Oracle Database: SQL Workshop 1 Training

• Familiarity with data processing concepts and techniques
• Familiarity with programming languages

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• Define the goals of the course
• List the features of Oracle Database 12c
• Describe the salient features of Oracle Cloud 12c
• Discuss the theoretical and physical aspects of a relational database
• Describe Oracle server's implementation of RDBMS and object relational database management system (ORDBMS)
• Identify the development environments that can be used for this course
• Describe the database and schema used in this course

Introduction

• Course Objectives, Course Agenda and Appendixes Used in this Course
• Overview of Oracle Database 12c and Related Products
• Overview of relational database management concepts and terminologies
• Introduction to SQL and its development environments
• What is Oracle SQL Developer?
• Starting SQL*Plus from Oracle SQL Developer
• The Human Resource(HR) Schema
• Tables used in the Course

Retrieving Data using the SQL SELECT Statement

• Capabilities of the SELECT statement
• Arithmetic expressions and NULL values in the SELECT statement
• Column aliases
• Use of concatenation operator, literal character strings, alternative quote operator, and the DISTINCT keyword
• Use of the DESCRIBE command

Restricting and Sorting Data

• Limiting the Rows
• Rules of precedence for operators in an expression
• Substitution Variables
• Using the DEFINE and VERIFY command

Using Single-Row Functions to Customize Output

• Describe the differences between single row and multiple row functions
• Manipulate strings with character function in the SELECT and WHERE clauses
• Manipulate numbers with the ROUND, TRUNC and MOD functions
• Perform arithmetic with date data
• Manipulate dates with the date functions

Using Conversion Functions and Conditional Expressions

• Describe implicit and explicit data type conversion
• Use the TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER, and TO_DATE conversion functions
• Nest multiple functions
• Apply the NVL, NULLIF, and COALESCE functions to data
• Use conditional IF THEN ELSE logic in a SELECT statement

Reporting Aggregated Data Using the Group Functions

• Group Functions
• Creating Groups of Data
• Restricting Group Results

Displaying Data From Multiple Tables Using Joins

• Introduction to JOINS
• Types of Joins
• Natural join
• Self-join
• Non equijoins
• OUTER join

Using Subqueries to Solve Queries

• Introduction to Subqueries
• Single Row Subqueries
• Multiple Row Subqueries

Using the SET Operators

• Set Operators
• UNION and UNION ALL operator
• INTERSECT operator
• MINUS operator
• Matching the SELECT statements
• Using ORDER BY clause in set operations

Managing Tables using DML statements

• Data Manipulation Language
• Database Transactions

Introduction to Data Definition Language

• Data Definition Language