Database Design, Tools & Techniques with Oracle DB

This Database Design, Tools & Techniques with Oracle Database workshop provides skills and knowledge to master SQL. It will teach participants to write subqueries, combine multiple queries into a single query using SET operators and report aggregated data using group functions. Learn this and more through hands-on exercises.

CONTENT

Relational Database concepts

• Explaining the theoretical and physical aspects of a relational database
• Relating clauses in SQL Select Statement to Components of an ERD
• Explaining the relationship between a database and SQL

Restricting and Sorting Data

• Applying Rules of precedence for operators in an expression
• Limiting Rows Returned in a SQL Statement
• Using Substitution Variables
• Using the DEFINE and VERIFY commands
• Sorting Data

Using Conversion Functions and Conditional Expressions

• Applying the NVL, NULLIF, and COALESCE functions to data
• Understanding implicit and explicit data type conversion
• Using the TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER, and TO_DATE conversion functions
• Nesting multiple functions

Displaying Data from Multiple Tables

• Using Self-joins
• Using Various Types of Joins
• Using Non equijoins
• Using OUTER joins
• Understanding and Using Cartesian Products

Using SET Operators

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

Managing Indexes Synonyms and Sequences

• Managing Indexes
• Managing Synonyms
• Managing Sequences

Managing Views

• Managing Views
• Using data dictionary views to manage objects

Retrieving Data using the SQL SELECT Statement

• Using Column aliases
• Using the SQL SELECT statement
• Using concatenation operator, literal character strings, alternative quote operator, and the DISTINCT keyword
• Using Arithmetic expressions and NULL values in the SELECT statement

Using Single-Row Functions to Customize Output

• Manipulating strings with character functions in SQL SELECT and WHERE clauses
• Performing arithmetic with date data
• Manipulating numbers with the ROUND, TRUNC and MOD functions
• Manipulating dates with the date function

Reporting Aggregated Data Using Group Functions

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

Using Subqueries to Solve Queries

• Using Single Row Subqueries
• Using Multiple Row Subqueries
• Update and delete rows using correlated subqueries

Managing Tables using DML statements

• Managing Database Transactions
• Controlling transactions
• Perform Insert, Update and Delete operations
• Performing multi table Inserts
• Performing Merge statements

Use DDL to manage tables and their relationships

• Describing and Working with Tables
• Describing and Working with Columns and Data Types
• Creating tables
• Dropping columns and setting column UNUSED
• Truncating tables
• Creating and using Temporary Tables
• Creating and using external tables
• Managing Constraints

Controlling User Access

• Differentiating system privileges from object privileges
• Granting privileges on tables
• Distinguishing between granting privileges and roles

Managing Data in Different Time Zones

• Working with CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, and LOCALTIMESTAMP
• Working with INTERVAL data types

FOR WHOM:

CIOs, IT Development Managers, Heads of Department, System Administrators/Engineers, IT Professionals and others who want to sharpen their knowledge in IT world.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.