Oracle Advanced PL/SQL

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    London-city

This course, designed for Oracle database administrators and software development personnel who need to gain practical experience of the advanced features of PL/SQL such as program design, packages, cursors, large objects and collections. It also introduces some of the Oracle-supplied packages. This Oracle Advanced PL/SQL course is suitable for users of Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Database 11g. Who will the Course Benefit?Software development personnel and Oracle database administrators who need to take advantage of the advanced features of PL/SQL in Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Database 11g.Practical experience of Oracle SQL or SQL Developer and a good working knowledge of the fundamentals of the PL/SQL programming language are required. Learning Objectives The delegates will practise: Writing code to interface with external applications and the operating systemCreating PL/SQL applications that use collectionsImplementing a virtual private database with fine-grained access controlManipulating large objectsAdministering SecureFile LOBsDesigning PL/SQL packages and program units for execution efficiencyTuning PL/SQL Code for PerformanceImproving memory usage with SQL and PL/SQL Result CachingAnalyzing PL/SQL CodeProfiling and Tracing PL/SQL CodeSafeguarding SQL code By the end of this Oracle Advanced PL/SQL course delegates will be able to effectively tune PL/SQL code; create subtypes; create and use collections; execute external C programs and Java programs from PL/SQL; use fine-grained access control; use LOB data types and the DBMS_LOB package; use SecureFile LOBs; effectively design cursors; improve memory usage with PL/SQL result caching and SQL result sets and apply coding standards to avoid SQL injection attacks.

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London-City ((select))
EC3V 9LJ

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About this course

Practical experience of Oracle SQL and the PL/SQL programming language is required. This can be gained by attendance on the pre-requisite courses. Familiarity with the Oracle Database is also required.

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  • Design
  • Database training
  • PL/SQL
  • Oracle database 10g
  • SQL
  • Database
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Course programme

Course Contents - DAY 1Course Introduction

  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: DESIGNING PL/SQL CODE FOR PERFORMANCE
  • Oracle Predefined Data Types
  • Create Subtypes Based on Existing Types for an Application
  • Guidelines for Cursor Design
  • Use Cursor Variables
  • Pass Cursor Variables as Program Parameters
  • Compare Cursor Variables to Static Cursors
Session 2: USE COLLECTIONS
  • Overview of Collections
  • Associative Arrays
  • Nested Tables
  • Varrays
  • Create PL/SQL Programs that use Collections
  • Use Collections Effectively
Session 3: ADVANCED INTERFACE METHODS
  • The Benefits of External Routines
  • External Routine Components
  • Call an OS Supplied DLL
  • Call Java from PL/SQL
  • Call C from PL/SQL
  • Call Java from PL/SQL
Session 4: VPD AND FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL
  • Overview of Fine-Grained Access Control
  • The Features of Fine-Grained Access Control
  • Overview of an Application Context
  • Create an Application Context
  • Set an Application Context
  • Describe the Package DBMS_RLS
  • Implement a Policy
  • Query the Data Dictionary for Fine-Grained Access Control
  • Information
Course Contents - DAY 2Session 5: MANIPULATE LARGE OBJECTS
  • Overview of a LOB Object
  • Manage Internal LOBs
  • Character Large Objects
  • Binary Large Objects
  • External Large Objects - BFILEs
  • Create and Use the DIRECTORY Object to Access and Use BFILEs
  • The DBMS_LOB Package
  • Delete LOBs
  • Create a Temporary LOB using the Package DBMS_LOB
Session 6: ADMINISTER SECUREFILE LOBS
  • Overview of SecureFile LOBs
  • Configure the Environment for SecureFile LOBs
  • Store Documents using SecureFile LOBs
  • Convert BasicFile LOBS to SecureFile LOBs
  • Evaluate the Performance of SecureFile LOBs
  • Establish Space Utilization of a LOB File
  • Set up Encryption
  • Enable Compression and Deduplication
Session 7: TUNING PL/SQL CODE FOR PERFORMANCE
  • Understand the PL/SQLCompiler
  • Influence the Compiler
  • Tuning PL/SQL Programs
  • The DBMS_UTILITY.GET_TIME Function
  • Tuning SQL
  • Reducing the Number of SQL Calls
  • PL/SQL Tuning
  • PL/SQL Native Compilation
Session 8: USE SQL AND PL/SQL CACHING TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE
  • The Importance of the Shared Pool
  • Library Cache
  • The Data Dictionary Cache
  • Pinning Code in the Shared Pool
  • SQL and PL/SQL Caching
  • PL/SQL Function Cache
Course Contents - DAY 3Session 9: ANALYZE PL/SQL CODE
  • Use Data Dictionary Views to View Coding Information
  • Use Supplied Packages to View Coding Information
  • Use the DBMS_METADATA Package to View Metadata as XML
  • Use the DBMS_METADATA Package to Create DDL that can be used to Re-create Objects
  • Determine Identifier Types and Usages with PL/Scope
Session 10: PROFILE AND TRACE PL/SQL CODE
  • Trace PL/SQL Program Execution
  • Profile PL/SQL Applications
  • Access the Trace Data
  • DBMS_PROFILER
Session 11: SAFEGUARD CODE
  • Overview of SQL Injections
  • Detecting Attacks
  • Review of Dynamic SQL
  • The Attack Surface
  • Typical SQL Attacks
  • Reduce Attack Surfaces
  • Use the DBMS_ASSERT Package
  • Design Immune Code
  • Test Code for SQL Injection Flaws

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