ORA11g001v2 - Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals II

Course ORA11g001v2

Table of Contents

Introduction
Audience
At Course Completion
Prerequisites
Certified Professional Exams
Student Materials
Course Outline

Introduction

The primary objective of this course is to consider advanced subjects and techniques pertaining to the SQL database language, based upon the latest features available with the Oracle release. Even professionals experienced in other implementations of the industry-standard SQL language will benefit from the advanced and Oracle-specific features of SQL discussed in this course.

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Audience

The target audience for this course is all Oracle professionals. Further, this course is well suited for non-Oracle professionals already experienced in the SQL but who wish to become acquainted with the unique and advanced features of Oracle SQL. Among the specific groups for whom this course will be helpful are application developers and database administrators.

• End-Users and Analysts
• Database administrators
• Business users and non-technical senior end users

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At Course Completion

Specific subject areas to be explored and objectives to be reached are:

• Learn to use the SQL99 join syntax and learn about the full range of join operations available, such as natural join, inner join, cross join, outer joins and others.
• Perform advanced SQL queries using techniques such as CASE structures, rollup and cube operations.
• Moving beyond basic table definitions, learn to define the full range of database objects, such as advanced table definitions and the creation of indexes, sequences, views and others.
• Use the powerful set of built-in SQL functions. These functions provide sophisticated manipulation of character, numeric and date data elements.
• Taking advantage of the latest features found within the Oracle release, such as the handling and tolerating DML errors without application interruption, newly added functions, and other topics.
• Obtain database object metadata from the data dictionary.
• Understand basic database security and object privileges.
• Protect database integrity and extend the conceptual data model using declarative constraints.
• Using SQL Developer and other available SQL interfaces.
• Develop complex SQL*Plus reports and reusable SQL*Plus scripts, as well as control the SQL*Plus environment.

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Prerequisites

ora11g001v1,Oracle Database 11G: SQL Fundamentals I is a mandatory prerequisite for this course.

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Certified Professional Exams

This course, along with ora11g101vs, Oracle Database 11g: PL/SQL Fundamentals I, will help the student prepare for the following Certified Professional exams:

• Exam 1Z0-047: Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert

Following the training sessions, Oracle Corporation recommends six-months production experience with the technology prior to taking the certification examinations. While this is good practice, it may not be necessary for all individuals.

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Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Course Outline

SQL99 JOIN TECHNIQUES