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This course will cover the Oracle 9i PL/SQL programming language. You will be able to control data sharing and locking, develop an understanding of multi-user and concurrent transactions and develop triggers, procedures, function and packages.

Prerequisites:
  • Oracle 9i Foundation: SQL Basics & SQL *Plus or equivalent experience.
Introduction to PL/SQL:
  • History of PL/SQL
  • Features and benefits of PL/SQL
  • Relationship of PL/SQL to SQL
  • PL/SQL development tools
  • Native Compilation
PL/SQL Basics:
  • PL/SQL anonymous block structure, Lexical units, Variable declarations, types, and Records
  • SQL *Plus development environment
  • Displaying messages with DBMS_OUTPUT
  • Object naming rules, and PL/SQL stype guide and coding conventions
Working with Database Data:
  • Selecting single rows
  • Declaring variable datatypes dynamically
  • Modifying database data (DML)
  • Transaction control statements
Selecting Multiple Rows Using Cursors:
  • Declaring explicit cursors
  • Implicit cursor attributes
  • Using the cursor FOR LOOP
Exception Handling:
  • Writing an exception handler section
  • Handling predefined exceptions, Controlling exception processing - exception propagation
  • Using RAISE_APPLICATOIN_ERROR
  • Preventing unhandled exceptions
  • Exception propagations
  • Using PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT
Advanced Cursors:
  • Cursor parameters
  • Taking advantage of a weak cursor variable
  • OPEN FOR, FETCH and CLOSE
  • Using the FOR UPDATE clause
  • Using PL/SQL collections and nested collections
Introduction to Procedures and Functions:
  • Creating stored PL/SQL objects, procedures, functions
Creating Packages:
  • Creating package specifications and bodies
Creating DML Triggers:
  • Triggering events, Trigger behavior
  • Correlation identifiers, Multi-statement triggers
  • Trigger firing behavior, Enabling/Disabling triggers
Advanced Packages:
  • Initialising variables, Module Overloading, Recursion, Purity levels, Using the "Persistent State" to advantage, and One Time Only Procedures
Advanced Triggers:
  • Triggerlimitations, Mutating and Constraining Tables
  • Using CALL, and client triggers
  • DDL Triggers
  • Using SERVERERROR event
  • Schema vs. Database triggers
  • Using alternative events and levels
  • INSTEAD OF triggers on views
PL/SQL Composite Datatypes and Collections:
  • PL/SQL records, PL/SQL associative arrays, and arrays of records
  • Using PL/SQL record variables
  • PL/SQL collections
Bulk-Bind Data Loading Using PL/SQL:
  • Defining bulk binds
  • Error handling with bulk binds
Using Oracle Supplied Packages:
  • DBMS_OUTPUT package
  • UTL_FILE package (file i/o)
  • DBMS_ALERT Package
  • DBMS_PIPE Package DBMS_JOB Package
  • DBMS_STATS Package
  • DBMS_UTILITY Package
  • UTL_SMTP Package
  • UTL_SMTP Package
  • DBMS_SQL Package
Writing Native Dynamic SQL:
PL/SQL Wrapper:
  • PL/SQL wrapper (source code encryption)
  • Let`s wrap
Understanding Dependencies:
  • Viewing dependencies
  • Effect of breaking dependency chain
Large Object Management in PL/SQL:
  • Differences between LONG/LONG RAW and LOBs
  • Creating and using BFILEs, and tables with LOBs
  • LOBs and PL/SQL
  • DBMS_LOB capabilities
  • Temporary LOBs
Objects:
  • Basic Objects, Object Inheritance
Updated on 08 November, 2015

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