Oracle

Introduction to DBMS

• Approach to Data Management
• Introduction to prerequisites
• File and Filesystem
• Disadvantages of file
• Review of Database Management Terminology
• Database Models
• Hierarchal Model
• Network Model
• Relational Model

Introduction to RDBMS

• Feature of RDBMS
• Advantages of RDBMS over FMS ad DBMS
• The 12 rules (E.F Codd’s Rules –RDBMS)
• Need for Database Design
• Support of Normalization Process for Data Management
• Client-Server Technology
• Oracle Corporation Products
• Oracle Versions
• About SQL&SQL*PLUS

Sub Language Commands

• Data Definition Language (DDL)
• Data Retrieval Language (DRL)
• Data Manipulation Language (DML)
• Transaction Control Language (TCL)
• Database Security and Privileges (DCL)

Introduction to SQL Database Object

• Oracle Pre Defined Datatypes
• DDL Commands
• Create, Alter (add, modify, rename, drop)Columns, Rename, truncate, drop
• DML-Insert, update, delete
• DQL-SELECT Statements using WHEREclause
• Comparison and Conditional Operators
• Arithmetic and Logical Operators
• Set Operators (UNION, UNION ALL, INTERSECT, MINUS)
• Special Operators – IN (NOT IN), BETWEEN (NOT BETWEEN), LIKE (NOT LIKE), IS NULL (IS NOT NULL)
• Working with DML, DRL Commands
• Operators Support

Built-in Functions

• Arithmetic Functions, Character Functions, Date Functions, Conversion Functions
• Aggregate Functions, OLAP Functions & General Functions

Grouping the Result of a Query

• Using Group by and Having Clause of DRL Statement
• Using Order by clause

Working with Integrity Constraints

• Importance of Data Integrity
• Support of Integrity Constraints for Relating Table in RDBMS
• NOT NULL constraint
• UNIQUE constraint
• PRIMARY KEY constraint
• FOREIGN KEY constraint
• CHECK constraint

• Working with different types of Integrity Constraints

REF constraint

• Understanding ON DELETE clause in referential integrity constraint
• Working with a composite constraint
• Applying DEFAULT option to columns
• Working with multiple constraints upon a column
• Adding constraints to a table
• Dropping of constraints
• Enabling / Disable constraints
• Querying for constraints information

Querying Multiple Tables (Joins)

• Equi Join/Inner Join/Simple Join
• Cartesian Join
• Non-Equi Join
• Outer Joins
• Self Join

Working with Sub Queries

• Understanding the practical approach to Sub Queries/Nested Select/Sub Select/Inner Select/Outer Select
• What is the purpose of a Sub Query?
• Sub Query Principle and Usage
• Type of Sub Queries
• Single Row
• Multiple Row
• Multiple Column
• Applying Group Functions in Sub Queries
• The impact of Having Clause in Sub Queries
• IN, ANY/SOME, ALL Operators in Sub Queries
• PAIRWISE and NON PAIRWISE Comparison in Sub Queries
• Be … Aware of NULL’s
• Correlated Sub Queries
• Handling Data Retrieval with EXISTS and NOT EXISTS Operators

Working with DCL, TCL Commands

• Grant, Revoke
• Commit, Rollback, Savepoint
• SQL Editor Commands
• SQL Environment settings

Maintaining Database Objects VIEWS in Oracle

• Understanding the Standards of VIEWS in Oracle
• Types of VIEWS
• Relational Views
• Object Views
• Prerequisites to work with views
• Practical approach of SIMPLE VIEWS and COMPLEX VIEWS
• Column definitions in VIEWS
• Using VIEWS for DML Operations
• In-Line View
• Forced Views
• Putting CHECK Constraint upon VIEWS
• Creation of READ ONLY VIEWS
• Understanding the IN LINE VIEWS
• About Materialized Views
• View Triggers
• Working with Sequences
• Working with Synonyms
• Working with Index and Clusters
• Creating Cluster Tables, Implementing Locks, working with roles

Pseudo Columns in Oracle

• Understanding Pseudo Columns in Oracle
• Types of Pseudo Columns in Oracle
• CURRVAL and NEXTVAL
• LEVEL
• ROWID
• ROWNUM

Data Partitions and Parallel Process

• Types of Partitions
• Range Partitions
• Hash Partitions
• List Partition
• Composite Partition
• Parallel Query Process

Locks

• Row level Locks
• Table Level Locks
• Shared Lock
• Exclusive Lock
• Dead Lock

SQL * Loader

• SQL * Loader Architecture
• Data file (Input Datafiles)
• Control file
• Bad file
• Discard file
• Log file
• .txt to base table
• .csv to base table
• From more than one file to single table

PL-SQL (Procedure Language – SQL)

• Introduction to Programming Languages
• Introduction to PL/SQL
• The Advantages of PL/SQL
• PL/SQL Architecture
• PL/SQL Datatypes
• Variable and Constants
• Using Built_in Functions
• Conditional and Unconditional Statements
• Simple if, if… else, nested .else, if..else Ladder
• Selection Case, Simple Case, GOTO Label and EXIT
• Iterations in PL/SQL
• Simple LOOP, WHILE LOOP, FOR LOOP and NESTED LOOPS
• SQL within PL/SQL
• Composite Data types (Complete)
• Cursor Management in PL/SQL
• Implicit Cursors
• Explicit Cursors
• Cursor Attributes
• Cursor with Parameters
• Cursors with LOOPs Nested Cursors
• Cursors with Sub Queries
• Cursors
• Record and PL/SQL Table Types

Advanced PL/SQL

• Procedures in PL/SQL
• STORED PROCEDURES
• PROCEDURE with Parameters (IN,OUT and IN OUT)
• POSITIONAL Notation and NAMED Notation
• Procedure with Cursors
• Dropping a Procedure

Functions in PL/SQL

• Difference between Procedures and Functions
• User Defined Functions
• Nested Functions
• Using stored function in SQL statements

Packages in PL/SQL

• Creating PACKAGE Specification and PACKAGE Body
• Private and Public Objects in PACKAGE

EXCEPTIONS in PL/SQL

Types of exceptions

• User-Defined Exceptions
• Pre Defined Exceptions
• RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR
• PRAGMA_AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION
• SQL Error Code Values

Database Triggers in PL/SQL

• Types of Triggers
• Row Level Triggers
• Statement Level Triggers
• DDL Triggers
• Trigger Auditing

File Input/Output

• PL/SQL file I/O (Input/Output)
• Using UTL_FILE Package

Implementing Object Technology

• What is Object Technology ?
• OOPS-Object Instances
• Creation of objects
• Creating User-Defined Data Types
• Creating Object Tables
• Inserting rows in a table using Objects
• Retrieving data from Object-based Tables
• Calling a Method
• Indexing Abstract Data type Attributes

Using LOBS

• Large Objects (LOBS)
• Creating Tables-LOB
• Working with LOB values
• Inserting, Updating & Deleting Values in LOBs
• Populating Lobis DBMS_LOB Routines
• Using B-FILE

Using Collections

• Advantages of collection
• Ref cursor (Dynamic Cursor)
• Weak ref cursor
• Strong ref cursor
• Nested Tables VARRAYS or VARYING arrays
• Creating tables using nested tables
• Inserting, updating & deleting Nested
• Table records
• Nested table in PL/SQL

Oracle Database Architecture

• Introduction to Oracle Database Architecture
• Physical structures Logical structures
• DB Memory Structures Background Process
• 2 Tire, 3 Tire, N-Tier Architecture

Advanced Features

• 9i Joines
• New Date function
• Rename column
• Inner Join/Natural Join
• Left Outer Join/Right Outer Join
• Full Outer Join
• Multiple Inserts
• Insert All Command
• Merge statement
• NVL2(), NULLIF(), COALESCE()
• CASE expression of Select Command
• Temporary Tables/Global Tables
• New Function EXTRACT()
• Autonomous Traction
• Pragma _ Autonomous_ Transaction()
• Bulk Collect
• About Flash Back Queries
• Dynamic SQL
• New data types, Flash back Command
• Purge Command, Recyclebin
• Regular expressions, DML Error Logging
• Data Pump, Virtual Columns
• Read only tables, Cross tab Views using
• Pivot/Unpivot operators, Follows Clause
• Compound triggers, New data types

DBA CONCEPTS

• Database
• Tablespace
• Types of Tablespaces
• Data files /Se