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ORA11g001v1 - Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I

Course ORA11g001v1


Price: $1,725.00
Software Assurance Value: Not Eligible       
Duration: 3 Days




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 Course Description
SQLSoft Course ora11g001v1: Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I

Table of Contents

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

Introduction

This course is a common starting point in the Sideris Oracle database curriculum for administrators, developers and business users. The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the SQL database language within the context of an Oracle database, based upon the latest features available.

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Audience

The target audience for this course is all Oracle professionals, both business and systems professionals. Among the specific groups for whom this course will be helpful are:

  • 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:

  • A summation of relational database principles and an introduction to the Oracle relational database server.
  • Using SQL Developer and other available SQL interfaces.
  • Writing simple SQL queries which isolate exactly the data desired, and then format and sort the data as needed.
  • Writing moderately complex SQL queries using various join techniques.
  • Supplement SQL code with references to pseudo columns and system functions.
  • Summarizing, grouping and combining data to obtain more meaningful query results and to allow one to draw conclusions and make business decisions based upon the data processed.
  • Advanced query techniques such as set operations, sub-queries and summary functions, allowing one to solve some of the more complex theoretical query challenges.
  • Creating and maintaining database tables using the SQL Data Definition Language (DDL).
  • Managing data within tables using the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML).
  • Taking advantage of the latest features found within the database such as the use of regular expressions, support for international data, time zones and other topics.

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Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites exist for this course. The following prerequisites are recommended:

  • A-162, Relational Database Design Concepts

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Certified Professional Exams

This course, along with ora11g101vs, Oracle Database 11g: PL/SQL Fundamentals II � Develop Program Units, 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

RELATIONAL DATABASES & SQL

  • ABOUT RELATIONAL DATABASES
  • ELEMENTS OF SQL

    CHOOSING A SQL & PL/SQL INTERFACE

  • ABOUT DATABASE CONNECTIONS
  • ABOUT BIND VARIABLES
  • USING SQL DEVELOPER
  • USING SQL*PLUS
  • USING APPLICATION EXPRESS

    BUILDING A SELECT STATEMENT

  • ABOUT THE SELECT STATEMENT
  • USING ALIAS NAMES

    RESTRICTING DATA WITH THE WHERE CLAUSE

  • ABOUT LOGICAL OPERATORS
  • EQUALITY OPERATOR
  • BOOLEAN OPERATORS
  • NULL & BETWEEN OPERATORS
  • IS [NOT] NULL Operator
  • [NOT] BETWEEN Operator
  • FINDING TEXT STRINGS
  • [NOT] LIKE Operator
  • REGEXP_LIKE()
  • IN OPERATOR

    SORTING DATA WITH THE ORDER BY CLAUSE

  • ABOUT THE ORDER BY CLAUSE
  • MULTIPLE COLUMN SORTS
  • SPECIFYING THE SORT SEQUENCE
  • ABOUT NULL VALUES WITHIN SORTS
  • USING COLUMN ALIASES

    PSEUDO COLUMNS & FUNCTIONS

  • USING ROWID
  • USING ROWNUM
  • USING THE FUNCTIONS
  • SYSDATE
  • USER & UID
  • USING THE DUAL TABLE
  • SESSIONTIMEZONE FUNCTION

    JOINING TABLES

  • ABOUT JOINS
  • INNER JOIN
  • REFLEXIVE JOIN
  • NON-KEY JOIN
  • OUTER JOIN

    USING THE SET OPERATORS

  • ABOUT THE SET OPERATORS
  • SET OPERATOR EXAMPLES

    SUMMARY FUNCTIONS

  • ABOUT SUMMARY FUNCTIONS
  • SUMMARY FUNCTIONS WITH DISTINCT

    USING SUB-QUERIES

  • ABOUT SUB-QUERIES
  • STANDARD SUB-QUERIES
  • CORRELATED SUB-QUERIES

    AGGREGATING DATA WITHIN GROUPS

  • ABOUT SUMMARY GROUPS
  • FINDING GROUPS WITHIN THE BASE TABLES
  • SELECTING DATA FROM THE BASE TABLES
  • SELECTING GROUPS FROM THE RESULT TABLE

    BUILD SIMPLE SQL*PLUS REPORTS

  • FORMAT COLUMN OUTPUT WITH COLUMN
  • DEFINING REPORT BREAKS WITH BREAK
  • PRODUCE SUBTOTALS WITH COMPUTE

    USE DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE TO CREATE & MANAGE TABLES

  • CREATE TABLE STATEMENT
  • NOT NULL
  • DEFAULT
  • ALTER TABLE STATEMENT
  • DROP TABLE STATEMENT
  • SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS
  • DESCRIBE
  • RENAME

    USE DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE TO MANIPULATE DATA

  • ABOUT THE INSERT STATEMENT
  • ABOUT THE DELETE STATEMENT
  • ABOUT THE UPDATE STATEMENT
  • ABOUT TRANSACTIONS
  • ROLLBACK
  • COMMIT
  • SAVEPOINT
  • SET TRANSACTION
  • TRUNCATE TABLE
  • COMPLEX TABLE REFERENCES

    APPENDIX A

  • REFERENCE INFORMATION
  • SQL DDL STATEMENT REFERENCE
  • SQL DML STATEMENT REFERENCE
  • SQL TRANSACTION CONTROL STATEMENT REFERENCE
  • SQL OPERATORS REFERENCE

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