Oracle SQL by Example - Alice Rischert

Oracle SQL by Example

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Buch | Softcover
960 Seiten
2004 | 3rd edition
Prentice Hall (Verlag)
978-0-13-145131-5 (ISBN)
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An Oracle SQL workbook for Oracle 10g which illuminates Oracle SQL techniques. It covers everything from the simplest query fundamentals through the regular expression database enhancements. It also features hundreds of guided lab exercises which aim to strengthen your expertise in writing effective, high-performance SQL.
Oracle SQL by Example, Third Edition is a convenient, quick way to master Oracle SQL. This unique integrated book-and-Web learning solution teaches all the SQL skills you will need to succeed in an Oracle environment. Through hands-on, real-world labs, exercises, projects, and a superb Web-based training site, the book teaches administrators and programemrs alike the core skills required for their jobs. Coverage includes every key Oracle SQL concept, including: entity-relationship diagrams, the SQL*Plus environment, SELECT and other statements, Boolean operations, joins, aggregate and not-aggregate functions. Each chapter contains review exercises that help the reader master the important skills before they move on.

ALICE RISCHERT chairs the Database Application Development and Design program at Columbia University's School of Continuing Education. She has worked with Oracle for well over a decade as a database administrator, database architect, and project leader for Fortune 100 companies.

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Test Your Thinking.)

Foreword.


Acknowledgments.


About the Author.


Introduction.


1. SQL and Data.


Data, Databases, and the Definition of sql. Table Relationships. The Student Schema Diagram.



2. SQL: The Basics.


The SQL*Plus Environment. The Anatomy of a SELECT Statement. Editing a SQL Statement. The WHERE Clause: Comparison and Logical Operators. The ORDER BY Clause.



3. Character, Number, and Miscellaneous Functions.


Character Functions. Number Functions. Miscellaneous Single-Row Functions.



4. Date and Conversion Functions.


Applying Oracle's Date Format Models. Performing Date and Time Math. Understanding Timestamp and Time Zone Datatypes. Performing Calculations with the Interval Datatypes. Converting from One Datatype to Another.



5. Aggregate Functions, Group By, and Having.


Aggregate Functions. The GROUP BY and HAVING Clauses.



6. Equijoins.


The Two-Table Join. Joining Three or More Tables.



7. Subqueries.


Simple Subqueries. Correlated Subqueries. Inline Views and Scalar Subquery Expressions . ANY, SOME, and ALL Operators in Subqueries.



8. Set Operators.


The Power of UNION and UNION ALL. The MINUS and INTERSECT Set Operators.



9. Complex Joins.


Outer Joins. Self-Joins.



10. Insert, Update, and Delete.


Creating Data and Transaction Control. Updating and Deleting Data.



11. Create, Alter, and Drop Tables.


Creating and Dropping Tables. Altering Tables and Manipulating Constraints.



12. Views, Indexes, and Sequences.


Creating and Modifying Views. Indexes. Sequences.



13. The Data Dictionary and Advanced SQL*Plus Commands.


The Oracle Data Dictionary Views. Advanced SQL*Plus Commands.



14. Security.


Users, Privileges, Roles, and Synonyms.



15. Regular Expressions and Hierarchical Queries.


Regular Expressions. Hierarchical Queries.



16. Exploring Data Warehousing Features.


-Advanced SQL Concepts, Analytical Functions, and the with Clause. ROLLUP and CUBE Operators.



17. SQL Optimization.


-The Oracle Optimizer and Writing Effective SQL Statements.



Appendix A: Answers to Self-Review Questions.


Appendix B: SQL Formatting Guide.


Appendix C: SQL*Plus Command Reference.


Appendix D: Student Database Schema.


Appendix E: Table and Column Descriptions.


Appendix F: Additional Example Tables.


Appendix G: Navigating through the Oracle Documentation.


Appendix H: Resources.


Appendix I: Oracle Datatypes.


Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.7.2004
Verlagsort Upper Saddle River
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 234 mm
Gewicht 1340 g
Themenwelt Informatik Datenbanken Oracle
ISBN-10 0-13-145131-6 / 0131451316
ISBN-13 978-0-13-145131-5 / 9780131451315
Zustand Neuware
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