• Retrieve row and column data from tables with the SELECT statement
• Create reports of sorted and restricted data
• Employ SQL functions to generate and retrieve customized data
• Display data from multiple tables using the ANSI SQL 99 JOIN syntax
• Create reports of aggregated data
• Use the SET operators to create subsets of data
• Run data manipulation statements (DML) to update data in the Oracle
Database 11g
• Run data definition language (DDL) statements to create and manage schema objects
• Identify the major structural components of the Oracle Database 11g

- Introduction
• Listing the features of Oracle Database 11g
• Discussing the basic design, theoretical and physical aspects of a relational database
• Describing the development environments for SQL
• Describing Oracle SQL Developer
• Describing the data set used by the course

- Retrieving Data Using the SQL SELECT Statement
• Listing the capabilities of SQL SELECT statements.
• Generating a report of data from the output of a basic SELECT statement
• Using arithmetic expressions and NULL values in the SELECT statement
• Using Column aliases
• Using concatenation operator, literal character strings, alternative quote operator, and the DISTINCT keyword
• Displaying the table structure using the DESCRIBE command

- Restricting and Sorting Data• Writing queries with a WHERE clause to limit the output retrieved
• Using the comparison operators and logical operators
• Describing the rules of precedence for comparison and logical operators
• Using character string literals in the WHERE clause
• Writing queries with an ORDER BY clause to sort the output
• Sorting output in descending and ascending order
• Using the Substitution Variables

- Using Single-Row Functions to Customize Output
• Differentiating between single row and multiple row functions
• Manipulating strings using character functions
• Manipulating numbers with the ROUND, TRUNC and MOD functions
• Performing arithmetic with date data
• Manipulating dates with the date functions

-Using Conversion Functions and Conditional Expressions
• Describing implicit and explicit data type conversion
• Using the TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER, and TO_DATE conversion functions
• Nesting multiple functions
• Applying the NVL, NULLIF, and COALESCE functions to data
• Using conditional IF THEN ELSE logic in a SELECT statement

- Reporting Aggregated Data Using the Group Functions
• Using the aggregation functions in SELECT statements to produce meaningful reports
• Using AVG, SUM, MIN, and MAX function
• Handling Null Values in a group function
• Creating queries that divide the data in groups by using the GROUP BY clause
• Creating queries that exclude groups of date by using the HAVING clause

- Displaying Data From Multiple Tables
• Writing SELECT statements to access data from more than one table
• Joining Tables Using SQL:1999 Syntax
• Viewing data that does not meet a join condition by using outer joins
• Joining a table by using a self join
• Creating Cross Joins

- Using Sub-queries to Solve Queries
• Using a Subquery to Solve a Problem
• Executing Single-Row Sub-queries
• Using Group Functions in a Sub-query
• Using Multiple-Row Subqueries
• Using the ANY and ALL Operator in Multiple-Row Sub-queries

-Using the SET Operators
• Describing the SET operators
• Using a SET operator to combine multiple queries into a single query
• Using UNION, UNION ALL, INTERSECT, and MINUS Operator
• Using the ORDER BY Clause in Set Operations

- Manipulating Data
• Adding New Rows to a Table Using the INSERT statement
• Changing Data in a Table Using the UPDATE Statement
• Using DELETE and TRUNCATE Statements
• Saving and discarding changes with the COMMIT and ROLLBACK statements
• Implementing Read Consistency
• Using the FOR UPDATE Clause

-Using DDL Statements to Create and Manage Tables
• Categorizing Database Objects
• Creating Tables using the CREATE TABLE Statement
• Describing the data types
• Describing Constraints
• Creating a table using a subquery
• Altering and Dropping a table

- Creating Other Schema Objects
• Creating, modifying, and retrieving data from a view
• Performing Data manipulation language (DML) operations on a view
• Dropping a view
• Creating, using, and modifying a sequence
• Creating and dropping indexes
• Creating and dropping synonyms

2 Days