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Oracle SQL Fundamentals

Length
40 hours
Price
2,490 GBP
Next course start
25 November, 2024 (+13 start dates)
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom
Length
40 hours
Price
2,490 GBP
Next course start
25 November, 2024 (+13 start dates)
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom
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Course description

Oracle SQL Fundamentals Course Overview

The Oracle SQL Fundamentals course is designed to give delegates practical experience in writing Oracle SQL statements and scripts. A wide range of SQL functions and data manipulation statements are introduced.

Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.

Versions supported 12cR2, 18c and 19c.

Who will the Course Benefit?

Anyone who needs to use and understand Oracle SQL to query and update data in an Oracle database.

Course Objectives

To provide the skills needed to query and update data held in an Oracle Relational Database.

Upcoming start dates

Choose between 13 start dates

25 November, 2024

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13 January, 2025

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3 February, 2025

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3 March, 2025

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31 March, 2025

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28 April, 2025

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2 June, 2025

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30 June, 2025

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28 July, 2025

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1 September, 2025

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29 September, 2025

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27 October, 2025

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24 November, 2025

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  • Online

Suitability - Who should attend?

Requirements

There are no formal pre-requisites for the Oracle SQL Fundamentals course, although an understanding of databases and exposure to information technology in general would be useful. This knowledge can be gained by attendance on the Relational Databases & Data Modelling Overview course.


Training Course Content



Oracle SQL Fundamentals Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction
  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: RELATIONAL DATABASE CONCEPTS
  • What is an Oracle Database
  • Relational Database Structures
  • Tables, Rows and Columns
  • Indexes, Primary Keys and Foreign Keys
  • Data Types
  • The Data Dictionary
Session 2: USING SQL*PLUS
  • What is SQL*Plus
  • Getting Started
  • Entering and Executing SQL Statements
  • The SQL*Plus Command Line History
  • Editing SQL Statements
  • The login.sql File
  • Creating, Editing and Executing SQL Files
  • The SQLcl Utility
Session 3: USING SQL DEVELOPER
  • What is Oracle SQL Developer
  • Starting SQL Developer
  • Configure a Connection
  • Navigation Tabs
  • SQL Worksheet
  • Query Builder
Session 4: RETRIEVING DATA WITH THE SELECT STATEMENT
  • The SELECT Statement
  • The SELECT and FROM Clauses
  • Conditions and the WHERE Clause
  • Other Conditional Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • The ORDER BY Clause
  • Column Aliases
  • Arithmetic Expressions
  • Precedence of Operators
  • Markup CSV
Session 5: AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS
  • Overview of Built In Aggregate Functions
  • The GROUP BY Clause
  • The HAVING Clause
Session 6: JOINING TABLES
  • Overview of Table Joins
  • Inner Joins
  • Table Aliases
  • Outer Joins
  • Self Joins
  • ANSI Standard Joins
Session 7: BASIC SUBQUERIES AND SET OPERATORS
  • Overview of Subqueries
  • Basic Subqueries
  • Set Operators
Oracle SQL Fundamentals Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 8: NUMERIC, CHARACTER AND DATE FUNCTIONS
  • Function Types
  • Using the Table dual to try out Functions
  • Numeric Functions
  • Character Functions
  • String Concatenation
  • Date Arithmetic and Date Functions
Session 9: CONVERSION AND MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
  • Conversion Functions
  • The NVL and NVL2 Functions
  • The DECODE Function
  • CASE Expressions
  • The COALESCE and NULLIF Functions
Session 10: SQL PARAMETERS
  • Command Line Substitution Parameters
  • The Accept Command
  • The Define and Undefine Commands
Session 11: COMPLEX SUBQUERIES
  • Subqueries Usage
  • In-Line Views
  • Top-N Queries
  • Subqueries with Joins
  • Multi Column Subqueries
  • Correlated Subqueries
  • Subquery Rules
  • Using the ANY, ALL and SOME Operators
Oracle SQL Fundamentals Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3

Session 12: MANAGING DATA
  • Inserting Rows
  • Updating Rows
  • Deleting Rows
  • Verifying Updates
  • Transaction Control
  • Commit and Rollback
  • Savepoints
  • Commits and Constraints
  • Amending Data in SQL Developer
Session 13: MANAGING TABLES
  • Creating Tables
  • Specifying Constraints
  • Altering Tables, Columns and Constraints
  • Dropping Tables, Columns and Constraints
  • Recovering Dropped Tables
  • Copying Tables
Session 14: MANAGING INDEXES AND VIEWS
  • Creating Indexes
  • Dropping Indexes
  • Listing Indexes
  • Creating and Using Views
  • Dropping Views
  • Listing Views
Session 15: MANAGING SEQUENCES AND SYNONYMS
  • Create a Sequence
  • View Sequence Details
  • Create a Synonym
  • List Synonyms
Oracle SQL Fundamentals Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 4

Session 16: RETRIEVE DATA USING SUBQUERIES
  • Correlated Subqueries
  • In-Line Views
  • The Exists Operator
  • The WITH Clause
  • Multi-Column Subqueries
  • Insert and Update Using a Query
  • Correlated Update and Delete
Session 17: HIERARCHICAL QUERIES
  • Hierarchical data
  • The START WITH and CONNECT BY clauses
  • The LEVEL pseudo-column
  • Sequencing the output
  • Eliminating nodes and branches
Session 18: ENHANCED GROUPING FEATURES
  • Review of basic grouping concepts
  • The ROLLUP and CUBE extensions
  • The GROUPING SETS extension
  • Using the GROUPING and GROUPING_ID functions
Session 19: ANALYTIC QUERIES
  • Ranking functions
  • The NTILE and WIDTH_BUCKET functions
  • Analytic Aggregate functions
  • The FIRST and LAST Value functions
  • The LEAG and LAG Functions
  • The LISTAGG Function
Session 20: MANAGE LARGE DATA SETS
  • Multi-table Inserts
  • Conditional and Unconditional Inserts
  • Merging Data into a Table
  • Table and View Based Merge
  • A Sub Query Based Merge
Oracle SQL Fundamentals Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 5

Session 21: FLASHBACK TECHNOLOGY
  • Flashback Query
  • The AS Clause
  • Flashback Table
  • Flashback Drop
Session 22: REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT
  • Regular Expression Notation
  • Character matching
  • Repetition operators
  • Sub expression grouping
  • Regular expression functions
Session 23: VIRTUAL COLUMNS AND EXTERNAL TABLES
  • Virtual columns
  • Creating and Using External Tables
Session 24: DATE, TIME AND TIMEZONE SUPPORT
  • Date, Timestamp and Interval datatypes
  • Handling dates and times
  • Handling intervals
  • Date, timestamp and interval functions and literals
  • Related NLS parameters
Session 25: ACCESS CONTROL
  • System Privileges and Roles
  • Create Users
  • Alter User Details
  • Grant and Revoke Object Privileges
Session 26:MANAGE OBJECTS WITH THE DATA DICTIONARY
  • The Data Dictionary
  • Useful Data Dictionary Tables
  • Using the Data Dictionary


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Phil
5/5
19 Jul 2021
Excellent

Excellent, well run course with good information and resources. Trainer was knowledgeable and engaging, i would thoroughly recommend this.

Fernando
5/5
12 Jul 2021

a very well structured course.

Valentin
5/5
22 Mar 2021
brilliantly explained

The couse was very well paced and the instructor has brilliantly explained the different functions available in Oracle SQL. Even though it was remotely, it was well worth the time.

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Further Learning

  • Oracle PL/SQL
  • Oracle 19c SQL Performance Tuning
  • Oracle Database 19c Administration

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