number(3)); SQL> create table student(no number(2) constraint pk primary key, name varchar(10), marks number(3));

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TABLE LEVEL SQL> SQL>

create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), primary key(no)); create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint pk primary key(no));

ALTER LEVEL SQL> SQL>

alter table student add primary key(no); alter table student add constraint pk primary key(no);

FOREIGN KEY Ex:

TABLE LEVEL SQL> create table emp(empno number(2), ename varchar(10), deptno number(2), primary key(empno), foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno)); SQL> create table emp(empno number(2), ename varchar(10), deptno number(2), constraint pk primary key(empno), constraint fk foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno)); ALTER LEVEL

This is used to reference the parent table primary key column which allows duplicates. Foreign key always attached to the child table. We can add this constraint in table and alter levels only.

alter table emp add foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno); alter table emp add constraint fk foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno);
SQL> SQL>

Once the primary key and foreign key relationship has been created then you can not remove any parent record if the dependent childs exists.

USING ON DELTE CASCADE By using this clause you can remove the parent record even it childs exists. Because when ever you remove parent record oracle automatically removes all its dependent records from child table, if this clause is present while creating foreign key constraint. Ex:
TABLE LEVEL

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SQL> create table emp(empno number(2), ename varchar(10), deptno number(2), primary key(empno), foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno) on delete cascade); SQL> create table emp(empno number(2), ename varchar(10), deptno number(2), constraint pk primary key(empno), constraint fk foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno) on delete cascade); ALTER LEVEL SQL>

alter table emp add foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno) on

cascade; alter table emp add constraint fk foreign key(deptno) references dept(deptno) on delete cascade;
SQL>

delete

COMPOSITE KEYS A composite key can be defined on a combination of columns. We can define composite keys on entity integrity and referential integrity constraints. Composite key can be defined in table and alter levels only. Ex:
UNIQUE (TABLE LEVEL) SQL> SQL>

create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), unique(no,name)); create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint un unique(no,name));

UNIQUE (ALTER LEVEL) SQL> SQL>

alter table student add unique(no,name); alter table student add constraint un unique(no,name);

PRIMARY KEY (TABLE LEVEL) SQL> SQL>

create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), primary key(no,name)); create table student(no number(2) , name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint pk primary key(no,name));

PRIMARY KEY (ALTER LEVEL) SQL> SQL>

alter table student add primary key(no,anme); alter table student add constraint pk primary key(no,name);

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FOREIGN KEY (TABLE LEVEL) SQL> create table emp(empno number(2), ename varchar(10), deptno number(2), dname varchar(10), primary key(empno), foreign key(deptno,dname) references dept(deptno,dname)); SQL> create table emp(empno number(2), ename varchar(10), deptno number(2), dname varchar(10), constraint pk primary key(empno), constraint fk foreign key(deptno,dname) references dept(deptno,dname)); FOREIGN KEY (ALTER LEVEL) SQL> alter table emp add foreign key(deptno,dname) references dept(deptno,dname); SQL> alter table emp add constraint fk foreign key(deptno,dname) references dept(deptno,dname);

DEFERRABLE CONSTRAINTS Each constraint has two additional attributes to support deferred checking of constraints. Deferred initially immediate Deferred initially deferred Deferred initially immediate checks for constraint violation at the time of insert. Deferred initially deferred checks for constraint violation at the time of commit. Ex: create table student(no number(2), name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint un unique(no) deferred initially immediate); SQL> create table student(no number(2), name varchar(10), marks number(3), constraint un unique(no) deferred initially deferred); SQL> alter table student add constraint un unique(no) deferrable initially deferred;
SQL> SQL>

set constraints all immediate; This will enable all the constraints violations at the time of inserting. set constraints all deferred; This will enable all the constraints violations at the time of commit.

SQL>

OPERATIONS WITH CONSTRAINTS Possible operations with constraints as follows. Enable Disable Enforce Drop

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ENABLE

This will enable the constraint. Before enable, the constraint will check the existing data. Ex:
SQL> DISABLE

alter table student enable constraint un;

This will disable the constraint. Ex:

SQL> ENFORCE

alter table student enable constraint un;

This will enforce the constraint rather than enable for future inserts or updates. This will not check for existing data while enforcing data. Ex:
SQL> DROP

alter table student enforce constraint un;

This will remove the constraint. Ex:

SQL> alter table student drop constraint un; Once the table is dropped, constraints automatically will drop.

CASE AND DEFAULT

CASE Case is similar to decode but easier to understand while going through coding Ex:
SQL>

Select sal, Case sal When 500 then low When 5000 then high Else medium End case From emp; SAL CASE

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----500 2500 2000 3500 3000 5000 4000 5000 1800 1200 2000 2700 2200 3200

-------low medium medium medium medium high medium high medium medium medium medium medium medium

DEFAULT Default can be considered as a substitute behavior of not null constraint when applied to new rows being entered into the table. When you define a column with the default keyword followed by a value, you are actually telling the database that, on insert if a row was not assigned a value for this column, use the default value that you have specified. Default is applied only during insertion of new rows. Ex:
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>

create table student(no number(2) default 11,name varchar(2)); insert into student values(1,'a'); insert into student(name) values('b'); select * from student; NO NAME ------ --------1 a 11 b

SQL> SQL>

insert into student values(null, c); select * from student;

NO NAME ------ --------1 a 11 b C -- Default can not override nulls.

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ABSTRACT DATA TYPES

Some times you may want type which holds all types of data including numbers, chars and special characters something like this. You can not achieve this using pre-defined types. You can define custom types which holds your desired data. Ex: Suppose in a table we have address column which holds hno and city information. We will define a custom type which holds both numeric as well as char data.
CREATING ADT SQL>

create type addr as object(hno number(3),city varchar(10)); /

CREATING TABLE BASED ON ADT SQL>

create table student(no number(2),name varchar(2),address addr);

INSERTING DATA INTO ADT TABLES SQL> SQL> SQL>

insert into student values(1,'a',addr(111,'hyd')); insert into student values(2,'b',addr(222,'bang')); insert into student values(3,'c',addr(333,'delhi'));

SELECTING DATA FROM ADT TABLES SQL>

select * from student;

NO NAME ADDRESS(HNO, CITY)

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--- ------- ------------------------1 a ADDR(111, 'hyd') 2 b ADDR(222, 'bang') 3 c ADDR(333, 'delhi')

SQL>

select no,name,s.address.hno,s.address.city from student s;

NO NAME ADDRESS.HNO ADDRESS.CITY ---- ------- ----------------- ---------------1 a 111 hyd 2 b 222 bang 3 c 333 delhi
UPDATE WITH ADT TABLES SQL> SQL>

update student s set s.address.city = 'bombay' where s.address.hno = 333; select no,name,s.address.hno,s.address.city from student s; NO NAME ADDRESS.HNO ADDRESS.CITY ---- ------- ----------------- ---------------1 a 111 hyd 2 b 222 bang 3 c 333 bombay

DELETE WITH ADT TABLES SQL> SQL>

delete student s where s.address.hno = 111; select no,name,s.address.hno,s.address.city from student s; NO NAME ADDRESS.HNO ADDRESS.CITY ---- ------- ----------------- ---------------2 b 222 bang 3 c 333 bombay

DROPPING ADT SQL>

drop type addr;

OBJECT VIEWS AND METHODS

OBJECT VIEWS If you want to implement objects with the existing table, object views come into picture. You define the object and create a view which relates this object to the existing table nothing but object view. Object views are used to relate the user defined objects to the existing table. Ex: 1) Assume that the table student has already been created with the following columns

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SQL> create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10),hno number(3),city varchar(10));

2) Create the following types SQL> create type addr as object(hno number(2),city varchar(10));/ SQL> create type stud as object(name varchar(10),address addr);/ 3) Relate the objects to the student table by creating the object view SQL> create view student_ov(no,stud_info) no,stud(name,addr(hno,city)) from student; 4) Now you can insert data into student table in two ways a) By regular insert SQL> Insert into student values(1,sudha,111,hyd); b) By using object view SQL> Insert into student_ov values(1,stud(sudha,addr(111,hyd))); METHODS You can define methods which are nothing but functions in types and apply in the tables which holds the types; Ex: 1) Defining methods in types SQL> Create type stud as object(name varchar(10),marks number(3), Member function makrs_f(marks in number) return number, Pragma restrict_references(marks_f,wnds,rnds,wnps,fnps));/ 2) Defining type body SQL> Create type body stud as Member function marks_f(marks in number) return number is Begin Return (marks+100); End marks_f; End;/ 3) Create a table using stud type SQL> Create table student(no number(2),info stud); 4) Insert some data into student table SQL> Insert into student values(1,stud(sudha,100)); 5) Using method in select SQL> Select s.info.marks_f(s.info.marks) from student s; -- Here we are using the pragma restrict_references to avoid the writes to the Database. as select

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VARRAYS AND NESTED TABLES

VARRAYS A varying array allows you to store repeating attributes of a record in a single row but with limit. Ex: 1) We can create varrays using oracle types as well as user defined types. a) Varray using pre-defined types SQL> Create type va as varray(5) of varchar(10);/ b) Varrays using user defined types SQL> Create type addr as object(hno number(3),city varchar(10));/ SQL> Create type va as varray(5) of addr;/ 2) Using varray in table SQL> Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10),address va); 3) Inserting values into varray table SQL> Insert into student values(1,sudha,va(addr(111,hyd))); SQL>Insert into student va llues(2,jagan,va(addr(111,hyd),addr(222,bang))); 4) Selecting data from varray table SQL> Select * from student; -- This will display varray column data along with varray and adt; SQL> Select no,name, s.* from student s1, table(s1.address) s; -- This will display in general format 5) Instead of s.* you can specify the columns in varray SQL> Select no,name, s.hno,s.city from student s1,table(s1.address) s; -- Update and delete not possible in varrays. -- Here we used table function which will take the varray column as input for producing output excluding varray and types NESTED TABLES A nested table is, as its name implies, a table within a table. In this case it is a table that is represented as a column within another table. Nested table has the same effect of varrays but has no limit. Ex:

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1) We can create nested tables using oracle types and user defined types which has no limit. a) Nested tables using pre-defined types SQL> Create type nt as table of varchar(10);/ b) Nested tables using user defined types SQL> Create type addr as object(hno number(3),city varchar(10));/ SQL> Create type nt as table of addr;/ 2) Using nested table in table SQL> Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10),address nt) nested table address store as student_temp; 3) Inserting values into table which has nested table SQL> Insert into student values (1,sudha,nt(addr(111,hyd))); SQL> Insert into student (2,jagan,nt(addr(111,hyd),addr(222,bang)));

values

4) Selecting data from table which has nested table SQL> Select * from student; -- This will display nested table column data along with nested table and adt; SQL> Select no,name, s.* from student s1, table(s1.address) s; -- This will display in general format 5) Instead of s.* you can specify the columns in nested table SQL> Select no,name, s.hno,s.city from student s1,table(s1.address) s; 6) Inserting nested table data to the existing row SQL> Insert into table(select address from student where no=1) values(addr(555,chennai)); 7) Update in nested tables SQL> Update table(select address from student where no=2) s set s.city=bombay where s.hno = 222; 8) Delete in nested table SQL> Delete table(select address from student where no=3) s where s.hno=333; DATA MODEL ALL_COLL_TYPES ALL_TYPES DBA_COLL_TYPES DBA_TYPES USER_COLL_TYPES USER_TYPES

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FLASHBACK QUERY
Used to retrieve the data which has been already committed with out going for recovery. Flashbacks are of two types Time base flashback SCN based flashback (SCN stands for System Change Number) Ex: 1) Using time based flashback a) SQL> Select *from student; -- This will display all the rows b) c) d)
SQL> SQL>

Delete student; Commit; -- this will commit the work.

SQL> Select *from student; -- Here it will display nothing

e) Then execute the following procedures SQL> Exec dbms_flashback.enable_at_time(sysdate-2/1440) f)

SQL>

Select *from student; -- Here it will display the lost data -- The lost data will come but the current system time was used Exec dbms_flashback.disable -- Here we have to disable the flashback to enable it again

g)

SQL>

2) Using SCN based flashback a) Declare a variable to store SCN SQL> Variable s number b) Get the SCN SQL> Exec :s := exec dbms_flashback.get_system_change_number c) To see the SCN SQL> Print s d) Then execute the following procedures SQL> Exec dbms_flashback.enable_at_system_change_number(:s) SQL> Exec dbms_flashback.disable

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EXTERNAL TABLES
You can user external table feature to access external files as if they are tables inside the database. When you create an external table, you define its structure and location with in oracle. When you query the table, oracle reads the external table and returns the results just as if the data had been stored with in the database. ACCESSING EXTERNAL TABLE DATA To access external files from within oracle, you must first use the create directory command to define a directory object pointing to the external file location Users who will access the external files must have the read and write privilege on the directory. Ex:
CREATING DIRECTORY AND OS LEVEL FILE SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>

Sqlplus system/manager Create directory saketh_dir as /Visdb/visdb/9.2.0/external; Grant all on directory saketh_dir to saketh; Conn saketh/saketh Spool dept.lst Select deptno || , || dname || , || loc from dept; Spool off

CREATING EXTERNAL TABLE SQL>

Create table dept_ext (deptno number(2), Dname varchar(14), Loc varchar(13)) Organization external ( type oracle_loader Default directory saketh_dir Access parameters ( records delimited by newline Fields terminated by , ( deptno number(2), Dname varchar(14), Loc varchar(13))) Location (/Visdb/visdb/9.2.0/dept.lst));

SELECTING DATA FROM EXTERNAL TABLE

select * from dept_ext; This will read from dept.lst which is a operating system level file.
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LIMITATIONS ON EXTERNAL TABLES

a) You can not perform insert, update, and delete operations a) Indexing not possible b) Constraints not possible
BENEFITS OF EXTERNAL TABLES

a) Queries of external tables complete very quickly even though a full table scan id required with each access b) You can join external tables to each other or to standard tables

REF DEREF VALUE

REF The ref function allows referencing of existing row objects. Each of the row objects has an object id value assigned to it. The object id assigned can be seen by using ref function.

DEREF The deref function performs opposite action. It takes a reference value of object id and returns the value of the row objects.

VALUE Even though the primary table is object table, still it displays the rows in general format. To display the entire structure of the object, this will be used.

Ex: 1) create vendot_adt type SQL> Create type vendor_adt as object (vendor_code number(2), vendor_name varchar(2), vendor_address varchar(10));/ 2) create object tables vendors and vendors1 SQL> Create table vendors of vendor_adt; SQL> Create table vendors1 of vendor_adt; 3) insert the data into object tables SQL> insert into vendors values(1, a, hyd); SQL> insert into vendors values(2, b, bang); SQL> insert into vendors1 values(3, c, delhi); SQL> insert into vendors1 values(4, d, chennai); 4) create another table orders which holds the vendor_adt type also. SQL> Create table orders (order_no number(2), vendor_info ref vendor_adt);

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Or
SQL>

with

Create table orders (order_no number(2), vendor_info ref vendor_adt

rowid); 5) insert the data into orders table The vendor_info column in the following syntaxes will store object id of any table which is referenced by vendor_adt object ( both vendors and vendors1). SQL> insert into orders values(11,(select ref(v) from vendors v where vendor_code = 1)); SQL> insert into orders values(12,(select ref(v) from vendors v where vendor_code = 2)); SQL> insert into orders values(13,(select ref(v1) from vendors1 v1 where vendor_code = 1)); SQL> insert into orders values(14,(select ref(v1) from vendors1 v1 where vendor_code = 1)); 6) To see the object ids of vendor table SQL> Select ref(V) from vendors v; 7) If you see the vendor_info of orders it will show only the object ids not the values, to see the values SQL> Select deref(o.vendor_info) from orders o; 8) Even though the vendors table is object table it will not show the adt along with data, to see the data along with the adt SQL>Select * from vendors; This will give the data without adt. SQL>Select value(v) from vendors v; This will give the columns data along wih the type. REF CONSTRAINTS Ref can also acts as constraint. Even though vendors1 also holding vendor_adt, the orders table will store the object ids of vendors only because it is constrained to that table only. The vendor_info column in the following syntaxes will store object ids of vendors only.

SQL>

Create table orders (order_no number(2), vendor_info ref vendor_adt scope vendors); Or

is

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Create table orders (order_no number(2), vendor_info ref vendor_adt constraint fk references vendors);
SQL>

OBJECT VIEWS WITH REFERENCES

To implement the objects and the ref constraints to the existing tables, what we can do? Simply drop the both tables and recreate with objects and ref constrains. But you can achieve this with out dropping the tables and without losing the data by creating object views with references. Ex: a) Create the following tables SQL> Create table student1(no number(2) primary key,name varchar(2),marks number(3)); SQL> Create table student2(no number(2) primary key,hno number(3),city varchar(10),id number(2),foreign Key(id) references student1(no)); b) Insert the records into both tables SQL> insert into student1(1,a,100); SQL> insert into student1(2,b,200); SQL> insert into student2(11,111,hyd,1); SQL> insert into student2(12,222,bang,2); SQL> insert into student2(13,333,bombay,1); c) Create the type SQL> create or replace type stud as object(no number(2),name varchar(2),marks number(3));/ d) Generating OIDs SQL> Create or replace view student1_ov of stud with object identifier(or id) (no) as Select * from Student1; e) Generating references SQL> Create or replace view student2_ov as select no,hno,city, make_ref(student1_ov,id) id from Student2; d) Query the following SQL> select *from student1_ov; SQL> select ref(s) from student1_ov s; SQL> select values(s) from student1_ov; SQ> select *from student2_ov; SQL> select deref(s.id) from student2_ov s;

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PARTITIONS
A single logical table can be split into a number of physically separate pieces based on ranges of key values. Each of the parts of the table is called a partition. A non-partitioned table can not be partitioned later. TYPES Range partitions List partitions Hash partitions Sub partitions

ADVANTAGES Reducing downtime for scheduled maintenance, which allows maintenance operations to be carried out on selected partitions while other partitions are available to users. Reducing downtime due to data failure, failure of a particular partition will no way affect other partitions. Partition independence allows for concurrent use of the various partitions for various purposes. ADVANTAGES OF PARTITIONS BY STORING THEM IN DIFFERENT TABLESPACES Reduces the possibility of data corruption in multiple partitions. Back up and recovery of each partition can be done independently.

DISADVANTAGES Partitioned tables cannot contain any columns with long or long raw datatypes, LOB types or object types.

RANGE PARTITIONS a) Creating range partitioned table SQL> Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(2)) partition by range(no) (partition p1 values less than(10), partition p2 values less than(20), partition p3 values less than(30),partition p4 values less than(maxvalue)); ** if you are using maxvalue for the last partition, you can not add a partition. b) Inserting records into range partitioned table SQL> Insert into student values(1,a); -- this SQL> Insert into student values(11,b); -- this SQL> Insert into student values(21,c); -- this SQL> Insert into student values(31,d); -- this c) Retrieving records from range partitioned table SQL> Select *from student; will will will will go go go go to to to to p1 p2 p3 p4

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SQL>

Select *from student partition(p1);

d) Possible operations with range partitions Add Drop Truncate Rename Split Move Exchange e) Adding a partition SQL> Alter table student add partition p5 values less than(40); f) Dropping a partition SQL> Alter table student drop partition p4; g) Renaming a partition SQL> Alter table student rename partition p3 to p6; h) Truncate a partition SQL> Alter table student truncate partition p6; i) Splitting a partition SQL> Alter table student split partition p2 at(15) into (partition p21,partition p22); j) Exchanging a partition SQL> Alter table student exchange partition p1 with table student2; k) Moving a partition SQL> Alter table student move partition p21 tablespace saketh_ts; LIST PARTITIONS a) Creating list partitioned table SQL> Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(2)) partition by list(no) (partition p1 values(1,2,3,4,5), partition p2 values(6,7,8,9,10),partition p3 values(11,12,13,14,15), partition p4 values(16,17,18,19,20)); b) Inserting records into list partitioned table SQL> Insert into student values(1,a); -SQL> Insert into student values(6,b); -SQL> Insert into student values(11,c); -SQL> Insert into student values(16,d); -this this this this will will will will go go go go to to to to p1 p2 p3 p4

c) Retrieving records from list partitioned table SQL> Select *from student; SQL> Select *from student partition(p1);

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d) Possible operations with list partitions Add Drop Truncate Rename Move Exchange e) Adding a partition SQL> Alter table student add partition p5 values(21,22,23,24,25); f) Dropping a partition SQL> Alter table student drop partition p4; g) Renaming a partition SQL> Alter table student rename partition p3 to p6; h) Truncate a partition SQL> Alter table student truncate partition p6; i) Exchanging a partition SQL> Alter table student exchange partition p1 with table student2; j) Moving a partition SQL> Alter table student move partition p2 tablespace saketh_ts; HASH PARTITIONS a) Creating hash partitioned table SQL> Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(2)) partition by hash(no) partitions 5; Here oracle automatically gives partition names like SYS_P1 SYS_P2 SYS_P3 SYS_P4 SYS_P5 b) Inserting records into hash partitioned table it will insert the records based on hash function calculated by taking the partition key SQL> Insert into student values(1,a); SQL> Insert into student values(6,b); SQL> Insert into student values(11,c); SQL> Insert into student values(16,d); c) Retrieving records from hash partitioned table SQL> Select *from student; SQL> Select *from student partition(sys_p1); d) Possible operations with hash partitions Add

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Truncate Rename Move Exchange

e) Adding a partition SQL> Alter table student add partition p6 ; f) Renaming a partition SQL> Alter table student rename partition p6 to p7; g) Truncate a partition SQL> Alter table student truncate partition p7; h) Exchanging a partition SQL> Alter table student exchange partition sys_p1 with table student2; i) Moving a partition SQL> Alter table student move partition sys_p2 tablespace saketh_ts; SUB-PARTITIONS WITH RANGE AND HASH Subpartitions clause is used by hash only. We can not create subpartitions with list and hash partitions. a) Creating subpartitioned table SQL> Create table student(no number(2),name varchar(2),marks number(3)) Partition by range(no) subpartition by hash(name) subpartitions 3 (Partition p1 values less than(10),partition p2 values less than(20)); This will create two partitions p1 and p2 with three subpartitions for each partition P1 SYS_SUBP1 SYS_SUBP2 SYS_SUBP3 P2 SYS_SUBP4 SYS_SUBP5 SYS_SUBP6 ** if you are using maxvalue for the last partition, you can not add a partition. b) Inserting records into subpartitioned table SQL> Insert into student values(1,a); -- this will go to p1 SQL> Insert into student values(11,b); -- this will go to p2 c) Retrieving records from subpartitioned table SQL> Select *from student; SQL> Select *from student partition(p1); SQL> Select *from student subpartition(sys_subp1); d) Possible operations with subpartitions Add Drop

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 Truncate Rename Split e) Adding a partition SQL> Alter table student add partition p3 values less than(30); f) Dropping a partition SQL> Alter table student drop partition p3; g) Renaming a partition SQL> Alter table student rename partition p2 to p3; h) Truncate a partition SQL> Alter table student truncate partition p1; i) Splitting a partition SQL> Alter table student split partition p3 at(15) into (partition p31,partition p32); DATA MODEL ALL_IND_PARTITIONS ALL_IND_SUBPARTITIONS ALL_TAB_PARTITIONS ALL_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS DBA_IND_PARTITIONS DBA_IND_SUBPARTITIONS DBA_TAB_PARTITIONS DBA_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS USER_IND_PARTITIONS USER_IND_SUBPARTITIONS USER_TAB_PARTITIONS USER_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS

GROUP BY AND HAVING

GROUP BY Using group by, we can create groups of related information. Columns used in select must be used with group by, otherwise it was not a group by expression. Ex:
SQL>

select deptno, sum(sal) from emp group by deptno;

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DEPTNO SUM(SAL) ---------- ---------10 8750 20 10875 30 9400

SQL>

select deptno,job,sum(sal) from emp group by deptno,job; DEPTNO ---------10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 JOB SUM(SAL) --------- ---------CLERK 1300 MANAGER 2450 PRESIDENT 5000 ANALYST 6000 CLERK 1900 MANAGER 2975 CLERK 950 MANAGER 2850 SALESMAN 5600

HAVING This will work as where clause which can be used only with group by because of absence of where clause in group by. Ex: SQL> select deptno,job,sum(sal) tsal from emp group by deptno,job having sum(sal) > 3000; DEPTNO JOB TSAL ---------- -----------------10 PRESIDENT 5000 20 ANALYST 6000 30 SALESMAN 5600 select deptno,job,sum(sal) tsal from emp group by deptno,job having sum(sal) > 3000 order by job;
SQL>

DEPTNO ---------20 10 30 ORDER OF EXECUTION

JOB TSAL --------- ---------ANALYST 6000 PRESIDENT 5000 SALESMAN 5600

Group the rows together based on group by clause. Calculate the group functions for each group. Choose and eliminate the groups based on the having clause. Order the groups based on the specified column.

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ROLLUP GROUPING CUBE

These are the enhancements to the group by feature. USING ROLLUP This will give the salaries in each department in each job category along wih the total salary for individual departments and the total salary of all the departments.
SQL>

Select deptno,job,sum(sal) from emp group by rollup(deptno,job); DEPTNO ---------10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 JOB SUM(SAL) --------- ---------CLERK 1300 MANAGER 2450 PRESIDENT 5000 8750 ANALYST 6000 CLERK 1900 MANAGER 2975 10875 CLERK 950 MANAGER 2850 SALESMAN 5600 9400 29025

USING GROUPING

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In the above query it will give the total salary of the individual departments but with a blank in the job column and gives the total salary of all the departments with blanks in deptno and job columns. To replace these blanks with your desired string grouping will be used
SQL>select decode(grouping(deptno),1,'All Depts',deptno),decode(grouping(job),1,'All jobs',job),sum(sal) from emp group by rollup(deptno,job);

DECODE(GROUPING(DEPTNO),1,'ALLDEPTS',DEP DECODE(GR SUM(SAL) ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------- -------------10 CLERK 1300 10 MANAGER 2450 10 PRESIDENT 5000 10 All jobs 8750 20 ANALYST 6000 20 CLERK 1900 20 MANAGER 2975 20 All jobs 10875 30 CLERK 950 30 MANAGER 2850 30 SALESMAN 5600 30 All jobs 9400 All Depts All jobs 29025 Grouping will return 1 if the column which is specified in the grouping function has been used in rollup. Grouping will be used in association with decode. USING CUBE This will give the salaries in each department in each job category, the total salary for individual departments, the total salary of all the departments and the salaries in each job category.
SQL>select

decode c c(grouping(deptno),1,All Depts,deptno),decode(grouping(job),1,All Jobs,job),sum(sal) from emp group by cube(deptno,job);

DECODE(GROUPING(DEPTNO),1,'ALLDEPTS',DEP DECODE(GR SUM(SAL) ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------ -----------10 CLERK 1300 10 MANAGER 2450 10 PRESIDENT 5000 10 All Jobs 8750 20 ANALYST 6000

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20 20 20 30 30 30 30 All All All All All All

Depts Depts Depts Depts Depts Depts

CLERK MANAGER All Jobs CLERK MANAGER SALESMAN All Jobs ANALYST CLERK MANAGER PRESIDENT SALESMAN All Jobs

1900 2975 10875 950 2850 5600 9400 6000 4150 8275 5000 5600 29025

SET OPERATORS
TYPES UNION This will combine the records of multiple tables having the same structure. Ex:
SQL>

Union Union all Intersect Minus

select * from student1 union select * from student2;

UNION ALL This will combine the records of multiple tables having the same structure but including duplicates. Ex:
SQL>

select * from student1 union all select * from student2;

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INTERSECT This will give the common records of multiple tables having the same structure. Ex:
SQL>

select * from student1 intersect select * from student2;

MINUS This will give the records of a table whose records are not in other tables having the same structure. Ex:
SQL>

select * from student1 minus select * from student2;

VIE WS
A view is a database object that is a logical representation of a table. It is delivered from a table but has no storage of its own and often may be used in the same manner as a table. A view takes the output of the query and treats it as a table, therefore a view can be thought of as a stored query or a virtual table. TYPES Simple view Complex view

Simple view can be created from one table where as complex view can be created from multiple tables. WHY VIEWS? Provides additional level of security by restricting predetermined set of rows and/or columns of a table. Hide the data complexity. access to a

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Simplify commands for the user.

VIEWS WITHOUT DML Ex:

SQL>

Read only view View with group by View with aggregate functions View with rownum Partition view View with distinct

SQL>

deptno;
SQL> SQL>

Create view dept_v as select *from dept with read only; Create view dept_v as select deptno, sum(sal) t_sal from emp group by

Create view stud as select rownum no, name, marks from student; Create view student as select *from student1 union select *from student2; SQL> Create view stud as select distinct no,name from student; VIEWS WITH DML View with not null column -- insert with out not null column not possible -- update not null column to null is not possible -- delete possible View with out not null column which was in base table -- insert not possible -- update, delete possible View with expression -- insert , update not possible -- delete possible View with functions (except aggregate) -- insert, update not possible -- delete possible View was created but the underlying table was dropped then we will get the message like view has errors . View was created but the base table has been altered but still the view was with the initial definition, we have to replace the view to affect the changes. Complex view (view with more than one table) -- insert not possible -- update, delete possible (not always) CREATING VIEW WITHOUT HAVING THE BASE TABLE
SQL>

Create force view stud as select *From student; -- Once the base table was created then the view is validated.

VIEW WITH CHECK OPTION CONSTRAINT Create view stud as select *from student where marks = 500 with check option constraint Ck; - Insert possible with marks value as 500 - Update possible excluding marks column - Delete possible
SQL>

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DROPPING VIEWS
SQL>

drop view dept_v;

DATA MODEL ALL_VIEW DBA_VIEW USER_VIEWS

SYNONYM AND SEQUENCE

SYNONYM A synonym is a database object, which is used as an alias for a table, view or sequence.
TYPES

Private Public Private synonym is available to the particular user who creates. Public synonym is created by DBA which is available to all the users.
ADVANTAGES

Hide the name and owner of the object.

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Provides location transparency for remote objects of a distributed database.

CREATE AND DROP SQL> SQL> SQL>

create synonym s1 for emp; create public synonym s2 for emp; drop synonym s1;

SEQUENCE A sequence is a database object, which can generate unique, sequential integer values. It can be used to automatically generate primary key or unique key values. A sequence can be either in an ascending or descending order. Syntax: Create sequence <seq_name> [increment bty n] [start with n] [maxvalue n] [minvalue n] [cycle/nocycle] [cache/nocache]; By defalult the sequence starts with 1, increments by 1 with minvalue of 1 and with nocycle, nocache. Cache option pre-alloocates a set of sequence numbers and retain them in memory for faster access. Ex: create sequence s; create sequence s increment by 10 start with 100 minvalue 5 maxvalue 200 cycle cache 20;
SQL> SQL> USING SEQUENCE SQL> SQL>

create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10)); insert into student values(s.nextval, saketh); Initially currval is not defined and nextval is starting value. After that nextval and currval are always equal.

CREATING ALPHA-NUMERIC SEQUENCE SQL> SQL>

create sequence s start with 111234; Insert into student values (s.nextval || translate (s.nextval,1234567890,abcdefghij));

ALTERING SEQUENCE

We can alter the sequence to perform the following. Set or eliminate minvalue or maxvalue. Change the increment value. Change the number of cached sequence numbers. Ex:
SQL>

alter sequence s minvalue 5;

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SQL> SQL>

alter sequence s increment by 2; alter sequence s cache 10;

DROPPING SEQUENCE SQL>

drop sequence s;

JOINS
The purpose of a join is to combine the data across tables. A join is actually performed by the where clause which combines the specified rows of tables. If a join involves in more than two tables then oracle joins first two tables based on the joins condition and then compares the result with the next table and so on. Equi join Non-equi join Self join Natural join Cross join Outer join Left outer Right outer Full outer Inner join Using clause On clause

TYPES

Assume that we have the following tables.

SQL>

select * from dept;

DEPTNO DNAME LOC ------ ---------- ---------10 mkt hyd 20 fin bang 30 hr bombay

SQL>

select * from emp; ENAME ---------saketh sudha jagan madhu JOB MGR DEPTNO ---------- ---------- ---------analyst 444 10 clerk 333 20 manager 111 10 engineer 222 40

EMPNO ---------111 222 333 444 EQUI JOIN

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A join which contains an = operator in the joins condition. Ex:

SQL> select e.deptno=d.deptno;

empno,ename,job,dname,loc

from emp e,dept d where

EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------111 saketh analyst mkt hyd 333 jagan manager mkt hyd 222 sudha clerk fin bang USING CLAUSE
SQL>

select empno,ename,job ,dname,loc from emp e join dept d using(deptno); EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------111 saketh analyst mkt hyd 333 jagan manager mkt hyd 222 sudha clerk fin bang

ON CLAUSE select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e on(e.deptno=d.deptno); EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------111 saketh analyst mkt hyd 333 jagan manager mkt hyd 222 sudha clerk fin bang
SQL>

join

dept

NON-EQUI JOIN A join which contains an operator other than = in the joins condition. Ex:
SQL>

select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e,dept d where e.deptno > d.deptno; EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------222 sudha clerk mkt hyd 444 madhu engineer mkt hyd 444 madhu engineer fin bang 444 madhu engineer hr bombay

SELF JOIN Joining the table itself is called self join.

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Ex:
SQL>

select e1.empno,e2.ename,e1.job,e2.deptno from emp e1,emp e2 where e1.empno=e2.mgr; EMPNO ---------111 222 333 444 ENAME JOB DEPTNO ---------- ---------- ---------jagan analyst 10 madhu clerk 40 sudha manager 20 saketh engineer 10

NATURAL JOIN

Natural join compares all the common columns. Ex:

SQL>

select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp natural join dept; EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------111 saketh analyst mkt hyd 333 jagan manager mkt hyd 222 sudha clerk fin bang

CROSS JOIN This will gives the cross product. Ex:

SQL>

select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp cross join dept; EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------111 saketh analyst mkt hyd 222 sudha clerk mkt hyd 333 jagan manager mkt hyd 444 madhu engineer mkt hyd 111 saketh analyst fin bang 222 sudha clerk fin bang 333 jagan manager fin bang 444 madhu engineer fin bang 111 saketh analyst hr bombay 222 sudha clerk hr bombay 333 jagan manager hr bombay 444 madhu engineer hr bombay

OUTER JOIN Outer join gives the non-matching records along with matching records.
LEFT OUTER JOIN

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This will display the all matching records and the records which are in left hand side table those that are not in right hand side table. Ex: select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e left outer join dept d on(e.deptno=d.deptno); Or SQL> select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e,dept d where e.deptno=d.deptno(+);
SQL>

EMPNO ---------111 333 222 444

RIGHT OUTER JOIN

ENAME ---------saketh jagan sudha madhu

JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------analyst mkt hyd manager mkt hyd clerk fin bang engineer

This will display the all matching records and the records which are in right hand side table those that are not in left hand side table. Ex:
SQL>

select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e right outer join dept d on(e.deptno=d.deptno); Or SQL> select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e,dept d where e.deptno(+) d.deptno; EMPNO ---------111 333 222 ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------saketh analyst mkt hyd jagan manager mkt hyd sudha clerk fin bang hr bombay

FULL OUTER JOIN

This will display the all matching records and the non-matching records from both tables. Ex:
SQL>

select empno,ename,job,dname,loc from emp e full outer join dept d on(e.deptno=d.deptno); EMPNO ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------333 jagan manager mkt hyd 111 saketh analyst mkt hyd 222 sudha clerk fin bang 444 madhu engineer hr bombay

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INNER JOIN This will display all the records that have matched. Ex:
SQL>

using(deptno);

select

empno,ename,job,dname,loc

from

emp

inner

join dept

EMPNO ---------111 333 222

ENAME JOB DNAME LOC ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------saketh analyst mkt hyd jagan manager mkt hyd sudha clerk fin bang

SUBQUERIES AND EXISTS

SUBQUERIES
TYPES

Nesting of queries, one within the other is termed as a subquery. A statement containing a subquery is called a parent query. Subqueries are used to retrieve data from tables that depend on the values in the table itself.

Single row subqueries Multi row subqueries Multiple subqueries Correlated subqueries

SINGLE ROW SUBQUERIES

In single row subquery, it will return one value. Ex:

SQL>

select * from emp where sal > (select sal from emp where empno = 7566); EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------------ ------- ---------- ----------zz 7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-87 3000 20 7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10 7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000 20

MULTI ROW SUBQUERIES

In multi row subquery, it will return more than one value. In such cases we should include operators like any, all, in or not in between the comparision operator and the subquery.

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Ex: SQL> select * from emp where sal > any (select sal from emp where sal between 2500 and 4000); EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --------7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-87 3000 7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000
SQL>

DEPTNO 20 20 10 20

2500

select * from emp where sal > all (select sal from emp where sal between and 4000); EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------------- ------ ---------- ----7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10

MULTIPLE SUBQUERIES

There is no limit on the number of subqueries included in a where clause. It allows nesting of a query within a subquery. Ex:
SQL>

(select

select * from emp where sal = (select max(sal) from emp where sal < max(sal) from emp)); EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR ---------- ---------- --------- ---------7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ------------ ------- ---------- ---------19-APR-87 3000 20 03-DEC-81 3000 20

CORRELATED SUBQUERIES

A subquery is evaluated once for the entire parent statement where as a correlated subquery is evaluated once for every row processed by the parent statement. Ex: SQL> select distinct deptno from emp e where 5 <= (select count(ename) from emp where e.deptno = deptno); DEPTNO ---------20 30

EXISTS

Exists function is a test for existence. This is a logical test for the return of rows from a query.

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Ex: Suppose we want to display the department numbers which has more than 4 employees.
SQL> select deptno,count(empno) from emp group by deptno having count(empno) > 4;

DEPTNO --------20 30

COUNT(*) ---------5 6

From the above query can you want to display the names of employees? select deptno,ename, count(*) from emp group by deptno,ename having count(*) > 4;
SQL>

no rows selected The above query returns nothing because combination of deptno and ename never return more than one count. The solution is to use exists which follows.
SQL>

select deptno,ename from emp e1 where exists (select * from emp e2 where e1.deptno=e2.deptno group by e2.deptno having count(e2.ename) order by deptno,ename; DEPTNO 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 ENAME ADAMS FORD JONES SCOTT SMITH ALLEN BLAKE JAMES MARTIN TURNER WARD

> 4)

NOT EXISTS select deptno,ename from emp e1 where not exists (select * from emp e2 where e1.deptno=e2.deptno group by e2.deptno having count(e2.ename) > 4) order by deptno,ename;
SQL>

DEPTNO ENAME

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--------- ---------10 CLARK 10 KING 10 MILLER

WALKUP TREES AND INLINE VIEW

WALKUP TREES Using hierarchical queries, you can retrieve data based on a natural hierarchical relationship between rows in a table. However, where a hierarchical relationship exists between the rows of a table, a process called tree walking enables the hierarchy to be constructed. Ex:
SQL>

select ename || '==>' || prior ename, level from emp start with ename = connect by prior empno=mgr; ENAME||'==>'||PRIORENAM -----------------------------------KING==> JONES==>KING SCOTT==>JONES ADAMS==>SCOTT FORD==>JONES SMITH==>FORD BLAKE==>KING ALLEN==>BLAKE WARD==>BLAKE MARTIN==>BLAKE TURNER==>BLAKE JAMES==>BLAKE CLARK==>KING MILLER==>CLARK LEVEL -------1 2 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3

'KING'

In the above Start with clause specifies the root row of the table. Level pseudo column gives the 1 for root , 2 for child and so on. Connect by prior clause specifies the columns which has parent-child relationship. INLINE VIEW OR TOP-N ANALYSIS In the select statement instead of table name, replacing the select statement is known as inline view. Ex:
SQL>

Select ename, sal, rownum rank from (select *from emp order by sal); ENAME SAL RANK ---------- ---------- ---------SMITH 800 1 JAMES 950 2

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ADAMS WARD MARTIN MILLER TURNER ALLEN CLARK BLAKE JONES SCOTT FORD KING

1100 1250 1250 1300 1500 1600 2450 2850 2975 3000 3000 5000

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

LOCKS
Locks are the mechanisms used to prevent destructive interaction between users accessing same resource simultaneously. Locks provides high degree of data concurrency. TYPES Row level locks Table level locks

ROW LEVEL LOCKS In the row level lock a row is locked exclusively so that other cannot modify the row until the transaction holding the lock is committed or rolled back. This can be done by using select..for update clause. Ex:
SQL>

select * from emp where sal > 3000 for update of comm.;

TABLE LEVEL LOCKS A table level lock will protect table data thereby guaranteeing data integrity when data is being accessed concurrently by multiple users. A table lock can be held in several modes.
SHARE LOCK

Share lock Share update lock Exclusive lock

A share lock locks the table allowing other users to only query but not insert, update or delete rows in a table. Multiple users can place share locks on the same resource at the same time. Ex:
SQL> lock table SHARE UPDATE LOCK

emp in share mode;

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It locks rows that are to be updated in a table. It permits other users to concurrently query, insert , update or even lock other rows in the same table. It prevents the other users from updating the row that has been locked. Ex:
SQL>

lock table emp in share update mode;

EXCLUSIVE LOCK

Exclusive lock is the most restrictive of tables locks. When issued by any user, it allows the other user to only query. It is similar to share lock but only one user can place exclusive lock on a table at a time. Ex:
SQL>

lock table emp in share exclusive mode;

NOWAIT If one user locked the table without nowait then another user trying to lock the same table then he has to wait until the user who has initially locked the table issues a commit or rollback statement. This delay could be avoided by appending a nowait clause in the lock table command. Ex:
SQL>

lock table emp in exclusive mode nowait.

DEADLOCK A deadlock occurs when tow users have a lock each on separate object, and they want to acquire a lock on the each others object. When this happens, the first user has to wait for the second user to release the lock, but the second user will not release it until the lock on the first users object is freed. In such a case, oracle detects the deadlock automatically and solves the problem by aborting one of the two transactions.

INDEXES
Index is typically a listing of keywords accompanied by the location of information on a subject. We can create indexes explicitly to speed up SQL statement execution on a table. The index points directly to the location of the rows containing the value. WHY INDEXES? Indexes are most useful on larger tables, on columns that are likely to appear in where clauses as simple equality. TYPES Unique index

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Non-unique index Btree index Bitmap index Composite index Reverse key index Function-based index Descending index Domain index Object index Cluster index Text index Index organized table Partition index Local index Local prefixed Local non-prefixed Global index Global prefixed Global non-prefixed UNIQUE INDEX Unique indexes guarantee that no two rows of a table have duplicate values in the columns that define the index. Unique index is automatically created when primary key or unique constraint is created. Ex:
SQL>

create unique index stud_ind on student(sno);

NON-UNIQUE INDEX Non-Unique indexes do not impose the above restriction on the column values. Ex:
SQL>

create index stud_ind on student(sno);

BTREE INDEX or ASCENDING INDEX The default type of index used in an oracle database is the btree index. A btree index is designed to provide both rapid access to individual rows and quick access to groups of rows within a range. The btree index does this by performing a succession of value comparisons. Each comparison eliminates many of the rows. Ex:
SQL>

create index stud_ind on student(sno);

BITMAP INDEX This can be used for low cardinality columns: that is columns in which the number of distinct values is snall when compared to the number of the rows in the table. Ex:

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SQL>

create bitmap index stud_ind on student(sex);

COMPOSITE INDEX A composite index also called a concatenated index is an index created on multiple columns of a table. Columns in a composite index can appear in any order and need not be adjacent columns of the table. Ex:
SQL>

create bitmap index stud_ind on student(sno, sname);

REVERSE KEY INDEX A reverse key index when compared to standard index, reverses each byte of the column being indexed while keeping the column order. When the column is indexed in reverse mode then the column values will be stored in an index in different blocks as the starting value differs. Such an arrangement can help avoid performance degradations in indexes where modifications to the index are concentrated on a small set of blocks. Ex:
SQL>

create index stud_ind on student(sno, reverse);

We can rebuild a reverse key index into normal index using the noreverse keyword. Ex:
SQL>

alter index stud_ind rebuild noreverse;

FUNCTION BASED INDEX This will use result of the function as key instead of using column as the value for the key. Ex:
SQL>

create index stud_ind on student(upper(sname));

DESCENDING INDEX The order used by B-tree indexes has been ascending order. You can categorize data in B-tree index in descending order as well. This feature can be useful in applications where sorting operations are required. Ex:
SQL>

create index stud_ind on student(sno desc);

TEXT INDEX Querying text is different from querying data because words have shades of meaning, relationships to other words, and opposites. You may want to search for words that are near each other, or words that are related to thers. These queries

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would be extremely difficult if all you had available was the standard relational operators. By extending SQL to include text indexes, oracle text permits you to ask very complex questions about the text. To use oracle text, you need to create a text index on the column in which the text is stored. Text index is a collection of tables and indexes that store information about the text stored in the column.
TYPES

There are several different types of indexes available in oracle 9i. The first, CONTEXT is supported in oracle 8i as well as oracle 9i. As of oracle 9i, you can use the CTXCAT text index fo further enhance your text index management and query capabilities.
CONTEXT CTXCAT CTXRULE

The CTXCAT index type supports the transactional synchronization of data between the base table and its text index. With CONTEXT indexes, you need to manually tell oracle to update the values in the text index after data changes in base table. CTXCAT index types do not generate score values during the text queries.
HOW TO CREATE TEXT INDEX?

You can create a text index via a special version of the create index comman. For context index, specify the ctxsys.context index type and for ctxcat index, specify the ctxsys.ctxcat index type. Ex: Suppose you have a table called BOOKS with the following columns Title, Author, Info.
SQL> SQL>

create index book_index on books(info) indextype is ctxsys.context; create index book_index on books(info) indextype is ctxsys.ctxcat;

TEXT QUERIES

Once a text index is created on the info column of capabilities increase dynamically.
CONTAINS & CATSEARCH CONTAINS

BOOKS

table, text-searching

function takes two parameters the column name and the search string.

Syntax: Contains(indexed_column, search_str); If you create a CTXCAT index, use the CATSEARCH function in place of CONTAINS. CATSEARCH takes three parameters the column name, the search string and the index set. Syntax:

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Contains(indexed_column, search_str, index_set);

HOW A TEXT QEURY WORKS?

When a function such as CONTAINS or CATSEARCH is used in query, the text portion of the query is processed by oracle text. The remainder of the query is processed just like a regular query within the database. The result of the text query processing and the regular query processing are merged to return a single set of records to the user.
SEARCHING FOR AN EXACT MATCH OF A WORD

The following queries will search for a word called prperty whose score is greater than zero.
SQL> SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, property) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property, null) > 0;

Suppose if you want to know the score of the property in each book, if score values for individual searches range from 0 to 10 for each occurrence of the string within the text then use the score function.
SQL>

select title, score(10) from books where contains(info, property, 10) > 0;

SEARCHING FOR AN EXACT MATCH OF MULTIPLE WORDS

The following queries will search for two words.

SQL> SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, property AND harvests) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property AND harvests, null) > 0;

Instead of using AND you could hae used an ampersand(&). Before using this method, set define off so the & character will not be seen as part of a variable name. set define off select * from books where contains(info, property & harvests) > 0; SQL> select * from books where catsearch(info, property harvests, null) > 0;
SQL> SQL>

The following queries will search for more than two words. select * from books where contains(info, property AND harvests AND workers) > 0; SQL> select * from books where catsearch(info, property harvests workers, null) > 0;
SQL>

The following queries will search for either of the two words.
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, property

OR

OR

harvests) > 0;

Instead of
SQL> SQL>

you can use a vertical line (|).

select * from books where contains(info, property | harvests) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property | harvests, null) > 0;

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In the following queries the ACCUM(accumulate) operator adds together the scores of the individual searches and compares the accumulated score to the threshold value.
SQL> SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, property ACCUM harvests) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property ACCUM harvests, null) > you can use a comma(,).

0; Instead of
SQL> SQL> OR

select * from books where contains(info, property , harvests) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property , harvests, null) > 0;

In the following queries the MINUS operator subtracts the score of the second terms search from the score of the first terms search.
SQL> SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, property MINUS harvests) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property NOT harvests, null) > 0;
MINUS

Instead of
SQL> SQL>

you can use and instead of

NOT

you can use ~.

select * from books where contains(info, property - harvests) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, property ~ harvests, null) > 0;

SEARCHING FOR AN EXACT MATCH OF A PHRASE

The following queries will search for the phrase. If the search phrase includes a reserved word within oracle text, the you must use curly braces ({}) to enclose text. select * from books where contains(info, transactions {and} finances) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, transactions {and} finances, null) > 0;
SQL> SQL>

You can enclose the entire phrase within curly braces, in which case any reserved words within the phrase will be treated as part of the search criteria. select * from books where contains(info, {transactions and finances}) > 0; select * from books where catsearch(info, {transactions and finances}, null) > 0;
SQL> SQL> SEARCHING FOR WORDS THAT ARE NEAR EACH OTHER

The following queries will search for the words that are in between the search terms.
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, workers

NEAR

NEAR

harvests) > 0;

Instead of
SQL>

you can use ;.

select * from books where contains(info, workers ; harvests) > 0;

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In CONTEXT index queries, you can specify the maximum number of words between the search terms.
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, NEAR((workers, harvests),10) > 0;

USING WILDCARDS DURING SEARCHES

You can use wildcards to expand the list of valid search terms used during your query. Just as in regular text-string wildcard processing, two wildcards are available. % _
SQL> SQL>

percent sign; multiple-character wildcard underscore; single-character wildcard

select * from books where contains(info, worker%) > 0; select * from books where contains(info, work___) > 0;

SEARCHING FOR WORDS THAT SHARE THE SAME STEM

Rather than using wildcards, you can use stem-expansion capabilities to expand the list of text strings. Given the stem of a word, oracle will expand the list of words to search for to include all words having the same stem. Sample expansions are show here. Play plays playing played playful
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, $manage) > 0;

SEARCHING FOR FUZZY MATCHES

A fuzzy match expands the specified search term to include words that are spelled similarly but that do not necessarily have the same word stem. Fuzzy matches are most helpful when the text contains misspellings. The misspellings can be either in the searched text or in the search string specified by the user during the query. The following queries will not return anything because its search does not contain the word hardest.
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, hardest) > 0;

It does, however, contains the word harvest. A fuzzy match will return the books containing the word harvest even though harvest has a different word stem thant the word used as the search term. To use a fuzzy match, precede the search term with a question mark, with no space between the question mark and the beginning of the search term.
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, ?hardest) > 0;

SEARCHING FOR WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE OTHER WORDS

SOUNDEX, expands search terms based on how the word sounds. The SOUNDEX expansion method uses the same text-matching logic available via the SOUNDEX function in SQL.

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To use the SOUNDEX option, you must precede the search term with an exclamation mark(!).
SQL>

select * from books where contains(info, !grate) > 0;

INDEX SYNCHRONIZATION

When using CONTEXT indexes, you need to manage the text index contents; the text indexes are not updated when the base table is updated. When the table was updated, its text index is out of sync with the base table. To sync of the index, execute the SYNC_INDEX procedure of the CTX_DDL package.
SQL>

exec

CTX_DDL.SYNC_INDEX(book_index);

INDEX SETS

Historically, problems with queries of text indexes have occurred when other criteria are used alongside text searches as part of the where clause. To improve the mixed query capability, oracle features index sets. The indexes within the index set may be structured relational columns or on text columns. To create an index set, use the CTX_DDL package to create the index set and add indexes to it. When you create a text index, you can then specify the index set it belongs to.
SQL>

exec CTX_DDL.CREATE_INDEX_SET(books_index_set);

The add non-text indexes.

SQL>

exec

CTX_DDL.ADD_INDEX(books_index_set,

title_index);

Now create a CTXCAT text index. Specify ctxsys.ctxcat as the index type, and list the index set in the parameters clause.
SQL>

create index book_index on books(info) indextype is ctxsys.ctxcat parameters(index set books_index_set);

INDEX-ORGANIZED TABLE An index-organized table keeps its data sorted according to the primary key column values for the table. Index-organized tables store their data as if the entire table was stored in an index. An index-organized table allows you to store the entire tables data in an index. Ex: SQL> create table student (sno number(2),sname varchar(10),smarks number(3) constraint pk primary key(sno) organization index; PARTITION INDEX Similar to partitioning tables, oracle allows you to partition indexes too. Like table partitions, index partitions could be in different tablespaces.

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LOCAL INDEXES

Ex:

Local keyword tells oracle to create a separte index for each partition. In the local prefixed index the partition key is specified on the left prefix. When the underlying table is partitioned baes on, say two columns then the index can be prefixed on the first column specified. Local prefixed indexes can be unique or non unique. Local indexes may be easier to manage than global indexes. create index stud_index on student(sno) local;

SQL>

GLOBAL INDEXES

Ex:

A global index may contain values from multiple partitions. An index is global prefixed if it is partitioned on the left prefix of the index columns. The global clause allows you to create a non-partitioned index. Global indexes may perform uniqueness checks faster than local (partitioned) indexes. You cannot create global indexes for hash partitions or subpartitions. create index stud_index on student(sno) global;

SQL>

Similar to table partitions, it is possible to move them from one device to another. But unlike table partitions, movement of index partitions requires individual reconstruction of the index or each partition (only in the case of global index). Ex:
SQL>

alter index stud_ind rebuild partition p2

Index partitions cannot be dropped manually. They are dropped implicitly when the data they refer to is dropped from the partitioned table.

MONITORING USE OF INDEXES Once you turned on the monitoring the use of indexes, then we can check whether the table is hitting the index or not. To monitor the use of index use the follwing syntax. Syntax: alter index index_name monitoring usage; then check for the details in V$OBJECT_USAGE view. If you want to stop monitoring use the following. Syntax: alter index index_name nomonitoring usage;

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DATA MODEL ALL_INDEXES DBA_INDEXES USER_INDEXES ALL_IND-COLUMNS DBA-IND_COLUMNS USER_IND_COLUMNS ALL_PART_INDEXES DBA_PART_INDEXES USER_PART_INDEXES V$OBJECT_USAGE

SQL*PLUS COMMNANDS
These commands does not require statement terminator and applicable to the sessions , those will be automatically cleared when session was closed. BREAK This will be used to breakup the data depending on the grouping. Syntax: Break or bre [on <column_name> on report] COMPUTE This will be used to perform group functions on the data.

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Syntax: Compute or comp [group_function of column_name on breaking_column_name or report] TTITLE This will give the top title for your report. You can on or off the ttitle. Syntax: Ttitle or ttit [left | center | right] title_name skip n other_characters Ttitle or ttit [on or off] BTITLE This will give the bottom title for your report. You can on or off the btitle. Syntax: Btitle or btit [left | center | right] title_name skip n other_characters Btitle or btit [on or off] Ex: SQL> bre on deptno skip 1 on report SQL> comp sum of sal on deptno SQL> comp sum of sal on report SQL> ttitle center 'EMPLOYEE DETAILS' skip1 center '----------------' SQL> btitle center '** THANKQ **' SQL> select * from emp order by deptno; Output: EMPNO ---------7782 7839 7934 ********** 7369 7876 7902 7788 7566 ********** 7499 7698 7654 ALLEN SALESMAN BLAKE MANAGER MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 7839 01-MAY-81 7698 28-SEP-81 EMPLOYEE DETAILS ----------------------ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ---------- --------------- -------------- -------- ---------- ---------CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-82 1300 ---------8750 SMITH CLERK ADAMS CLERK FORD ANALYST SCOTT ANALYST JONES MANAGER 7902 17-DEC-80 7788 23-MAY-87 7566 03-DEC-81 7566 19-APR-87 7839 02-APR-81 800 1100 3000 3000 2975 ---------10875 1600 2850 1250 300 1400 sum 20

sum 30

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7900 7844 7521 ********** sum

JAMES CLERK TURNER SALESMAN WARD SALESMAN

7698 03-DEC-81 7698 08-SEP-81 7698 22-FEB-81

950 1500 1250 ---------9400 ---------29025

0 500 sum

** THANKQ ** CLEAR This will clear the existing buffers or break or computations or columns formatting. Syntax: Clear or cle buffer | bre | comp | col; Ex: clear buffer Buffer cleared SQL> clear bre Breaks cleared SQL> clear comp Computes cleared SQL> clear col Columns cleared
SQL>

CHANGE This will be used to replace any strings in Syntax: Change or c/old_string/new_string If the old_string repeats many times then new_string replaces the first string only. Ex: select * from det; select * from det * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> SQL

statements.

c/det/dept 1* select * from dept SQL> /

SQL>

DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- ---------------- ----------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK

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20 30 40 COLUMN

RESEARCH ALLAS SALES CHICAGO OPERATIONS BOSTON

This will be used to increase or decrease the width of the table columns. Syntax: Column or col <column_name> format <num_format|text_format> Ex:
SQL> SQL>

col deptno format 999 col dname format a10

SAVE This will be used to save your current SQL statement as SQL Script file. Syntax: Save or sav <file_name>.[extension] replace or rep If you want to save the filename with existing filename the you have to use replace option. By default it will take sql as the extension. Ex: save ss Created file ss.sql SQL> save ss replace Wrote file ss.sql
SQL>

EXECUTE This will be used to execute stored subprograms or packaged subprograms. Syntax: Execute or exec <subprogram_name> Ex:
SQL>

exec sample_proc

SPOOL This will record the data when you spool on, upto when you say spool off. By default it will give lst as extension. Syntax: Spool on | off | out | <file_name>.[Extension] Ex:
SQL>

spool on

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SQL>

select * from dept; DEPTNO DNAME LOC --------- -------------- ---------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK 20 RESEARCH DALLAS 30 SALES CHICAGO 40 OPERATIONS BOSTON

SQL> SQL>

spool off ed on.lst

SQL>

select * from dept;

DEPTNO DNAME LOC --------- -------------- ---------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK 20 RESEARCH DALLAS 30 SALES CHICAGO 40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
SQL>

spool off

LIST This will give the current

SQL

statement.

Syntax: List or li [start_line_number] [end_line_number] Ex: select 2 * 3 from 4 dept; SQL> list 1 select 2 * 3 from 4* dept SQL> list 1 1* select SQL> list 3 3* from
SQL> SQL>

list 1 3 1 select 2 * 3* from

INPUT This will insert the new line to the current

SQL

statement.

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Syntax: Input or in <string> Ex: select * list 1* select * SQL> input from dept SQL> list 1 select * 2* from dept
SQL> SQL>

APPEND This will adds a new string to the existing string in the space. Syntax: Append or app <string> Ex: select * list 1* select * SQL> append from dept 1* select * from dept SQL> list 1* select * from dept
SQL> SQL> SQL

statement without any

DELETE This will delete the current

SQL

statement lines.

Syntax: Delete or del <start_line_number> [<end_line_number>] Ex: select * from dept where deptno >10; SQL> list 1 select 2 * 3 from 4 dept 5 where 6 deptno
SQL>

2 3 4 5 6 7

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7* >10 del 1 SQL> list 1 * 2 from 3 dept 4 where 5 deptno 6* >10 SQL> del 2 SQL> list 1 * 2 dept 3 where 4 deptno 5* >10 SQL> del 2 4 SQL> list 1 * 2* >10 SQL> del SQL> list 1 *
SQL>

VARIABLE This will be used to declare a variable. Syntax: Variable or var <variable_name> <variable_type> Ex:
SQL> SQL>

var dept_name varchar(15) select dname into dept_name from dept where deptno = 10;

PRINT This will be used to print the output of the variables that will be declared at level. Syntax: Print <variable_name> Ex:
SQL> SQL

print dept_name DEPT_NAME -------------ACCOUNTING

START This will be used to execute

SQL

scripts.

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Syntax: start <filename_name>.sql Ex:

SQL> SQL>

start ss.sql @ss.sql

-- this will execute sql script files only.

HOST This will be used to interact with the Syntax: Host [operation] Ex:
SQL> SQL> OS

level from

SQL.

host host dir

SHOW Using this, you can see several commands that use the set command and status. Syntax: Show all | <set_command> Ex: show all appinfo is OFF and set to "SQL*Plus" arraysize 15 autocommit OFF autoprint OFF autorecovery OFF autotrace OFF blockterminator "." (hex 2e) btitle OFF and is the first few characters of the next SELECT statement cmdsep OFF colsep " " compatibility version NATIVE concat "." (hex 2e) copycommit 0 COPYTYPECHECK is ON define "&" (hex 26) describe DEPTH 1 LINENUM OFF INDENT ON echo OFF editfile "afiedt.buf" embedded OFF escape OFF FEEDBACK ON for 6 or more rows flagger OFF flush ON
SQL> SQL>

sho verify

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verify OFF RUN This will runs the command in the buffer. Syntax: Run | / Ex:
SQL> SQL>

run /

STORE This will save all the set command statuses in a file. Syntax: Store set <filename>.[extension] [create] | [replace] | [append] Ex: store set my_settings.scmd Created file my_settings.scmd SQL> store set my_settings.cmd replace Wrote file my_settings.cmd SQL> store set my_settings.cmd append Appended file to my_settings.cmd
SQL>

FOLD_AFTER This will fold the columns one after the other. Syntax: Column <column_name> fold_after [no_of_lines] Ex:
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>

col deptno fold_after 1 col dname fold_after 1 col loc fold_after 1 set heading off select * from dept; 10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK 20 RESEARCH DALLAS 30 SALES CHICAGO 40

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OPERATIONS BOSTON FOLD_BEFORE This will fold the columns one before the other. Syntax: Column <column_name> fold_before [no_of_lines] DEFINE This will give the list of all the variables currently defined. Syntax: Define [variable_name] Ex: define DEFINE _DATE = "16-MAY-07" (CHAR) DEFINE _CONNECT_IDENTIFIER = "oracle" (CHAR) DEFINE _USER = "SCOTT" (CHAR) DEFINE _PRIVILEGE = "" (CHAR) DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "1001000200" (CHAR) DEFINE _EDITOR = "Notepad" (CHAR) DEFINE _O_VERSION = "Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options" (CHAR) DEFINE _O_RELEASE = "1001000200" (CHAR)
SQL>

SET COMMANDS
These commands does not require statement terminator and applicable to the sessions , those will be automatically cleared when session was closed. LINESIZE This will be used to set the linesize. Default linesize is 80. Syntax: Set linesize <value> Ex:
SQL>

set linesize 100

PAGESIZE This will be used to set the pagesize. Default pagesize is 14. Syntax: Set pagesize <value>

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Ex:
SQL>

set pagesize 30

DESCRIBE This will be used to see the objects structure. Syntax: Describe or desc <object_name> Ex:
SQL>

desc dept

Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------DEPTNO NOT NULL NUMBER(2) DNAME VARCHAR2(14) LOC VARCHAR2(13) PAUSE When the displayed data contains hundreds or thousands of lines, when you select it then it will automatically scrolls and displays the last page data. To prevent this you can use this pause option. By using this it will display the data correspoinding to the pagesize with a break which will continue by hitting the return key. By default this will be off. Syntax: Set pause on | off Ex:
SQL>

set pause on

FEEDBACK This will give the information regarding howmany rows you selected the object. By default the feedback message will be displayed, only when the object contains more than 5 rows. Syntax: Set feedback <value> Ex:
SQL> SQL>

set feedback 4 select * from dept;

DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- -------------- ------------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK 20 RESEARCH DALLAS 30 SALES CHICAGO

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40

OPERATIONS

BOSTON

4 rows selected. HEADING If you want to display data without headings, then you can achieve with this. By default heading is on. Syntax: Set heading on | off Ex:
SQL> SQL>

set heading off select * from dept; 10 20 30 40 ACCOUNTING RESEARCH SALES OPERATIONS NEW YORK DALLAS CHICAGO BOSTON

SERVEROUTPUT This will be used to display the output of the PL/SQL programs. By default this will be off. Syntax: Set serveroutput on | off Ex:
SQL>

set serveroutput on

TIME This will be used to display the time. By default this will be off. Syntax: Set time on | off Ex: set time on 19:56:33 SQL>
SQL>

TIMING This will give the time taken to execute the current will be off. Syntax: Set timing on | off
SQL

statement. By default this

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Ex:
SQL> SQL>

set timing on select * from dept;

DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- -------------- ------------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK 20 RESEARCH DALLAS 30 SALES CHICAGO 40 OPERATIONS BOSTON Elapsed: 00:00:00.06 SQLPROMPT This will be used to change the SQL prompt. Syntax: Set sqlprompt <prompt> Ex:
SQL> set ORACLE>

sqlprompt 'ORACLE>'

SQLCASE This will be used to change the case of the mixed. Syntax: Set sqlcase upper | mixed | lower Ex:
SQL> SQL

statements. By default the case is

set sqlcase upper

SQLTERMINATOR This will be used to change the terminator of the terminator is ;.

SQL

statements. By default the

Syntax: Set sqlterminator <termination_character> Ex:

SQL> SQL>

set sqlterminator : select * from dept:

DEFINE By default if the & character finds then it will treat as bind variable and ask for the input. Suppose your want to treat it as a normal character while inserting data, then you can prevent this by using the define option. By default this will be on

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Syntax: Set define on | off Ex:

SQL>insert

into dept values(50,'R&D','HYD'); Enter value for d: old 1: insert into dept values(50,'R&D','HYD') new 1: INSERT INTO DEPT VALUES(50,'R','HYD')
SQL> SQL>insert

value

set define off into dept values(50,'R&D','HYD');

-- here it wont ask for

NEWPAGE This will shows how many blank lines will be left before the report. By default it will leave one blank line. Syntax: Set newpage <value> Ex:
SQL>

set newpage 10

The zero value for newpage does not produce zero blank lines instead it switches to a special property which produces a top-of-form character (hex 13) just before the date on each page. Most modern printers respond to this by moving immediately to the top of the next page, where the priting of the report will begin. HEADSEP This allow you to indicate where you want to break a page title or a column heading that runs longer than one line. The default heading separator is vertical bar (|). Syntax: Set headsep <separation_char> Ex: SQL> select * from dept; DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- -------------- ------------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK 20 RESEARCH DALLAS 30 SALES CHICAGO 40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
SQL> SQL> SQL>

set headsetp ! col dname heading 'DEPARTMENT ! NAME' /

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DEPARTMENT DEPTNO NAME ---------- ----------------10 ACCOUNTING 20 RESEARCH 30 SALES 40 OPERATIONS ECHO

LOC ---------NEW YORK DALLAS CHICAGO BOSTON

When using a bind variable, the this is off. Syntax: Set echo on | off VERIFY

SQL

statement is maintained by echo. By default

When using a bind variable, the old and new statements will be maintained by verify. By default this is on. Syntax: Set verify on | off Ex: select * from dept where deptno = &dno; Enter value for dno: 10 old 1: select * from dept where deptno = &dno new 1: select * from dept where deptno = 10
SQL>

DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- ---------------- ----------10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK set verify off select * from dept where deptno = &dno; Enter value for dno: 20
SQL> SQL>

DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- ------------- ----------20 RESEARCH DALLAS PNO This will give displays the page numbers. By default the value would be zero. Ex:
SQL> SQL> SQL>

col hiredate new_value xtoday noprint format a1 trunc ttitle left xtoday right 'page' sql.pno select * from emp where deptno = 10;

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09-JUN-81

page

EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR SAL COMM DEPTNO ---------- ---------- --------------- --------- ----- ---------- ---------7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 2450 10 7839 KING PRESIDENT 5000 10 7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 1300 10 In the above noprint tells SQLPLUS not to display this column when it prints the results of the SQL statement. Dates that have been reformatted by TO_CHAR get a default width of about 100 characters. By changing the format to a1 trunc, you minimize this effect. NEW_VALUE inserts contents of the column retrieved by the SQL statement into a variable called xtoday.

SPECIAL FILES
LOGIN.sql If you would like SQLPLUS to define your own environmental settings, put all the required commands in a file named login.sql. This is a special filename that SQLPLUS always looks for whenever it starts up. If it finds login.sql, it executes any commands in it as if you had entered then by hand. You can put any command in login.sql that you can use in SQLPLUS, including SQLPLUS commands and SQL statements. All ot them executed before SQLPLUS gives you the SQL> prompt. GLOGIN.sql This is used in the same ways as for all users of a database.
LOGIN.sql

but to establish default

SQLPLUS

settings

MPORTANT QUERIES
1) To find the nth row of a table Select *from emp where rowid = (select max(rowid) from emp where rownum <= 4); Or SQL> Select *from emp where rownum <= 4 minus select *from emp where rownum <= 3;
SQL>

2) To find duplicate rows Select *from emp where rowid in (select max(rowid) from emp group by empno, ename, mgr, job, hiredate, comm, deptno, sal); Or SQL> Select empno,ename,sal,job,hiredate,comm , count(*) from emp group by
SQL>

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empno,ename,sal,job,hiredate,comm having count(*) >=1; 3) To delete duplicate rows

SQL>

Delete emp where rowid in (select max(rowid) from emp group by empno,ename,mgr,job,hiredate,sal,comm,deptno);

4) To find the count of duplicate rows

SQL>

Select ename, count(*) from emp group by ename having count(*) >=

1; 5) How to display alternative rows in a table?

SQL>

emp);

select *from emp where (rowid,0) in (select rowid,mod(rownum,2) from

6) Getting employee details of each department who is drawing maximum sal? select *from emp where (deptno,sal) in ( select deptno,max(sal) from emp group by deptno); 7) How to get number of employees in each department , in which department is having more than 2500 employees?
SQL> SQL>

>2500;

Select deptno,count(*) from emp group by deptno having count(*)

8) To reset the time to the beginning of the day Select to_char(trunc(sysdate),dd-mon-yyyy hh:mi:ss am) from dual;

SQL>

9) To find nth maximum sal

SQL>

Select *from emp where sal in (select max(sal) from (select *from emp by sal) where rownum <= 5);

order

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INTRODUCTION
CHARACTERSTICS Highly structured, readable and accessible language. Standard and Protable language. Embedded language. Improved execution authority.

10g FEATURES . Optimized compiler To change the optimizer settings for the entire database, set the database parameter PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL. Valid settings are as follows 0 No optimization 1 Moderate optimization 2 Aggressive optimization These settings are also modifiable for the current session. SQL> alter session set plsql_optimze_level=2; Oracle retains optimizer settings on a module-by-module basis. When you recompile a particular module with nondefault settings, the settings will stick allowing you to recompile later on using REUSE SETTINGS.
SQL> SQL>

Alter procedure proc compile plsql_optimize_level=1; Alter procedure proc compile reuse settings;

Compile-time warnings. Starting with oracle database 10g release 1 you can enable additional compile-time warnings to help make your programs more robust. The compiler can detect potential runtime problems with your code, such as identifying lines of code that will never be run. This process, also known as lint checking.

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To enable these warnings fo the entire database, set the database parameter PLSQL_WARNINGS. These settings are also modifiable for the current session. alter session set plsql_warnings = enable:all; The above can be achieved using the built-in package
SQL> DBMS_WARNING.

Conditional compilation. Conditional compilation allows the compiler to allow to compile selected parts of a program based on conditions you provide with the $IF directive.

Support for non-sequential collections in FORALL.

Improved datatype support. Backtrace an exception to its line number. When handling an error, how can you find the line number on which the error was originally raised? In earlier release, the only way to do this was allow you exception to go unhandled and then view the full error trace stack. Now you can call DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE function to obtain that stack and manipulate it programmatically within your program. Set operators for nested tables. Support for regular expressions. Oracle database 10g supports the use of regular expressions inside code via four new built-in functions.
REGEXP_LIKE REGEXP_INSTR REGEXP_SUBSTR REGEXP_REPLACE PL/SQL

Programmer-defined quoting mechanism. Starting with oracle database 10g release 1, you can define your own quoting mechanism for string literals in both SQL and PL/SQL. Use the characters q(q followed by a single quote) programmer-defined deliemeter for you string literal. Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

to

note

the

v varchar(10) := 'computer'; dbms_output.put_line(q'*v = *' || v); dbms_output.put_line(q'$v = $' || v);

END;

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Output: v = computer v = computer Many new built-in packages. DBMS_SCHEDULER Represents a major update to DBMS_JOB. DBMS_SCHEDULER provides much improved functionality for scheduling and executing jobs defined via stored procedures. DBMS_CRYPTO Offers the ability to encrypt and decrypt common oracle datatype, including RAWs, BLOBs, and CLOBs. It also provides globalization support for encrypting data across different charactersets. DBMS_MONITOR Provides an API to control additional tracing and statistics gathering of sessions.

DBMS_WARNING Provides an API into the PL/SQL compiler warnings module, allowing you to read and change settings that control which warnings are suppressed, displayed, or treated as errors. STANDARD PACKAGE Oracle has defined in this special package. Oracle defines quite a few identifiers in this package, including built-in exceptions, functions and subtypes. You can reference the built-in form by prefixing it with STANDARD. The basic unit in any PL/SQL program is block. All blocks which can occur sequentially or nested. BLOCK STRUCTURE Declare -- declarative section Begin -- executable section Exception -- exception section End; In the above declarative and exceptiona sections are optional. BLOCK TYPES Anonymous blocks Named blocks
PL/SQL

programs are composed of

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 Labeled blocks Subprograms Triggers

ANONYMOUS BLOCKS

Anonymous blocks implies basic block structure. Ex:

BEGIN END; LABELED BLOCKS

Dbms_output.put_line(My first program):

Labeled blocks are anonymous blocks with a label which gives a name to the block. Ex: <<my_bloock>>
BEGIN END;

Dbms_output.put_line(My first program):

SUBPROGRAMS

Subprograms are procedures and functions. They can be stored in the database as stand-alone objects, as part of package or as methods of an object type.
TRIGGERS

Triggers consists of a the database. NESTED BLOCKS

PL/SQL

block that is associated with an event that occur in

A block can be nested within the executable or exception section of an outer block. IDENTIFIERS Identifiers are used to name PL/SQL objects, such as variables, cursors, types and subprograms. Identifiers consists of a letter, optionally followed by any sequence of characters, including letters, numbers, dollar signs, underscores, and pound signs only. The maximum length for an identifier is 30 characters. QUOTED IDENTIFIERS If you want to make an identifier case sensitive, include characters such as spaces or use a reserved word, you can enclose the identifier in double quotation marks. Ex:
DECLARE

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"a" number := 5; "A" number := 6;

BEGIN

END;

dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || a); dbms_output.put_line('A = ' || A);

Output:

a=6 A=6

COMMENTS Comments improve readability and make your program more understandable. They are ignored by the PL/SQL compiler. There are two types of comments available. Single line comments Multiline comments

SINGLE LINE COMMENTS

A single-line comment can start any point on a line with two dashes and continues until the end of the line. Ex:
BEGIN

END; MULTILINE COMMENTS

Dbms_output.put_line(hello);

-- sample program

Multiline comments start with the /* delimiter and ends with */ delimiter. Ex:
BEGIN END;

Dbms_output.put_line(hello);

/* sample program */

VARIABLE DECLERATIONS Variables can be declared in declarative section of the block; Ex:
DECLARE

a number; b number := 5; c number default 6;

CONSTANT DECLERATIONS To declare a constant, you include the default value. Ex:
DECLARE CONSTANT

keyword, and you must supply a

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b constant number := 5; c constant number default 6; NOT NULL CLAUSE You can also specify that the variable must be not null. Ex: b constant number not null:= 5; c number not null default 6; ANCHORED DECLERATIONS
PL/SQL DECLARE

offers two kinds of achoring. Scalar anchoring Record anchoring

SCALAR ANCHORING

Use the %TYPE attribute to define your variable based on tables column of some other PL/SQL scalar variable. Ex:
DECLARE

dno dept.deptno%type; Subtype t_number is number; a t_number; Subtype t_sno is student.sno%type; V_sno t_sno;
RECORD ANCHORING

Use the %ROWTYPE attribute to define your record structure based on a table. Ex: `DECLARE V_dept dept%rowtype;

BENEFITS OF ANCHORED DECLARATIONS

Synchronization with database columns. Normalization of local variables.

PROGRAMMER-DEFINED TYPES With the SUBTYPE statement, PL/SQL allows you to define your own subtypes or aliases of predefined datatypes, sometimes referred to as abstract datatypes. There are two kinds of subtypes. Constrained Unconstrained
CONSTRAINED SUBTYPE

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A subtype that restricts or constrains the values normally allowd by the datatype itself. Ex: Subtype positive is binary_integer range 1..2147483647; In the above declaration a variable that is declared as positive can store only ingeger greater than zero even though binary_integer ranges from -2147483647..+2147483647. UNCONSTRAINED SUBTYPE A subtype that does not restrict the values of the original datatype in variables declared with the subtype. Ex: Subtype float is number; DATATYPE CONVERSIONS can handle conversions between different families among the datatypes. Conversion can be done in two ways.
PL/SQL

Explicit conversion Implicit conversion

EXPLICIT CONVERSION

This can be done using the built-in functions available.

IMPLICIT CONVERSION

PL/SQL will automatically convert between datatype families when possible. Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN END;

a varchar(10); select deptno into a from dept where dname='ACCOUNTING';

In the above variable a is char type and deptno is number type even though, oracle will automatically converts the numeric data into char type assigns to the variable. PL/SQL can automatically convert between Characters and numbers Characters and dates

VARIABLE SCOPE AND VISIBILITY

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The scope of a variable is the portion of the program in which the variable can be accessed. For PL/SQL variables, this is from the variable declaration until the end of the block. When a variable goes out of scope, the PL/SQL engine will free the memory used to store the variable. The visibility of a variable is the portion of the program where the variable can be accessed without having to qualify the reference. The visibility is always within the scope. If it is out of scope, it is not visible. Ex1:
DECLARE

a number;

-- scope of a

BEGIN -------DECLARE BEGIN END;

b number;

-- scope of b

---------Ex2:
END;

DECLARE

BEGIN

a number; b number; -- a , b available here b char(10); -- a and char type b is available here

DECLARE BEGIN END; END;

-----

Ex3: <<my_block>>
DECLARE

a number; b number;
BEGIN

-- a , b available here b char(10); -- a and char type b is available here -- number type b is available using <<my_block>>.b

DECLARE BEGIN

END; END;

------

PL/SQL CONTROL STRUCTURES has a variety of control structures that allow you to control the behaviour of the block as it runs. These structures include conditional statements and loops.
PL/SQL

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If-then-else Case Case with no else Labeled case Searched case Simple loop While loop For loop Goto and Labels

IF-THEN-ELSE Syntax: If <condition1> then Sequence of statements; Elsif <condition1> then Sequence of statements; Else Sequence of statements; End if; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

dno number(2); select deptno into dno from dept where dname = 'ACCOUNTING'; if dno = 10 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is NEW YORK'); elsif dno = 20 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is DALLAS'); elsif dno = 30 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is CHICAGO'); else dbms_output.put_line('Location is BOSTON'); end if;

END;

Output: CASE

Location is

NEW YORK

Syntax: Case test-variable When value1 then sequence of statements; When value2 then sequence of statements; When valuen then sequence of statements; Else sequence of statements; End case;

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Ex:

DECLARE BEGIN

dno number(2); select deptno into dno from dept where dname = 'ACCOUNTING'; case dno when 10 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is NEW YORK'); when 20 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is DALLAS'); when 30 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is CHICAGO'); else dbms_output.put_line('Location is BOSTON'); end case;

END;

Output: Location is
NEW YORK

CASE WITHOUT ELSE Syntax: Case test-variable When value1 then sequence of statements; When value2 then sequence of statements; When valuen then sequence of statements; End case; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

dno number(2); select deptno into dno from dept where dname = 'ACCOUNTING'; case dno when 10 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is NEW YORK'); when 20 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is DALLAS'); when 30 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is CHICAGO'); when 40 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is BOSTON'); end case;

END;

Output: Location is LABELED CASE

NEW YORK

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Syntax: <<label>> Case test-variable When value1 then sequence of statements; When value2 then sequence of statements; When valuen then sequence of statements; End case; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

dno number(2); select deptno into dno from dept where dname = 'ACCOUNTING'; <<my_case>> case dno when 10 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is NEW YORK'); when 20 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is DALLAS'); when 30 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is CHICAGO'); when 40 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is BOSTON'); end case my_case;

END;

Output: Location is
NEW YORK

SEARCHED CASE Syntax: Case When <condition1> then sequence of statements; When <condition2> then sequence of statements; When <conditionn> then sequence of statements; End case; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

dno number(2); select deptno into dno from dept where dname = 'ACCOUNTING'; case dno when dno = 10 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is NEW YORK'); when dno = 20 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is DALLAS');

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END;

when dno = 30 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is when dno = 40 then dbms_output.put_line('Location is end case;

CHICAGO'); BOSTON');

Output: Location is SIMPLE LOOP Syntax: Loop Sequence of statements; Exit when <condition>; End loop; In the syntax exit when <condition> is equivalent to If <condition> then Exit; End if; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN NEW YORK

i number := 1; loop dbms_output.put_line('i = ' || i); i := i + 1; exit when i > 5; end loop;

END;

Output:

i i i i i

= = = = =

1 2 3 4 5

WHILE LOOP Syntax: While <condition> loop Sequence of statements; End loop; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

i number := 1; While i <= 5 loop dbms_output.put_line('i = ' || i);

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i := i + 1; end loop;
END;

Output:

i i i i i

= = = = =

1 2 3 4 5

FOR LOOP Syntax: For <loop_counter_variable> in low_bound..high_bound loop Sequence of statements; End loop; Ex1:
BEGIN

END;

For i in 1..5 loop dbms_output.put_line('i = ' || i); end loop; 1 2 3 4 5

Output:

i i i i i

= = = = =

Ex2:
BEGIN

For i in reverse 1..5 loop dbms_output.put_line('i = ' || i); end loop; 5 4 3 2 1

Output:

END;

i i i i i

= = = = =

NULL STATEMENT Usually when you write a statement in a program, you want it to do something. There are cases, however, when you want to tell PL/SQL to do absolutely nothing, and that is where the NULL comes. The NULL statement deos nothing except pass control to the next executable statement. You can use NULL statement in the following situations.

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Improving program readability. Sometimes, it is helpful to avoid any ambiguity inherent in an IF statement that doesnt cover all possible cases. For example, when you write an IF statement, you do not have to include an ELSE clause. Nullifying a raised exception. When you dont want to write any special code to handle an exception, you can use the NULL statement to make sure that a raised exception halts execution of the current PL/SQL block but does not propagate any exceptions to enclosing blocks. Using null after a label. In some cases, you can pair NULL with GOTO to avoid having to execute additional statements. For example, I use a GOTO statement to quickly move to the end of my program if the state of my data indicates that no further processing is required. Because I do not have to do anything at the termination of the program, I place a NULL statement after the label because at least one executable statement is required there. Even though NULL deos nothing, it is still an executable statement. GOTO AND LABELS Syntax: Goto label; Where label is a label defined in the PL/SQL block. Labels are enclosed in double angle brackets. When a goto statement is evaluated, control immediately passes to the statement identified by the label. Ex:
BEGIN

For i in 1..5 loop dbms_output.put_line('i = ' || i); if i = 4 then goto exit_loop; end if; end loop; <<exit_loop>> Null;
END;

Output:

i i i i

= = = =

1 2 3 4

RESTRICTIONS ON GOTO

It is illegal to branch into an inner block, loop. At least one executable statement must follow. It is illegal to branch into an if statement. It is illegal to branch from one if statement to another if statement.

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It is illegal to branch from exception block to the current block.

PRAGMAS Pragmas are compiler directives. They serve as instructions to the PL/SQL compiler. The compiler will act on the pragma during the compilation of the block. Syntax:
PRGAMA PL/SQL

instruction_to_compiler.

offers several pragmas:

AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION EXCEPTION_INIT RESTRICT_REFERENCES SERIALLY_REUSABLE

SUBPROGRAMS
PROCEDURES A procedure is a module that performs one or more actions. Syntax: Procedure [schema.]name [(parameter1 [,parameter2 ])] [authid definer | current_user] is -- [declarations] Begin -- executable statements [Exception -- exception handlers] End [name];

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In the above authid clause defines whether the procedure will execute under the authority of the definer of the procedure or under the authority of the current user. FUNCTIONS A function is a module that returns a value. Syntax: Function [schema.]name [(parameter1 [,parameter2 ])] Return return_datatype [authid definer | current_user] [deterministic] [parallel_enable] is -- [declarations] Begin -- executable statements [Exception -- exception handlers] End [name]; In the above authid clause defines whether the procedure will execute under the authority of the definer of the procedure or under the authority of the current user. Deterministic clause defines, an optimization hint that lets the system use a saved copy of the functions return result, if available. The quety optimizer can choose whether to use the saved copy or re-call the function. Parallel_enable clause defines, an optimization hint that enables the function to be executed in parallel when called from within SELECT statement. PARAMETER MODES In (Default) Out In out

IN

In parameter will act as pl/sql constant.

OUT

Out parameter will act as unintialized variable. You cannot provide a default value to an out parameter. Any assignments made to out parameter are rolled back when an exception is raised in the program. An actual parameter corresponding to an out formal parameter must be a variable.

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IN OUT

In out parameter will act as initialized variable. An actual parameter corresponding to an in out formal parameter must be a variable.

DEFAULT PARAMETERS Default Parameters will not allow in the beginning and middle. Out and In Out parameters can not have default values. Ex: procedure 7) valid procedure procedure procedure procedure invalild procedure NOTATIONS Notations are of two types. Positional notation Name notation p(a in number default 5, b in number default 6, c in number default p(a in number, b in number default 6, c in number default 7) valild p(a in number, b in number, c in number default 7) valild p(a in number, b in number default 6, c in number) invalild p(a in number default 5, b in number default 6, c in number) p(a in number default 5, b in number, c in number) invalild

We can combine positional and name notation but positional notation can not be followed by the name notation. Ex: Suppose we have a procedure proc(a number,b number,c number) and we have one anonymous block which contains v1,v2, and v3;
SQL> SQL>

exec proc (v1,v2,v3) exec proc (a=>v1,b=>v2,c=>v3)

-- Positional notation -- Named notation

FORMAL AND ACTUAL PARAMETERS Parametes which are in calling subprogram are actual parameters. Parametes which are in called subprogram are formal parameters. If any subprogram was called, once the call was completed then the values of formal parameters are copied to the actual parameters.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SAMPLE(a

Ex1: in number,b out number,c in out

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BEGIN

number) is

dbms_output.put_line('After call'); dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || a ||' b = ' || b || ' c = ' || c); b := 10; c := 20; dbms_output.put_line('After assignment'); dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || a ||' b = ' || b || ' c = ' || c);
END SAMPLE; DECLARE

v1 number := 4; v2 number := 5; v3 number := 6;

BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('Before call'); dbms_output.put_line('v1 = ' || v1 || ' v2 = ' || v2 || ' v3 = ' || v3); sample(v1,v2,v3); dbms_output.put_line('After completion of call'); dbms_output.put_line('v1 = ' || v1 || ' v2 = ' || v2 || ' v3 = ' || v3);
END;

Output:

Ex2:

Before call v1 = 4 v2 = 5 v3 = 6 After call a=4b= c=6 After assignment a = 4 b = 10 c = 20 After completion of call v1 = 4 v2 = 10 v3 = 20
CREATE OR REPLACE FUN(a

return
BEGIN

in number,b out number,c in out number)

IS

number

dbms_output.put_line('After call'); dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || a || ' b = ' || b || ' c = ' || c); dbms_output.put_line('Before assignement Result = ' || (a*nvl(b,1)*c)); b := 5; c := 7; dbms_output.put_line('After assignment'); dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || a || ' b = ' || b || ' c = ' || c); return (a*b*c);
END FUN; DECLARE

v1 number := 1; v2 number := 2; v3 number := 3; v number;

BEGIN

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dbms_output.put_line('Before call'); dbms_output.put_line('v1 = ' || v1 || ' v2 = ' || v2 || ' v3 = ' || v3); v := fun(v1,v2,v3); dbms_output.put_line('After call completed'); dbms_output.put_line('v1 = ' || v1 || ' v2 = ' || v2 || ' v3 = ' || v3); dbms_output.put_line('Result = ' || v);
END;

Output:

Before call v1 = 1 v2 = 2 v3 = 3 After call a=1b= c=3 Before assignement Result = 3 After assignment a=1b=5c=7 After call completed v1 = 1 v2 = 5 v3 = 7 Result = 35

RESTRICTIONS ON FORMAL PARAMETERS

By declaring with specified size in actual parameters. By declaring formal parameters with %type specifier.

USING NOCOPY Ex: Nocopy is a hint, not a command. This means that the compiler might silently decide that it cant fulfill your request for a nocopy parameter. The copying from formal to actual can be restricted by issuing nocopy qualifier. To pass the out and in out parameters by reference use nocopy qualifier.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE PROC(a BEGIN ---END PROC;

in out nocopy number) IS

CALL AND EXEC Call is a

SQL

statement, which can be used to execute subprograms like exec.

Syntax: Call subprogram_name([argument_list]) [into host_variable]; The parantheses are always required, even if the subprogram takes no arguments. We can not use call with out and in out parameters. Call is a SQL statement, it is not valid inside a PL/SQL block; The INTO clause is used for the output variables of functions only.

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Ex1:

We can not use exec with out or in out parameters. Exec is not valid inside a PL/SQL block;

CREATE OR REPLACE PROC IS BEGIN END PROC;

dbms_output.put_line('hello world');

Output:
SQL>

call proc(); hello world in number,b in number)

Ex2:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROC(a BEGIN END PROC; IS

dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || a || ' b = ' || b);

Output:
SQL>

call proc(5,6); a=5b=6

Ex3:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION FUN RETURN VARCHAR IS BEGIN END FUN;

return 'hello world';

Output: variable v varchar(20) call fun() into :v; SQL> print v hello world
SQL> SQL>

CALL BY REFERENCE AND CALL BY VALUE In parameters by default call by reference where as out and in out call by value. When parameter passed by reference, a pointer to the actual parameter is passed to the corresponding formal parameter. When parameter passed by value it copies the value of the actual parameter to the formal parameter. Call by reference is faster than the call by value because it avoids the copying.

SUBPROGRAMS OVERLOADING Possible with different number of parameters. Possible with different types of data. Possible with same type with objects. Can not be possible with different types of modes. We can overload local subprograms also.

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Ex:
SQL> SQL>

create or replace type t1 as object(a number);/ create or replace type t1 as object(a number);/
DECLARE

i t1 := t1(5); j t2 := t2(5);
PROCEDURE P(m t1) IS BEGIN END P; PROCEDURE P(n t2) IS BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('a = ' || m.a);

END P; PROCEDURE PRODUCT(a number,b number) IS BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('b = ' || n.b);

END PRODUCT; PROCEDURE PRODUCT(a number,b number,c number) IS BEGIN END PRODUCT; BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('Product of a,b = ' || a * b);

dbms_output.put_line('Product of a,b = ' || a * b * c);

END;

p(i); p(j); product(4,5); product(4,5,6);

Output: a=5 b=5 Product of a,b = 20 Product of a,b = 120

BENEFITS OF OVERLOADING

Supporting many data combinations Fitting the program to the user.

RESTRICTIONS ON OVERLOADING

Overloaded programs with parameter lists that differ only by name must be called using named notation. The parameter list of overloaded programs must differ by more than parameter mode. All of the overloaded programs must be defined within the same PL/SQL scope or block. Overloaded functions must differ by more than their return type.

IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT SUBPROGRAMS When a stored subprogram is created, it is stored in the data dictionary.

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The subprogram is stored in compile form which is known as p-code in addition to the source text. The p-code has all of the references in the subprogram evaluated, and the source code is translated into a form that is easily readable by PL/SQL engine. When the subprogram is called, the p-code is read from the disk, if necessary, and executed. Once it reads from the disk, the p-code is stored in the shared pool portion of the system global area (SGA), where it can be accessed by multiple users as needed. Like all of the contents of the shared pool, p-code is aged out of the shared pool according to a least recently used (LRU) algorithm. Subprograms can be local. Local subprograms must be declared in the declarative section of PL/SQL block and called from the executable section. Subprograms can not have the declarative section separately. Stored subprograms can have local subprograms; Local subprograms also can have local subprograms. If the subprogram contains a variable with the same name as the column name of the table then use the dot method to differentiate (subprogram_name.sal). Subprograms can be invalidated.

PROCEDURES V FUNCTIONS Procedures may return through out and in out parameters where as function must return. Procedures can not have return clause where as functions must. We can use call statement directly for executing procedure where as we need to declare a variable in case of functions. Functions can use in select statements where as procedures can not. Functions can call from reports environment where as procedures can not. We can use exec for executing procedures where as functions can not. Function can be used in dbms_output where as procedure can not. Procedure call is a standalone executable statement where as function call is a part of an executable statement.

STORED V LOCAL SUBPROGRAMS The stored subprogram is stored in compiled p-code in the database, when the procedure is called it does not have to be compiled. The local subprogram is compiled as part of its containing block. If the containing block is anonymous and is run multiple times, the subprogram has to be compiled each time. Stored subprograms can be called from any block submitted by a user who has execute privileges on the subprogram. Local subprograms can be called only from the block containing the subprogram.

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By keeping the stored subprogram code separate from the calling block, the calling block is shorter and easier to understand. The local subprogram and the calling block are one and the same, which can lead to part confusion. If a change to the calling block is made, the subprogram will be recompiled as of the recompilation of the containing block. The compiled p-code can be pinned in the shared pool using the DBMS_SHARED_POOL Package. This can improve performance. Local subprograms cannot be pinned in the shared pool by themselves. Stand alone stored subprograms can not be overloaded, but packaged subprograms can be overloaded within the same package. Local subprograms can be overloaded within the same block. Ex1:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P IS BEGIN END;

dbms_output.put_line('Stored subprogram');

Output:

exec p Stored subprogram

SQL> DECLARE PROCEDURE P IS BEGIN END; BEGIN

Ex2:

dbms_output.put_line('Local subprogram');

p;

END;

Local subprogram COMPILING SUBPROGRAMS

Output:

SQL> SQL>

Alter procedure P1 compile; Alter function F1 compile;

SUBPROGRAMS DEPENDECIES A stored subprogram is marked as invalid in the data dictionary if it has compile errors. A stored subprogram can also become invalid if a DDL operation is performed on one of its dependent objects. If a subprogram is invalidated, the PL/SQL engine will automatically attempt to recompile in the next time it is called. If we have two procedures like P1 and P2 in which P1 depends on P2. If we compile P2 then P1 is invalidated.

SUBPROGRAMS DEPENDENCIES IN REMOTE DATABASES

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 We will call remote subprogram using connect string like P1@ORACLE;

If we have two procedures like P1 and P2 in which P1 depends on P2 but P2 was in remote database. If we compile P2 it will not invalidate P1 immediately because the data dictionary does not track remote dependencies. Instead the validity of remote objects is checked at runtime. When P1 is called, the remote data dictionary is queried to determine the status of P2. P1 and P2 are compared to see it P1 needs to be recompiled, there are two different methods of comparision Timestamp Model Signature Model

TIMESTAMP MODEL This is the default model used by oracle. With this model, the timestamps of the last modifications of the two objects are compared. The last_ddl_time field of user_objects contains the timestamp. If the base object has a newer timestamp than the dependent object, the dependent object will be recompiled.
ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL

When P1 is in a client side

If the objects are in different time zones, the comparison is invalid. PL/SQL engine such as oracle forms, in this case it may not possible to recompile P1, because the source for it may not be included with the forms.

SIGNATURE MODEL When a procedure is created, a signature is stored in the data dictionary in addition to the p-code. The signature encodes the types and order of the parametes. When P1 is compiled the first time, the signature of P2 is included. Thus, P1 only needs to recompiled when the signature of P2 changes. In order to use the signature model, the parameter REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE must be set to SIGNATURE. This is a parameter in the database initialization file.

THREE WAYS OF SETTING THIS MODE

the line REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE=SIGNATURE to the database initialization file. The next time the database is started, the mode will be set to SIGNATURE for all sessions. Alter system set remote_dependencies_mode = signature; This will affect the entire database (all sessions) from the time the statement is issued. You must have the ALTER SYSTEM privilege to issue this command. Alter session set remote_dependencies_mode = signature;

Add

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This will only affect your session

ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL

Signatures dont get modified if the default values of formal parameters are changed. Suppose P2 has a default value for one of its parameters, and P1 is using this default value. If the default in the specification for P2 is changed, P1 will not be recompiled by default. The old value for the default parameter will still be used until P1 is manually recompiled. If P1 is calling a packaged procedure P2, and a new overloaded version of P2 is added to the remote package, the signature is not changed. P1 will still use the old version(not the new overloaded one) until P1 is recompiled manually. FORWARD DECLERATION Before going to use the procedure in any other subprogram or other block , you must declare the prototype of the procedure in declarative section. Ex1:
DECLARE PROCEDURE P1 IS BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('From procedure p1'); p2;

END P1; PROCEDURE P2 IS BEGIN

END P2; PROCEDURE P3 IS BEGIN END P3; BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('From procedure p2'); p3;

dbms_output.put_line('From procedure p3');

p1;

END;

Output:

p2; * ERROR at line 5: ORA-06550: line 5, column 1: PLS-00313: 'P2' not declared in this scope ORA-06550: line 5, column 1: PL/SQL: Statement ignored ORA-06550: line 10, column 1: PLS-00313: 'P3' not declared in this scope ORA-06550: line 10, column 1: PL/SQL: Statement ignored

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Ex2:
DECLARE PROCEDURE P2; -PROCEDURE P3; PROCEDURE P1 IS BEGIN

forward declaration

END P1; PROCEDURE P2 IS BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('From procedure p1'); p2;

dbms_output.put_line('From procedure p2'); p3;

END P2; PROCEDURE P3 IS BEGIN END P3; BEGIN END;

dbms_output.put_line('From procedure p3');

p1;

Output: From procedure p1 From procedure p2 From procedure p3

PRIVILEGES AND STORED SUBPROGRAMS

EXECUTE PREVILEGE

For stored subprograms and packages the relevant privilege is EXECUTE. If user A had the procedure called emp_proc then user A grants execute privilege on procedure to user B with the following command. SQL> Grant execute on emp_proc to user B. Then user B can run the procedure by issuing SQL> Exec user A.emp_proc userA created the following procedure
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P IS BEGIN

cursor is select *from student1; for v in c loop insert into student2 values(v.no,v.name,v.marks); end loop;

END P;

userA granted execute privilege to userB using SQL> grant execute on p to userB Then userB executed the procedure

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SQL>

Exec userA.p

If suppose userB also having student2 table then which table will populate whether userAs or userBs. The answer is userAs student2 table only because by default the procedure will execute under the privlige set of its owner. The above procedure is known as definers procedure.
HOW TO POPULATE USER Bs TABLE

Oracle introduces Invokers and Definers rights. By default it will use the definers rights. An invokers rights routine can be created by using AUTHID clause to populate the userBs table. It is valid for stand-alone subprograms, package specifications, and object type specifications only. userA created the following procedure
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P AUTHID CURRENT_USER IS BEGIN

cursor is select *from student1; for v in c loop insert into student2 values(v.no,v.name,v.marks); end loop;

END P;

Then grant execute privilege on p to userB. Executing the procedure by userB, which populates userBs table. The above procedure is called invokers procedure. Instead of current_user of authid clause, if you use definer then it will be called definer procedure.
STORED SUBPROGRAMS AND ROLES

we have two users saketh and sudha in which saketh has student table and sudha does not. Sudha is going to create a procedure based on student table owned by saketh. Before doing this saketh must grant the permissions on this table to sudha. conn saketh/saketh grant all on student to sudha; then sudha can create procedure SQL> conn sudha/sudha
SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P IS BEGIN

cursor c is select *from saketh.student; for v in c loop dbms_output.put_line(No = || v.no); end loop;

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END P;

here procedure will be created. If the same privilege was granted through a role it wont create the procedure. Examine the following code conn saketh/saketh create role saketh_role; SQL> grant all on student to saketh_role; SQL> grant saketh_role to sudha; then conn sudha/sudha
SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P IS BEGIN

cursor c is select *from saketh.student; for v in c loop dbms_output.put_line(No = || v.no); end loop;

END P;

The above code will raise error instead of creating procedure . This is because of early binding which PL/SQL uses by default in which references are evaluated in compile time but when you are using a role this will affect immediately.
ISSUES WITH INVOKERS RIGHTS

In an invokers rights routine, external references in But references in

SQL

statements will be

resolved using the callers privilege set. PL/SQL statements are still resolved under the owners privilege set.

TRIGGERS, VIEWS AND INVOKERS RIGHTS

A database trigger will always be executed with definers rights and will execute under the privilege set of the schema that owns the triggering table. This is also true for PL/SQL function that is called from a view. In this case, the function will execute under the privilege set of the views owner.

PACKAGES
A package is a container for related objects. It has specification and body. Each of them is stored separately in data dictionary. PACKAGE SYNTAX Create or replace package <package_name> is -- package specification includes subprograms signatures, cursors and global or public variables.

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End <package_name>; Create or replace package body <package_name> is -- package body includes body for all the subprograms declared in the spec, private Variables and cursors. Begin -- initialization section Exception -- Exception handling seciton End <package_name>; IMPORTANT POINGS ABOUT PACKAGES The first time a packaged subprogram is called or any reference to a packaged variable or type is made, the package is instantiated. Each session will have its own copy of packaged variables, ensuring that two sessions executing subprograms in the same package use different memory locations. In many cases initialization needs to be run the first time the package is instantiated within a session. This can be done by adding initialization section to the package body after all the objects. Packages are stored in the data dictionary and can not be local. Packaged subprograms has an advantage over stand alone subprogram. When ever any reference to package, the whole package p-code was stored in shared pool of SGA. Package may have local subprograms. You can include authid clause inside the package spec not in the body. The execution section of a package is know as initialization section. You can have an exception section at the bottom of a package body. Packages subprograms are not invalidated.

COMPILING PACKAGES

SQL> SQL> SQL>

Alter package PKG compile; Alter package PKG compile specification; Alter package PKG compile body;

PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES The package body depends on the some objects and the package header. The package header does not depend on the package body, which is an advantage of packages. We can change the package body with out changing the header.

PACKAGE RUNTIME STATE Package runtime state is differ for the following packages. Serially reusable packages Non serially reusable packages

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SERIALLY REUSABLE PACKAGES

To force the oracle to use serially reusable version then include PRAGMA SERIALLY_REUSABLE in both package spec and body, Examine the following package.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

pragma serially_reusable; procedure emp_proc;

END PKG;

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS

pragma serially_reusable; cursor c is select ename from emp;

PROCEDURE EMP_PROC IS

v_ename emp.ename%type; v_flag boolean := true; v_numrows number := 0;

BEGIN

if not c%isopen then open c; end if; while v_flag loop fetch c into v_ename; v_numrows := v_numrows + 1; if v_numrows = 5 then v_flag := false; end if; dbms_output.put_line('Ename = ' || v_ename); end loop;

END EMP_PROC; END PKG; SQL>

exec pkg.emp_proc Ename = SMITH Ename = ALLEN Ename = WARD Ename = JONES Ename = MARTIN exec pkg.emp_proc Ename = SMITH Ename = ALLEN Ename = WARD Ename = JONES Ename = MARTIN

SQL>

The above package displays the same output for each execution even though the cursor is not closed. Because the serially reusable version resets the state of the cursor each time it was called.

NON SERIALL Y REUSABLE PACKAGES

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This is the default version used by the oracle, examine the following package.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

procedure emp_proc;

END PKG; CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS PROCEDURE EMP_PROC IS

cursor c is select ename from emp; v_ename emp.ename%type; v_flag boolean := true; v_numrows number := 0;

BEGIN

if not c%isopen then open c; end if; while v_flag loop fetch c into v_ename; v_numrows := v_numrows + 1; if v_numrows = 5 then v_flag := false; end if; dbms_output.put_line('Ename = ' || v_ename); end loop;

END EMP_PROC; END PKG; SQL>

exec pkg.emp_proc Ename = SMITH Ename = ALLEN Ename = WARD Ename = JONES Ename = MARTIN exec pkg.emp_proc Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename = = = = =
BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER

SQL>

The above package displays the different output for each execution even though the cursor is not closed. Because the non-serially reusable version remains the state of the cursor over database calls.

DEPENDENCIES OF PACKAGE RUNTIME STATE

Dependencies can exists between package state and anonymous blocks. Examine the following program Create this package in first session
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

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v number := 5; procedure p;
END PKG; CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS PROCEDURE P IS BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('v = ' || v); v := 10; dbms_output.put_line('v = ' || v);

END P; END PKG;

Connect to second session, run the following code.

BEGIN END;

pkg.p;

The above code wil work. Go back to first session and recreate the package using create. Then connect to second session and run the following code again.
BEGIN END;

pkg.p;

This above code will not work because of the following. The anonymous block depends on pkg. This is compile time dependency. There is also a runtime dependency on the packaged variables, since each session has its own copy of packaged variables. Thus when pkg is recompiled the runtime dependency is followed, which invalidates the block and raises the oracle error. Runtime dependencies exist only on package state. This includes variables and cursors declared in a package. If the package had no global variables, the second execution of the anonymous block would have succeeded.

PURITY LEVELS In general, calls to subprograms are procedural, they cannot be called from SQL statements. However, if a stand-alone or packaged function meets certain restrictions, it can be called during execution of a SQL statement. User-defined functions are called the same way as built-in functions but it must meet different restrictions. These restrictions are defined in terms of purity levels. There are four types of purity levels. WNDS -Writes No Database State RNDS -Reads No Database State WNPS -Writes No Package State RNPS -Reads No Package State

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In addition to the preceding restrictions, a user-defined function must also meet the following requirements to be called from a SQL statement. The function has to be stored in the database, either stand-alone or as part of a package. The function can take only in parametes. The formal parameters must use only database types, not PL/SQL types such as boolean or record. The return type of the function must also be a database type. The function must not end the current transaction with commit or rollback, or rollback to a savepoint prior to the function execution. It also must not issue any alter session or alter system commands.
RESTRICT_REFERENCES

For packaged functions, however, the RESTRICT_REFERENCES pragma is required to specify the purity level of a given function. Syntax:
PRAGMA [,WNPS] RESTRICT_REFERENCES(subprogram_name [,RNDS] [,RNPS]); CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

or

package_name,

WNDS

Ex:

END PKG;

function fun1 return varchar; pragma restrict_references(fun1,wnds); function fun2 return varchar; pragma restrict_references(fun2,wnds);

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS FUNCTION FUN1 return varchar IS BEGIN

update dept set deptno = 11; return 'hello';

END FUN1; FUNCTION FUN2 BEGIN

return varchar

IS

END FUN2; END PKG;

update dept set dname ='aa'; return 'hello';

The above package body will not created, it will give the following erros. PLS-00452: Subprogram 'FUN1' violates its associated pragma PLS-00452: Subprogram 'FUN2' violates its associated pragma
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS FUNCTION FUN1 return varchar IS BEGIN END FUN1; FUNCTION FUN2 BEGIN

return 'hello'; return varchar

IS

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END FUN2; END PKG;

return 'hello';

Now the package body will be created.

DEFAULT

If there is no RESTRICT_REFERENCES pragma associated with a given packaged function, it will not have any purity level asserted. However, you can change the default purity level for a package. The DEFAULT keyword is used instead of the subprogram name in the pragma. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

pragma restrict_references(default,wnds); function fun1 return varchar; function fun2 return varchar;

END PKG; CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS FUNCTION FUN1 return varchar IS BEGIN

END FUN1; FUNCTION FUN2 BEGIN

update dept set deptno = 11; return 'hello'; return varchar

IS

update dept set dname ='aa'; return 'hello';

END FUN2; END PKG;

The above package body will not created, it will give the following erros because the pragma will apply to all the functions. PLS-00452: Subprogram 'FUN1' violates its associated pragma PLS-00452: Subprogram 'FUN2' violates its associated pragma
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS FUNCTION FUN1 return varchar IS BEGIN END FUN1; FUNCTION FUN2 BEGIN END FUN2; END PKG;

return 'hello'; return varchar

IS

return 'hello';

Now the package body will be created.

TRUST

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If the TRUST keyword is present, the restrictions listed in the pragma are not enforced. Rather, they are trusted to be true. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

END PKG;

function fun1 return varchar; pragma restrict_references(fun1,wnds,trust); function fun2 return varchar; pragma restrict_references(fun2,wnds,trust);

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG IS FUNCTION FUN1 return varchar IS BEGIN

update dept set deptno = 11; return 'hello';

END FUN1; FUNCTION FUN2 BEGIN

return varchar

IS

END FUN2; END PKG;

update dept set dname ='aa'; return 'hello';

The above package will be created successfully.

IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT RESTRICT_REFERENCES

This pragma can appear anywhere in the package specification, after the function declaration. It can apply to only one function definition. For overload functions, the pragma applies to the nearest definition prior to the Pragma. This pragma is required only for packages functions not for stand-alone functions. The Pragma can be declared only inside the package specification. The pragma is checked at compile time, not runtime. It is possible to specify without any purity levels when trust or combination of default and trust keywords are present. PINNING IN THE SHARED POOL The shared pool is the portion of the SGS that contains, among other things, the pcode of compiled subprograms as they are run. The first time a stored a store subprogram is called, the p-code is loaded from disk into the shared pool. Once the object is no longer referenced, it is free to be aged out. Objects are aged out of the shared pool using an LRU(Least Recently Used) algorithm. The DBMS_SHARED_POOL package allows you to pin objects in the shared pool. When an object is pinned, it will never be aged out until you request it, no matter how full the pool gets or how often the object is accessed. This can improve performance, as it takes time to reload a package from disk.
DBMS_SHARED_POOL

has four procedures

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 KEEP

KEEP UNKEEP SIZES ABORTED_REQUEST_THRESHOLD

The

DBMS_SHARED_POOL.KEEP

procedure is used to pin objects in the pool. varchar2,flag char default P);

Syntax:
PROCEDURE KEEP(object_name

Here the flag represents different types of flag values for different types of objects. P Q R C T JS JC JR JD
UNKEEP

----------

Package, function or procedure Sequence Trigger SQL Cursor Object type Java source Java class Java resource Java shared data

is the only way to remove a kept object from the shared pool, without restarting the database. Kept objects are never aged out automatically.
UNKEEP

Syntax:
SIZES SIZES

PROCEDURE UNKEEP(object_name

varchar2, flag char default P);

will echo the contents of the shared pool to the screen.

Syntax:
PROCEDURE SIZES(minsize number); Objects with greater than the minsize will be returned. return the data. ABORTED_REQUEST_THRESHOLD SIZES

uses

DBMS_OUTPUT

to

When the database determines that there is not enough memory in the shared pool to satisfy a given request, it will begin aging objects out until there is enough memory. It enough objects are aged out, this can have a performance impact on other database sessions. The ABORTED_REQUEST_THRESHOLD can be used to remedy this. Syntax:
PROCEDURE ABORTED_REQUEST_THRESHOLD(threshold_size

number);

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Once this procedure is called, oracle will not start aging objects from the pool unless at least threshold_size bytes is needed. DATA MODEL FOR SUBPROGRAMS AND PACKAGES USER_OBJECTS USER_SOURCE USER_ERRORS DBA_OBJECTS DBA_SOURCE DBA_ERRORS ALL_OBJECTS ALL_SOURCE ALL_ERRORS

CURSORS
Cursor is a pointer to memory location which is called as context area which contains the information necessary for processing, including the number of rows processed by the statement, a pointer to the parsed representation of the statement, and the active set which is the set of rows returned by the query. Cursor contains two parts Header Body Header includes cursor name, any parameters and the type of data being loaded. Body includes the select statement. Ex: Cursor c(dno in number) return dept%rowtype is select *from dept; In the above Header cursor c(dno in number) return dept%rowtype Body select *from dept

CURSOR TYPES Implicit (SQL) Explicit Parameterized cursors REF cursors

CURSOR STAGES Open Fetch Close

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CURSOR ATTRIBUTES %found %notfound %rowcount %isopen %bulk_rowcount %bulk_exceptions

CURSOR DECLERATION Syntax: Cursor <cursor_name> is select statement; Ex: Cursor c is select *from dept; CURSOR LOOPS
SIMPLE LOOP

Simple loop While loop For loop

Syntax: Loop Fetch <cursor_name> into <record_variable>; Exit when <cursor_name> % notfound; <statements>; End loop; Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

cursor c is select * from student; v_stud student%rowtype; open c; loop fetch c into v_stud; exit when c%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Name = ' || v_stud.name); end loop; close c;

END;

Output: Name Name Name Name

= = = =

saketh srinu satish sudha

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WHILE LOOP

Syntax: While <cursor_name> % found loop Fetch <cursor_name> nto <record_variable>; <statements>; End loop; Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

cursor c is select * from student; v_stud student%rowtype; open c; fetch c into v_stud; while c%found loop fetch c into v_stud; dbms_output.put_line('Name = ' || v_stud.name); end loop; close c;

END;

Output: Name Name Name Name

FOR LOOP

= = = =

saketh srinu satish sudha

Syntax: for <record_variable> in <cursor_name> loop <statements>; End loop; Ex:

DECLARE BEGIN

cursor c is select * from student;

for v_stud in c loop dbms_output.put_line('Name = ' || v_stud.name); end loop; END; Output: Name Name Name Name = = = = saketh srinu satish sudha

PARAMETARIZED CURSORS

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 Ex:

This was used when you are going to use the cursor in more than one place with different values for the same where clause. Cursor parameters must be in mode. Cursor parameters may have default values. The scope of cursor parameter is within the select statement.

DECLARE

cursor c(dno in number) is select * from dept where deptno = dno; v_dept dept%rowtype;
BEGIN

END;

open c(20); loop fetch c into v_dept; exit when c%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Dname = ' || v_dept.dname || ' Loc = ' || v_dept.loc); end loop; close c;

Output: Dname =
RESEARCH

Loc =

DALLAS

PACKAGED CURSORS WITH HEADER IN SPEC AND BODY IN PACKAGE BODY Ex1: cursors declared in packages will not close automatically. In packaged cursors you can modify the select statement without making any changes to the cursor header in the package specification. Packaged cursors with must be defined in the package body itself, and then use it as global for the package. You can not define the packaged cursor in any subprograms. Cursor declaration in package with out body needs the return clause.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG IS

cursor c return dept%rowtype is select * from dept; procedure proc is

END PKG; CREATE OR REPLACE PAKCAGE BODY PKG IS PROCEDURE PROC IS BEGIN

cursor c return dept%rowtype is select * from dept; for v in c loop dbms_output.put_line('Deptno = ' || v.deptno || ' Dname = ' || v.dname || ' Loc = ' || v.loc); end loop;

END PROC; END PKG;

Output:
SQL>

exec pkg.proc Deptno = 10 Dname =

ACCOUNTING

Loc =

NEW YORK

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Deptno = 20 Dname = RESEARCH Loc = DALLAS Deptno = 30 Dname = SALES Loc = CHICAGO Deptno = 40 Dname = OPERATIONS Loc = BOSTON Ex2:
CREATE OR REPLACE PAKCAGE BODY PKG IS

cursor c return dept%rowtype is select * from dept where deptno > 20;
PROCEDURE PROC IS BEGIN

for v in c loop dbms_output.put_line('Deptno = ' || v.deptno || ' Dname = ' || v.dname || ' Loc = ' || v.loc); end loop;
END PROC; END PKG;

Output:
SQL>

exec pkg.proc Deptno = 30 Dname = SALES Loc = CHICAGO Deptno = 40 Dname = OPERATIONS Loc = BOSTON

REF CURSORS AND CURSOR VARIABLES This is unconstrained cursor which will return different types depends upon the user input. Ref cursors can not be closed implicitly. Ref cursor with return type is called strong cursor. Ref cursor with out return type is called weak cursor. You can declare ref cursor type in package spec as well as body. You can declare ref cursor types in local subprograms or anonymous blocks. Cursor variables can be assigned from one to another. You can declare a cursor variable in one scope and assign another cursor variable with different scope, then you can use the cursor variable even though the assigned cursor variable goes out of scope. Cursor variables can be passed as a parameters to the subprograms. Cursor variables modes are in or out or in out. Cursor variables can not be declared in package spec and package body (excluding subprograms). You can not user remote procedure calls to pass cursor variables from one server to another. Cursor variables can not use for update clause. You can not assign nulls to cursor variables. You can not compare cursor variables for equality, inequality and nullity.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE REF_CURSOR(TABLE_NAME IN VARCHAR) IS

Ex:

type t is ref cursor; c t; v_dept dept%rowtype;

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type r is record(ename emp.ename%type,job emp.job%type,sal emp.sal %type); v_emp r; v_stud student.name%type; if table_name = 'DEPT' then open c for select * from dept; elsif table_name = 'EMP' then open c for select ename,job,sal from emp; elsif table_name = 'STUDENT' then open c for select name from student; end if; loop if table_name = 'DEPT' then fetch c into v_dept; exit when c%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Deptno = ' || v_dept.deptno || ' Dname = ' || v_dept.dname || ' Loc = ' || v_dept.loc); elsif table_name = 'EMP' then fetch c into v_emp; exit when c%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Ename = ' || v_emp.ename || ' Job = ' || v_emp.job || ' Sal = ' || v_emp.sal); elsif table_name = 'STUDENT' then fetch c into v_stud; exit when c%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Name = ' || v_stud); end if; end loop; close c;
END; BEGIN

Output:
SQL>

exec ref_cursor('DEPT') = = = = 10 20 30 40 Dname Dname Dname Dname = = = = Loc = NEW YORK Loc = DALLAS SALES Loc = CHICAGO OPERATIONS Loc = BOSTON
ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

Deptno Deptno Deptno Deptno

SQL>

exec ref_cursor('EMP') = = = = = = = = = = Job = CLERK Sal = 800 Job = SALESMAN Sal = 1600 WARD Job = SALESMAN Sal = 1250 JONES Job = MANAGER Sal = 2975 MARTIN Job = SALESMAN Sal = 1250 BLAKE Job = MANAGER Sal = 2850 CLARK Job = MANAGER Sal = 2450 SCOTT Job = ANALYST Sal = 3000 KING Job = PRESIDENT Sal = 5000 TURNER Job = SALESMAN Sal = 1500
SMITH ALLEN

Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename Ename

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Ename Ename Ename Ename

SQL>

= = = =

Job = CLERK Sal = 1100 Job = CLERK Sal = 950 FORD Job = ANALYST Sal = 3000 MILLER Job = CLERK Sal = 1300
ADAMS JAMES

exec ref_cursor('STUDENT') Name Name Name Name = = = = saketh srinu satish sudha

CURSOR EXPRESSIONS You can use cursor expressions in explicit cursors. You can use cursor expressions in dynamic SQL. You can use cursor expressions in REF cursor declarations and variables. You can not use cursor expressions in implicit cursors. Oracle opens the nested cursor defined by a cursor expression implicitly as soon as it fetches the data containing the cursor expression from the parent or outer cursor. Nested cursor closes if you close explicitly. Nested cursor closes whenever the outer or parent cursor is executed again or closed or canceled. Nested cursor closes whenever an exception is raised while fetching data from a parent cursor. Cursor expressions can not be used when declaring a view. Cursor expressions can be used as an argument to table function. You can not perform bind and execute operations on cursor expressions when using the cursor expressions in dynamic SQL.

USING NESTED CURSORS OR CURSOR EXPRESSIONS

Ex:

DECLARE

BEGIN

cursor c is select ename,cursor(select dname from dept d where e.empno = d.deptno) from emp e; type t is ref cursor; c1 t; c2 t; v1 emp.ename%type; v2 dept.dname%type; open c; loop fetch c1 into v1; exit when c1%notfound; fetch c2 into v2; exit when c2%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Ename = ' || v1 || ' Dname = ' || v2); end loop; end loop; close c;

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END;

CURSOR CLAUSES Return For update Where current of Bulk collect

RETURN

Cursor c return dept%rowtype is select *from dept; Or Cursor c1 is select *from dept; Cursor c return c1%rowtype is select *from dept; Or Type t is record(deptno dept.deptno%type, dname dept.dname%type); Cursor c return t is select deptno, dname from dept;
FOR UPDATE AND WHERE CURRENT OF

Normally, a select operation will not take any locks on the rows being accessed. This will allow other sessions connected to the database to change the data being selected. The result set is still consistent. At open time, when the active set is determined, oracle takes a snapshot of the table. Any changes that have been committed prior to this point are reflected in the active set. Any changes made after this point, even if they are committed, are not reflected unless the cursor is reopened, which will evaluate the active set again. However, if the FOR UPDATE caluse is pesent, exclusive row locks are taken on the rows in the active set before the open returns. These locks prevent other sessions from changing the rows in the active set until the transaction is committed or rolled back. If another session already has locks on the rows in the active set, then SELECT FOR UPDATE operation will wait for these locks to be released by the other session. There is no time-out for this waiting period. The SELECTFOR UPDATE will hang until the other session releases the lock. To handle this situation, the NOWAIT clause is available. Syntax: Select from for update of column_name [wait n]; If the cursor is declared with the FOR UPDATE clause, the clause can be used in an update or delete statement. Syntax: Where current of cursor; Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN WHERE CURRENT OF

cursor c is select * from dept for update of dname;

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for v in c loop update dept set dname = 'aa' where current of c; commit; end loop;
END; BULK COLLECT

This is used for array fetches With this you can retrieve multiple rows of data with a single roundtrip. This reduces the number of context switches between the pl/sql and sql engines. Reduces the overhead of retrieving data. You can use bulk collect in both dynamic and static sql. You can use bulk collect in select, fetch into and returning into clauses. SQL engine automatically initializes and extends the collections you reference in the bulk collect clause. Bulk collect operation empties the collection referenced in the into clause before executing the query. You can use the limit clause of bulk collect to restrict the no of rows retrieved. You can fetch into multible collections with one column each. Using the returning clause we can return data to the another collection.

BULK COLLECT IN FETCH

Ex:
DECLARE

Type t is table of dept%rowtype; nt t; Cursor c is select *from dept; Open c; Fetch c bulk collect into nt; Close c; For i in nt.first..nt.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Dname = ' || nt(i).dname || ' Loc = ' || nt(i).loc); end loop;

BEGIN

END;

Output:

Dname Dname Dname Dname

= = = =

Loc = NEW YORK Loc = DALLAS SALES Loc = CHICAGO OPERATIONS Loc = BOSTON
ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

BULK COLLECT IN SELECT

Ex:

DECLARE

Type t is table of dept%rowtype; Nt t;

BEGIN

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END;

Select * bulk collect into nt from dept; for i in nt.first..nt.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Dname = ' || nt(i).dname || ' Loc = ' || nt(i).loc); end loop;

Output: Dname Dname Dname Dname

LIMIT IN BULK COLLECT

= = = =

Loc = NEW YORK Loc = DALLAS SALES Loc = CHICAGO OPERATIONS Loc = BOSTON
ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

You can use this to limit the number of rows to be fetched. Ex:

DECLARE

BEGIN

Type t is table of dept%rowtype; nt t; Cursor c is select *from dept;

Open c; Fetch c bulk collect into nt limit 2; Close c; For i in nt.first..nt.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Dname = ' || nt(i).dname || ' Loc = ' || nt(i).loc); end loop;
END;

Output: Dname = Dname =

ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

Loc = NEW YORK Loc = DALLAS

MULTIPLE FETCHES IN INTO CLAUSE

Ex1:
DECLARE

Type t is table of dept.dname%type; nt t; Type t1 is table of dept.loc%type; nt1 t; Cursor c is select dname,loc from dept; Open c; Fetch c bulk collect into nt,nt1; Close c; For i in nt.first..nt.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Dname = ' || nt(i)); end loop; For i in nt1.first..nt1.last loop

BEGIN

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dbms_output.put_line('Loc = ' || nt1(i)); end loop;

END;

Output:

Dname = ACCOUNTING Dname = RESEARCH Dname = SALES Dname = OPERATIONS Loc = NEW YORK Loc = DALLAS Loc = CHICAGO Loc = BOSTON
DECLARE

Ex2:

type t is table of dept.dname%type; type t1 is table of dept.loc%type; nt t; nt1 t1;

BEGIN

Select dname,loc bulk collect into nt,nt1 from dept; for i in nt.first..nt.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Dname = ' || nt(i)); end loop; for i in nt1.first..nt1.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Loc = ' || nt1(i)); end loop;

END;

Output:

Dname = ACCOUNTING Dname = RESEARCH Dname = SALES Dname = OPERATIONS Loc = NEW YORK Loc = DALLAS Loc = CHICAGO Loc = BOSTON

RETURNING CLAUSE IN BULK COLLECT

You can use this to return the processed data to the ouput variables or typed variables. Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is table of number(2); nt t := t(1,2,3,4); type t1 is table of varchar(2); nt1 t1; type t2 is table of student%rowtype; nt2 t2;

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select name bulk collect into nt1 from student; forall v in nt1.first..nt1.last update student set no = nt(v) where name = nt1(v) returning no,name,marks bulk collect into nt2; for v in nt2.first..nt2.last loop dbms_output.put_line('Marks = ' || nt2(v)); end loop;
END;

Output:

Marks Marks Marks Marks

= = = =

100 200 300 400

POINTS TO REMEMBER Cursor name can be up to 30 characters in length. Cursors declared in anonymous blocks or subprograms closes automatically when that block terminates execution. %bulk_rowcount and %bulk_exceptions can be used only with forall construct. Cursor declarations may have expressions with column aliases. These expressions are called virtual columns or calculated columns.

QL IN PL/SQL
The only statements allowed directly in pl/sql are BINDING Binding a variable is the process of identifying the storage location associated with an identifier in the program. Types of binding Early binding Late binding
DML

and

TCL.

Binding during the compiled phase is early binding. Binding during the runtime phase is late binding. In early binding compile phase will take longer because of binding work but the execution is faster. In late binding it will shorten the compile phase but lengthens the execution time. PL/SQL by default uses early binding.

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Binding also involves checking the database for permissions to access the object Referenced.

DYNAMIC SQL

If you use

DDL in pl/sql it validates the permissions and existence if requires during compile time which makes invalid. We can avoid this by using Dynamic SQL. Dynamic SQL allows you to create a SQL statement dynamically at runtime. SQL.

Two techniques are available for Dynamic Native Dynamic SQL DBMS_SQL package

USING NATIVE DYNAMIC SQL

USING EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

Ex:
BEGIN

Execute immediate create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10)); or Execute immediate (create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10)));
END; USING EXECUTE IMMEDIATE WITH PL/SQL VARIABLES

Ex:

DECLARE BEGIN

v varchar(100); v := 'create table student(no number(2),name varchar(10))'; execute immediate v;

END; USING EXECUTE IMMEDIATE WITH BIND VARIABLES AND USING CLAUSE

Ex:

DECLARE BEGIN

v varchar(100); v := 'insert into student values(:v1,:v2,:v3)'; execute immediate v using 6,'f',600;

END; EXECUTING QUERIES WITH OPEN FOR AND USING CLAUSE

Ex:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P(smarks

in number)

IS

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s varchar(100) := 'select *from student where marks > :m'; type t is ref cursor; c t; v student%rowtype;
BEGIN

open c for s using smarks; loop fetch c into v; exit when c%notfound; dbms_output.put_line('Student Marks = ' || v.marks); end loop; close c;

END;

Output:
SQL>

exec p(100) Student Marks = 200 Student Marks = 300 Student Marks = 400

QUERIES WITH EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

Ex:
DECLARE

d_name dept.dname%type; lc dept.loc%type; v varchar(100); v := 'select dname from dept where deptno = 10'; execute immediate v into d_name; dbms_output.put_line('Dname = '|| d_name); v := 'select loc from dept where dname = :dn'; execute immediate v into lc using d_name; dbms_output.put_line('Loc = ' || lc);

BEGIN

END;

Output: Dname = ACCOUNTING Loc = NEW YORK

VARIABLE NAMES

Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

Marks number(3) := 100; -- this will delete all the rows -- student table

Delete student where marks = marks; in the

END;

This can be avoided by using the labeled blocks.

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<<my_block>>
DECLARE BEGIN

Marks number(3) := 100; -- delete rows which -- a marks of 100

Delete student where marks = my_block.marks; has

END; GETTING DATA INTO PL/SQL VARIABLES

Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN END;

V1 number; V2 varchar(2); Select no,name into v1,v2 from student where marks = 100;

DML AND RECORDS

Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P(srow BEGIN

in student%rowtype)

IS

insert into student values srow;

END P; DECLARE BEGIN

s student%rowtype; s.no := 11; s.name := 'aa'; s.marks := 100; p(s);

END; RECORD BASED INSERTS

Ex:

DECLARE BEGIN

srow student%rowtype; srow.no := 7; srow.name := 'cc'; srow.marks := 500; insert into student values srow;

END; RECORD BASED UPDATES

Ex:

DECLARE BEGIN

srow student%rowtype; srow.no := 6; srow.name := 'cc'; srow.marks := 500;

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END;

update student set row=srow where no = srow.no;

USING RECORDS WITH RETURNING CLAUSE

Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

srow student%rowtype; sreturn student%rowtype; srow.no := 8; srow.name := 'dd'; srow.marks := 500; insert into student values srow returning no,name,marks into sreturn; dbms_output.put_line('No = ' || sreturn.no); dbms_output.put_line('No = ' || sreturn.name); dbms_output.put_line('No = ' || sreturn.marks);

END;

Output: No = 8 No = dd No = 500 USING DBMS_SQL PACKAGE DBMS_SQL is used to execute dynamic SQL from with in PL/SQL. Unlike native dynamic SQL, it is not built directly into the language, and thus is less efficient. The DBMS_SQL package allows you to directly control the processing of a statement within a cursor, with operations such as opening and closing a cursor, parsing a statement, binding input variable, and defining output variables. Ex1:
DECLARE

cursor_id number; flag number; v_stmt varchar(50); cursor_id := dbms_sql.open_cursor; v_stmt := 'create table stud(sno number(2),sname varchar(10))'; dbms_sql.parse(cursor_id,v_stmt,dbms_sql.native); flag := dbms_sql.execute(cursor_id); dbms_sql.close_cursor(cursor_id); dbms_output.put_line('Table created');

BEGIN

END;

Output: Table created SQL> desc stud Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------

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SNO SNAME Ex2:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DBMS_SQL_PROC(v1

NUMBER(2) VARCHAR2(10)

cursor_id number; flag number; v_update varchar(50);

BEGIN

student.no%type, v2 student.marks%type) is

cursor_id := dbms_sql.open_cursor; v_update := 'update student set marks = :smarks where no = :sno'; dbms_sql.parse(cursor_id,v_update,dbms_sql.native); dbms_sql.bind_variable(cursor_id,':sno',v1); dbms_sql.bind_variable(cursor_id,':smarks',v2); flag := dbms_sql.execute(cursor_id); dbms_sql.close_cursor(cursor_id);

END DBMS_SQL_PROC;

Output:
SQL>

select * from student; NO NA ---- -----1 a 2 b 3 c MARKS -- ---------100 200 300

-- before execution

SQL> SQL>

exec dbms_sql_proc(2,222) select * from student; NO NA ---- -----1 a 2 b 3 c MARKS -- ---------100 222 300 -- after execution

FORALL STATEMENT This can be used to get the data from the database at once by reducting the number of context switches which is a transfer of control between PL/SQL and SQL engine. Syntax: Forall index_var in [ Lower_bound..upper_bound | Indices of indexing_collection | Values of indexing_collection ] SQL statement;

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FORALL WITH NON-SEQUENTIAL ARRAYS

Ex:

DECLARE

type t is table of student.no%type index by binary_integer; ibt t;

BEGIN

END;

ibt(1) := 1; ibt(10) := 2; forall i in ibt.first..ibt.last update student set marks = 900 where no = ibt(i);

The above program will give error like element at index [2] does not exists. You can rectify it in one of the two following ways.
USGAGE OF INDICES OF TO AVOID THE ABOVE BEHAVIOUR

This will be used when you have a collection whose defined rows specify which rows in the binding array you would like to processed. Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is table of student.no%type index by binary_integer; ibt t; type t1 is table of boolean index by binary_integer; ibt1 t1; ibt(1) := 1; ibt(10) := 2; ibt(100) := 3; ibt1(1) := true; ibt1(10) := true; ibt1(100) := true; forall i in indices of ibt1 update student set marks = 900 where no = ibt(i);

END;

Ouput:
SQL>

select * from student -- before execution

NO NA MARKS ---------- -----------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300 SQL> select * from student -- after execution NO NA MARKS ---------- -----------1 a 900 2 b 900 3 c 900

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USGAGE OF VALUES OF TO AVOID THE ABOVE BEHAVIOUR

This will be used when you have a collection of integers whose content identifies the position in the binding array that you want to be processed by the FORALL statement. Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is table of student.no%type index by binary_integer; ibt t; type t1 is table of pls_integer index by binary_integer; ibt1 t1; ibt(1) := 1; ibt(10) := 2; ibt(100) := 3; ibt1(11) := 1; ibt1(15) := 10; ibt1(18) := 100; forall i in values of ibt1 update student set marks = 567 where no = ibt(i);

END;

Ouput:
SQL>

select * from student -- before execution

NO NA MARKS ---------- -----------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300

SQL>

select * from student -- after execution

NO NA MARKS ---------- -----------1 a 900 2 b 900 3 c 900

POINTS ABOUT BULK BINDS

Passing the entire

PL/SQL table to the SQL engine in one step is known as bulk bind. Bulk binds are done using the forall statement. If there is an error processing one of the rows in bulk DML operation, only that row is rolled back.

POINTS ABOUT RETURING CLAUSE

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 This will be used only with

DML statements to return data into PL/SQL variables. This will be useful in situations like , when performing insert or update or delete if you want to know the data of the table which has been effected by the DML. With out going for another SELECT using RETURNING clause we will get the data which will avoid a call to RDBMS kernel.

COLLECTIONS
Collections are also composite types, in that they allow you to treat several variables as a unit. A collection combines variables of the same type. TYPES VARRAYS A varray is datatype very similar to an array. A varray has a fixed limit on its size, specified as part of the declaration. Elements are inserted into varray starting at index 1, up to maximum lenth declared in the varray type. The maximum size of the varray is 2 giga bytes. Syntax: Type <type_name> is varray | varying array (<limit>) of <element_type>; Ex1:
DECLARE

Varrays Nested tables Index - by tables (Associate arrays)

BEGIN

type t is varray(10) of varchar(2); va t := t('a','b','c','d'); flag boolean; dbms_output.put_line('Limit = ' || va.limit); dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || va.count); dbms_output.put_line('First Index = ' || va.first); dbms_output.put_line('Last Index = ' || va.last); dbms_output.put_line('Next Index = ' || va.next(2)); dbms_output.put_line('Previous Index = ' || va.prior(3)); dbms_output.put_line('VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in va.first..va.last loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '] = ' || va(i)); end loop; flag := va.exists(3); if flag = true then

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dbms_output.put_line('Index 3 exists with an element ' || va(3)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 3 does not exists'); end if; va.extend; dbms_output.put_line('After extend of one index, Count = ' va.count); flag := va.exists(5); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 5 exists with an element ' || va(5)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 5 does not exists'); end if; flag := va.exists(6); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 6 exists with an element ' || va(6)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 6 does not exists'); end if; va.extend(2); dbms_output.put_line('After extend of two indexes, Count = ' va.count); dbms_output.put_line('VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in va.first..va.last loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '] = ' || va(i)); end loop; va(5) := 'e'; va(6) := 'f'; va(7) := 'g'; dbms_output.put_line('AFTER ASSINGNING VALUES TO EXTENDED ELEMENTS, VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in va.first..va.last loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '] = ' || va(i)); end loop; va.extend(3,2); dbms_output.put_line('After extend of three indexes, Count = ' va.count); dbms_output.put_line('VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in va.first..va.last loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '] = ' || va(i)); end loop; va.trim; dbms_output.put_line('After trim of one index, Count = ' || va.count); va.trim(3); dbms_output.put_line('After trim of three indexs, Count = ' va.count); dbms_output.put_line('AFTER TRIM, VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in va.first..va.last loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '] = ' || va(i)); end loop; va.delete;

||

||

||

||

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dbms_output.put_line('After delete of entire varray, Count = ' || va.count);

END;

Output:

Limit = 10 Count = 4 First Index = 1 Last Index = 4 Next Index = 3 Previous Index = 2 VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1] = a va[2] = b va[3] = c va[4] = d Index 3 exists with an element c After extend of one index, Count = 5 Index 5 exists with an element Index 6 does not exists After extend of two indexes, Count = 7 VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1] = a va[2] = b va[3] = c va[4] = d va[5] = va[6] = va[7] = AFTER ASSINGNING VALUES TO EXTENDED ELEMENTS, VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1] = a va[2] = b va[3] = c va[4] = d va[5] = e va[6] = f va[7] = g After extend of three indexes, Count = 10 VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1] = a va[2] = b va[3] = c va[4] = d va[5] = e va[6] = f va[7] = g va[8] = b va[9] = b va[10] = b After trim of one index, Count = 9 After trim of three indexs, Count = 6 AFTER TRIM, VARRAY ELEMENTS

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va[1] = a va[2] = b va[3] = c va[4] = d va[5] = e va[6] = f After delete of entire varray, Count = 0 Ex2:
DECLARE

type t is varray(4) of student%rowtype; va t := t(null,null,null,null);

BEGIN

for i in 1..va.count loop select * into va(i) from student where sno = i; dbms_output.put_line('Sno = ' || va(i).sno || ' Sname = ' || va(i).sname); end loop;
END;

Output:

Sno Sno Sno Sno

= = = =

1 2 3 4

Sname Sname Sname Sname

= = = =

saketh srinu divya manogni

Ex3:

DECLARE

type t is varray(4) of student.smarks%type; va t := t(null,null,null,null);

BEGIN

END;

for i in 1..va.count loop select smarks into va(i) from student where sno = i; dbms_output.put_line('Smarks = ' || va(i)); end loop;

Output: Smarks Smarks Smarks Smarks Ex4:

DECLARE

= = = =

100 200 300 400

type r is record(c1 student.sname%type,c2 student.smarks%type); type t is varray(4) of r; va t := t(null,null,null,null);

BEGIN

for i in 1..va.count loop select sname,smarks into va(i) from student where sno = i; dbms_output.put_line('Sname = ' || va(i).c1 || ' Smarks = ' || va(i).c2); end loop;

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END;

Output:

Sname Sname Sname Sname

= = = =

saketh Smarks = 100 srinu Smarks = 200 divya Smarks = 300 manogni Smarks = 400

Ex5:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is varray(1) of addr; va t := t(null); cursor c is select * from employ; i number := 1;

for v in c loop select address into va(i) from employ where ename = v.ename; dbms_output.put_line('Hno = ' || va(i).hno || ' City = ' || va(i).city); end loop;
END;

Output: Hno = 11 City = hyd Hno = 22 City = bang Hno = 33 City = kochi Ex6:
DECLARE

type t is varray(5) of varchar(2); va1 t; va2 t := t(); if va1 is null then dbms_output.put_line('va1 else dbms_output.put_line('va1 end if; if va2 is null then dbms_output.put_line('va2 else dbms_output.put_line('va2 end if; is null'); is not null'); is null'); is not null');

BEGIN

END;

Output: va1 is null va2 is not null NESTED TABLES

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A nested table is thought of a database table which has no limit on its size. Elements are inserted into nested table starting at index 1. The maximum size of the varray is 2 giga bytes. Syntax: Type <type_name> is table of <table_type>; Ex1:
DECLARE

type t is table of varchar(2); nt t := t('a','b','c','d'); flag boolean;

BEGIN

if nt.limit is null then dbms_output.put_line('No limit to Nested Tables'); else dbms_output.put_line('Limit = ' || nt.limit); end if; dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('First Index = ' || nt.first); dbms_output.put_line('Last Index = ' || nt.last); dbms_output.put_line('Next Index = ' || nt.next(2)); dbms_output.put_line('Previous Index = ' || nt.prior(3)); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; flag := nt.exists(3); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 3 exists with an element ' || nt(3)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 3 does not exists'); end if; nt.extend; dbms_output.put_line('After extend of one index, Count = ' || nt.count); flag := nt.exists(5); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 5 exists with an element ' || nt(5)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 5 does not exists'); end if; flag := nt.exists(6); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 6 exists with an element ' || nt(6)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 6 does not exists'); end if; nt.extend(2); dbms_output.put_line('After extend of two indexes, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop

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dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; nt(5) := 'e'; nt(6) := 'f'; nt(7) := 'g'; dbms_output.put_line('AFTER ASSINGNING VALUES TO
NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS');

EXTENDED ELEMENTS,

for i in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; nt.extend(5,2); dbms_output.put_line('After extend of five indexes, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; nt.trim; dbms_output.put_line('After trim of one index, Count = ' || nt.count); nt.trim(3); dbms_output.put_line('After trim of three indexs, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('AFTER TRIM, NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; nt.delete(1); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of first index, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 2..nt.count+1 loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; nt.delete(4); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of fourth index, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 2..3 loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; for i in 5..nt.count+2 loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '] = ' || nt(i)); end loop; nt.delete; dbms_output.put_line('After delete of entire nested table, Count = ' || nt.count);
END;

Output: No limit to Nested Tables Count = 4 First Index = 1

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Last Index = 4 Next Index = 3 Previous Index = 2 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1] = a nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[4] = d Index 3 exists with an element c After extend of one index, Count = 5 Index 5 exists with an element Index 6 does not exists After extend of two indexes, Count = 7 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1] = a nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[4] = d nt[5] = nt[6] = nt[7] = AFTER ASSINGNING VALUES TO EXTENDED ELEMENTS, NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1] = a nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[4] = d nt[5] = e nt[6] = f nt[7] = g After extend of five indexes, Count = 12 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1] = a nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[4] = d nt[5] = e nt[6] = f nt[7] = g nt[8] = b nt[9] = b nt[10] = b nt[11] = b nt[12] = b After trim of one index, Count = 11 After trim of three indexs, Count = 8 AFTER TRIM, NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1] = a nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[4] = d nt[5] = e

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nt[6] = f nt[7] = g nt[8] = b After delete of first index, Count = 7 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[4] = d nt[5] = e nt[6] = f nt[7] = g nt[8] = b After delete of fourth index, Count = 6 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[2] = b nt[3] = c nt[5] = e nt[6] = f nt[7] = g nt[8] = b After delete of entire nested table, Count = 0 Ex2:
DECLARE

type t is table of student%rowtype; nt t := t(null,null,null,null);

BEGIN

for i in 1..nt.count loop select * into nt(i) from student where sno = i; dbms_output.put_line('Sno = ' || nt(i).sno || ' Sname = ' || nt(i).sname); end loop;
END;

Output:

Sno Sno Sno Sno

= = = =

1 2 3 4

Sname Sname Sname Sname

= = = =

saketh srinu divya manogni

Ex3:

DECLARE

type t is table of student.smarks%type; nt t := t(null,null,null,null);

BEGIN

END;

for i in 1..nt.count loop select smarks into nt(i) from student where sno = i; dbms_output.put_line('Smarks = ' || nt(i)); end loop;

Output: Smarks = 100 Smarks = 200

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Smarks = 300 Smarks = 400 Ex4:

DECLARE

type r is record(c1 student.sname%type,c2 student.smarks%type); type t is table of r; nt t := t(null,null,null,null);

BEGIN

for i in 1..nt.count loop select sname,smarks into nt(i) from student where sno = i; dbms_output.put_line('Sname = ' || nt(i).c1 || ' Smarks = ' || nt(i).c2); end loop;
END;

Output:

Sname Sname Sname Sname

= = = =

saketh Smarks = 100 srinu Smarks = 200 divya Smarks = 300 manogni Smarks = 400

Ex5:

DECLARE

type t is table of addr; nt t := t(null); cursor c is select * from employ; i number := 1;

BEGIN

END;

for v in c loop select address into nt(i) from employ where ename = v.ename; dbms_output.put_line('Hno = ' || nt(i).hno || ' City = ' || nt(i).city); end loop;

Output: Hno = 11 City = hyd Hno = 22 City = bang Hno = 33 City = kochi Ex6:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is varray(5) of varchar(2); nt1 t; nt2 t := t(); if nt1 is null then dbms_output.put_line('nt1 is null'); else dbms_output.put_line('nt1 is not null'); end if; if nt2 is null then

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dbms_output.put_line('nt2 is null'); else dbms_output.put_line('nt2 is not null'); end if;

END;

Output: nt1 is null nt2 is not null

SET OPERATIONS IN NESTED TABLES

You can perform set operations in the nested tables. You can also perform equality comparisions between nested tables. Possible operations are
UNION UNION DISTINCT INTERSECT EXCEPT (

Ex:

act like MINUS)

DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is table of varchar(2); nt1 t := t('a','b','c'); nt2 t := t('c','b','a'); nt3 t := t('b','c','a','c'); nt4 t := t('a','b','d'); nt5 t;

nt5 := set(nt1); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || ' ] = ' || nt5(i)); end loop; nt5 := set(nt3); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || ' ] = ' || nt5(i)); end loop; nt5 := nt1 multiset union nt4; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || ' ] = ' || nt5(i)); end loop; nt5 := nt1 multiset union nt3; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || ' ] = ' || nt5(i)); end loop; nt5 := nt1 multiset union distinct nt3; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS');

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END;

for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || end loop; nt5 := nt1 multiset except nt4; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || end loop; nt5 := nt4 multiset except nt1; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE for i in nt5.first..nt5.last loop dbms_output.put_line('nt5[ ' || i || end loop;

' ] = ' || nt5(i)); ELEMENTS'); ' ] = ' || nt5(i)); ELEMENTS'); ' ] = ' || nt5(i));

Output: NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = a nt5[ 2 ] = b nt5[ 3 ] = c NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = b nt5[ 2 ] = c nt5[ 3 ] = a NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = a nt5[ 2 ] = b nt5[ 3 ] = c nt5[ 4 ] = a nt5[ 5 ] = b nt5[ 6 ] = d NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = a nt5[ 2 ] = b nt5[ 3 ] = c nt5[ 4 ] = b nt5[ 5 ] = c nt5[ 6 ] = a nt5[ 7 ] = c NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = a nt5[ 2 ] = b nt5[ 3 ] = c NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = c NESTED TABLE nt5[ 1 ] = d INDEX-BY TABLES ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS ELEMENTS

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An index-by table has no limit on its size. Elements are inserted into index-by table whose index may start non-sequentially including negative integers. Syntax: Type <type_name> is table of <table_type> index by binary_integer; Ex:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t is table of varchar(2) index by binary_integer; ibt t; flag boolean;

ibt(1) := 'a'; ibt(-20) := 'b'; ibt(30) := 'c'; ibt(100) := 'd'; if ibt.limit is null then dbms_output.put_line('No limit to Index by Tables'); else dbms_output.put_line('Limit = ' || ibt.limit); end if; dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || ibt.count); dbms_output.put_line('First Index = ' || ibt.first); dbms_output.put_line('Last Index = ' || ibt.last); dbms_output.put_line('Next Index = ' || ibt.next(2)); dbms_output.put_line('Previous Index = ' || ibt.prior(3)); dbms_output.put_line('INDEX BY TABLE ELEMENTS'); dbms_output.put_line('ibt[-20] = ' || ibt(-20)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt[1] = ' || ibt(1)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt[30] = ' || ibt(30)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt[100] = ' || ibt(100)); flag := ibt.exists(30); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 30 exists with an element ' || ibt(30)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 30 does not exists'); end if; flag := ibt.exists(50); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 50 exists with an element ' || ibt(30)); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 50 does not exists'); end if; ibt.delete(1); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of first index, Count = ' || ibt.count); ibt.delete(30); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of index thirty, Count = ' || ibt.count); dbms_output.put_line('INDEX BY TABLE ELEMENTS'); dbms_output.put_line('ibt[-20] = ' || ibt(-20)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt[100] = ' || ibt(100)); ibt.delete;

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||
END;

dbms_output.put_line('After delete of entire index-by table, Count = ' ibt.count);

Output: No limit to Index by Tables Count = 4 First Index = -20 Last Index = 100 Next Index = 30 Previous Index = 1 INDEX BY TABLE ELEMENTS ibt[-20] = b ibt[1] = a ibt[30] = c ibt[100] = d Index 30 exists with an element c Index 50 does not exists After delete of first index, Count = 3 After delete of index thirty, Count = 2 INDEX BY TABLE ELEMENTS ibt[-20] = b ibt[100] = d After delete of entire index-by table, Count = 0 DIFFERENCES AMONG COLLECTIONS Varrays has limit, nested tables and index-by tables has no limit. Varrays and nested tables must be initialized before assignment of elements, in index-by tables we can directly assign elements. Varrays and nested tables stored in database, but index-by tables can not. Nested tables and index-by tables are PL/SQL tables, but varrays can not. Keys must be positive in case of nested tables and varrays, in case of indexby tables keys can be positive or negative. Referencing nonexistent elements raises SUBSCRIPT_BEYOND_COUNT in both nested tables and varrays, but in case of index-by tables NO_DATA_FOUND raises. Keys are sequential in both nested tables and varrays, non-sequential in index-by tables. Individual indexes can be deleted in both nested tables and index-by tables, but in varrays can not. Individual indexes can be trimmed in both nested tables and varrays, but in index-by tables can not. Individual indexes can be extended in both nested tables and varrays, but in index-by tables can not.

MULTILEVEL COLLECTIONS Collections of more than one dimension which is a collection of collections, known as multilevel collections.

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Syntax: Type <type_name1> is table of <table_type> index by binary_integer; Type <type_name2> is varray(<limit>) | table | of <type_name1> | index by binary_integer; Ex1:
DECLARE

type t1 is table of varchar(2) index by binary_integer; type t2 is varray(5) of t1; va t2 := t2(); c number := 97; flag boolean;

BEGIN

va.extend(4); dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || va.count); dbms_output.put_line('Limit = ' || va.limit); for i in 1..va.count loop for j in 1..va.count loop va(i)(j) := chr(c); c := c + 1; end loop; end loop; dbms_output.put_line('VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..va.count loop for j in 1..va.count loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '][' || j || '] = ' || va(i)(j)); end loop; end loop; dbms_output.put_line('First index = ' || va.first); dbms_output.put_line('Last index = ' || va.last); dbms_output.put_line('Next index = ' || va.next(2)); dbms_output.put_line('Previous index = ' || va.prior(3)); flag := va.exists(2); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 2 exists'); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 2 exists'); end if; va.extend; va(1)(5) := 'q'; va(2)(5) := 'r'; va(3)(5) := 's'; va(4)(5) := 't'; va(5)(1) := 'u'; va(5)(2) := 'v'; va(5)(3) := 'w'; va(5)(4) := 'x'; va(5)(5) := 'y'; dbms_output.put_line('After extend of one index, Count = ' || va.count); dbms_output.put_line('VARRAY ELEMENTS');

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for i in 1..va.count loop for j in 1..va.count loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '][' || j || '] = ' || va(i)(j)); end loop; end loop; va.trim; dbms_output.put_line('After trim of one index, Count = ' || va.count); va.trim(2); dbms_output.put_line('After trim of two indexes, Count = ' || va.count); dbms_output.put_line('VARRAY ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..va.count loop for j in 1..va.count loop dbms_output.put_line('va[' || i || '][' || j || '] = ' || va(i)(j)); end loop; end loop; va.delete; dbms_output.put_line('After delete of entire varray, Count = ' || va.count);
END;

Output: Count = 4 Limit = 5 VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1][1] = a va[1][2] = b va[1][3] = c va[1][4] = d va[2][1] = e va[2][2] = f va[2][3] = g va[2][4] = h va[3][1] = i va[3][2] = j va[3][3] = k va[3][4] = l va[4][1] = m va[4][2] = n va[4][3] = o va[4][4] = p First index = 1 Last index = 4 Next index = 3 Previous index = 2 Index 2 exists After extend of one index, Count = 5 VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1][1] = a va[1][2] = b va[1][3] = c va[1][4] = d

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va[1][5] = q va[2][1] = e va[2][2] = f va[2][3] = g va[2][4] = h va[2][5] = r va[3][1] = i va[3][2] = j va[3][3] = k va[3][4] = l va[3][5] = s va[4][1] = m va[4][2] = n va[4][3] = o va[4][4] = p va[4][5] = t va[5][1] = u va[5][2] = v va[5][3] = w va[5][4] = x va[5][5] = y After trim of one index, Count = 4 After trim of two indexes, Count = 2 VARRAY ELEMENTS va[1][1] = a va[1][2] = b va[2][1] = e va[2][2] = f After delete of entire varray, Count = 0 Ex2:
DECLARE

type t1 is table of varchar(2) index by binary_integer; type t2 is table of t1; nt t2 := t2(); c number := 65; v number := 1; flag boolean;
BEGIN

nt.extend(4); dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || nt.count); if nt.limit is null then dbms_output.put_line('No limit to Nested Tables'); else dbms_output.put_line('Limit = ' || nt.limit); end if; for i in 1..nt.count loop for j in 1..nt.count loop nt(i)(j) := chr(c); c := c + 1; if c = 91 then c := 97; end if;

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end loop; end loop; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop for j in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '][' || j || '] = ' || nt(i)(j)); end loop; end loop; dbms_output.put_line('First index = ' || nt.first); dbms_output.put_line('Last index = ' || nt.last); dbms_output.put_line('Next index = ' || nt.next(2)); dbms_output.put_line('Previous index = ' || nt.prior(3)); flag := nt.exists(2); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 2 exists'); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 2 exists'); end if; nt.extend(2); nt(1)(5) := 'Q'; nt(1)(6) := 'R'; nt(2)(5) := 'S'; nt(2)(6) := 'T'; nt(3)(5) := 'U'; nt(3)(6) := 'V'; nt(4)(5) := 'W'; nt(4)(6) := 'X'; nt(5)(1) := 'Y'; nt(5)(2) := 'Z'; nt(5)(3) := 'a'; nt(5)(4) := 'b'; nt(5)(5) := 'c'; nt(5)(6) := 'd'; nt(6)(1) := 'e'; nt(6)(2) := 'f'; nt(6)(3) := 'g'; nt(6)(4) := 'h'; nt(6)(5) := 'i'; nt(6)(6) := 'j'; dbms_output.put_line('After extend of one index, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop for j in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '][' || j || '] = ' || nt(i)(j)); end loop; end loop; nt.trim; dbms_output.put_line('After trim of one indexe, Count = ' || nt.count); nt.trim(2); dbms_output.put_line('After trim of two indexes, Count = ' || nt.count);

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dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop for j in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '][' || j || '] = ' || nt(i)(j)); end loop; end loop; nt.delete(2); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of second index, Count = ' || nt.count); dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); loop exit when v = 4; for j in 1..nt.count+1 loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || v || '][' || j || '] = ' || nt(v)(j)); end loop; v := v + 1; if v= 2 then v := 3; end if; end loop; nt.delete; dbms_output.put_line('After delete of entire nested table, Count = ' || nt.count);
END;

Output: Count = 4 No limit to Nested Tables NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1][1] = A nt[1][2] = B nt[1][3] = C nt[1][4] = D nt[2][1] = E nt[2][2] = F nt[2][3] = G nt[2][4] = H nt[3][1] = I nt[3][2] = J nt[3][3] = K nt[3][4] = L nt[4][1] = M nt[4][2] = N nt[4][3] = O nt[4][4] = P First index = 1 Last index = 4 Next index = 3 Previous index = 2 Index 2 exists After extend of one index, Count = 6

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NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1][1] = A nt[1][2] = B nt[1][3] = C nt[1][4] = D nt[1][5] = Q nt[1][6] = R nt[2][1] = E nt[2][2] = F nt[2][3] = G nt[2][4] = H nt[2][5] = S nt[2][6] = T nt[3][1] = I nt[3][2] = J nt[3][3] = K nt[3][4] = L nt[3][5] = U nt[3][6] = V nt[4][1] = M nt[4][2] = N nt[4][3] = O nt[4][4] = P nt[4][5] = W nt[4][6] = X nt[5][1] = Y nt[5][2] = Z nt[5][3] = a nt[5][4] = b nt[5][5] = c nt[5][6] = d nt[6][1] = e nt[6][2] = f nt[6][3] = g nt[6][4] = h nt[6][5] = i nt[6][6] = j After trim of one indexe, Count = 5 After trim of two indexes, Count = 3 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1][1] = A nt[1][2] = B nt[1][3] = C nt[2][1] = E nt[2][2] = F nt[2][3] = G nt[3][1] = I nt[3][2] = J nt[3][3] = K After delete of second index, Count = 2 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1][1] = A

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nt[1][2] = B nt[1][3] = C nt[3][1] = I nt[3][2] = J nt[3][3] = K After delete of entire nested table, Count = 0 Ex3:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t1 is table of varchar(2) index by binary_integer; type t2 is table of t1 index by binary_integer; ibt t2; flag boolean; dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || ibt.count); if ibt.limit is null then dbms_output.put_line('No limit to Index-by Tables'); else dbms_output.put_line('Limit = ' || ibt.limit); end if; ibt(1)(1) := 'a'; ibt(4)(5) := 'b'; ibt(5)(1) := 'c'; ibt(6)(2) := 'd'; ibt(8)(3) := 'e'; ibt(3)(4) := 'f'; dbms_output.put_line('INDEX-BY TABLE ELEMENTS'); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([1][1] = ' || ibt(1)(1)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([4][5] = ' || ibt(4)(5)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([5][1] = ' || ibt(5)(1)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([6][2] = ' || ibt(6)(2)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([8][3] = ' || ibt(8)(3)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([3][4] = ' || ibt(3)(4)); dbms_output.put_line('First Index = ' || ibt.first); dbms_output.put_line('Last Index = ' || ibt.last); dbms_output.put_line('Next Index = ' || ibt.next(3)); dbms_output.put_line('Prior Index = ' || ibt.prior(8)); ibt(1)(2) := 'g'; ibt(1)(3) := 'h'; ibt(1)(4) := 'i'; ibt(1)(5) := 'k'; ibt(1)(6) := 'l'; ibt(1)(7) := 'm'; ibt(1)(8) := 'n'; dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || ibt.count); dbms_output.put_line('INDEX-BY TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..8 loop dbms_output.put_line('ibt[1][' || i || '] = ' || ibt(1)(i)); end loop; dbms_output.put_line('ibt([4][5] = ' || ibt(4)(5)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([5][1] = ' || ibt(5)(1)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([6][2] = ' || ibt(6)(2)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([8][3] = ' || ibt(8)(3));

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dbms_output.put_line('ibt([3][4] = ' || ibt(3)(4)); flag := ibt.exists(3); if flag = true then dbms_output.put_line('Index 3 exists'); else dbms_output.put_line('Index 3 exists'); end if; ibt.delete(1); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of first index, Count = ' || ibt.count); ibt.delete(4); dbms_output.put_line('After delete of fourth index, Count = ' || ibt.count); dbms_output.put_line('INDEX-BY TABLE ELEMENTS'); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([5][1] = ' || ibt(5)(1)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([6][2] = ' || ibt(6)(2)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([8][3] = ' || ibt(8)(3)); dbms_output.put_line('ibt([3][4] = ' || ibt(3)(4)); ibt.delete; dbms_output.put_line('After delete of entire index-by table, Count = ' || ibt.count);
END;

Output:

Count = 0 No limit to Index-by Tables INDEX-BY TABLE ELEMENTS ibt([1][1] = a ibt([4][5] = b ibt([5][1] = c ibt([6][2] = d ibt([8][3] = e ibt([3][4] = f First Index = 1 Last Index = 8 Next Index = 4 Prior Index = 6 Count = 6 INDEX-BY TABLE ELEMENTS ibt[1][1] = a ibt[1][2] = g ibt[1][3] = h ibt[1][4] = i ibt[1][5] = k ibt[1][6] = l ibt[1][7] = m ibt[1][8] = n ibt([4][5] = b ibt([5][1] = c ibt([6][2] = d ibt([8][3] = e ibt([3][4] = f

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Index 3 exists After delete of first index, Count = 5 After delete of fourth index, Count = 4 INDEX-BY TABLE ELEMENTS ibt([5][1] = c ibt([6][2] = d ibt([8][3] = e ibt([3][4] = f After delete of entire index-by table, Count = 0 Ex4:
DECLARE

BEGIN

type t1 is table of varchar(2) index by binary_integer; type t2 is table of t1 index by binary_integer; type t3 is table of t2; nt t3 := t3(); c number := 65; nt.extend(2); dbms_output.put_line('Count = ' || nt.count); for i in 1..nt.count loop for j in 1..nt.count loop for k in 1..nt.count loop nt(i)(j)(k) := chr(c); c := c + 1; end loop; end loop; end loop; dbms_output.put_line('NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS'); for i in 1..nt.count loop for j in 1..nt.count loop for k in 1..nt.count loop dbms_output.put_line('nt[' || i || '][' || j || '][' || k || '] = ' end loop; end loop; end loop; nt(i)(j)(k));

||

END;

Output: Count = 2 NESTED TABLE ELEMENTS nt[1][1][1] = A nt[1][1][2] = B nt[1][2][1] = C nt[1][2][2] = D nt[2][1][1] = E nt[2][1][2] = F nt[2][2][1] = G nt[2][2][2] = H

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OBJECTS USED IN THE EXAMPLES

SQL>

select * from student; SNAME -------------saketh srinu divya manogni SMARKS ---------100 200 300 400

SNO ---------1 2 3 4
SQL>

create or replace type addr as object(hno number(2),city varchar(10));/

SQL>

select * from employ;

ENAME JOB ADDRESS(HNO, CITY) ---------- ---------- ----------------------------Ranjit clerk ADDR(11, 'hyd') Satish manager ADDR(22, 'bang') Srinu engineer ADDR(33, 'kochi')

ERROR HANDLING
PL/SQL implements error handling with exceptions and exception handlers. Exceptions can be associated with oracle errors or with your own user-defined errors. By using exceptions and exception handlers, you can make your PL/SQL programs robust and able to deal with both unexpected and expected errors during execution. ERROR TYPES Compile-time errors Runtime errors Errors that occur during the compilation phase are detected by the PL/SQL engine and reported back to the user, we have to correct them. Runtime errors are detected by the PL/SQL runtime engine which can programmatically raise and caught by exception handlers. Exceptions are designed for run-time error handling, rather than compile-time error handling. HANDLING EXCEPTIONS

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When exception is raised, control passes to the exception section of the block. The exception section consists of handlers for some or all of the exceptions. An exception handler contains the code that is executed when the error associated with the exception occurs, and the exception is raised. Syntax:
EXCEPTION

END;

When exception_name then Sequence_of_statements; When exception_name then Sequence_of_statements; When others then Sequence_of_statements;

EXCEPTION TYPES Predefined exceptions User-defined exceptions

PREDEFINED EXCEPTIONS Oracle has predefined several exceptions that corresponds to the most common oracle errors. Like the predefined types, the identifiers of these exceptions are defined in the STANDARD package. Because of this, they are already available to the program, it is not necessary to declare them in the declarative secion. Ex1:
DECLARE

BEGIN -- NO_DATA_FOUND BEGIN EXCEPTION

a number; b varchar(2); v_marks number; cursor c is select * from student; type t is varray(3) of varchar(2); va t := t('a','b'); va1 t;

select smarks into v_marks from student where sno = 50; when no_data_found then dbms_output.put_line('Invalid student number');

END; -- CURSOR_ALREADY_OPEN BEGIN

EXCEPTION

open c; open c;

when cursor_already_open then dbms_output.put_line('Cursor is already opened');

END; -- INVALID_CURSOR BEGIN

close c;

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EXCEPTION

open c; close c; close c; when invalid_cursor then dbms_output.put_line('Cursor is already closed');

END; -- TOO_MANY_ROWS BEGIN EXCEPTION

select smarks into v_marks from student where sno > 1; when too_many_rows then dbms_output.put_line('Too many values are coming to marks variable');

END; -- ZERO_DIVIDE BEGIN

a := 5/0;

EXCEPTION

END; -- VALUE_ERROR BEGIN EXCEPTION

when zero_divide then dbms_output.put_line('Divided by zero - invalid operation');

b := 'saketh'; when value_error then dbms_output.put_line('Invalid string length');

END; -- INVALID_NUMBER BEGIN EXCEPTION

insert into student values('a','srinu',100); when invalid_number then dbms_output.put_line('Invalid number');

END;

-- SUBSCRIPT_OUTSIDE_LIMIT BEGIN

va(4) := 'c';

EXCEPTION

END; -- SUBSCRIPT_BEYOND_COUNT BEGIN EXCEPTION

when subscript_outside_limit then dbms_output.put_line('Index is greater than the limit');

va(3) := 'c'; when subscript_beyond_count then dbms_output.put_line('Index is greater than the count');

END; -- COLLECTION_IS_NULL BEGIN

va1(1) := 'a';

EXCEPTION

END;

when collection_is_null then dbms_output.put_line('Collection is empty');

--

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END;

Output:

Invalid student number Cursor is already opened Cursor is already closed Too many values are coming to marks variable Divided by zero - invalid operation Invalid string length Invalid number Index is greater than the limit Index is greater than the count Collection is empty

Ex2:

DECLARE BEGIN

c number; c := 5/0; when zero_divide then dbms_output.put_line('Invalid Operation'); when others then dbms_output.put_line('From OTHERS handler: Invalid Operation');

EXCEPTION

END;

Output: Invalid Operation USER-DEFINED EXCEPTIONS A user-defined exception is an error that is defined by the programmer. Userdefined exceptions are declared in the declarative secion of a PL/SQL block. Just like variables, exeptions have a type EXCEPTION and scope.
RAISING EXCEPTIONS

User-defined exceptions are raised explicitly via the RAISE statement. Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

e exception; raise e; when e then dbms_output.put_line('e is raised');

EXCEPTION

END;

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Output:

e is raised BULIT-IN ERROR FUNCTIONS

SQLCODE AND SQLERRM

Ex1:

returns the current error code, and SQLERRM returns the current error message text; For user-defined exception SQLCODE returns 1 and SQLERRM returns userdeifned exception. SQLERRM wiil take only negative value except 100. If any positive value other than 100 returns non-oracle exception.
SQLCODE DECLARE

e exception; v_dname varchar(10);

BEGIN -- USER-DEFINED EXCEPTION BEGIN

raise e;

EXCEPTION

END;

when e then dbms_output.put_line(SQLCODE || ' ' ||

SQLERRM);

-- PREDEFINED EXCEPTION BEGIN EXCEPTION

select dname into v_dname from dept where deptno = 50; when no_data_found then dbms_output.put_line(SQLCODE || ' ' ||
SQLERRM);

END; END;

Output:

1 User-Defined Exception 100 ORA-01403: no data found

Ex2:
BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(100)); dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(0)); dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(1)); dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(-100)); dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(-500)); dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(200)); dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM(-900));

Output:

END;

ORA-01403: no data found ORA-0000: normal, successful completion User-Defined Exception ORA-00100: no data found

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ORA-00500: Message 500 not found; product=RDBMS; facility=ORA -200: non-ORACLE exception ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_STACK

The built-in function, like

SQLERRM, returns the message associated with the current error. It differs from SQLERRM in two ways: Its length is not restricted; it will return the full error message string. You can not pass an error code number to this function; it cannot be used to return the message for a random error code.

Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

v number := 'ab'; null; when others then dbms_output.put_line(dbms_utility.format_error_stack);

EXCEPTION

END;

Output:

declare * ERROR at line 1: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character to number conversion error ORA-06512: at line 2

DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_CALL_STACK

This function returns a formatted string showing the execution call stack inside your PL/SQL application. Its usefulness is not restricted to error management; you will also find its handy for tracing the exectution of your code. You may not use this function in exception block. Ex:
BEGIN END;

dbms_output.put_line(dbms_utility.format_call_stack);

Output:

----- PL/SQL Call Stack ----Object_handle line_number object_name 69760478 2 anonymous block

DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE

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It displays the execution stack at the point where an exception was raised. Thus , you can call this function with an exception section at the top level of your stack and still find out where the error was raised deep within the call stack. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P1 IS BEGIN

dbms_output.put_line('from procedure 1'); raise value_error;

END P1; CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P2 IS BEGIN

END P2;

dbms_output.put_line('from procedure 2'); p1;

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P3 IS BEGIN

EXCEPTION

dbms_output.put_line('from procedure 3'); p2; when others then dbms_output.put_line(dbms_utility.format_error_backtrace

); Output:

END P3;

SQL>

exec p3

from procedure 3 from procedure 2 from procedure 1 ORA-06512: at "SAKETH.P1", line 4 ORA-06512: at "SAKETH.P2", line 4 ORA-06512: at "SAKETH.P3", line 4 EXCEPTION_INIT PRAGMA Using this you can associate a named exception with a particular oracle error. This gives you the ability to trap this error specifically, rather than via an OTHERS handler. Syntax:
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(exception_name,

oracle_error_number);

Ex:

DECLARE

BEGIN

e exception; pragma exception_init(e,-1476); c number; c := 5/0; when e then

EXCEPTION

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END;

dbms_output.put_line('Invalid Operation');

Output: Invalid Operation RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR You can use this built-in function to create your own error messages, which can be more descriptive than named exceptions. Syntax: [keep_errors_flag]);
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(error_number,

error_message,,

The Boolean parameter keep_errors_flag is optional. If it is TRUE, the new error is added to the list of errors already raised. If it is FALSE, which is default, the new error will replace the current list of errors. Ex:
DECLARE BEGIN

c number; c := 5/0; when zero_divide then raise_application_error(-20222,'Invalid Operation');

EXCEPTION

END;

Output:

DECLARE

at line 1: ORA-20222: Invalid Operation ORA-06512: at line 7

ERROR

EXCEPTION PROPAGATION Exceptions can occur in the declarative, the executable, or the exception section of a PL/SQL block.
EXCEPTION RAISED IN THE EXECUATABLE SECTION

Exceptions raised in execuatable section can be handled in current block or outer block. Ex1:

DECLARE BEGIN BEGIN END;

e exception; raise e;

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EXCEPTION

END;

when e then dbms_output.put_line('e is raised');

Output: e is raised Ex2:

DECLARE BEGIN BEGIN END; END;

e exception; raise e;

Output: at line 1: ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception ORA-06512: at line 5

ERROR EXCEPTION RAISED IN THE DECLARATIVE SECTION

Exceptions raised in the declarative secion must be handled in the outer block. Ex1:
DECLARE BEGIN

c number(3) := 'abcd'; dbms_output.put_line('Hello'); when others then dbms_output.put_line('Invalid string length');

EXCEPTION

END;

Output:

at line 1: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character to number conversion error ORA-06512: at line 2
ERROR BEGIN DECLARE BEGIN

Ex2:

c number(3) := 'abcd'; dbms_output.put_line('Hello'); when others then dbms_output.put_line('Invalid string length');

EXCEPTION

END; EXCEPTION

when others then dbms_output.put_line('From outer block: Invalid string length');

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END;

Output:

From outer block: Invalid string length

EXCEPTION RAISED IN THE EXCEPTION SECTION

Exceptions raised in the declarative secion must be handled in the outer block. Ex1:
DECLARE

BEGIN

e1 exception; e2 exception; raise e1; when e1 then dbms_output.put_line('e1 is raised'); raise e2; when e2 then dbms_output.put_line('e2 is raised');

EXCEPTION

END;

Output: e1 is raised DECLARE * ERROR at line 1: ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception ORA-06512: at line 9 ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception Ex2:
DECLARE

e1 exception; e2 exception;
BEGIN BEGIN EXCEPTION

raise e1; when e1 then dbms_output.put_line('e1 is raised'); raise e2; when e2 then dbms_output.put_line('e2 is raised');

END; EXCEPTION

END;

when e2 then dbms_output.put_line('From outer block: e2 is raised');

Output: e1 is raised From outer block: e2 is raised

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Ex3:

DECLARE BEGIN

e exception; raise e; when e then dbms_output.put_line('e is raised'); raise e;

EXCEPTION

END;

Output: e is raised DECLARE * ERROR at line 1: ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception ORA-06512: at line 8 ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception RESTRICTIONS You can not pass exception as an argument to a subprogram.

DATABASE TRIGGERS
Triggers are similar to procedures or functions in that they are named PL/SQL blocks with declarative, executable, and exception handling sections. A trigger is executed implicitly whenever the triggering event happens. The act of executing a trigger is known as firing the trigger. RESTRICTIONS ON TRIGGERES Like packages, triggers must be stored as stand-alone objects in the database and cannot be local to a block or package. A trigger does not accept arguments.

USE OF TRIGGERS Maintaining complex integrity constraints not possible through declarative constraints enable at table creation. Auditing information in a table by recording the changes made and who made them. Automatically signaling other programs that action needs to take place when chages are made to a table. Perform validation on changes being made to tables. Automate maintenance of the database.

TYPES OF TRIGGERS

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DML Triggers Instead of Triggers DDL Triggers System Triggers Suspend Triggers

CATEGORIES Timing Level --Before or After Row or Statement

Row level trigger fires once for each row affected by the triggering statement. Row level trigger is identified by the FOR EACH ROW clause. Statement level trigger fires once either before or after the statement. DML TRIGGER SYNTAX Create or replace trigger <trigger_name> {Before | after} {insert or update or delete} on <table_name> [For each row] [When ()] [Declare] -- declaration Begin -- trigger body [Exception] -- exception section End <trigger_name>; DML TRIGGERS A DML trigger is fired on an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operation on a database table. It can be fired either before or after the statement executes, and can be fired once per affected row, or once per statement. The combination of these factors determines the types of the triggers. These are a total of 12 possible types (3 statements * 2 timing * 2 levels).
STATEMENT LEVEL

Statement level trigger fires only once. Ex:

SQL>

create table statement_level(count varchar(50)); after update on student

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER STATEMENT_LEVEL_TRIGGER BEGIN

insert into student values('Statement level fired');

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END STATEMENT_LEVEL_TRIGGER;

Output:
SQL>

update student set smarks=500; 3 rows updated.

SQL>

select * from statement_level; COUNT ---------------------------Statement level fired

ROW LEVEL

Row level trigger fires once for each row affected by the triggering statement. Ex:
SQL>

create table row_level(count varchar(50)); after update on student

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER ROW_LEVEL_TRIGGER BEGIN

insert into row_level values('Row level fired');

END ROW_LEVEL_TRIGGER;

Output:
SQL>

update student set smarks=500; 3 rows updated.

SQL>

select * from statement_level; COUNT ---------------------------Row level fired Row level fired Row level fired

ORDER OF DML TRIGGER FIRING

Before statement level Before row level After row level After statement level

Ex: Suppose we have a follwing table.

SQL>

select * from student;

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NO NAME ----- ------1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d

SQL>

MARKS ---------100 200 300 400

create table firing_order(order varchar(50));

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER BEFORE_STATEMENT

before insert on student

BEGIN

insert into firing_order values('Before Statement Level');

END BEFORE_STATEMENT; CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER BEFORE_ROW

BEGIN

before insert on student for each row

END BEFORE_ROW;

insert into firing_order values('Before Row Level');

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER AFTER_STATEMENT BEGIN

after insert on student insert into firing_order values('After Statement Level');

END AFTER_STATEMENT;

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER AFTER_ROW

after insert on student for each row

BEGIN

insert into firing_order values('After Row Level');

END AFTER_ROW;

Output:
SQL>

select * from firing_order;

no rows selected
SQL>

insert into student values(5,'e',500);

1 row created.
SQL>

select * from firing_order;

ORDER -------------------------------------------------Before Statement Level Before Row Level After Row Level After Statement Level

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SQL>

select * from student; NO NAME MARKS ---- -------- ---------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300 4 d 400 5 e 500

CORRELATION IDENTIFIERS IN ROW-LEVEL TRIGGERS

Inside the trigger, you can access the data in the row that is currently being processed. This is accomplished through two correlation identifiers - :old and :new. A correlation identifier is a special kind of PL/SQL bind variable. The colon in front of each indicates that they are bind variables, in the sense of host variables used in embedded PL/SQL, and indicates that they are not regular PL/SQL variables. The PL/SQL compiler will treat them as records of type Triggering_table%ROWTYPE. Although syntactically they are treated as records, in reality they are not. :old and :new are also known as pseudorecords, for this reason.
TRIGGERING STATEMENT :OLD -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------INSERT all fields :NEW ----------------------------

are

NULL.

values that will be inserted When the statement is new values that will be when the statement is
NULL.

completed.
UPDATE

original values for the row before the update. original values before the row is deleted.

updated completed.
DELETE

all fields are

Ex:
SQL>

create table marks(no number(2) old_marks number(3),new_marks number(3));

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER OLD_NEW

before insert or update or delete on student for each row

BEGIN

insert into marks values(:old.no,:old.marks,:new.marks);

END OLD_NEW;

Output:
SQL>

select * from student;

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NO NAME MARKS ----- ------- ---------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300 4 d 400 5 e 500
SQL>

select * from marks;

no rows selected
SQL>

insert into student values(6,'f',600);

1 row created.
SQL>

select * from student;

NO NAME MARKS ---- -------- ---------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300 4 d 400 5 e 500 6 f 600
SQL>

select * from marks; NO OLD_MARKS NEW_MARKS ---- --------------- --------------600

SQL>

update student set marks=555 where no=5;

1 row updated.
SQL>

select * from student;

NO NAME MARKS ----- ------- ---------1 a 100 2 b 200 3 c 300 4 d 400 5 e 555 6 f 600

SQL>

select * from marks;

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NO OLD_MARKS NEW_MARKS ------ ---------------- --------------600 5 500 555

SQL>

delete student where no = 2;

1 row deleted.
SQL>

select * from student;

NO NAME MARKS ---- -------- ---------1 a 100 3 c 300 4 d 400 5 e 555 6 f 600
SQL>

select * from marks;

NO OLD_MARKS NEW_MARKS ----- -------------- ---------------600 5 500 555 2 200

REFERENCING CLAUSE

If desired, you can use the REFERENCING clause to specify a different name for :old ane :new. This clause is found after the triggering event, before the WHEN clause. Syntax:
REFERENCING

[old as old_name] [new as new_name] before insert or update or delete on student referencing old as old_student new as new_student for each row

Ex:

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER REFERENCE_TRIGGER

BEGIN

insert into marks values(:old_student.no,:old_student.marks,:new_student.m arks);

END REFERENCE_TRIGGER; WHEN CLAUSE

clause is valid for row-level triggers only. If present, the trigger body will be executed only for those rows that meet the condition specified by the WHEN clause.
WHEN

Syntax:
WHEN

trigger_condition;

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Where trigger_condition is a Boolean expression. It will be evaluated for each row. The :new and :old records can be referenced inside trigger_condition as well, but like REFERENCING, the colon is not used there. The colon is only valid in the trigger body. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER WHEN_TRIGGER

before insert or update or delete on student referencing old as old_student new as new_student for each row when (new_student.marks > 500)
BEGIN

insert into marks values(:old_student.no,:old_student.marks,:new_student.m arks);

END WHEN_TRIGGER; TRIGGER PREDICATES

There are three Boolean functions that you can use to determine what the operation is. The predicates are
INSERTING UPDATING DELETING

Ex:
SQL>

create table predicates(operation varchar(20));

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER PREDICATE_TRIGGER BEGIN

before insert or update or delete on student if inserting then insert into predicates values('Insert'); elsif updating then insert into predicates values('Update'); elsif deleting then insert into predicates values('Delete'); end if;

END PREDICATE_TRIGGER;

Output:
SQL>

delete student where no=1;

1 row deleted.
SQL>

select * from predicates; MSG --------------Delete

SQL>

insert into student values(7,'g',700);

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1 row created.
SQL>

select * from predicates; MSG --------------Delete Insert

SQL>

update student set marks = 777 where no=7;

1 row updated.
SQL>

select * from predicates; MSG --------------Delete Insert Update

INSTEAD-OF TRIGGERS Instead-of triggers fire instead of a DML operation. Also, instead-of triggers can be defined only on views. Instead-of triggers are used in two cases: Ex:
SQL>

To allow a view that would otherwise not be modifiable to be modified. To modify the columns of a nested table column in a view. create view emp_dept as select empno,ename,job,dname,loc,sal,e.deptno emp e, dept d where e.deptno = d.deptno;

from

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER INSTEAD_OF_TRIGGER BEGIN

instead of insert on emp_dept insert into dept1 values(50,'rd','bang'); insert into emp1(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno)values(2222,'saketh','doctor',8000,5

0);

Output:
SQL> SQL>

END INSTEAD_OF_TRIGGER;

insert into emp_dept values(2222,'saketh','doctor',8000,'rd','bang',50); select * from emp_dept; ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JOB SAL DNAME LOC DEPTNO ------------ ----------- ------------- ------------- ---------CLERK 800 RESEARCH DALLAS 20 SALESMAN 1600 SALES CHICAGO 30 SALESMAN 1250 SALES CHICAGO 30

EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521

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7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7839 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 2222
SQL>

JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER saketh

MANAGER SALESMAN MANAGER MANAGER ANALYST PRESIDENT SALESMAN CLERK CLERK ANALYST CLERK doctor

2975 1250 2850 2450 3000 5000 1500 1100 950 3000 1300 8000

RESEARCH SALES SALES ACCOUNTING RESEARCH ACCOUNTING SALES RESEARCH SALES RESEARCH ACCOUNTING rd

DALLAS CHICAGO CHICAGO NEW YORK DALLAS NEW YORK CHICAGO DALLAS CHICAGO DALLAS NEW YORK bang

20 30 30 10 20 10 30 20 30 20 10 50

select * from dept; DEPTNO DNAME ---------- ---------------10 ACCOUNTING 20 RESEARCH 30 SALES 40 OPERATIONS 50 rd LOC ----------NEW YORK DALLAS CHICAGO BOSTON bang

SQL>

select * from emp;

EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ---------- ---------- --------------- -------- --------------------------------------7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 1 7-DEC-80 800 20 7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 30 7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30 7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 20 7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30 7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30 7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10 7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-87 3000 20 7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10 7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 1500 0 30

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20 30 20 10 50

7876 7900 7902 7934 2222

ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER saketh

CLERK CLERK ANALYST CLERK doctor

7788 7698 7566 7782

23-MAY-87 03-DEC-81 03-DEC-81 23-JAN-82

1100 950 3000 1300 8000

DDL TRIGGERS Oracle allows you to define triggers that will fire when Data Definition Language statements are executed. Syntax: Create or replace trigger <trigger_name> {Before | after} {DDL event} on {database | schema} [When ()] [Declare] -- declaration Begin -- trigger body [Exception] -- exception section End <trigger_name>; Ex: create table my_objects(obj_name varchar(10),obj_owner varchar(10),obj_time date);
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER CREATE_TRIGGER BEGIN

varchar(10),obj_type

after create on database

insert into my_objects values(sys.dictionary_obj_name,sys.dictionary_obj_type, sys.dictionary_obj_owner, sysdate);

END CREATE_TRIGGER;

Output:
SQL>

select * from my_objects; no rows selected

SQL> SQL>

create table stud1(no number(2)); select * from my_objects;

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OBJ_NAME OBJ_TYPE OBJ_OWNER OBJ_TIME ------------- -------------- -------------- -----------STUD1 TABLE SYS 21-JUL-07
SQL> SQL> SQL>

create sequence ss; create view stud_view as select * from stud1; select * from my_objects; OBJ_TIME ------------21-JUL-07 21-JUL-07 21-JUL-07

OBJ_NAME OBJ_TYPE OBJ_OWNER -------------- ------------- ---------------STUD1 TABLE SYS SS SEQUENCE SYS STUD_VIEW VIEW SYS
WHEN CLAUSE

If WHEN present, the trigger body will be executed only for those that meet the condition specified by the WHEN clause. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER CREATE_TRIGGER

after create on database when (sys.dictionary_obj_type = TABLE)

BEGIN

insert into my_objects values(sys.dictionary_obj_name,sys.dictionary_obj_type, sys.dictionary_obj_owner, sysdate);

END CREATE_TRIGGER;

SYSTEM TRIGGERS System triggers will fire whenever database-wide event occurs. The following are the database event triggers. To create system trigger you need ADMINISTER DATABASE TRIGGER privilege.
STARTUP SHUTDOWN LOGON LOGOFF SERVERERROR

Syntax: Create or replace trigger <trigger_name> {Before | after} {Database event} on {database | schema} [When ()] [Declare] -- declaration section Begin -- trigger body [Exception]

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-- exception section End <trigger_name>; Ex:

SQL>

create table user_logs(u_name varchar(10),log_time timestamp); after logon on database insert into user_logs values(user,current_timestamp);

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER AFTER_LOGON BEGIN

END AFTER_LOGON;

Output:
SQL>

select * from user_logs; no rows selected

SQL> SQL>

conn saketh/saketh select * from user_logs;

U_NAME LOG_TIME ---------- -----------------------------------------------SAKETH 22-JUL-07 12.07.13.140000 AM

SQL> SQL>

conn system/oracle select * from user_logs;

U_NAME LOG_TIME ---------- -----------------------------------------------SAKETH 22-JUL-07 12.07.13.140000 AM SYSTEM 22-JUL-07 12.07.34.218000 AM

SQL> SQL>

conn scott/tiger select * from user_logs;

U_NAME LOG_TIME ---------- ----------------------------------------------SAKETH 22-JUL-07 12.07.13.140000 AM SYSTEM 22-JUL-07 12.07.34.218000 AM SCOTT 22-JUL-07 12.08.43.093000 AM
SERVERERROR

The SERVERERROR event can be used to track errors that occur in the database. The error code is available inside the trigger through the SERVER_ERROR attribute function. Ex:
SQL>

create table my_errors(error_msg varchar(200));

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CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SERVER_ERROR_TRIGGER BEGIN

after servererror on database insert into my_errors values(dbms_utility.format_error_stack);

END SERVER_ERROR_TRIGGER;

Output: create table ss (no)); create table ss (no)) * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00922: missing or invalid option
SQL>

select * from my_errors; ERROR_MSG ------------------------------------------------------------ORA-00922: missing or invalid option

SQL>

insert into student values(1,2,3); insert into student values(1,2,3) * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> SQL>

select * from my_errors;

ERROR_MSG ------------------------------------------------------------ORA-00922: missing or invalid option ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SERVER_ERROR ATTRIBUTE FUNCTION

It takes a single number type of argument and returns the error at the position on the error stack indicated by the argument. The position 1 is the top of the stack. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SERVER_ERROR_TRIGGER

after servererror on database

BEGIN

insert into my_errors values(server_error(1));

END SERVER_ERROR_TRIGGER;

SUSPEND TRIGGERS This will fire whenever a statement is suspended. This might occur as the result of a space issue such as exceeding an allocated tablepace quota. This functionality can be used to address the problem and allow the operatin to continue. Syntax:

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Create or replace trigger <trigger_name> after suspend on {database | schema} [When ()] [Declare] -- declaration section Begin -- trigger body [Exception] -- exception section End <trigger_name>;

Ex: create tablespace my_space datafile 'f:\my_file.dbf' size 2m; create table student(sno number(2),sname varchar(10)) tablespace my_space;
SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SUSPEND_TRIGGER BEGIN

after suspend on database dbms_output.put_line( No room to insert in your tablespace');

END SUSPEND_TRIGGER;

Output: Insert more rows in student table then , you will get No room to insert in your tablespace AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION Prior to Oracle8i, there was no way in which some SQL operations within a transaction could be committed independent of the rest of the operations. Oracle allows this, however, through autonomous transactions. An autonomous transaction is a transaction that is started within the context of another transaction, known as parent transaction, but is independent of it. The autonomous transaction can be committed or rolled back regardless ot the state of the parent transaction. Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION_TRIGGER DECLARE BEGIN

after insert on student pragma autonomous_transaction; update student set marks = 555; commit;

END AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION_TRIGGER;

Output:

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SQL>

select * from student; NA MARKS ----- -- ---------a 111 b 222 c 300

NO ----1 2 3
SQL> SQL>

insert into student values(4,'d',444); select * from student; NO ---1 2 3 4 NA MARKS ------ -- ---------a 555 b 555 c 555 d 444

RESTRICTIONS ON AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION

If an autonomous transaction attempts to access a resource held by the main transaction, a deadlock can occur in you program. You cannot mark all programs in a package as autonomous with a single PRAGMA declaration. You must indicate autonomous transactions explicity in each program. To exit without errors from an autonomous transaction program that has executed at least one INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE, you must perform an explicit commit or rollback. The COMMIT and ROLLBACK statements end the active autonomous transaction, but they do not force the termination of the autonomous routine. You can have multiple COMMIT and/or ROLLBACK statements inside your autonomous block. You can not rollback to a savepoint set in the main transaction. The TRANSACTIONS parameter in the oracle initialization file specifies the maximum number of transactions allowed concurrently in a session. The default value is 75 for this, but you can increase the limit.

MUTATING TABLES There are restrictions on the tables and columns that a trigger body may access. In order to define these restrictions, it is necessary to understand mutating and constraining tables. A mutating table is table that is currentlty being modified by a DML statement and the trigger event also DML statement. A mutating table error occurs when a rowlevel trigger tries to examine or change a table that is already undergoing change. A constraining table is a table that might need to be read from for a referential integrity constraint.

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Ex:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER MUTATING_TRIGGER

before delete on student for each row ct number;

DECLARE BEGIN

select count(*) into ct from student where no = :old.no;

END MUTATING_TRIGGER;

Output: delete student where no = 1; delete student where no = 1 * ERROR at line 1: ORA-04091: table SCOTT.STUDENT is mutating, trigger/function may not see it ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.T", line 4 ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger 'SCOTT.T'
SQL> HOW TO AVOID MUTATING TABLE ERROR ?

By using autonomous transaction By using statement level trigger

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