General Description
This Oracle 11g courseware training guide book will provide an introduction to the PL/SQL database programming language, based upon the latest features available with the Oracle database. Syntax, structure and features of the language are discussed in the context of database applications and programming.
This course equips students to develop database server-side PL/SQL program units within an Oracle database. In addition to receiving the print copy of this course book, all students will receive e-Learning modules.
Target Audience
Target audience for this course is all Oracle professionals. Among the specific groups for whom this course will be helpful are:
• Application designers and developers
• Database administrators
• Business users and non-technical senior end users
Prerequisites
The Sideris course ORACLE DATABASE 11G: SQL FUNDAMENTALS – COMPLETE LIBRARY is a mandatory prerequisite for this course.
Next Course
After some weeks or months of PL/SQL programming experience, it is strongly recommended that the Sideris course entitled ORACLE DATABASE 11G: ADVANCED PL/SQL PROGRAMMING & TUNING be taken next.
Certification
This course considers subjects useful for certification as an Oracle Certified Master (OCM), the most advanced and prestigious Oracle database certification level.
Content Summary
Pages: 675
Duration: 5 days
Instructor Resources
Instructor resources from the Sideris Training Portal. There is no substitute for a subject matter expert. Sideris custom print courseware combined with our online resources make distance-learning and virtual training more effective than ever. Download the instructor resources for this courseware and see how your instructor presentations improve!
Contents
Volume 1
CHOOSING A SQL & PL/SQL INTERFACE
• USING SQL DEVELOPER
• USING SQL*PLUS
• USING APPLICATION EXPRESS
• USING JDEVELOPER STUDIO
LANGUAGE FEATURES
• UNDERSTANDING PL/SQL
• STRUCTURE OF A PL/SQL PROGRAM BLOCK•USING PL/SQL FROM SQL*PLUS
DECLARE CLAUSE
• ABOUT THE DECLARE CLAUSE
• DECLARE SIMPLE TYPES
• DECLARE COMPLEX TYPES
• TYPE ... TABLE
• TYPE ... RECORD
BEGIN CLAUSE
• ABOUT THE BEGIN CLAUSE
• PERFORMING DATA MANIPULATION
• LOGIC CONTROL & BRANCHING
• LOOP
• IF-THEN-ELSE
• CASE
EXCEPTION CLAUSE
• ABOUT THE EXCEPTION CLAUSE
• ISOLATING THE SPECIFIC EXCEPTION
• PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT
• SQL%ROWCOUNT & SELECT...INTO
EXPLICIT CURSORS
• ABOUT EXPLICIT CURSORS
• ADVANCED CURSOR TECHNIQUES
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING: DECLARED SUBPROGRAMS
Volume 2
INTRODUCING DATABASE PROGRAM UNITS
• ABOUT DATABASE PROGRAM UNITS
• TYPES OF PL/SQL PROGRAM UNITS
• TYPES OF STORED PROGRAM UNITS
• ADVANTAGES OF USING STORED PROGRAM UNITS
CREATING STORED PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
• ABOUT STORED PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
• CREATING PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
• EXECUTING PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
MAINTAINING STORED PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
• RECOMPILING & DROPPING PROGRAMS
• DATA DICTIONARY STORAGE
• MANAGING DEPENDENCIES
CREATING & MAINTAINING PACKAGES
• ABOUT PACKAGES
• CREATING PACKAGES
• ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
• MAINTAINING PACKAGES
ADVANCED CURSOR TECHNIQUES
• USING CURSOR VARIABLES
• USING CURSOR EXPRESSIONS
USING SYSTEM-SUPPLIED PACKAGES
• DBMS_OUTPUT()
• UTL_FILE()
REATING DATABASE TRIGGERS
• ABOUT DATABASE TRIGGERS
• STATEMENT-LEVEL TRIGGERS
• ROW-LEVEL TRIGGERS
• EXAMPLES OF TRIGGERS
• INSTEAD OF TRIGGERS
• EMPLOYING TRIGGERS WITHIN AN APPLICATION
MAINTAINING DATABASE TRIGGERS
• CALL SYNTAX
• TRIGGER MAINTENANCE TASKS
• SHOW ERRORS TRIGGER
• DROP TRIGGER
• ALTER TRIGGER
• HANDLING MULTIPLE TRIGGERS FOR A TABLE
• HANDLING MUTATING TABLE ISSUES
IMPLEMENTING SYSTEM EVENT TRIGGERS
• WHAT ARE SYSTEM EVENT TRIGGERS?
• DEFINING THE SCOPE
• AVAILABLE SYSTEM EVENTS
• SYSTEM EVENT ATTRIBUTES
