Oracle Introduction for Experienced SQL Users

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

This course is designed to give experienced SQL users practical experience in accessing an Oracle Database. This course is suitable for users of versions 9i, 10g and 11g.

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Location

Start date

London
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Clerks Court 18-20 Farringdon Lane Clerkenwell, EC1R 3AU

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • SQL
  • IT

Course programme

Introduction

  • Oracle - a brief overview
  • Users and roles
  • Object naming rules
  • Oracle datatypes
  • The data dictionary
  • Using SQL*Plus
  • Entering and executing SQL statements
  • Creating, editing and running SQL scripts
  • Using SQL Developer
  • Starting SQL Developer
  • Configuring a Connection
  • Navigation Tabs
  • SQL Worksheet

Querying the Database

  • Overview of the basics
  • Traditional Oracle v. ANSI-standard table joins
  • Set operators
  • Using aggregate functions
  • Subqueries and in-line views
  • Using the WITH clause
  • Hierarchical queries

Numeric and Character Functions

  • Using the table dual
  • Numeric functions
  • Formatting numeric output
  • Character functions and string concatenation

Date and Time Functions

  • Default date and timestamp formats
  • Accessing the current date and time
  • Date and time arithmetic
  • Date functions
  • Formatting date and time output
  • Conversion functions

Miscellaneous Functions

  • NVL and NVL2
  • DECODE
  • The simple CASE expression
  • The searched CASE expression

Enhanced Grouping Features

  • The ROLLUP extension
  • The CUBE extension
  • The GROUPING function
  • The GROUPING_ID function
  • The GROUPING SETS extension

Tables, Indexes and Views

  • Creating tables
  • Defining datatypes
  • Specifying constraints
  • Table, column and constraint operations
  • Recovering dropped tables
  • Temporary tables
  • External tables
  • Index-organized tables
  • Handling B-tree indexes
  • Creating and using views
  • Creating and using sequences

Managing Data

  • Inserting rows
  • Updating rows
  • Deleting rows
  • Verifying updates
  • Multi-table inserts
  • Merging rows
  • Basic transaction control

Access Control

  • System privileges
  • User accounts and roles
  • Granting and revoking object privileges
  • Using synonyms

The Data Dictionary

  • Data dictionary tables
  • Querying the data dictionary
  • Useful SQL statements

Analytic Functions

  • RANK and DENSE_RANK
  • NTILE and WIDTH_BUCKET
  • Analytic aggregates
  • Reporting aggregate functions
  • Windowing aggregate functions

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