Database Programming with SQL – Course Description
Overview
This course engages students to implement database models by creating physical databases using SQL. Students will learn basic SQL
syntax and the rules for constructing valid SQL statements to generate report-like output. Demonstrations and hands-on practice
reinforce the fundamental concepts.
Available Curriculum Languages:
• English, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Indonesian
Duration
• Recommended total course time: 90 hours*
• Professional education credit hours for educators who complete Oracle Academy training: 30
* Course time includes instruction, self-study/homework, practices, projects, and assessment
Target Audiences
Educators
• College/university faculty who teach computer programming, information communications technology (ICT), or a related
subject
• Secondary school teachers who teach computer programming, ICT, or a related subject
Students
• Students who wish to learn the techniques and tools to design, guild and extract information from a database
• Students who possess basic mathematical, logical, and analytical problem-solving skills
• Novice programmers, as well as those at advanced levels, to learning the SQL Programming language to an advanced level
Prerequisites
Required
• Ease with using a computer
• General knowledge of databases and query activity
Suggested
• None
Suggested Next Courses
• Database Programming with PL/SQL
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Lesson-by-Lesson Topics and Objectives
Introduction
• Oracle Application Express
• Relational Database Technology
• Anatomy of a SQL Statement
SELECT and WHERE
• Columns, Characters, and Rows
• Limit Rows Selected
• Comparison Operators
WHERE, ORDER BY, and Intro to Functions
• Logical Comparisons and Precedence Rules
• Sorting Rows
• Introduction to Functions
Single Row Functions Part I
• Case and Character Manipulation
• Number Functions
• Date Functions
Single Row Functions Part II
• Conversion Functions
• NULL Functions
• Conditional Expressions
JOINs Part I
• Cross Joins and Natural Joins
• Join Clauses
• Inner versus Outer Joins
• Self-Joins and Hierarchical Queries
JOINs Part II
• Oracle Equijoin and Cartesian Product
• Oracle Nonequijoins and Outer Joins
Group Functions Part I
• Group Functions
• COUNT, DISTINCT, NVL
Group Functions Part II
• Using Group By and Having Clauses
• Using Rollup and Cube Operations, and Grouping Sets
• Using Set Operators
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Subqueries
• Fundamentals of Subqueries
• Single-Row Subqueries
• Multiple-Row Subqueries
• Correlated Subqueries
Ensuring Quality Queries Part I
• Ensuring Quality Query Results
DML
• INSERT Statements
• Updating Column Values and Deleting Rows
• DEFAULT Values, MERGE, and Multi-Table Inserts
DDL
• Creating Tables
• Using Data Types
• Modifying a Table
Constraints
• Intro to Constraints; NOT NULL and UNIQUE Constraints
• PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY, and CHECK Constraints
• Managing Constraints
Views
• Creating Views
• DML Operations and Views
• Managing Views
Sequences and Synonyms
• Working With Sequences
• Indexes and Synonyms
Privileges and Regular Expressions
• Controlling User Access
• Creating and Revoking Object Privileges
• Regular Expressions
TCL
• Database Transactions
Final Project and Exam Review
• Testing
• Final Project Database Creation
• Final Exam Review
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Ensuring Quality Queries Part II
• Ensuring Quality Query Results - Advanced Techniques
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