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We are excited to let you know that we are launching shortly The New Technology Learning Series. We will be starting with Oracle 9i SQL PLSQL and SQL Plus. Below is the course schedule by week. Please let us know if you have suggestions. Oracle 9i SQL PL SQL and SQL Plus Course Description This course introduces students to data server...
Before we actually start with the lessons we need to install and setup Oracle on your pc to be able to practice. I would recommend all of you to install Oracle before you start with any of our lessons in the following weeks. Please use discussion board for any questions you might have in this Learning Series. That helps other users answering the...
After completing this week’ s section you will learn about the basic concepts on SQL SQL Plus and PL SQL. Please use discussion board if you have any questions we will help you with more details explanation. If you do not understand and practice in the order we provide it will be difficult for you to learn Oracle. Section 1 Using SQL Plus...
This week we will be covering the following topics. How to use SQL Plus for Editing - Edit; List and Change; Input Append and Del Using SQL Plus to Work with Files - Save; Get and Start; Spool and Using SQL Plus for Storing Temporary Values. If you have not completed the previous weeks articles please complete them before you practice this. Using...
In this week we will be learning Where and Order By clauses with Logical Operators and Comparison operators. If you haven t completed prior weeks articles please review them before you read this. Week 3 Restricting and Sorting Data WHERE Clause Comparison Operators; Logical Operator; Using the Logical Operator...
This Week we will be learning Restricting and Sorting Data" covers the following topics. WHERE Clause - Comparison Operators; Logical Operator; Using the Logical Operator AND; Using the logical Operator OR; Using the Logical Operator NOT; Nesting Logical Operators; Other Comparison Keywords; Using the Keyword LIKE; Using the Keywords...
This week we will learn Working with multiple Tables which covers Joins - Inner Join; Using Table Aliases; Outer Join; Self Join; Non-Equi Join Subqueries - Simple Subqueries; Multilevel Subqueries; Correlated Subqueries; Predicates Set Operators - Set Operator Examples Aliases An alias in oracle is another name used for a column or a table...
In week 6 of our Oracle 9i training course we will be learning about Data types with the differences between different Oracle versions creating tables altering tables dropping tables Integrity constraints supported by Oracle Inserting records Modifying the records and deleteting the records. If you can t see the screen shots please save them...
This week we will be learing about Sequences Synonyms Indexes Views Data Dictionary View Controlling Database Objects GRANT REVOKE Roles and Privileges. COMMIT ROLLBACK and SAVEPOINT SQL PLUS has a facility to automatically commit all the work without explicitly issuing the commit command i.e. SET AUTOCOMMIT ON -- Enables autocommit feature. SET...
This Week we will be learning about Creating PL SQL Blocks which includes Declaration Section Variables Scope of Variables Constants Records Manipulating Data in PL SQL and Using DML in PL SQL . PL SQL is a procedural extension for Oracle’ s Structured Query Language. PL SQL is not a separate language rather a technology. Mean to say that...
This tutorial teaches about how to structure flow of control through a PL SQL program. The control structures of PL SQL are simple yet powerful. Control structures in PL SQL can be divided into selection or conditional iterative and sequential. Control Structures This chapter teaches about how to structure flow of control through a PL SQL program....
In this week  tutorial 10 as part of Oracle 9i SQL and PL SQL training explains about the Introduction to Cursors different types and the Cursors and Loops with sample code and screen shots.CURSORFor every SQL statement execution certain area in memory is allocated. PL SQL allow you to name this area. This private SQL area is called context area...
Above  are the SQL scripts used in the tutorials form 1 through 10. Please find the link for to download all the scripts in zip file. Download Examples...
This week tutorial covers Oracle Exception Handling and the different types in it with sample SQL scripts along with the screen shots. Topics covered in this week Introduction to Exception Handling - Propagation of Errors Types of Exceptions - Named System Exceptions; Unnamed System Exceptions; User-Defined Exceptions.ExceptionsAn Exception is an error...
This tutorial covers Defining and Using Collections - Declaring Initializing and Referencing PL SQL Collections and Collection Methods - Using the Collection Methods. Oracle 9i PL SQL Collections Introduction Version 8.0 and higher versions of Oracle are referred to as ORDBMS Object-Relational Database Management System . The traditional...
This tutorial covers Developing Procedures and Functions Creating a Procedure Executing a Procedure Creating a Function Executing a Function Passing Parameters - IN Parameters OUT Parameters IN OUT Parameters Purity of a User-Defined Function and Positional and Named Notations. Oracle 9i Procedures and Functions PL SQL subprograms A subprogram...
This Weeks tutorial explains about Oracle Triggers Building a Trigger Trigger Execution Trigger Restrictions and Testing Mutating Tables.Database Triggers A database triggers is stored PL SQL program unit associated with a specific database table or view. The code in the trigger defines the action the database needs to perform whenever some database...
This weeks tutorial explains about Oracle Packages Developing Packages Package Specification Package Body; Overloading Oracle Supplied Packages and Dbms_output. Oracle Packages A package is a group of procedures functions variables and SQL statements created as a single unit. It is used to store together related objects. A package has two parts...
This tutorial explains about Export Utility Import Utility and  SQL Loader. They are supplied as part of the Oracle Software and need not have to be purchased or downloaded separately.Oracle Utilities The 3 utilities supplied along with Oracle Server are Export Import  SQL Loader They are supplied as part of...