Oracle12c SQL Training

In his 5 day instructor led class students will have a hands-on introduction to SQL including the use of both SQL Developer and SQL*Plus. This coverage is appropriate for both users of Oracle12c and Oracle11g. A full presentation of the basics of relational databases and their use are also covered.

Target Audience

This course is appropriate for anyone needing to interface with an Oracle database or those needing a general understanding of Oracle database functionality. That would include end users, business analysts, application developers and database administrators.

Prerequisites

Basic computer skills are needed. A basic knowledge of databases is desired but not required.

Course Content

CHAPTER 1 – BASIC RDBMS PRINCIPLES

RELATIONAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES

ACCESSING DATA THROUGH A STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE    

ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAMS

DATA DOMAINS

NULL VALUES

INDEXES

VIEWS

DENORMALIZATION

DATA MODEL REVIEW

LAB 1:  BASIC RDBMS PRINCIPLES

LAB 1 SOLUTIONS:  BASIC RDBMS PRINCIPLES

 

CHAPTER 2 – THE SQL LANGUAGE AND TOOLS

USING SQL*PLUS

·         Why Use SQL*Plus When Other Tools Are Available?

·         Starting SQL*Plus

·         EZConnect

·         SQL Commands       

·         PL/SQL Commands

·         SQL*Plus Commands

The COLUMN Command

·         The HEADING Clause

·         The FORMAT Clause

·         The NOPRINT Clause

·         The NULL Clause

·         The CLEAR Clause

PREDEFINED DEFINE VARIABLES

LOGIN.SQL

COMMAND HISTORY

COPY AND PASTE IN SQL*PLUS

ENTERING SQL COMMANDS

ENTERING PL/SQL COMMANDS          

ENTERING SQL*PLUS COMMANDS

DEFAULT OUTPUT FROM SQL*PLUS

ENTERING QUERIES

WHAT ABOUT PL/SQL?

LAB 2: SQL LANGUAGE AND TOOLS

LAB 2 SOLUTIONS:  SQL LANGUAGE AND TOOLS       

 

CHAPTER 3 – USING SQL DEVELOPER

CHOOSING A SQL DEVELOPER VERSION

CONFIGURING CONNECTIONS 

·         Creating A Basic Connection

·         Creating A TNS Connection

·         Connecting

CONFIGURING PREFERENCES

USING SQL DEVELOPER

·         The Columns Tab

·         The Data Tab

·         The Constraints Tab

·         The Grants Tab

·         The Statistics Tab

·         Other Tabs

·         Queries In SQL Developer

·         Query Builder

·         Accessing Objects Owned By Other Users

·         The Actions Pulldown Menu

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SQL DEVELOPER AND SQL*PLUS 

·         Reporting Commands Missing In SQL Developer

·         General Commands Missing In SQL Developer

DATA DICTIONARY REPORTS

USER DEFINED REPORTS

USING SCRIPTS IN SQL DEVELOPER

LAB 3:  USING SQL DEVELOPER

LAB 3 SOLUTIONS:  USING SQL DEVELOPER

 

CHAPTER 4 – SQL QUERY BASICS

UNDERSTANDING THE DATA DICTIONARY

·         Exporting Key Data Dictionary Information

THE DICTIONARY VIEW           

COMPONENTS OF A SELECT STATEMENT

·         The SELECT Clause

·         The FROM Clause

·         The WHERE Clause

·         The GROUP BY Clause

·         The HAVING Clause

·         The ORDER BY Clause

·         The START WITH And CONNECT BY Clauses

·         The FOR UPDATE Clause

·         Set Operators

COLUMN ALIASES

FULLY QUALIFYING TABLES AND COLUMNS

TABLE ALIASES

USING DISTINCT AND ALL IN SELECT STATEMENTS

LAB 4:  SQL QUERY BASICS

LAB 4 SOLUTIONS:  SQL QUERY BASICS

 

CHAPTER 5 – DATA MANIPULATION

THE DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE

·         The INSERT Command         

·         The UPDATE Command

·         The DELETE Command

·         Using The DEFAULT Keyword With Updates And Inserts

USING SQL DEVELOPER FOR DML

THE TRANSACTION CONTROL LANGUAGE (TCL)

IMPLICIT TCL

LAB 5:  DATA MANIPULATION

LAB 5 SOLUTIONS:  DATA MANIPULATION

 

CHAPTER 6 — WHERE AND ORDER BY

WHERE CLAUSE BASICS

COMPARISON OPERATORS

LITERALS AND CONSTANTS IN SQL

SIMPLE PATTERN MATCHING

LOGICAL OPERATORS

THE DUAL TABLE

ARITHMETIC OPERATORS

EXPRESSIONS IN SQL

CHARACTER OPERATORS

PSEUDO COLUMNS

ORDER BY CLAUSE BASICS

ORDERING NULLS

ACCENT AND CASE INSENSITIVE SORTS

SAMPLING DATA

WHERE AND ORDER BY IN SQL DEVELOPER

ALL, ANY, SOME

LAB 6:  WHERE AND ORDER BY

LAB 6 SOLUTIONS:  WHERE AND ORDER BY

 

CHAPTER 7 – FUNCTIONS

THE BASICS OF ORACLE FUNCTIONS

NUMBER FUNCTIONS

CHARACTER FUNCTIONS

DATE FUNCTIONS

CONVERSION FUNCTIONS

OTHER FUNCTIONS

LARGE OBJECT FUNCTIONS

ERROR FUNCTIONS

THE RR FORMAT MODEL

LEVERAGING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

LAB 7:  FUNCTIONS

LAB 7 SOLUTIONS: FUNCTIONS

 

CHAPTER 8 – ANSI 92 JOINS

BASICS OF ANSI 92 JOINS

USING QUERY BUILDER WITH MULTIPLE TABLES

TABLE ALIASES

OUTER JOINS

·         Outer Joins In Query Builder

SET OPERATORS

SELF-REFERENTIAL JOINS

NON-EQUIJOINS

LAB 8: ANSI 92 JOINS

LAB 8 SOLUTIONS:  ANSI 92 JOINS

 

CHAPTER 9 – ANSI 99 JOINS

CHANGES WITH ANSI99

CROSS JOIN

NATURAL JOIN

JOIN USING

JOIN ON

LEFT / RIGHT OUTER JOIN

FULL OUTER JOIN

LAB 9:  ANSI 99 JOINS

LAB 9 SOLUTIONS:  ANSI 99 JOINS

 

CHAPTER 10 – GROUP BY AND HAVING

INTRODUCTION TO GROUP FUNCTIONS          

·         Limiting Rows

·         Including NULL

·         Using DISTINCT With Group Functions

GROUP FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS

THE HAVING CLAUSE

OTHER GROUP FUNCTION RULES

USING QUERY BUILDER WITH GROUP CLAUSES

ROLLUP AND CUBE

THE GROUPING FUNCTION

GROUPING SETS

LAB 10:  GROUP BY AND HAVING

LAB 10 SOLUTIONS:  GROUP BY AND HAVING

 

CHAPTER 11 – SUBQUERIES  

WHY USE SUBQUERIES?        

WHERE CLAUSE SUBQUERIES

FROM CLAUSE SUBQUERIES

HAVING CLAUSE SUBQUERIES           

CORRELATED SUBQUERIES

SCALAR SUBQUERIES

DML AND SUBQUERIES

EXISTS SUBQUERIES

HIERARCHICAL QUERIES        

TOP N AND BOTTOM N QUERIES

CREATING SUBQUERIES USING QUERY BUILDER

LAB 11:  SUBQUERIES

LAB 11 SOLUTIONS:  SUBQUERIES

 

CHAPTER 12 – BASIC REPORTING

BASIC REPORTING

·         The COLUMN Command

·         Setting Column Width

PRINT | NOPRINT

TTITLE | BTITLE

REPHEADER / REPFOOTER

NEW_VALUE / OLD_VALUE

THE COMPUTE COMMAND

COMMENTS IN SCRIPT FILES

SUBSTITUTION VARIABLES

·         Named Substitution Variables

·         Numbered Substitution Variables

·         Dealing With Multiple References

·         Using The DEFINE Command

·         The ACCEPT And PROMPT Commands

RUNNING SCRIPTS UNATTENDED

LAB 12:  BASIC REPORTING    

LAB 12 SOLUTIONS:  BASIC REPORTING

 

CHAPTER 13 – DATA IMPORT AND EXPORT

USING SQL*LOADER WITH FIELD DELIMITED DATA

USING SQL*LOADER WITH COMMA DELIMITED DATA

DATA LOADING USING SQL DEVELOPER

EXPORTING ORACLE DATA INTO EXCEL

DOING AN ODBC QUERY

A WORD ABOUT DATA PUMP

LAB 13:  DATA IMPORT AND EXPORT

LAB 13 SOLUTIONS:  DATA IMPORT AND EXPORT

 

CHAPTER 14 – SECURITY

BASIC SECURITY        

·         SYSTEM Privileges

·         OBJECT Privileges

THE DATA DICTIONARY AND SECURITY

USING ROLES FOR PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT

USING PROFILES

·         Kernel Limits

·         Password Limits       

·         Creating And Using Profiles

LAB 14:  SECURITY

LAB 14 SOLUTIONS:  SECURITY

 

CHAPTER 15 – ADVANCED DATA MANIPULATION

THE MERGE COMMAND          

MULTIPLE COLUMN SUBQUERY UPDATES AND DELETES

DML AGAINST VIEWS

TRANSACTIONS AND READ CONSISTENCY

DML LOCKS

FLASHBACK TECHNOLOGIES

INSERTING LARGE OBJECTS

CHANGED DATA TRACKING

·         Flashback Versions Query

·         Log Miner

·         Change Data Capture

·         Flashback Data Archive

LAB 15:  ADVANCED DATA MANIPULATION

LAB 15 SOLUTIONS:  ADVANCED DATA MANIPULATION

 

CHAPTER 16 – INTRODUCTION TO DATA DEFINITION

INTRODUCTION TO DDL COMMANDS

KEY OBJECTS

OBJECT NAMING RULES         

THE DATA DICTIONARY

AVAILABLE DATATYPES

·         Using Extended Datatypes

THE CREATE TABLE STATEMENT

NAMING CONSTRAINTS           

INTEGRITY CONSTRAINTS

·         Primary Keys

·         Foreign Keys

·         NOT NULL Constraints

·         UNIQUE Constraints

·         CHECK Constraints

·         DEFAULT Values

IDENTITY Columns

CONSTRAINTS AND CREATE TABLE… AS SELECT

CONSTRAINT LIMITATIONS

CREATING TABLES IN SQL DEVELOPER

OTHER DDL ACTIONS IN SQL DEVELOPER

THE ALTER TABLE COMMAND

DROPPING OBJECTS

RENAMING OBJECTS

THE TRUNCATE COMMAND

THE COMMENT COMMAND

CREATING SIMPLE VIEWS

LAB 16:  INTRODUCTION TO DATA DEFINITION

LAB 16 SOLUTIONS:  INTRODUCTION TO DATA DEFINITION

 

CHAPTER 17 – ADVANCED DATA DEFINITION

DDL AND THE DATA DICTIONARY

DISABLING CONSTRAINTS

ENABLING CONSTRAINTS

HANDLING CONSTRAINT EXCEPTIONS

USING DEFERRABLE CONSTRAINTS

SEQUENCES

EXTERNAL TABLES FOR DATA STORAGE

·         Why Are External Tables Useful

·         Privileges Needed

·         Syntax For Creating External Tables

EXTERNAL TABLES AND THE ORACLE_DATAPUMP DRIVER

INDEXES

·         Guidelines

·         Index Creation Syntax

·         Rebuilding Indexes

·         Function Based Indexes       

COMMENTS

SYNONYMS

·         CREATE SYNONYM Syntax

COMPLEX VIEWS        

·         Syntax For Views

VIRTUAL COLUMNS

COMPRESSED TABLES

INVISIBLE INDEXES

ONLINE DDL ENHANCEMENTS

INVISIBLE COLUMNS

CREATING MULTIPLE INDEXES ON COLUMNS

LAB 17:  ADVANCED DATA DEFINITION

LAB 17 SOLUTIONS: ADVANCED DATA DEFINITION

 

CHAPTER 18 – REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

AVAILABLE REGULAR EXPRESSION FUNCTIONS

REGULAR EXPRESSION OPERATORS

CHARACTER CLASSES

PATTERN MATCHING OPTIONS

REGEX_LIKE

REGEXP_SUBSTR

REGEXP INSTR

REGEXP_REPLACE

REGEXP_COUNT

LAB 18:  REGULAR EXPRESSIONS     

LAB 18 SOLUTIONS:  REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

 

CHAPTER 19 – ANALYTICS

THE WITH CLAUSE

REPORTING AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS

USER-DEFINED BUCKET HISTOGRAMS

THE MODEL CLAUSE

PIVOT AND UNPIVOT

TEMPORAL VALIDITY

LAB 19:  ANALYTICS

LAB 19 SOLUTIONS:  ANALYTICS        

 

CHAPTER 20 – ANALYTICS II

RANKING FUNCTIONS

RANK

DENSE_RANK

CUME_DIST

PERCENT_RANK         

ROW_NUMBER

WINDOWING AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS

RATIO_TO_REPORT

LAG / LEAD

LINEAR REGRESSION FUNCTIONS

INVERSE PERCENTILE FUNCTIONS

HYPOTHETICAL RANKING FUNCTIONS

PATTERN MATCHING

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