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Oracle 10g PL/SQL Programming
The Oracle10g release has greatly enhanced the features and functionality of PL/SQL. Students will learn the fundamentals of the PL/SQL programming language. Students will write stored procedures, functions, packages, and triggers, and implement complex business rules in Oracle. Students will learn programming, management, and security issues of working with PL/SQL program units. Programming topics will include the built-in packages that come with Oracle, the creation of triggers, and stored procedure features.
 
Who Should Attend
Application developers and database administrators.
 
Prerequisites
A solid understanding of SQL and 3GL programming is required. It is recommended the student understand Oracle10g SQL features.
 
Features
Extensive hands-on labs.
 
Course Contents

Triggers

Beyond Declarative Integrity
Triggers
Types of Triggers
Row-Level Triggers
Cascading Triggers and Mutating Tables
Generating an Error
Triggers on Views
System Triggers
Maintaining Triggers

PL/SQL Syntax and Logic

PL/SQL Blocks and Programs
Declaring Variables
Datatypes
Subtypes
Character Data
Dates and Timestamps
Date Intervals
Anchored Types
Assignment and Conversions
Selecting into a Variable
Conditional Statements
Comments and Labels
Loops
WHILE and FOR Loops

Stored Procedures and Functions

Stored Subprograms
Procedures and Functions
Creating a Stored Procedure
Calling a Stored Procedure
Passing Parameters and Default Arguments
Parameter Modes
Creating a Stored Function
Calling a Stored Function
Stored Functions and SQL
Local Procedures and Functions

Exception Handling

SQLCODE and SQLERRM
Exception Handlers
Nesting Blocks
Scope and Name Resolution
User-Defined Exceptions
compile-Time Warnings

Records and Collections

Record Variables
Using the %ROWTYPE Attribute
VARRAY and Nested TABLE Collections
Using Nested TABLEs
Using VARRAYs
Associative Array Collections
Collection Methods
Iterating Through Collections
FORALL Statement
BULK COLLECT Clause

Cursors

Multi-Row Queries
Declaring and Opening Cursors
Fetching Rows
Closing Cursors
The Cursor FOR Loop
FOR UPDATE Cursors
Cursor Parameters
The Implicit (SQL) Cursor

Using Packages

Packages
Oracle-Supplied Packages
The DBMS_OUTPUT Package
The DBMS_UTILITY Package
The UTL_FILE Package
The DBMS_LOB Package
The DBMS_METADATA Package
XML Packages
Networking Packages
Other Supplied Packages

Creating Packages

Structure of a Package
The Package Interface and Implementation
Package Variables
Overloading Package Functions and Procedures
Named Parameter Notation
REF CURSOR Variables

Maintaining PL/SQL Code

Priveleges for Stored Programs
PL/SQL Stored Program Compilation
The PL/SQL Execution Environment
Dependecies and Validation
Maintaining Stored Programs

Appendix A - Dynamic SQL

Generating SQL at Runtime
Native Dynamic SQL vs. DBMS_SQL Package
The EXECUTE IMMEDIATE Statement
Using Bind Variables
Multi-row Dynamic Queries
Bulk Operations with Dynamic SQL
Using DBMS_SQL
DBMS_SQL Subprograms

Appendix B - PL/SQL Versions, Datatypes and Language Limits

Appendix C - Oracle10g Supplied Packages
 

Course Information

Title: Oracle 10g PL/SQL Programming
  Code: DP150
  Price: $2,395
  Days: 2
 

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