Oracle SQL Book

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Oracle SQL & PL/SQL Handbook: A Guide for Data Administrators, Developers, and Business Analysts

On-site Course Syllabus

 

Course Description

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Oct. 25, 2002
 
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This outline is based upon the five day SQL and PL/SQL offering

Day 1 Morning - The Select statement
Logging on to SQL*Plus
Entering a Command
Using the SQL*Plus Editor
Retrieving Database Records Using SQL: The Select, Where, and Order By Clauses
Identifying Table and Column Names
Components of a Simple SELECT
Examples of Simple SELECT statements
Creating Character Values in the SELECT clause
Computing Numeric Values in the SELECT clause
Limiting the Database Records Retrieved
  Evaluation Operators Used in the Where Clause
  Using the Equal (=) and IS operators
  Using the Greater Than (>) and Less Than (<) Operators
  Using the In Operator
  ANY, SOME, or ALL Keywords
  Using the Between Operator
  Using the LIKE Operator
  Using AND or OR to Document Multiple Conditions
  Mixing AND and OR in the WHERE clause
Ordering records
  Ascending/Descending Order
  Using Expression Numbers as the Names of Sort Columns
Printing the Results of Your Query
   

 

Day 1 Afternoon - The Select statement (continued)
The FROM Clause
Retrieving Records from Multiple Tables
How to Combine or Join Tables
  What to Do with Join Columns with the Same Name
Join Types
Joining Tables When the Value Exists in Only One Table: The Outer Join
Non-equijoins
Self Joins
Cartesian Joins
Computing Group Values           
Group Functions
Counting the Group's Record Instances
Summing the Values in a Group
Averaging the Values in a Group
Determining the Minimum Value
Determining the Maximum Value
Using the Group Functions on Smaller Groups
Limiting Select Records by Using a Group function

 

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