The Oracle SQL Advanced course is designed to give delegates practical experience in using some of the more advanced features of Oracle SQL. Additional datatypes and the use of advanced SQL functions and expressions are covered together with enhanced table handling features.
Anyone who needs to use the more advanced features of SQL to improve their productivity in querying and updating an Oracle database.
Delegates should have attended the Oracle SQL course or have a similar level of experience.
2 days
ANY, ALL or SOME operators, Correlated subqueries, In-Line views, The Exists operator, The WITH clause, Multi-Column subqueries, Insert and update using a query, Correlated update and delete.
Hierarchical data, The START WITH and CONNECT BY clauses, The LEVEL pseudo-column, Sequencing the output, Eliminating nodes and branches.
Review of basic grouping concepts, The ROLLUP and CUBE extensions, The GROUPING SETS extension, Using the GROUPING and GROUPING_ID functions.
Multi-table Inserts, Conditional and unconditional Inserts, Merging data into a table, Table and view based merge, A sub query based merge.
Flashback query, The AS clause, Flashback table, Flashback drop.
Date, Timestamp and Interval datatypes, Handling dates and times, Handling intervals, Date, timestamp and interval functions and literals, Related NLS parameters.
Regular expression notation, Character matching, Repetition operators, Sub expression grouping, Regular expression functions.
The Data Dictionary, Useful Data Dictionary tables, Using the Data Dictionary.
Column operations, Constraint operations, Creating and dropping Indexes, B-Tree indexes, Function based indexes, Descending indexes, Creating and using external tables.
System privileges and roles, Create users, Alter user details, Grant and revoke object privileges.
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This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to provide the best possible learning experience. Small class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging and interactive style of teaching with delegates encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of learning. Hands on sessions are used throughout to allow delegates to consolidate their new skills.