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Table of Contents
Unit 1 Topic
Introduction to Oracle What is Oracle Oracles role in Client/Server Computing What is Personal Oracle Features of Oracle Database Architecture Overall System Architecture Oracle Instance SGA memory structure Query process Oracle versions Oracle9i Features & Benefits Oracle9i Products What 9i supports Data concurrency and consistency Locking and Read Consistency Environment Summary Exercises OPERATORS AND QUERIES Oracle Data types Introduction to SQL SQL in Application Programming Writing simple queries Expressions, conditions and Operators Arithmetic Operators Comparison Operators Character Operators Concatenation operator Logical Operators Miscellaneous Operators: IN, BETWEEN and DISTINCT Distinct operator Order by clause Exercise FUNCTIONS Predefined functions Group functions Aggregate functions Single row functions Arithmetic Functions Character Functions Conversion Functions Date and Time Functions Miscellaneous Functions Exercise GROUP AND HAVING CLAUSE GROUP BY CLAUSE ERROR with GROUP BY Clause Using Break CUBE and ROLLUP HAVING clause Points to remember Order of Execution Exercise

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SUB QUERIES Single row sub queries Multi row sub queries Multi column sub queries Correlated sub queries.

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DML statements in sub queries ANY and ALL operators EXISTS And NOT EXISTS Operators Points to remember Exercise INTEGRITY CONSTRAINTS Integrity constraints Table and Column level constraints DDL statements DML statements COMMIT, ROLLBACK and SAVEPOINT Implicit commit, Auto Rollback Defining and Viewing constraints Creating table from other tables Referential Integrity constraints Exercise JOINING TABLES What is a Join Perform an equi-join Perform a non-equi-join Perform an outer join Join a table to itself Left, right and full outer join Natural and Inner joins Cross join (cartesian product) Exercise OTHER OBJECTS Sequence Object Altering sequence Views Rules for deleting, updating and inserting rows Index Simple and Functional Index ADVANCED QUERIES Top n analysis Analitical queries Rank, dense_rank, row_number Case expressions Nullif, nvl2, coalesec Multiple insert and merge statements LOCKING MECHANISMS What is Locking DML and Dictionary locks Explicit and Implicit Locking Example SECURITY What is Privilege Object and system privileges GRANT and REVOKE Using Synonyms SQL*LOADER FLASHBACK QUERY ANNEXURE OCP QUESTIONS

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ORACLE
Course Day Session Estimated Time : : : : Oracle SQL 1 1 3 Hrs

Topics Introduction to Oracle Oracles Role in Client / Server Computing Oracle Features Database Architecture Overall System Structure Oracle Instance Query Process Oracle versions, features and Benefits Oracle9i ORDBMS Data Concurrency And Consistency Environment Summary Exercise

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Presentation
Introduction
It is a DBMS, which manages a large amount of data in a multi user environment so that many users concurrently access the data. It also provides security and Recovery. It stores and manages data using relational model. Oracle is the name of database management system developed by Oracle Corporation. Oracle server manages data in the database. Users access Oracle server using SQL commands. So Oracle server receives SQL commands from users and executes them on the database.

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Oracles Role in Client / Server Computing
Client/Server computing is a method in which Database is stored on the server in the network A dedicated program, called back-end, runs on the server to manage database, which is also stored on the server. User access the data in database by running application, also called as front-end from clients, that accesses back-end running on the server. Applications running on the clients interact with the user. Back-end takes care of total database management. Client application and back-end run on different machines, which may be of different types. For example, back-end may run on mainframe and front-end may be on a PC.

Oracle is a database system that runs on the server, and used to manage the data. The other name to database server is Back-End. The latest version of the Oracle server is 9i. Oracle server runs on different platforms. The following are some of the platforms on which Oracle runs. Windows NT. Novel Netware Unix

What is Personal Oracle?

Personal Oracle is one of the flavors of Oracle. In this Oracle server and client both run on the same machine. This is unlike other flavors where Oracle Server runs on Server and Front-end runs on Client. It is possible to develop an application using Personal Oracle and deploy it in a Client / Server environment. Personal Oracle can support up to 15 database connections.

Siva Kumar HVK Features of Oracle

The following are some of the important features of Oracle Server. Large Database Support Oracle supports largest database, potentially hundreds of pita bytes in size. It also allows efficient usage of space by providing full control on space management.

Data Concurrence
Oracle supports concurrent access to database by multiple users. It automatically locks and unlocks rows to maintain integrity of the data.

Industry acceptance standards

Oracle server is 100% compliant with Entry of the ANSI / ISO standards. Oracle adheres to industry standards for data access language, network protocols etc. This makes Oracle an open system, which protects the investment of customer. It is easy to port Oracle applications.

Portability
Oracle software can be ported to different operating systems and it is the name on all systems. Application development in Oracle can be ported to any operating system with little or no modifications.

Enforced Integrity
Oracle allows users to define business rules and enforce them. These rules need not be included at the application level.

Data Security
Oracle provides security in different levels system level and object level. It also makes implementation of security easier through Roles.

Support for Client / Server environment

Oracle allows process to be split between client and server. Oracle server does all database management whereas Client does user interface. Oracle server allows code to be stored in the database in the form of procedures and functions. This allows centralization of the code and reduces network traffic.

Siva Kumar HVK Database Architecture

A database contains any length of information. But for the end user, we have to show only required information by hiding the unwanted information. This data hiding can be done using various data abstraction methods.

In any RDBMS we can use 3 levels of data abstractions. Physical level Logical Level View level

Physical Level
The Physical structure of the database is placed in Physical level. It is physically a set of three operating system files. Data Files Redo log files Control files These files automatically create when database is created.

Data Files
It contains the data of the database. Every table that is stored in the database is a part of these files. Only Oracle Server can interpret these data files.

Redo Log Files

Every database has a set of two or more Redo Log files. The set of redo log files is known as databases redo log. Redo Log files are used in failure recovery. All changes made to the database are written to redo log file. (Filenames redo01.log)

Control Files
Contain information required to verify the integrity of the database, including the names of the other files in the database (Extension of file is ctl) Database Name Names and locations of data files and redo log files. Path We can use this Oracle\oradata\orcl path in the server to see all the 3 types of files

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Logical Structure
Logical Structure is independent of Physical structure. Each Oracle database contains the following components. Tablespaces Segments Extents Blocks

Tablespace
Each Database is a collection of tablespaces. For example we can use a table space called PAYROLL to store all the data related to payroll application. Every database contains SYSTEM tablespace. This is automatically created when a database is created. SYSTEM tablespace contains the data dictionary tables. It is possible to make tablespace temporarily unavailable by making it off-line and makes it available again by changing it to on-line. By making a tablespace off-line, DBA can take the backup.

Segments
Data into table spaces comes in the form of segments. Example Table is a segment An Oracle database requires up to 4 types of segments Data segments Index Segments Rollback segments Temporary segments It is used to store data of tables Used to store indexes Undo information is stored Oracle stores Temporary tables

Extents
The storage space is allocated to segments is in the form of Extents. Each Tablespace contains 65536 data files N number of such Table spaces creates a database. An extent is made with in a data file. N Number of continuous db blocks makes up an Extent.

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ORACLE Architecture and Terminology

This section will provide a basic understanding of ORACLE including the concepts and terminology of the ORACLE Server. It is important that you read through this section to familiarize yourself with the concepts and terminology to be used throughout this manual. Most of the information contained in this section is DIRECTLY extracted from ``ORACLE7 Server Concepts Manual'' and all credit should be attributed to ORACLE. Before you can begin to use ORACLE, you must have a basic understanding of the architecture of ORACLE to help you start thinking about an ORACLE database in the correct conceptual manner. Figure 1 illustrates a typical variation of ORACLE's memory and process structures; some of the memory structures and processes in this diagram are discussed in the following section. For more information on these memory structures and processes, see page 115 of ``ORACLE7 Server Concepts Manual.''

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Figure 1. ORACLE Architecture

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Memory Structures and Processes The mechanisms of ORACLE execute by using memory structures and processes. All memory structures exist in the main memory of the computers that constitute the database system. Processes are jobs or tasks that work in the memory of these computers. Memory Structures ORACLE creates and uses memory structures to complete several jobs. For example, memory is used to store program code being executed and data that is shared among users. Several basic memory structures are associated with ORACLE: the system global area (which includes the database and redo log buffers, and the shared pool) and the program global area. System Global Area (SGA) is a shared memory region allocated by ORACLE that contains data and control information for one ORACLE instance. An ORACLE instance contains the SGA and the background processes. The SGA is allocated when an instance starts and deallocated when the instance shuts down. Each instance that is started has its own SGA. The Program Global Area (PGA) is a memory buffer that contains data and control information for a server process. A PGA is created by ORACLE when a server process is started. The information in a PGA depends on the configuration of ORACLE. Processes A process is a ``thread of control'' or a mechanism in an operating system that can execute a series of steps. Some operating systems use the terms job or task. An ORACLE database system has two general types of processes: user processes and ORACLE processes. A user process is created and maintained to execute the software code of an application program (such as a PRO*C program) or an ORACLE tool (such as SQL*PLUS). The user process also manages the communication with the server processes. User processes communicate with the server processes through the program interface.

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ORACLE processes are called by other processes to perform functions on behalf of the invoking process. ORACLE creates a server process to handle requests from connected user processes. ORACLE also creates a set of background processes for each instance (see ``ORACLE7 Server Concepts Manual'' pages 1-18, 1-19).

Database Structures
The relational model has three major aspects: Structures Structures are well-defined objects that store the data of a database. Structures and the data contained within them can be manipulated by operations. Operations Operations are clearly defined actions that allow users to manipulate the data and structures of a database. The operations on a database must adhere to a pre-defined set of integrity rules. Integrity Rule Integrity rules are the laws that govern which operations are allowed on the data and structures of a database. Integrity rules protect the data and the structures of a database. An ORACLE database has both a physical and a logical structure. By separating physical and logical database structure, the physical storage of data can be managed without affecting the access to logical storage structures.

Logical Database Structure

An ORACLE database's logical structure is determined by: one or more tablespaces. the database's schema objects (e.g., tables, views, indexes, clusters, sequences, stored procedures).

The logical storage structures, including tablespaces, segments, and extents, dictate how the physical space of a database is used. The schema objects and the relationships among them form the relational design of a database.

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Tablespaces and Data Files
Tablespaces are the primary logical storage structures of any ORACLE database. The usable data of an ORACLE database is logically stored in the tablespaces and physically stored in the data files associated with the corresponding tablespace. Figure 2 illustrates this relationship. Although databases, tablespaces, data files, and segments are closely related, they have important differences:

databases and tablespaces An ORACLE database is comprised of one or more logical storage units called tablespaces. The database's data is collectively stored in the database's tablespaces. tablespaces and data files Each tablespace in an ORACLE database is comprised of one or more operating system files called data files. A tablespace's data files physically store the associated database data on disk. databases and data files A database's data is collectively stored in the data files that constitute each tablespace of the database. For example, the simplest ORACLE database would have one tablespace, with one data file. A more complicated database might have three tablespaces, each comprised of two data files (for a total of six data files). schema objects, segments, and tablespaces When a schema object such as a table or index is created, its segment is created within a designated tablespace in the database. For example, suppose a table is created in a specific tablespace using the CREATE TABLE command with the TABLESPACE option. The space for this table's data segment is allocated in one or more of the data files that constitute the specified tablespace. An object's segment allocates space in only one tablespace of a database.

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Figure 2. Data Files and Tablespaces

A database is divided into one or more logical storage units called tablespaces. A database administrator can use tablespaces to do the following: Control disk space allocation for database data. Assign specific space quotas for database users. Control availability of data by taking individual tablespaces online or offline. Perform partial database backup or recovery operations. Allocate data storage across devices to improve performance.

Every ORACLE database contains a tablespace named SYSTEM, which is automatically created when the database is created. The SYSTEM tablespace always contains the data dictionary tables for the entire database. You can query these data dictionary tables to obtain pertinent information about the database; for example, the names of the tables that are owned by you or ones to which you have access.

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Data files associated with a tablespace store all the database data in that tablespace. One or more datafiles form a logical unit of database storage called a tablespace. A data file can be associated with only one tablespace, and only one database. After a data file is initially created, the allocated disk space does not contain any data; however, the space is reserved to hold only the data for future segments of the associated tablespace - it cannot store any other program's data. As a segment (such as the data segment for a table) is created and grows in a tablespace, ORACLE uses the free space in the associated data files to allocate extents for the segment. The data in the segments of objects (data segments, index segments, rollback segments, and so on) in a tablespace are physically stored in one or more of the data files that constitute the tablespace. Note that a schema object does not correspond to a specific data file; rather, a data file is a repository for the data of any object within a specific tablespace. The extents of a single segment can be allocated in one or more data files of a tablespace (see Figure 3); therefore, an object can ``span'' one or more data files. The database administrator and endusers cannot control which data file stores an object.

Data Blocks, Extents, and Segments

ORACLE allocates database space for all data in a database. The units of logical database allocations are data blocks, extents, and segments. Figure 3 illustrates the relationships between these data structures. Data Blocks At the finest level of granularity, an ORACLE database's data is stored in data blocks (also called logical blocks, ORACLE blocks, or pages). An ORACLE database uses and allocates free database space in ORACLE data blocks. Figure 4 illustrates a typical ORACLE data block. Extents The next level of logical database space is called an extent. An extent is a specific number of contiguous data blocks that are allocated for storing a specific type of information. Segments The level of logical database storage above an extent is called a segment. A segment is a set of extents which have been allocated for a specific type of data structure, and all are stored in the same tablespace. For example, each table's data is stored in its own data segment, while each index's data is stored in its own index segment. ORACLE allocates space for segments in extents. Therefore, when the existing extents of a

segment are full, ORACLE allocates another extent for that segment. Because extents are allocated as needed, the extents of a segment may or may not be contiguous on disk, and may or may not span files. An extent cannot span files, though. 16

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Figure 3. The Relationship Among Segments, Extents and Data Blocks

ORACLE manages the storage space in the data files of a database in units called data blocks. A data block is the smallest unit of I/O used by a database. A data block corresponds to a block of physical bytes on disk, equal to the ORACLE data block size (specifically set when the database is created - 2048). This block size can differ from the standard I/O block size of the operating system that executes ORACLE. The ORACLE block format is similar regardless of whether the data block contains table, index, or clustered data. Figure 4 shows the format of the block.

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Figure 4. Data Block Format

Header (Common and Variable) The header contains general block information, such as block address, segment type, such as data, index, or rollback. While some block overhead is fixed in size (about 107 bytes), the total block overhead size is variable. Table Directory The table directory portion of the block contains information about the tables having rows in this block. Row Directory This portion of the block contains row information about the actual rows in the block (including addresses for each row piece in the row data area). Once the space has been allocated in the row directory of a block's header, this space is not reclaimed when the row is deleted. Row Data This portion of the block contains table or index data. Rows can span blocks.

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Free Space Free space is used to insert new rows and for updates to rows that require additional space (e.g., when a trailing null is updated to a non-null value). Whether issued insertions actually occur in a given data block is a function of the value for the space management parameter PCTFREE and the amount of current free space in that data block. Space Used for Transaction Entries Data blocks allocated for the data segment of a table, cluster, or the index segment of an index can also use free space for transaction entries. Two space management parameters, PCTFREE and PCTUSED, allow a developer to control the use of free space for inserts of and updates to the rows in data blocks. Both of these parameters can only be specified when creating or altering tables and clusters (data segments). In addition, the storage parameter PCTFREE can also be specified when creating or altering indicies (index segments). The PCTFREE parameter is used to set the percentage of a block to be reserved (kept free) for possible updates to rows that already are contained in that block. For example, assume that you specify the following parameter within a CREATE TABLE statement: pctfree 20 This states that 20\% of each data block used for this table's data segment will be kept free and available for possible updates to the existing rows already within each block. After a data block becomes full, as determined by PCTFREE, the block is not considered for the insertion of new rows until the percentage of the block being used falls below the parameter

PCTUSED. Before this value is achieved, the free space of the data block can only be used for updates to rows already contained in the

data block. For example, assume that you specify the following parameter within a CREATE TABLE statement:
pctused 40 In this case, a data block used for this table's data segment is not considered for the insertion of any new rows until the amount of used space in the blocks falls to 39\% or less (assuming that the block's used space has previously reached PCTFREE). No matter what type, each segment in a database is created with at least one extent to hold its data. This extent is called the segment's initial extent. If the data blocks of a segment's initial extent become full and more space is required to hold new data, ORACLE automatically allocates an incremental extent for that segment. An incremental extent is a

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subsequent extent of the same or incremented size of the previous extent in that segment. Every non-clustered table in an ORACLE database has a single data segment to hold all of its data. The data segment for a table is indirectly created via the CREATE TABLE/SNAPSHOT command. Storage parameters for a table, snapshot, or cluster control the way that a data segment's extents are allocated. Setting these storage parameters directly via the CREATE TABLE/SNAPSHOT/CLUSTER or ALTER TABLE/SNAPSHOT/CLUSTER commands affects the efficiency of data retrieval and storage for that data segment. For more information on Data Blocks, Segments and Extents, see ``ORACLE7 Server Concepts Manual.''

Physical Database Structure An ORACLE database's physical structure is determined by the operating system files that constitute the database. Each ORACLE

database is comprised of these types of files: one or more data files, two or more redo log files, and one or more control files. The files of a database provide the actual physical storage for database information. For more information on these physical storage files, see ``ORACLE7 Server Concepts Manual.''

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Figure 5. Maintaining the Free Space of Data Blocks with PCTFREE and PCTUSED

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Siva Kumar HVK Overall System Structure

A database system is partitioned into modules, which handles different responsibilities of over all system. The functional components of a database system are Query processor Component Storage manager component

Query Processor Component

This component is a collection of the following processes. DML Compiler : It translates DML statements into a lower level instructions that the query evaluation engine understands Embedded DML precompiler It converts DML statements embedded in an application program into normal procedure calls in the host language. DDL Interpreter It interprets DDL statements and records them in a set of tables Query evaluation engine It executes lower level instructions generated by the DML compiler

Storage manager component

It is an Interface between the data stored in the database, application programs and queries submitted to the system. Authorization and Integrity manager It tests for satisfaction of integrity constraints and checks the authority of users to access data. Transaction Manager It ensures concurrent transaction executions processed without conflicting. File manager It manages the allocation of space on disk and the data structures used to represent information. Buffer manager This is responsible for fetching data from disk storage into main memory.

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Siva Kumar HVK Oracle Instance

Every oracle database is associated with an Oracle Instance. Every time a database is started, a memory area called System Global Area (SGA) or Shared Global Area is allocated and one or more processes are started. The combination of SGA and Oracle processes is called as Oracle Instance. SGA consists of several memory structures: The shared pool is used to store the most recently executed SQL statements and the most recently used data from the data dictionary. These SQL statements may be submitted by a user process or, in the case of stored procedures, read from the data dictionary. The database buffer cache is used to store the most recently used data. The data is read from, and written to, the data files. The redo log buffer is used to track changes made to the database by the server and background processes.

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Query process
1 Parse 2 Execute 3 Fetch

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When User connects to the database, it automatically creates two different processes called as User process and Server Process. The user process is the application program that originates SQL statements. The server process executes the statements sent from the user process. There are three main stages in the processing of a query: Parse Execute Fetch

Parsing
During the parse stage, the SQL statement is passed from the user process to the server process, and a parsed representation of the SQL statement is loaded into a shared SQL area. During the parse, the server process performs the following functions: Searches for an existing copy of the SQL statement in the shared pool validates the SQL statement by checking its syntax Performs data dictionary lookups to validate table and column definitions

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Execute
Execute: Identify rows selected The steps to be taken when executing the statement The optimizer is the function in the Oracle Server that determines the optimal execution plan.

Fetch
Fetch: Return rows to user process. With each fetch process, it can fetch 20 records at a time.

DML Processing Steps

A data manipulation language (DML) statement requires only two phases of processing: Parse is the same as the parse phase used for processing a query Execute requires additional processing to make data changes

DML Execute Phase

The server process records the before image to the rollback block and updates the data block. Both of these changes are done in the database buffer cache. Any changed blocks in the buffer cache are marked as dirty buffers: that is, buffers that are not the same as the corresponding blocks on the disk. The processing of a DELETE or INSERT command uses similar steps. The before image for a DELETE contains the column values in the deleted row, and the before image of an INSERT contains the row location information. Because the changes made to the blocks are only recorded in memory structures and are not written immediately to disk, a computer failure that causes the loss of the SGA can also lose these changes.

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Oracle Versions
Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle 6.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 8.0 8i 9i 10g 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003

Object based ORDBMS Internet based Application Application server

Features & Benefits

Oracle

Scalability

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9i

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Internet

Common Skill Sets

Single Dev Model

Features
Oracle offers a comprehensive high performance infrastructure for ebusiness. It is called Oracle9i.It provides everything needed to develop, deploy and manage Internet applications.

Benefits

Scalability from departments to enterprise e-business sites Reliable, available and secure architecture One development model, easy development options Common skill sets including SQL, PL/SQL,JAVA and XML One Management interface for all applications

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9i Products
There are two products. They provide a complete and simple infrastructure for Internet applications.

Application Server
9i Application server runs all the applications and 9i database stores our data. Oracle 9i Application server runs Portals or web sites Java Transactional Applications Provides integration between users, applications and data

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Oracle is the first object-capable database developed by Oracle Corporation. It extends the data modeling capabilities of Oracle 8 to support a new object relational database model. Oracle provides a new engine that brings objectoriented programming, complex data types, complex business objects, and full compatibility with the relational world. Oracle 9i supports User-Defined data types and objects Fully compatible with relational database (It supports all the CODD rules) Support of multimedia and Large objects It also support client server and web based applications Oracle 9i can scale tens of thousands of concurrent users and support up to 512 peta bytes of data (One pita byte = 1000 tera bytes and One terabyte = 1000 GB).

Data Concurrency And Consistency

Data concurrency allows many users to access the same data at the same time. One way of managing data concurrency is by making other users wait until their turn comes, when a user is accessing the data. But the goal of the database system is to reduce wait time so that it is negligible to each user. At the same time data integrity should not be compromised. Oracle uses locking mechanism and multiversioning to increase data concurrency while maintaining data integrity.

Locking
Oracle uses Locks to control data concurrency. Locks are used to prevent destructive interference. For instance, when user X is modifying a row, it is locked so that other users cannot modify it until X completes modification. However, it doesnt stop users querying the row. That means users reading the data will not be interrupted by user modifying and vice-versa. Note: it is the responsibility of the application developer to unlock rows that are locked by committing or rolling back the transaction.

Read Consistency
For a query, Oracle returns a timepoint-based version of data. That means, the data retrieved is consistent with the time at which the query started. So any changes made to database since query started will not be available.

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Ready consistency is made possible In Oracle using Rollback segment. Rollback segment keeps a copy of unchanged data. This data is substituted for the data that has changed since query started, in the query result. This ensures readers do not wait for writers and vice-versa and ensures that writers only wait for other writers, if they attempt to update identical rows at the same time.

Environment
Oracle uses two types of Environments for executing our SQL statements. SQL*plus and iSQL*plus. ISQL*plus is (Available only from Oracle 9i) An Environment Oracle proprietary Keywords can be abbreviated Runs on a browser Centrally loaded, does not have to be implemented on each machine

Difference between SQL*Plus and ISQL*plus

SQL*Plus is a CUI and iSQL*Plus runs on a browser SQL*plus should be loaded in each every client system, where as iSQL*plus, centrally loaded, doesnt have to be implemented on each machine

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Oracle is RDBMS. In a Client/Server environment, Oracle runs on the server as back-end to manage the data. The logical structure of the database is independent of physical structure of the database. User is concerned with only the logical structure of the database. An Oracle Instance is the combination of SGA and Oracle process. Oracle instance contains a collection of background processes, where each process does a specific job. Oracle uses locking mechanism to manage data concurrency. It copies the data of a row, before the row is changed, to rollback segment to provide read consistency.

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1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) SGA stands for _______________________________ _____________ is the name of the tablespace that is automatically created when a database is created. In which segment the data of a table is stored? What is the difference between Personal Oracle and Client/Server Oracle Redo Log files are also called as ______________ File extension of control file is ___________ ________ Number of data files are there in each table space What is Oracle Instance? What is the maximum storage capacity of Oracle database What is Application server?

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Topics
Oracle data types Introduction to SQL An overview of SQL SQL in Application programming Structured Query Language SQL statements Simple Queries Operators, Expressions and Expressions

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Oracle Datatypes
Each column value and constant in a SQL statement has a data type, which is associated with a specific storage format, constraints, and a valid range of values. When you create a table, you must specify a data type for each of its columns. Oracle provides the following builtin data types. Character Data types CHAR Data type VARCHAR2 and VARCHAR Data types NCHAR and NVARCHAR2 Data types LONG Data type NUMBER Data type DATE Data type LOB Data types BLOB data type CLOB and NCLOB data types BFILE Data type RAW and LONG RAW Data types

Character Datatypes
The character data types store character (alphanumeric) data in strings, with byte values corresponding to the character.

CHAR datatype
Fixed length character data of length size in bytes.( Default size is 1 and maximum size is 2000). Padded on right with blanks to full length of size.

VARCHAR2 (size)
Variable length characters strings having a maximum size of 4000 bytes (Default size is 1). Truncates leftover blank spaces.

NVARCHAR2(size)
Variable length characters strings having a maximum size of 4000 bytes (Default size is 1) Or characters, depending on the choice of national character set. Truncates leftover blank spaces.

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NUMBER(size,d)
For number column specified with d digits after the decimal point. For example, NUMBER (5,2) could nothing larger than 999.99 without an error.

LONG
Character data of variable size up to 2GB in length. Only one LONG column is allowed in a table. Long column cannot be used in sub queries, functions, expressions, where clause or indexes.

DATE
Valid date ranges from January 1,4712 BC to December 31,9999 AD. (Default date format DD-MON-YY)

TIMESTAMP(precision)
Date plus time, where precision is the number of digits in the fractional part of the seconds field (default is 6).

TIMESTAMP(precision) WITH TIME ZONE

Timestamp plus time zone displacement value.

TIMESTAMP(precision) WITHLOCAL TIME ZONE

TIMESTAMP, with normalized to local time zone.

RAW(size)
Raw binary date, size bytes long. Maximum size is 2000 bytes.

LONG RAW
Raw binary data, otherwise the same as LONG. These two data types allow storing pictures.

CLOB
Character Large object, up to 4GB in length.

BLOB

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Binary large object, up to 4GB in length.

BFILE

Pointer to a binary operating system file.

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Introduction to SQL
A Brief History of SQL
The history of SQL begins in an IBM laboratory in San Jose, California, where SQL was developed in the late 1970s. The initials stand for Structured Query Language, and the language itself is often referred to as "sequel." It was originally developed for IBM's DB2 product (a relational database management system, or RDBMS, that can still be bought today for various platforms and environments). In fact, SQL makes an RDBMS possible. SQL is a nonprocedural language, in contrast to the procedural or third generation languages (3GLs) such as COBOL and C that had been created up to that time. NOTE: Nonprocedural means what rather than how. For example, SQL describes what data to retrieve, delete, or insert, rather than how to perform the operation. The characteristic that differentiates a DBMS from an RDBMS is that the RDBMS provides a set-oriented database language. For most RDBMS, this set-oriented database language is SQL. Set oriented means that SQL processes sets of data in groups. Two standards organizations, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO), currently promote SQL standards to industry. The ANSI-92 standard is the standard for the SQL used throughout this book. Although these standard-making bodies prepare standards for database system designers to follow, all database products differ from the ANSI standard to some degree. In technology in a single-user business application positions the application for future growth.

An Overview of SQL
SQL is the standard language used to manipulate and retrieve data from these relational databases. SQL enables a programmer or database administrator to do the following: Modify a database's structure Change system security settings Add user permissions on databases or tables Query a database for information Update the contents of a database

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Structured Query Language
Oracle server supports ANSI standard SQL and contains extensions. Using SQL, you can communicate with the Oracle server. SQL has the following advantages Efficient Easy to learn and use Functionally complete (With SQL, you can define, retrieve, and manipulate data in the tables.)

SQL Statements
SELECT INSERT UPDATE DELETE MERGE CREATE ALTER DROP RENAME TRUNCATE COMMIT ROLLBACK SAVEPOINT GRANT REVOKE Data retrieval Data manipulation language(DML)

Data definition language (DDL)

Transaction control Data control language (DCL)

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SELECT AND FROM

It is a building block for data retrieval in SQL. Syntax : SELECT <COLUMNS> FROM <TABLE>;

Your First Query

INPUT: SQL> select * from EMP; OUTPUT:
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ------ ---------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-80 800 20 7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 30 7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30 7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 20 7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30 7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30 7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10 7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 09-DEC-82 3000 20 7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10 7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 1500 0 30 7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 12-JAN-83 1100 20 7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-81 950 30 7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000 20 7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-82 1300 10

ANALYSIS: Notice that columns 6 and 8 in the output statement are right justified and that columns 2 and 3 are left justified. This format follows the alignment convention in which numeric data types are right justified and character data types are left justified. The asterisk (*) in select * tells the database to return all the columns associated with the given table described in the FROM clause. The database determines the order in which to return the columns. f ll bl i d h h i h l

Terminating an SQL Statement

In some implementations of SQL, the semicolon at the end of the statement tells the interpreter that you are finished writing the query. For example, Oracle's SQL*PLUS won't execute the query until it finds a semicolon (or a slash). On the other hand, some implementations of SQL do not use the semicolon as a terminator. For example, Microsoft Query and Borland's ISQL don't require a terminator, because your query is typed in an edit box and executed when you push a button.

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Changing the Order of the Columns
We can change the order of selection of columns

INPUT: SQL> SELECT empno, ename, sal, job, comm from EMP; OUTPUT
EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7839 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 ENAME SAL JOB COMM ---------- ---------- --------- ---------SMITH 800 CLERK ALLEN 1600 SALESMAN 300 WARD 1250 SALESMAN 500 JONES 2975 MANAGER MARTIN 1250 SALESMAN 1400 BLAKE 2850 MANAGER CLARK 2450 MANAGER SCOTT 3000 ANALYST KING 5000 PRESIDENT TURNER 1500 SALESMAN 0 ADAMS 1100 CLERK JAMES 950 CLERK FORD 3000 ANALYST MILLER 1300 CLERK

14 rows selected.

Expressions, Conditions, and Operators

Expressions
The definition of an expression is simple: An expression returns a value. Expression types are very broad, covering different data types such as String, Numeric, and Boolean. In fact, pretty much anything following a clause (SELECT or FROM, for example) is an expression. In the following example amount is an expression that returns the value contained in the amount column.
SELECT sal FROM EMP; In the following statement NAME, DESIGNATION, SAL are expressions: SELECT ENAME, DESIGNATION, SAL FROM EMP; Now, examine the following expression: WHERE ENAME = 'KING' It contains a condition, ENAME = 'KING', which is an example of a Boolean expression. ENAME = 'KING' will be either TRUE or FALSE, depending on the condition =.

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Conditions
If you ever want to find a particular item or group of items in your database, you need one or more conditions. Conditions are contained in the WHERE clause. In the preceding example, the condition is ENAME = 'KING' To find everyone in your organization who worked more than 100 hours last month, your condition would be SAL > 2000 Conditions enable you to make selective queries. In there most common form, conditions comprise a variable, a constant, and a comparison operator. In the first example the variable is ENAME, the constant is 'KING', and the comparison operator is =. In the second example the variable is SAL, the constant is 100, and the comparison operator is >. You need to know about two more elements before you can write conditional queries: the WHERE clause and operators.

The WHERE Clause

The syntax of the WHERE clause is

SYNTAX: SELECT <COLUMNS> FROM <TABLE> WHERE <SEARCH CONDITION>;

SELECT, FROM, and WHERE are the three most frequently used clauses in SQL. WHERE simply causes your queries to be more selective. Without the WHERE clause, the most useful thing you could do with a query is display all records in the selected table(s). If you wanted a particular EMPLOYEE, you could type INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME = 'KING'; Which would yield only one record:
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ------ ---------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- -------------------------------7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10

ANALYSIS: This simple example shows how you can place a condition on the data that you want to retrieve.

If you wanted a particular EMPLOYEE, you could type

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INPUT SQL> SELECT * FROM BIKES WHERE ENAME != 'KING'; OR SQL> SELECT * FROM BIKES WHERE ENAME <> 'KING'; OUTPUT
EMPNO ENAME JOB 7369 SMITH CLERK 7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7521 WARD SALESMAN 7566 JONES MANAGER 7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7782 CLARK MANAGER 7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7876 ADAMS CLERK 7900 JAMES CLERK 7902 FORD ANALYST 7934 MILLER CLERK MGR HIREDATE 7902 17-DEC-80 7698 20-FEB-81 7698 22-FEB-81 7839 02-APR-81 7698 28-SEP-81 7839 01-MAY-81 7839 09-JUN-81 7566 09-DEC-82 7698 08-SEP-81 7788 12-JAN-83 7698 03-DEC-81 7566 03-DEC-81 7782 23-JAN-82 SAL 800 1600 1250 2975 1250 2850 2450 3000 1500 1100 950 3000 1300 COMM 300 500 1400 DEPTNO 20 30 30 20 30 30 10 20 30 20 30 20 10

ANALYSIS:
Displays all the employees other than KING.

Operators

Operators are the elements you use inside an expression to articulate how you want specified conditions to retrieve data. Operators fall into six groups: arithmetic, comparison, character, logical, set, and miscellaneous.

Arithmetic Operators
The arithmetic operators are plus (+), minus (-), divide (/), multiply (*). The first four are self-explanatory. Modulo returns the integer remainder of a division.

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Comparison Operators
True to their name, comparison operators compare expressions and return one of three values: TRUE, FALSE, or Unknown.

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL >= 2000; SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL >= 3000 AND SAL <= 4000; SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000; SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL NOT BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000;

To understand how you could get an Unknown, you need to know a little about the concept of NULL. In database terms NULL is the absence of data in a field. It does not mean a column has a zero or a blank in it. A zero or a blank is a value. NULL means nothing is in that field. If you make a comparison like Field = 9 and the only value for Field is NULL, the comparison will come back Unknown. Because Unknown is an uncomfortable condition, most flavors of SQL change Unknown to FALSE and provide a special operator, IS NULL, to test for a NULL condition.

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE COMM IS NULL;

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE COMM IS NOT NULL;

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Character Operators
You can use character operators to manipulate the way character strings are represented, both in the output of data and in the process of placing conditions on data to be retrieved. This section describes two character operators: the LIKE operator and the || operator, which conveys the concept of character concatenation.

LIKE operator

What if you wanted to select parts of a database that fit a pattern but weren't quite exact matches? You could use the equal sign and run through all the possible cases, but that process would be time-consuming. Instead, you could use LIKE.

Consider the following:

INPUT:

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE A%; ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose names begins with letter A

INPUT:

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME NOT LIKE A%; ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose names not beginning with letter A

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SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE %A%; ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose names contains letter A (Any number of As)

INPUT:

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE %A%A%; ANALYSIS Displays all the names whose name contains letter A more than one time
INPUT:

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE HIREDATE LIKE %DEC%; ANALYSIS Displays all the employees who joined in the month of December.

INPUT:

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE HIREDATE LIKE %81; ANALYSIS Displays all the employees who joined in the year 81.

INPUT:

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL LIKE 4%; ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose salary begins with number 4. (Implicit data conversion takes place).
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The underscore is the single-character wildcard.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE _A%; OUTPUT:
EMPNO ---------7521 7654 7900 ENAME ---------WARD MARTIN JAMES

ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose second letter is A

INPUT: SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE __A%; OUTPUT:
ENAME ---------BLAKE CLARK ADAMS

ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose third letter is A (Two underscores followed by A)

INPUT: SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE A%\_% ESCAPE \; OUTPUT:
ENAME ---------AVINASH_K ANAND_VARDAN ADAMS_P

ANALYSIS Displays all the employees with underscore (_). \ Escape character Underscore is used to identify a position in the string. To treat _ as a character we have to use Escape (\) character,
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Used to combine two given strings

INPUT SELECT ENAME || JOB FROM EMP; OUTPUT

ENAME||JOB ------------------SMITHCLERK ALLENSALESMAN WARDSALESMAN JONESMANAGER MARTINSALESMAN BLAKEMANAGER CLARKMANAGER SCOTTANALYST KINGPRESIDENT TURNERSALESMAN ADAMSCLERK JAMESCLERK FORDANALYST MILLERCLERK

ANALYSIS Combines both name and designation as a single string.

INPUT SQL>SELECT ENAME || , || JOB FROM EMP;

OUTPUT
ENAME||','||JOB ---------------------SMITH , CLERK ALLEN , SALESMAN WARD , SALESMAN JONES , MANAGER MARTIN , SALESMAN BLAKE , MANAGER CLARK , MANAGER SCOTT , ANALYST KING , PRESIDENT TURNER , SALESMAN ADAMS , CLERK JAMES , CLERK FORD , ANALYST MILLER , CLERK

ANALYSIS Combines both name and designation as a single string separated by,
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SELECT ENAME FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE %A% and ENAME NOT LIKE %A%A%
OUTPUT
ENAME ---------ALLEN WARD MARTIN BLAKE CLARK JAMES ANALYSIS

Displays all the employees whose names contains letter A exactly one time.

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL >= 3000 AND SAL <= 4000; SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000; SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL NOT BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000;

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The two operators IN and BETWEEN provide shorthand for functions you already know how to do. You could type the following:

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ENAME, JOB FROM EMP WHERE JOB= 'CLERK' OR JOB =MANAGER OR JOB = 'SALESMAN'; OUTPUT:
ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK TURNER ADAMS JAMES MILLER JOB --------CLERK SALESMAN SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN MANAGER MANAGER SALESMAN CLERK CLERK CLERK

ANALYSIS Display employees with designations manager, clerk, and salesman,

The above statement takes more time to parse it, which reduces the efficiency.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE JOB IN('CLERK','SALESMAN','MANAGER'); OUTPUT:

ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK TURNER ADAMS JAMES MILLER JOB --------CLERK SALESMAN SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN MANAGER MANAGER SALESMAN CLERK CLERK CLERK

ANALYSIS Display employees with designations manager, clerk, and salesman,

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT ENAME,JOB FROM EMP WHERE JOB NOT IN('CLERK','SALESMAN','MANAGER'); OUTPUT:
ENAME ---------SCOTT KING FORD JOB --------ANALYST PRESIDENT ANALYST

ANALYSIS Display designations other than manager, clerk, and salesman

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ENAME,HIREDATE FROM EMP WHERE HIREDATE IN (01-MAY-1981,09-DEC-1982);

OUTPUT:
ENAME ---------BLAKE SCOTT HIREDATE --------01-MAY-81 09-DEC-82

ANALYSIS
Note : Efficiency is more when we write the query using IN operator rather than OR operator.

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DISTINCT OPERATOR

INPUT: SQL> SELECT DISTINCT JOB FROM EMP; OUTPUT:

JOB --------ANALYST CLERK MANAGER PRESIDENT SALESMAN

ANALYSIS
Distinct operator displays unique designations. Distinct operator by default displays the information in ascending order.

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Topics

Order BY clause Exercise Functions Group functions

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Presentation ORDER BY CLAUSE
Display the information in a particular order (Ascending or descending order)

Syntax SELECT <COLUMNS> FROM <TABLE> WHERE <CONDITION> ORDER BY <COLUMN(S)>;

INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME FROM EMP ORDER BY ENAME; OUTPUT

ENAME ---------ADAMS ALLEN BLAKE CLARK FORD JAMES JONES KING MARTIN MILLER SCOTT SMITH TURNER WARD ANALYSIS

Display employees in ascending order of names.

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP ORDER BY JOB,ENAME; OUTPUT
JOB --------ANALYST ANALYST CLERK CLERK CLERK CLERK MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER PRESIDENT SALESMAN SALESMAN SALESMAN SALESMAN ANALYSIS ENAME SAL ---------- ---------FORD 3000 SCOTT 3000 ADAMS 1100 JAMES 950 MILLER 1300 SMITH 800 BLAKE 2850 CLARK 2450 JONES 2975 KING 5000 ALLEN 1600 MARTIN 1250 TURNER 1500 WARD 1250

Display employees in ascending order of jobs. With each job it places the information in ascending order of names. INPUT
SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP ORDER BY job, name desc; OUTPUT:

Display employees in ascending order by jobs. With each job it places the information in descending order of names.

INPUT
SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP ORDER BY job desc, ename desc; OUTPUT:

Display employees in descending order by jobs. With each job it places the information in descending order of names.

INPUT
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We can also use order by clause as INPUT SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP ORDER BY 3; ANALYSIS It places the information in the order of third column in the table.

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Exercise 1. _________ is the operator used to compare a column with null value. 2. _________is used to compare one value with a set of values. 3. The maximum number of character that can be stored in CHAR type is 4. Assume there is a table student(sname char(6), sname1 varchar2(6)); Assume that value place in both columns is RAVI. What is the size of sname and sname1 5. How many LONG columns can a table contain?_______ 6. SQL commands are to be terminated with ______________ 7. Display list of employees that start with letter C 8. Display employees in ascending order of 5th column in the table

9. Examine the trace instance chart for employee table. You want to display each employee hiredate from earliest to latest. Which SQL statement will you use? (1) SELECT hiredate FROM emp; (2) SELECT hiredate FROM emp ORDER BY hiredate; (3) SELECT emp FROM emp ORDER by hiredate; (4) SELECT hiredate FROM emp ORDER BY hiredate DESC;

10. Which data type should you use for interest rates with varying and unpredictable decimal places such as 1.234, 3.4, 5 and 1.23? (1) LONG. (2) NUMBER. (3) NUMBER(p, s) (4) None 11.Which SQL statement generates the alias Annual Salary for the calculated column SALARY*12? (1) SELECT ename, salary*12 Annual SalaryFROM employees; (2) SELECT ename, salary*12 Annual SalaryFROM employees; (3) SELECT ename, salary*12 AS Annual SalaryFROM employees; (4) SELECT ename, salary*12 AS INITCAP(ANNUAL SALARY)FROM employees

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1. The EMP table has these columns: ENAME VARCHAR2(35), SALARY NUMBER(8,2)HIRE_DATE DATE. Management wants a list of names of employees who have been with the company for more than five years; Which SQL statement displays the required results? (1) SELECT ENAMEFROM EMPWHERE SYSDATE-HIRE_DATE > 5; (2) SELECT ENAMEFROM EMPWHERE HIRE_DATE-SYSDATE > 5; (3) SELECT ENAMEFROM EMPWHERE (SYSDATE-HIRE_DATE)/365 > 5; (4) SELECT ENAMEFROM EMPWHERE (SYSDATE-HIRE_DATE)* 365 > 5;

2. The employee table contains these columns.LAST_NAME VARCHAR2 (25), FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(25) DEPT_ID NUMBER(9) You need to display the names of the employees that are not assigned to the department. Evaluate this SQL statement; SELECT last_name, first_name FROM employee WHERE dept_id is NULL which change should you make to achieve the desired result? (1) Create an outer join. (2) Change the column in the where condition. (3) Query executes successfully (4) Add a second condition to the where condition

3. Which statement about SQL is true? (1) Null values are displayed last in the ascending sequences. (2) Data values are displayed in descending order by default. (3) You cannot specify a column alias in an ORDER BY clause. (4) You cannot sort query results by a column that is not included in the SELECT list.

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FUNCTIONS
A function is a sub program, which executes whenever we call it and returns a value to the calling place. These functions are classified into two types Predefined functions User defined functions

Predefined functions
These functions are again classified into two types Group or Aggregate Functions Single row Functions

Aggregate Functions
These functions are also referred to as group functions. They return a value based on the values in a column.

COUNT
The function COUNT returns the number of rows that satisfy the condition in the WHERE clause. Say you wanted to know how many employees are there.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP; OUTPUT: COUNT(*) -------14

ANALYSIS It counts if row presents in the table

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To make the code more readable, try an alias:

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) NUM_OF_EMP FROM EMP; NUM_OF_EMP ------------------14

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT COUNT(COMM) FROM EMP; COUNT(*) -------4

ANALYSIS It counts only those when there is a value in comm. Column Note: Count (comm) faster than count(*) Count(*) count the row when a row present in the table where as Count(comm) counts the row only when there is a value in the column.

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE JOB = MANAGER; COUNT(*) ------4

ANALYSIS It counts only managers

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT count (distinct job) FROM EMP; COUNT (*) ------4

ANALYSIS It counts only distinct jobs

SUM

SUM does just that. It returns the sum of all values in a column.
INPUT: SQL> SELECT SUM(SAL) TOTAL_SALARY OUTPUT: TOTAL_SALARY ------------29025 ANALYSIS

FROM EMP;

Find the total salary drawn by all the employees

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT SUM(SAL) TOTAL_SALARY, SUM(COMM) TOTAL_COMM, FROM EMP; TOTAL_SALARY TOTAL_COMM ------------- ---------29025 2200

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SQL> SELECT SUM(SAL) TOTAL_SALARY, SUM(COMM) TOTAL_COMM FROM EMP WHERE JOB = SALESMAN; TOTAL_SALARY TOTAL_COMM ------------- ---------5600 2200

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The AVG function computes the average of a column.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT AVG(sal) average_salary 2 FROM EMP; OUTPUT: AVERAGE_SALARY --------------2073.21429 ANALYSIS

Find the average salary of all the employees

INPUT: SQL> SELECT AVG(COMM) average_comm FROM EMP; OUTPUT: AVERAGE_COMM ------------

550

ANALYSIS Functions ignores null rows

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5000
ANALYSIS Takes the value from one different rows from one particular column

INPUT: SQL> SELECT MAX(ENAME) FROM EMP; OUTPUT: MAX(ENAME) --------

WARD ANALYSIS Max of name is identified based on ASCII value

INPUT: SQL> SELECT MAX (hiredate) FROM EMP; OUTPUT: MAX(HIREDATE) -------------

12-JAN-83

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800
INPUT: SQL> SELECT MIN(ENAME) FROM EMP; OUTPUT: MIN (ENAME) --------

ADAMS

INPUT SELECT SUM(SAL),AVG(SAL),MIN(SAL),MAX(SAL),COUNT(*) FROM EMP; OUTPUT SUM(SAL) AVG(SAL) MIN(SAL) MAX(SAL) COUNT(*) -------------- --------------- -------------- -------------- ------------29025 2073.21429 800 5000 14 ANALYSIS All the aggregate functions can be used together in a single SQL statement

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Revision / Practicals

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Presentation SINGLE ROW FUNCTIONS
These functions work on each and every row and return a value to the calling places. These functions are classified into different types Arithmetic Functions Character Functions Date functions Miscellaneous Functions

Arithmetic Functions
Many of the uses you have for the data you retrieve involve mathematics. Most Implementations of SQL provide arithmetic functions similar to that of operators covered here.

ABS
The ABS function returns the absolute value of the number you point to. For example:

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ABS(-10) ABSOLUTE_VALUE FROM dual; OUTPUT ABSOLUTE_VALUE ---------------------------10 ANALYSIS ABS changes all the negative numbers to positive and leaves positive numbers alone. Dual is a system table or dummy table from where we can display system information (i.e. system date and username etc) or we can make our own calculations.

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CEIL returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to its argument. FLOOR does just the reverse, returning the largest integer equal to or less than its argument.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT CEIL(12.145) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

CEIL(12.145) ----------------13

INPUT: SQL> SELECT CEIL(12.000) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

CEIL(12.000) ----------------12
ANALYSIS Minimum we require one decimal place , to get the next higher integer number

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT FLOOR(12.678) FLOOR DUAL; OUTPUT:

FLOOR(12.678) ----------------12
INPUT: SQL> SELECT FLOOR(12.000) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

FLOOR(12.000) ----------------12

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It returns remainder when we divide one value with another value

INPUT
SQL> SELECT MOD(5,2) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

MOD(5,2) --------------1 INPUT

SQL> SELECT MOD(2,5) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

MOD(2,5) --------------2 ANALYSIS When numerator value less than denominator, it returns numerator value as remainder.

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To raise one number to the power of another, use POWER. In this function the first argument is raised to the power of the second:

INPUT: SQL> SELECT POWER(5,3) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: 125 SIGN

SIGN returns -1 if its argument is less than 0, 0 if its argument is equal to 0, and 1 if its argument is greater than 0

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SIGN(-10), SIGN(10),SIGN(0) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SIGN(-10) SIGN(10) SIGN(0) ---------- ---------- ----------1 1 0

SQRT
The function SQRT returns the square root of an argument. Because the square root of a negative number is undefined, you cannot use SQRT on negative numbers.

INPUT/OUTPUT: SQL> SELECT SQRT(4) FROM DUAL;

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Many implementations of SQL provide functions to manipulate characters and strings of characters.

CHR
CHR returns the character equivalent of the number it uses as an argument. The character it returns depends on the character set of the database. For this example the database is set to ASCII.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT CHR(65) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: A

CONCAT
It is similar to that of concatenate operator ( | | )

INPUT: SQL> SELECT CONCAT(KRISHNA, KANTH) FROM DUAL;

OUTPUT KRISHNA KANTH

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INITCAP capitalizes the first letter of a word and makes all other characters lowercase.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ENAME BEFORE,INITCAP(ENAME) AFTERFROM EMP; OUTPUT:

BEFORE ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD AFTER ---------Smith Allen Ward Jones Martin Blake Clark Scott King Turner Adams James Ford

LOWER and UPPER

As you might expect, LOWER changes all the characters to lowercase; UPPER does just the changes all the characters to uppercase.
SQL>SELECT ENAME,UPPER(ENAME)

UPPER_CASE,LOWER(ENAME) LOWER_CASE FROM EMP;

ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER UPPER_CASE ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER LOWER_CASE ---------smith allen ward jones martin blake clark scott king turner adams james ford miller

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LPAD and RPAD take a minimum of two and a maximum of three arguments. The first argument is the character string to be operated on. The second is the number of characters to pad it with, and the optional third argument is the character to pad it with. The third argument defaults to a blank, or it can be a single character or a character string. The following statement adds five pad characters, assuming that the field LASTNAME is defined as a 15-character field:

INPUT: SQL> SELECT LPAD(ENAME,15,*) FROM EMP; OUTPUT:

LPAD(ENAME,15,' --------------**********SMITH **********ALLEN ***********WARD **********JONES *********MARTIN **********BLAKE **********CLARK **********SCOTT ***********KING *********TURNER **********ADAMS **********JAMES ***********FORD *********MILLER

ANALYSIS: 15 locations allocated to display ename, out of that, name is occupying some space and in the remaining space to the left side of the name pads with *.

INPUT SQL> SELECT RPAD(5000,10,*) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: 5000******

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LTRIM and RTRIM take at least one and at most two arguments. The first argument, like LPAD and RPAD, is a character string. The optional second element is either a character or character string or defaults to a blank. If you use a second argument that is not a blank, these trim functions will trim that character the same way they trim the blanks in the following examples.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ENAME, RTRIM(ENAME,R) FROM EMP; OUTPUT:

ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER RTRIM(ENAM ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNE ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLE

ANALYSIS Removes the rightmost character

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REPLACE does just that. Of its three arguments, the first is the string to be searched. The second is the search key. The last is the optional replacement string. If the third argument is left out or NULL, each occurrence of the search key on the string to be searched is removed and is not replaced with anything.

SYNTAX : REPLACE(STRING,SEARCH_STRING,REPLACE_STRING)

INPUT: SQL> SELECT REPLACE (RAMANA,MA, VI) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT RAVINA INPUT SQL> SELECT REPLACE(RAMANA,MA) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT RANA ANALYSIS When the replace string is missing, search string removed from the given string

INPUT SQL> SELECT REPLACE (RAMANA,MA, NULL) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT RANA

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The function TRANSLATE takes three arguments: the target string, the FROM string, and the TO string. Elements of the target string that occur in the FROM string are translated to the corresponding element in the TO string.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT TRANSLATE(RAMANA,MA,CD) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

RDCDND ANALYSIS Notice that the function is case sensitive.

When search string matches, it replaces with corresponding replace string and if any one character is matching in the search string , it replaces with corresponding replace character.

SUBSTR
This three-argument function enables you to take a piece out of a target string. The first argument is the target string. The second argument is the position of the first character to be output. The third argument is the number of characters to show.

SYNTAX

SUBSTR(STRING,STARTING_POSITION[,NO_OF_CHARACTERS])

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SUBSTR(RAMANA,1,3) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

RAM ANALYSIS It takes first 3 characters from first character

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT SUBSTR(RAMANA,3,3) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

MAN ANALYSIS It takes 3 characters from third position

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SUBSTR(RAMANA,-2,2) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

NA ANALYSIS You use a negative number as the second argument, the starting point is determined by counting backwards from the end.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SUBSTR(RAMANA,1,2) || SUBSTR(RAMANA,-2,2) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

RANA ANALYSIS First two characters and last two characters are combined together as a single string

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SUBSTR(RAMANA,3) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

MANA ANALYSIS When third argument is missing, it takes all the character from starting position

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INPUT: SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SUBSTR(HIREDATE,4,3) = SUBSTR(SYSDATE,4,3);

ANALYSIS Displays all the employees who joined in the current month SYSDATE is a single row function, which gives the current date.

INSTR
To find out where in a string a particular pattern occurs, use INSTR. Its first argument is the target string. The second argument is the pattern to match. The third and forth are numbers representing where to start looking and which match to report. This example returns a number representing occurrence of O starting with the second the first

INPUT SQL> SELECT INSTR(RAMANA,A) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT 2 ANALYSIS Find the position of the first occurrence of letter A

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INPUT SQL> SELECT INSTR(RAMANA,A,1,2) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT 4 ANALYSIS Find the position of the second occurrence of letter A from the beginning of the string. Third argument represents from which position, Fourth argument represents, which occurrence.

SQL> SELECT INSTR (RAMANA,a) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT 0 ANALYSIS Function is case sensitive; it returns 0 (zero) when the given character is not found.

INPUT SQL> SELECT INSTR(RAMANA,A,3,2) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT 6 ANALYSIS Find the position of the second occurrence of letter A from 3rd position of the string

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Siva Kumar HVK Conversion Functions

These functions provide a handy way of converting one type of data to another. They are mainly useful for changing date formats and number formats.

TO_CHAR
The primary use of TO_CHAR is to convert a number into a character. Different Implementations may also use it to convert other data types, like Date, into a character, or to include different formatting arguments. The following example illustrates the primary use of TO_CHAR:

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SAL, TO_CHAR(SAL) FROM EMP; OUTPUT:

SAL ---------800 1600 1250 2975 1250 2850 2450 3000 5000 1500 1100 950 3000 1300 TO_CHAR(SAL) ---------------------------------------800 1600 1250 2975 1250 2850 2450 3000 5000 1500 1100 950 3000 1300

ANALYSIS After conversion, Converted information is left aligned. So we can say that it is a string.

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The main usage of this function is, to change the date formats and number formats

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,DD/MM/YYYY) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE --------24-MAR-07

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD/MM/YYYY') -----------------------------24/03/2007

ANALYSIS Convert the default date format to DD/MM/YYYY format

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,DD-MON-YY) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE --------24-MAR-07

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YY') -----------------------------24-MAR-07

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Siva Kumar HVK Date Formats INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,DY-MON-YY) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE --------24-MAR-07 ANALYSIS:

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DY-MON-YY') -----------------------------SAT-MAR-07

DY displays the first 3 letters from the day name

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,DAY MONTH YEAR) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE --------24-MAR-07

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DAYMONTHYEAR') -----------------------------SATURDAY MARCH TWO THOUSAND SEVEN

ANALYSIS: DAY gives the total day name MONTH gives the total month name YEAR writes the year number in words

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,DDSPTH MONTH YEAR) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DDSPTHMONTHYEAR') --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------24-MAR-07 TWENTY-FOURTH MARCH TWO THOUSAND SEVEN ANALYSIS: DD gives the day number DDSP Writes day number in words TH is the format. Depends upon the number it gives either ST / RD/ST/ND format

INPUT: SQL> SELECT HIREDATE,TO_CHAR(HIREDATE,DDSPTH MONTH YEAR) FROM EMP; OUTPUT: HIREDATE TO_CHAR(HIREDATE,'DDSPTHMONTHYEAR') --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------17-DEC-80 SEVENTEENTH DECEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY 20-FEB-81 TWENTIETH FEBRUARY NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 22-FEB-81 TWENTY-SECOND FEBRUARY NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 02-APR-81 SECOND APRIL NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 28-SEP-81 TWENTY-EIGHTH SEPTEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 01-MAY-81 FIRST MAY NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 09-JUN-81 NINTH JUNE NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 09-DEC-82 NINTH DECEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO 17-NOV-81 SEVENTEENTH NOVEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 08-SEP-81 EIGHTH SEPTEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 12-JAN-83 TWELFTH JANUARY NINETEEN EIGHTY-THREE 03-DEC-81 THIRD DECEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 03-DEC-81 THIRD DECEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTY-ONE 23-JAN-82 TWENTY-THIRD JANUARY NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO ANALYSIS: Converts all hire dates in EMP table into Words

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,Q) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE --------24-MAR-07 ANALYSIS: Gives in the quarter the given date falls

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,Q) -----------------------------1

INPUT: SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(10-SEP-2005),Q) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('10-SEP-2005'),'Q') ---------------------------------------3 ANALYSIS: To_date is data conversion function, which converts given string into date type

INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,W) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE --------24-MAR-07 ANALYSIS: Gives the week number in the current month ( In which week given date falls in the current month)

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,W) -----------------------------4

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT SYSDATE,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,WW) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: SYSDATE TO_CHAR(SYSDATE) -----------------------------------24-MAR-07 12 ANALYSIS: Returns no. of weeks worked during the year.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,HH:MI:SS AM) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: TO_CHAR(SYS ----------08:40:17 PM ANALYSIS: HH returns Hours MI returns Minutes SS returns Seconds } } Returns time from current date }

INPUT: SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,HH24:MI:SS) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: TO_CHAR( -------20:43:12 ANALYSIS: HH24 returns Hours in 24 hour format MI returns Minutes SS returns Seconds } } Returns time from current date }

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(12567,99,999.99) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: TO_CHAR(12567,'99,999.99') ----------------------------12,567.00 ANALYSIS: Converts the given number into comma format with two decimal places

INPUT: SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(12567,L99,999.99) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: TO_CHAR(12567,'L99,999.99') ----------------------------$12,567.00 ANALYSIS: Display the local currency symbol

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT: SQL> SELECT TO_CHAR(-12567,L99,999.99PR) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT: TO_CHAR(-12567,'L99,999.99PR') ----------------------------------<$12,567.00> ANALYSIS: PR Parenthesis negative number

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Siva Kumar HVK TO_NUMBER

TO_NUMBER is the companion function to TO_CHAR, and of course, it converts a string into a number.

For example: INPUT: SQL> SELECT SAL, TO_NUMBER((TO_CHAR(SAL)) FROM EMP; OUTPUT:
SAL TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(SAL)) ---------- ----------------------800 800 1600 1600 1250 1250 2975 2975 1250 1250 2850 2850 2450 2450 3000 3000 5000 5000 1500 1500 1100 1100 950 950 3000 3000 1300 1300

ANALYSIS After conversion, Converted information is right aligned. So we can say that it is a number.

Date and Time Functions

We live in a civilization governed by times and dates, and most major implementations of SQL have functions to cope with these concepts. It demonstrates the time and date functions.

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This function adds a number of months to a specified date. For example, say a customer deposited some amount on a particular date for a period of 6 months. To find the maturity date of the deposit

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ADD_MONTHS (SYSDATE, 6) MATURITY_DATE FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

MATURITY_DATE -------------------24-SEP-07 ANALYSIS It adds 6 months to the system date

INPUT: SQL> SELECT HIREDATE, ADD_MONTHS(HIREDATE,33*12) RETIRE_DATE FROM EMP; OUTPUT:

HIREDATE --------17-DEC-80 20-FEB-81 22-FEB-81 02-APR-81 28-SEP-81 01-MAY-81 09-JUN-81 09-DEC-82 17-NOV-81 08-SEP-81 12-JAN-83 03-DEC-81 03-DEC-81 23-JAN-82 RETIRE_DATE --------------17-DEC-13 20-FEB-14 22-FEB-14 02-APR-14 28-SEP-14 01-MAY-14 09-JUN-14 09-DEC-15 17-NOV-14 08-SEP-14 12-JAN-16 03-DEC-14 03-DEC-14 23-JAN-15

ANALYSIS

Find the retirement date of an employee Assume, 33 years of service from date of join is retirement date
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LAST_DAY returns the last day of a specified month. For example, you need to know what the last day of the month

INPUT: SQL> SELECT LAST_DAY(SYSDATE) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

LAST_DAY(SYSDATE) ------------------------31-MAR-07 ANALYSIS Find the last date of the month

MONTHS_BETWEEN
Used to find the number of months between two given months

INPUT: SQL> SELECT ENAME,MONTHS_BETWEEN(SYSDATE,HIREDATE)/12 EXPERIENCE FROM EMP; OUTPUT:

ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER EXPERIENCE ---------26.2713494 26.0966182 26.0912419 25.9783387 25.4917795 25.8976935 25.7928548 24.2928548 25.3546827 25.545543 24.2014569 25.3089838 25.3089838 25.171887

ANALYSIS

Finds number of months between sysdate and hiredate . Result is divided with 12 to get the experience

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Returns Local timestamp in the active time zone, with no time zone information shown

INPUT SQL> SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL; OUTPUT LOCALTIMESTAMP -----------------------------------25-MAR-07 06.21.02.312000 PM NEW_TIME
This function is used to adjust the time according to the time zone you are in. Here are the time zones you can use with this function: Abbreviation Time Zone AST or ADT Atlantic standard or daylight time BST or BDT Bering standard or daylight time CST or CDT Central standard or daylight time EST or EDT Eastern standard or daylight time GMT Greenwich mean time HST or HDT Alaska-Hawaii standard or daylight time MST or MDT Mountain standard or daylight time NST Newfoundland standard time PST or PDT Pacific standard or daylight time YST or YDT Yukon standard or daylight time You can adjust your time like this:

INPUT SQL> select TO_CHAR(new_time(LOCALTIMESTAMP,'EsT','PDT'),'DD/MM/Y YYY HH : MI :SS PM') from DUAL; OUTPUT TO_CHAR(NEW_TIME(LOCALTIM ------------------------25/03/2007 04 : 32 :55 PM

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INPUT: SQL> select hiredate, new_time(hiredate,'EsT','PDT') from emp; OUTPUT:

HIREDATE --------17-DEC-80 20-FEB-81 22-FEB-81 02-APR-81 28-SEP-81 01-MAY-81 09-JUN-81 09-DEC-82 17-NOV-81 08-SEP-81 12-JAN-83 03-DEC-81 03-DEC-81 23-JAN-82 NEW_TIME( --------16-DEC-80 19-FEB-81 21-FEB-81 01-APR-81 27-SEP-81 30-APR-81 08-JUN-81 08-DEC-82 16-NOV-81 07-SEP-81 11-JAN-83 02-DEC-81 02-DEC-81 22-JAN-82

ANALYSIS

Like magic, all the times are in the new time zone and the dates are adjusted.

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Siva Kumar HVK NEXT_DAY

NEXT_DAY finds the name of the first day of the week that is equal to or later than another specified date.

INPUT: SQL> SELECT NEXT_DAY(SYSDATE,MONDAY) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

NEXT_DAY( --------26-MAR-07 ANALYSIS If the sysdate is Saturday, March 24, 2007, It display the date of the next coming Monday.

EXTRACT
We can use Extract function in the place of to_char function from Oracle 9i.

SELECT EXTRACT(MONTH FROM SYSDATE) FROM DUAL; SELECT EXTRACT(DAY FROM SYSDATE) FROM DUAL SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM SYSDATE) FROM DUAL

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Oracle supports two interval datatypes. Both were introduced in Oracle9i Database, and both conform to the ISO SQL standard.

INTERVAL YEAR to MONTH

Allows you to define and interval of time in terms of years and months

INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND

Allows you to define an interval of time in terms of days, hours, minutes and seconds (including fractional seconds).

Example select (sysdate - to_date('10-jan-2004')) year to month from dual OUTPUT +000000003-10 Analysis Returns the difference. No of years and months between both the dates.

Example Select (sysdate - to_date('10-NOV-2007')) day to second from dual OUTPUT +000000009 11:04:07 Analysis Find the difference with days and time. For sysdate it takes 0.00 hrs as starting time

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Note :- We can also change the default format for a given session using the ALTER SESSION command SQL> ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = DD/MM/YYYY; SQL> SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL:

Interpreting Two-digit Years

Oracle provides the RR format element to interpret two-digit years. If the Current year is in the first half of the century ( years 0 through 49), then:

If you enter a date in the first half of the century (i.e. from 0 through 49), RR returns the current century.

If you enter a date in the latter half of the century (i.e. from 50 through 99), RR returns the previous century.

For example select to_char(sysdate,'dd/mm/yyyy') "current date", to_char(to_date('14-oct-88','dd-mon-rr'),'yyyy') "Year 88", to_char(to_date('14-oct-18','dd-mon-rr'),'yyyy') "year 18" from dual OUTPUT current date Year 88 year 18 ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------19/11/2007 1988 2018

When we reach the year 2050, RR will interpret the same dates differently

current date Year 88 year ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------19/11/2050 2088 2118

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Siva Kumar HVK Going from Numbers to Intervals The NUMTOYMINTERVAL and NUMTODSINTERVAL functions allow you to convert a single numeric value to one of the interval data types. The function NUMTOYMINTERVAL (pronounced num to Y M interval) converts a numeric value an interval of type INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH. SQL> select numtoyminterval (10.5,'year') from dual; NUMTOYMINTERVAL (10.5,'YEAR') ----------------------------------------------------------------------+000000010-06 SQL> select numtoyminterval (10.3,'year') from dual; NUMTOYMINTERVAL (10.3,'YEAR') ----------------------------------------------------------------------+000000010-03

Try the following formats SELECT NUMTOYMINTERVAL(10.5,MONTH) FROM DUAL; SELECT NUMTOYMINTERVAL(10.5,DAY) FROM DUAL; Name Description Some number of years ranging from 1 through YEAR
MONTH DAY HOUR MINUTE SECOND 999,999,999 Some number Some number Some number Some number of of of of months ranging from 0 through 11 days ranging from 0 through 999,999,999 hours ranging from 0 through 23 minutes ranging from 0 through 59

Some number of seconds ranging from 0 through 59.999999999

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Here are three miscellaneous functions you may find useful. GREATEST and LEAST

INPUT: SQL> SELECT GREATEST(10,1,83,2,9,67) FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

GREATEST --------83 ANALYSIS Displays the greatest of the given set of values Difference between GREATEST AND MAX IS 1) GREATEST IS SINGLE ROW FUNCTION, MAX IS A GROUP FUNCTION 2) GREATEST TAKES VALUES FROM DIFFERENT COLUMNS FROM EACH ROW, WHERE AS MAX TAKES VALUES FROM DIFFERENT ROWS FROM A COLUMN.
Assume there is a student table ROLLNO 1 2 3 4 NAME RAVI KRIS BABU ANU STUDENT SUB1 SUB2 55 22 78 55 55 22 44 55 SUB3 86 65 44 66 SUB4 45 12 77 88

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To find the greatest and Least Marks

INPUT: SQL> SELECT NAME,SUB1,SUB2,SUB3, SUB4, GREATEST(SUB1,SUB2,SUB3,SUB4) GREATEST_MARK, LEAST(SUB1,SUB2,SUB3,SUB4) LEAST_MARK FROM STUDENT OUTPUT: RNO NAME 1 2 3 4 USER
USER returns the character name of the current user of the database.

SUB1 SUB2 55 78 55 44 22 55 22 55

SUB3 SUB4 86 65 44 66 45 12 77 88

RAVI KRIS BABU ANU

GREATEST MARK 86 78 77 88

LEAST MARK 22 12 22 44

INPUT: SQL> SELECT USER FROM DUAL; OUTPUT:

USER -------SCOTT ANALYSIS Displays the current sessions user name

We can also display username using environment command SQL> SHOW USER

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The DECODE Function

The DECODE function is one of the most powerful commands in SQL*Plus--and perhaps the most powerful. The standard language of SQL lacks procedural functions that are contained in languages such as COBOL and C. The DECODE statement is similar to an IF...THEN statement in a procedural programming language. Where flexibility is required for complex reporting needs, DECODE is often able to fill the gap between SQL and the functions of a procedural language.

SYNTAX: DECODE (column1, value1, output1, value2, output2, output3)

The syntax example performs the DECODE function on column1. If column1 has a value of value1, then display output1 instead of the column's current value. If column1 has a value of value2, then display output2 instead of the column's current value. If column1 has a value of anything other than value1 or value2, then display output3 instead of the column's current value.

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME, JOB, DECODE(JOB,CLERK,EXEC,SALESMAN, S.OFFICER,ANALYST,PM,MANAGER,VP,JOB) PROMOTION FROM EMP; OUTPUT
ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER JOB --------CLERK SALESMAN SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN MANAGER MANAGER ANALYST PRESIDENT SALESMAN CLERK CLERK ANALYST CLERK PROMOTION --------EXEC S.OFFICER S.OFFICER VP S.OFFICER VP VP PM PRESIDENT S.OFFICER EXEC EXEC PM EXEC

ANALYSIS When JOB has a value CLERK , then display EXEC instead of CLERK When JOB has a value SALESMAN , then display S.OFFICER instead of SALESMAN When JOB has a value ANALYST , then display PM instead of ANALYST When JOB has a value MANAGER , then display VP instead of MANAGER OTHERWISE DISPLAY SAME JOB

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To give increments designations to the employees based on their

INPUT SQL> SELECT

ENAME,JOB,SAL,DECODE(JOB,CLERK,SAL*1.1,SALESMAN, SAL*1.2,ANALYST,SAL*1.25,MANAGER,SAL*1.3,SAL) NEW_SAL FROM EMP;

OUTPUT
ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER JOB SAL NEW_SAL --------- ---------- ---------CLERK 800 880 SALESMAN 1600 1920 SALESMAN 1250 1500 MANAGER 2975 3867.5 SALESMAN 1250 1500 MANAGER 2850 3705 MANAGER 2450 3185 ANALYST 3000 3750 PRESIDENT 5000 5000 SALESMAN 1500 1800 CLERK 1100 1210 CLERK 950 1045 ANALYST 3000 3750 CLERK 1300 1430

ANALYSIS When JOB has a value CLERK , then giving 10% increment When JOB has a value SALESMAN , then giving 20% increment When JOB has a value ANALYST , then giving 25% increment When JOB has a value MANAGER , then giving 30% increment OTHERWISE no increment

Assume there is a table with empno,ename,sex

INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME, SEX, DECODE(SEX,MALE,MR.||ENAME, MS.||ENAME) FROM EMP; ANALYSIS Adding Mr. or Ms. before the name based on their Gender

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As of Oracle 9i, you can use the CASE function in place of DECODE. The CASE function uses the keywords when, then, else, and end to indicate the logic path followed, which may make the resulting code easier to follow than an equivalent DECODE.

Example
SQL> SELECT JOB, CASE JOB WHEN 'MANAGER' then 'VP' WHEN 'CLERK' THEN 'EXEC' WHEN 'SALESMAN' THEN 'S.OFFICER' ELSE JOB END FROM EMP; JOB --------CLERK SALESMAN SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN MANAGER MANAGER ANALYST PRESIDENT SALESMAN CLERK CLERK ANALYST CLERK CASEJOBWH --------EXEC S.OFFICER S.OFFICER VP S.OFFICER VP VP ANALYST PRESIDENT S.OFFICER EXEC EXEC ANALYST EXEC

ANALYSIS Works similar to that of DECODE

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If the value is NULL, this function is equal to substitute. If the value is not NULL, this function is equal to value. Substitute can be a literal number, another column, or a computation. NVL is not restricted to numbers, it can be used with CHAR, VARCHAR2, DATE, and other data types, but the value and substitute must be the same data type.

SYNTAX

NVL(value, substitute)

INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,SAL,COMM, SAL + COMM TOTAL FROM EMP; OUTPUT
EMPNO SAL COMM TOTAL ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------7369 800 7499 1600 300 1900 7521 1250 500 1750 7566 2975 7654 1250 1400 2650 7698 2850 7782 2450 7788 3000 7839 5000 7844 1500 0 1500 7876 1100 7900 950 7902 3000 7934 1300

ANALYSIS Arithmetic operation is possible only when value is there in both columns

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EMPNO SAL COMM TOTAL ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------7369 800 800 7499 1600 300 1900 7521 1250 500 1750 7566 2975 2975 7654 1250 1400 2650 7698 2850 2850 7782 2450 2450 7788 3000 3000 7839 5000 5000 7844 1500 0 1500 7876 1100 1100 7900 950 950 7902 3000 3000 7934 1300 1300

ANALYSIS Using NVL, we are substituting 0 if COMM is NULL.

INPUT SQL>SELECT DEPTNO,SUM(SAL),RATIO_TO_REPORT(SUM(SAL)) OVER() FROM EMP GROUP BY DEPTNO; OUTPUT

DEPTNO SUM(SAL) RATIO_TO_REPORT(SUM(SAL))OVER() ---------- ---------- ------------------------------10 8750 .301464255 20 10875 .374677003 30 9400 .323858742 ANALYSIS RATIO_TO_REPORT FUNCTION FINDS THE SALARY RATIO OF THAT DEPARTMENT OVER THE TOTAL SALARY OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES.

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Finds the length of the given information

SQL> SELECT ENAME,LENGTH(ENAME) FROM EMP; SQL> SELECT LENGTH(SYSDATE) FROM EMP; SQL> SELECT SAL,LENGTH(SAL) FROM EMP;

ASCII
Finds the ASCII value of the given character

SQL> SELECT ASCII(A) FROM DUAL;

CAST Converts one type of information into another type SQL> SELECT 50 numb, cast(50 as varchar2(2) value from dual;

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_____________ function performs one to one character substitution. _____________ format option is used to get complete year spelled out in TO_CHAR function. ___________ symbol is used to combine tow given strings What happens if replace string is not given for REPLACE function Can a number be converted to DATE? Convert the value of name in the EMP table to lower case letters Display the names of the employees who have more than 4 characters in the name. Print *s as number of thousands are there in the number Display the ename, comm. If the commission is NULL, print as NO COMM Add number of days to the given date Display the first and last two characters from a given name and combine them as a single string (Use only functions) Find the difference between two given dates Display all the names which contain underscore subtract number of months from given date

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Exercise

Annexure

Query - I

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Topics Group by clause CUBE and ROLLUP functions Having clause Exercise

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Group by statement groups all the rows with the same column value. Use to generate summary output from the available data. Whenever we use a group function in the SQL statement, we have to use a group by clause.

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB, COUNT (*) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT
JOB COUNT(*) --------- ---------ANALYST 2 CLERK 4 MANAGER 3 PRESIDENT 1 SALESMAN 4

ANALYSIS
Counts number of employees under each and every job. When we are grouping on job, initially jobs are placed in ascending order in a temporary segment. On the temporary segment, group by clause is applied, so that on each similar job count function applied.

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB, SUM (SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT
JOB SUM(SAL) --------- ---------ANALYST 6000 CLERK 4150 MANAGER 8275 PRESIDENT 5000 SALESMAN 5600

ANALYSIS With each job, it finds the total salary

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Note : Only grouped columns allowed in the group by clause When ever we are using a group function in the SQL statement, we have to use group by clause.

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,COUNT(*) FROM EMP; OUTPUT SELECT JOB, COUNT (*) FROM EMP * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00937: not a single-group group function ANALYSIS This result occurs because the group functions, such as SUM and COUNT, are designated to tell you something about a group or rows, not the individual rows of the table. This error is avoided by using JOB in the group by clause, which forces the COUNT to count all the rows grouped within each job.

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,ENAME,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT SELECT JOB,ENAME,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression ANALYSIS In the above query, JOB is only the grouped column where as ENAME column is not a grouped column. What ever the columns we are grouping, the same column is allowed to display.

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INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB, MIN(SAL),MAX(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT
JOB MIN(SAL) MAX(SAL) --------- ---------- ---------ANALYST 3000 3000 CLERK 800 1300 MANAGER 2450 2975 PRESIDENT 5000 5000 SALESMAN 1250 1600

ANALYSIS

For displaying Total summary information from the table.

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB, SUM(SAL),AVG(SAL),MIN(SAL),MAX(SAL) ,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT
JOB SUM(SAL) AVG(SAL) MIN(SAL) MAX(SAL) COUNT(*) --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------ANALYST 6000 3000 3000 3000 2 CLERK 4150 1037.5 800 1300 4 MANAGER 8275 2758.33333 2450 2975 3 PRESIDENT 5000 5000 5000 5000 1 SALESMAN 5600 1400 1250 1600 4

ANALYSIS With each job, finds the total summary information.

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To display the output Designation wise, Department wise total salaries With a matrix style report.

INPUT
SQL> SELECT JOB,SUM(DECODE(DEPTNO,10,SAL)) DEPT10, SUM(DECODE(DEPTNO,20,SAL)) DEPT20, SUM(DECODE(DEPTNO,30,SAL)) DEPT30, SUM(SAL) TOTAL FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT JOB DEPT10 DEPT20 DEPT30 TOTAL --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------ANALYST 6000 6000 CLERK 1300 1900 950 4150 MANAGER 2450 2975 2850 8275 PRESIDENT 5000 5000 SALESMAN 5600 5600

ANALYSIS When we apply group by, initially all the designations are placed in ascending order of designations. Then group by clause groups similar designations, then DECODE function (Single row function) applies on each and every row of that group and checks the DEPTNO. If DEPTNO=10, it passes corresponding salary as an argument to SUM() . INPUT SQL> SELECT DEPTNO,JOB,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY DEPTNO,JOB; OUTPUT
DEPTNO ---------10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 ANALYSIS JOB COUNT(*) --------- ---------CLERK 1 MANAGER 1 PRESIDENT 1 CLERK 2 ANALYST 2 MANAGER 1 CLERK 1 MANAGER 1 SALESMAN 4

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To display the DEPTNO only one time
INPUT SQL> BREAK ON DEPTNO SKIP 1 SQL> SELECT DEPTNO,JOB,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY DEPTNO,JOB; OUTPUT DEPTNO JOB COUNT(*) ---------- --------- ---------10 CLERK 1 MANAGER 1 PRESIDENT 1 20 CLERK ANALYST MANAGER 30 CLERK MANAGER SALESMAN ANALYSIS Break is Environment command , which breaks the information on repetitive column and displays them only once. SKIP 1 used with BREAK to leave one blank line after completion of each Deptno. 2 2 1 1 1 4

To remove the given break , we have to use an Environment command

SQL> CLEAR BREAK;

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Group by with ROLLUP and CUBE Operators

Use Rollup or CUBE with Group by to produce super aggregate rows by cross-referencing columns. ROLLUP grouping produces a result set containing the regular grouped rows and the subtotal values. CUBE grouping produces a result set containing the rows from ROLLUP and cross-tabulation rows

The ROLLUP and CUBE operators are available only in Oracle8i and later releases.

Syntax SELECT [column,] group_function(column)... FROM table [WHERE condition] [GROUP BY [CUBE] group_by_expression] [HAVING having_expression] [ORDER BY column];

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We can use CUBE function to generate subtotals for all combinations of the values in the group by clause.( CUBE and ROLLUP are available only from 9i)

INPUT SQL> SELECT DEPTNO,JOB,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY CUBE(DEPTNO,JOB); OUTPUT

DEPTNO JOB COUNT(*) ---------- --------- ---------14 CLERK 4 ANALYST 2 MANAGER 3 SALESMAN 4 PRESIDENT 1 10 3 10 CLERK 1 10 MANAGER 1 10 PRESIDENT 1 20 5 20 CLERK 2 20 ANALYST 2 20 MANAGER 1 30 6 30 CLERK 1 30 MANAGER 1 DEPTNO JOB COUNT(*) ---------- --------- ---------30 SALESMAN 4 ANALYSIS

Cube displays the out with all the permutation and combination of all the columns given a CUBE function.

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It is similar to that of CUBE function

INPUT SQL> SELECT DEPTNO,JOB,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY ROLLUP(DEPTNO,JOB) OUTPUT

DEPTNO ---------10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 JOB COUNT(*) --------- ---------CLERK 1 MANAGER 1 PRESIDENT 1 3 CLERK 2 ANALYST 2 MANAGER 1 5 CLERK 1 MANAGER 1 SALESMAN 4 6 14

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Whenever we are using a group function in the condition, we have to use having clause. Having clause is used along with group by clause. For example, to display Designation wise total salaries

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,SUM(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT

SQL> SELECT JOB,SUM(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB; JOB SUM(SAL) --------- ---------ANALYST 6000 CLERK 4150 MANAGER 8275 PRESIDENT 5000 SALESMAN 5600

To Display only those designations, whose total salary is more than 5000

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,SUM(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE SUM(SAL) > 5000 GROUP BY JOB; OUTPUT
SELECT JOB,SUM(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE SUM(SAL) > 5000 GROUP BY JOB * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00934: group function is not allowed here

ANALYSIS
Where clause doesnt allow using group function in the condition. When we are using group function in the condition, we have to use having clause.

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Siva Kumar HVK INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,SUM(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB HAVING SUM(SAL) > 5000; OUTPUT
JOB SUM(SAL) --------- ---------ANALYST 6000 MANAGER 8275 SALESMAN 5600

ANALYSIS
Displays all the designations whose total salary is more than 5000.

INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,COUNT(*) FROM EMP GROUP BY JOB HAVING COUNT(*) BETWEEN 3 AND 5; OUTPUT
JOB COUNT(*) --------- ---------CLERK 4 MANAGER 3 SALESMAN 4

ANALYSIS
Displays all the designations whose number where employees between 3 and 5

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SQL> SELECT SAL FROM EMP GROUP BY SAL HAVING COUNT(SAL) > 1;

OUTPUT
SAL ---------1250 3000

ANALYSIS
Displays all the salaries, which are appearing more than one time in the table.

POINTS TO REMEMBER WHERE clause can be used to check for conditions based on values of columns and expressions but not the result of GROUP functions. HAVING clause is specially designed to evaluate the conditions that are based on group functions such as SUM , COUNT etc. HAVING clause can be used only when GROUP BY clause is used.

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Example INPUT SQL> SELECT JOB,SUM (SAL) FROM EMP WHERE JOB != CLERK GROUP BY JOB HAVING SUM(SAL) > 5000 ORDER BY JOB DESC;

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EXERCISE ANNEXURE A QUERY 2

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Topics Nested Sub Queries Single row Sub queries Multi Row Sub query Multi column Sub query Co-related Sub query Scalar Sub Queries ANY ALL and EXISTS Exercise

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Nested Sub queries

Nesting is the act of embedding a sub query within another sub query. SYNTAX

Select * FROM SOMETHING WHERE (SUBQUERY (SUBQUERY (SUBQUERY)));

Whenever particular information is not accessible through a single query, then we have to write different queries one included in another. Sub queries can be nested as deeply as your implementation of SQL allows. We can write different types sub queries Single row sub queries Multi row sub queries Multi column sub queries Correlated sub queries.

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A Sub query which returns only one value.

For example,
To get the employee, who is drawing maximum salary?

INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL = ( SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP); OUTPUT ENAME -----------KING

SAL ---------5000

ANALYSIS Right side query is called as child query and left side query is called parent query. In nested queries, child query executes first before executing parent query.

INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME, HIREDATE FROM EMP WHERE HIREDATE = ( SELECT MAX(HIREDATE) FROM EMP); OUTPUT ENAME HIREDATE ---------- --------ADAMS 12-JAN-83 ANALYSIS Display the least experienced employee

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INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL < (SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP); OUTPUT
ENAME SAL ---------- ---------SMITH 800 ALLEN 1600 WARD 1250 JONES 2975 MARTIN 1250 BLAKE 2850 CLARK 2450 SCOTT 3000 TURNER 1500 ADAMS 1100 JAMES 950 FORD 3000 MILLER 1300 ANALYSIS Display all the employees whose salary is less than the maximum salary of all the employees.

Query
To display all the employees whose salary lines between minimum and maximum salaries

INPUT SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE SAL BETWEEN (SELECT MIN(SAL) FROM EMP) AND (SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP);

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Display all the employees who are getting maximum commission in the organization

SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE COMM = (SELECT MAX(COMM) FROM EMP); Query
Display all the employees from department 30 whose salary is less than maximum salary of department 20.

SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE DEPTNO=30 AND SAL < (SELECT MAX (SAL) FROM EMP WHERE DEPTNO = 20);

Multi row Sub queries

A sub query, which returns more than one value.

INPUT SQL>SELECT ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL IN(SELECT SAL FROM EMP GROUP BY SAL HAVING COUNT(*)> 1); OUTPUT ENAME ---------- WARD MARTIN SCOTT FORD

SAL --------1250 1250 3000 3000

ANALYSIS Displays all the employees who are drawing similar salaries When child query returns more than one value, we have to use IN operator for comparison.

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When sub queries returns values from different columns.

SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,DEPTNO,SAL FROM EMP WHERE (DEPTNO,SAL)IN (SELECT DEPTNO,MAX(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY DEPTNO);
OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7839 7788 7902 7698 ENAME DEPTNO SAL ---------- ---------- ---------KING 10 5000 SCOTT 20 3000 FORD 20 3000 BLAKE 30 2850

ANALYSIS Display all the employees who are drawing maximum salaries in each department

DML STATEMENTS IN SUB QUERIES

To modify the salary of an employee who is drawing minimum salary with the salary of the employee who is drawing maximum salary

INPUT SQL> UPDATE EMP SET SAL = (SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP) WHERE EMPNO = (SELECT EMPNO FROM EMP WHERE SAL = (SELECT MIN (SAL) FROM EMP)); ANALYSIS Identify the employee who is drawing minimum salary and update with the maximum salary of all the employees.

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To insert selected rows from emp table to emp1 table

INPUT SQL> INSERT INTO EMP1 SELECT * FROM EMP ; ANALYSIS EMP1 is an existing table. Inserts all the selected rows into EMP1 table.

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A correlated sub query is a sub query that receives a value from the main query and then sends a value back to main query. For example Display all the employees whose salary is less than maximum salary of each department
SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,DEPTNO,SAL FROM EMP X WHERE SAL < (SELECT MAX(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE DEPTNO = X.DEPTNO); EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7782 7844 7876 7900 7934 ENAME DEPTNO SAL ---------- ---------- ---------SMITH 20 800 ALLEN 30 1600 WARD 30 1250 JONES 20 2975 MARTIN 30 1250 CLARK 10 2450 TURNER 30 1500 ADAMS 20 1100 JAMES 30 950 MILLER 10 1300

ANALYSIS Find department wise maximum salaries and display the employees whose salary is less than that value for each department

Execution Sequence of steps in Correlated sub queries

A row from main query is retrieved Executes sub query with the value retrieved from main query Sub query returns a value to main query Main querys current row is either selected or not, depending upon the value passed by sub query. This continues until all rows of main query are retrieved

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To display the nth highest paid employee
INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP X WHERE &N = (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT SAL) FROM EMP WHERE SAL >=X.SAL); OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7788 7902 ENAME SAL ---------- ---------SCOTT 3000 FORD 3000

ANALYSIS It selects each row from emp table from parent query and finds the distinct count for each salary whose salary >= the salary returned by main query.

A Few More Examples on Correlated Subqueries: 1. Display the employees who are not getting max sal in each dept? A. select e.ename, e.deptno, e.sal from emp e where e.sal<(select max(sal) from emp where deptno = e.deptno); 2. Display the details of employee who is drawing nth max sal from emp table? A. select ename, sal, deptno from emp e where &n = (select count(*) from emp where sal > x.sal); 3. Display the employees who are earning more than the avg salary in thier respective depts? A. select ename, sal, deptno from emp e where sal > (select avg(sal) from emp where deptno = e.deptno); 4. Display the employees who have atleast one person reportig to them? A. select empno, ename, job, deptno from emp e where exists (select 1 from emp where mgr = e.empno); 5. Display the employees who have no one reporting to? A. select empno, ename, job, deptno from emp e where exists (select 1 from emp where mgr = e.empno); 6. Find the deptnos which doesnt have any emps in it? A. select deptno, dname from dept d where not exists (select 1 from emp where deptno = d.deptno); 7. Display all the employee details under the deptnos which have less than N number of employees in it? A. select distinct deptno,empno,sal from emp e where &n >= (select count(*) from emp where deptno = e.deptno); OR select deptno,ename,empno,sal from emp e

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where exists (select 1 from emp where deptno=e.deptno group by deptno having count(1)<= &n) order by deptno,ename /

Least Efficient ( 156 Mill Sec)

SQL>SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL; SQL>SELECT * FROM EMP E WHERE SAL >=5000 AND JOB = 'MANAGER' AND 25 < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE MGR = E.EMPNO) ; SQL> SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL; Most Efficient (110 Mill Sec) SQL>SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL; SQL>SELECT * FROM EMP E WHERE 25 < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE MGR = E.EMPNO) and SAL >=5000 AND JOB = 'MANAGER' SQL> SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL;

Table joins should be written first before any condition of WHERE clause. And the conditions which filter out the maximum records should be placed at the end after the joins as the parsing is done from BOTTOM to TOP.

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Both are used for comparing one value against a set of values. The operator can be any one of the standard relational operators ( =, >=, >, <. <= , !=) and list is a series of values.

SYNTAX Operator ANY list Operator ALL list

INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL > ANY(SELECT SAL FROM EMP); OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7839 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 ENAME SAL ---------- ---------ALLEN 1600 WARD 1250 JONES 2975 MARTIN 1250 BLAKE 2850 CLARK 2450 SCOTT 3000 KING 5000 TURNER 1500 ADAMS 1100 JAMES 950 FORD 3000 MILLER 1300

ANALYSIS >ANY displays greater than any values in the list.

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INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL < ANY (SELECT SAL FROM EMP); OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 ENAME SAL ---------- ---------SMITH 800 ALLEN 1600 WARD 1250 JONES 2975 MARTIN 1250 BLAKE 2850 CLARK 2450 SCOTT 3000 TURNER 1500 ADAMS 1100 JAMES 950 FORD 3000 MILLER 1300

ANALYSIS Less than ANY of the list of values

INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL >ALL(SELECT SAL FROM EMP); OUTPUT no rows selected

ANALYSIS Greater than Maximum of list

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INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL >ALL(3000,2000,4000); OUTPUT EMPNO ENAME SAL ---------- ---------- ---------7839 KING 5000

ANALYSIS Greater than maximum of List

INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP WHERE SAL <ALL(3000,2000,4000); OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7654 7844 7876 7900 7934 ENAME SAL ---------- ---------SMITH 800 ALLEN 1600 WARD 1250 MARTIN 1250 TURNER 1500 ADAMS 1100 JAMES 950 MILLER 1300

ANALYSIS Less than minimum of List

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These two operators are exclusively used in correlated sub query. EXISTS checks whether any row is existing in the sub query, and NOT EXISTS does the opposite.

EXISTS is different from other operators like IN , ANY etc, because it doesnt compare values of columns, instead. It checks any row is retrieved from sub query or not. If any row is retrieved from sub query the EXISTS returns true otherwise it returns False.
INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL,MGR FROM EMP X WHERE EXISTS(SELECT MGR FROM EMP WHERE X.MGR = EMPNO); OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934

ENAME SAL MGR ---------- ---------- ---------SMITH 800 7902 ALLEN 1600 7698 WARD 1250 7698 JONES 2975 7839 MARTIN 1250 7698 BLAKE 2850 7839 CLARK 2450 7839 SCOTT 3000 7566 TURNER 1500 7698 ADAMS 1100 7788 JAMES 950 7698 FORD 3000 7566 MILLER 1300 7782

Note :Use EXISTS in place of IN for Base Tables to improve the performance.

Remember
The following important points to be remembered while dealing with sub queries Sub query can not use ORDER BY clause. Because ORDER BY clause must be the last clause of SELECT BETWEEN AND operator can not be used with Sub queries

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In department 20, one employee is drawing minimum salary and is having some designation. Display the employees from other departments whose designation is matching with the designation of the above employee. Display all the employees whose salary is within 1000 from the average salary of all the employees. Display the employees who reported to KING Display all the employees whose salary is less than the minimum salary of MANAGERS. Display the details of students who have paid the highest amount so far in their course. Display the details of subjects that have been taken by more than two students

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Exercise Annexure

Query III

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Revision / Doubts

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Topics Integrity Constraints DDL and DML commands Transactional Control statements Referential Integrity constraints Exercise

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INTEGRITY CONSTRAINTS
Constraints are used to implement standard rules such as uniqueness in the key filed and business rule such as AGE column should contain a value between 15 and 60 etc. Oracle server makes sure that the constraints are not violated whenever a row is inserted, deleted or updated. If constraint is not satisfied the operation will fail. Constraints are normally defined at the time of creating table. But it is also possible to define constraints after the table is created.

Constraint Guidelines Name a constraint or the Oracle server generates a name by using the SYS_Cn format Create a constraint either: - At the same time as the table is created, or - After the table has been created. Define a constraint at the column or table level. View a constraint in the Data dictionary

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Constraints are classified into two types Table Constraints Column Constraints

Table Constraint A constraint given at the table level is called as Table Constraint. It may refer to more than one column of the table.
A typical example is PRIMARY KEY constraint that is used to define composite primary key.

Column Constraint A constraint given at the column level is

called as Column constraint. It defines a rule for a single column. It cannot refer to column other than the column, at which it is defined, A typical example is PRIMARY KEY constraint when a single column is the primary key of the table.

Various types of Integrity constraints PRIMARY KEY UNIQUE NOT NULL CHECK

PRIMARY KEY It is used to uniquely identify rows in a table.

There can be only one primary key in a table. It may consist of more than one column, if so, it is called as composite primary key. ( It maintains uniqueness in the data and null values are not acceptable). i.e. UNIQUE + NOT NULL = PRIMARY KEY Automatically creates unique index to enforce uniqueness.

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acceptable. Oracle automatically creates a unique index for the column. Maintains unique and NULL values are

Example : EmailID

A UNIQUE key integrity constraint requires that every value in a column or set of columns (key) be unique- that is, no two rows of table can have duplicate values in a specified column or set of columns. The column (or set of columns) included in the definition of the UNIQUE key constraint is called the unique key. If the UNIQUE constraint comprises more than one column, the group of columns is called a composite unique key. NOT NULL Uniqueness not maintained and null values are
not acceptable. Note: The NOT NULL constraint can be specified only at the column level, not at the table level.

CHECK

Defines the condition that should be satisfied before insertion and updating is done. Defines a condition that each row must satisfy The following expressions are not allowed - References to CURRVAL, NEXTVAL and ROWNUM pseudocolumns - Calls to SYSDATE,UID,USER functions - Queries that refer to other values in other rows

Note: - Pseudocolumns are not actual columns in a table but they behave like columns. For example, you can select clause from pseudo columns. However, you cannot insert into, update, or delete from a pseudocolumn.

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Create, Alter, Drop

DDL STATEMENTS COMMITS AUTOMATICALLY. There is no need to save explicitly.

Create Table CREATE TABLE <TABLE-NAME> (COLUMN DEFINITION1, COLUMN DEFINITION2); Syntax :Column Def : <Name> Data type [Default Value] [constraint <name> constraint type] Note: = Min. Column in a table = 1 Max. Columns in a table = 1000

Rules: 1. A table or a column name must never start a number but they can contain numbers in them 2. They cant consist of any special characters other than $, #, - i.e. $,# are used mainly for system tables.

Example :
SQL>CREATE TABLE EMPL47473 (EMPNO NUMBER(3)CONSTRAINT PK_EMPL47473_EMPNO PRIMARY KEY, ENAME VARCHAR2 (10) NOT NULL, GENDER CHAR(1) CONSTRAINT CHK_EMPL47473_GENDER CHECK(UPPER (GENDER) IN (M,F)), EMAIL_ID VARCHAR2 (30) UNIQUE, DESIGNATION VARCHAR2 (15), SALARY NUMBER (7,2) CHECK (SALARY BETWEEN 10000 AND 70000));

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Constraint name is useful for manipulating the given constraint When the constraint name is not given at the time of defining constraints, system creates a constraint with the name SYS_Cn. Constraints defined on a particular table are store in a data dictionary table USER_CONSTRAINTS, USER_CONS_COLUMNS. Tables defined by a user are stored in a data dictionary table USER_TABLES

SQL> DESCRIBE USER_CONSTRAINTS SQL> SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME, CONSTRAINT_TYPE, SEARCH_CONDITION FROM USER_CONSTRAINTS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'EMPL47473'; OUTPUT
CONSTRAINT_NAME CONSTRAINTTYPE SEARCH_CONDITION

---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------SYS_C003018 C "ENAME" IS NOT NULL CHK_EMPL47473_GENDER SYS_C003020 PK_EMPL47473_EMPNO ANALYSIS C C P UPPER (GENDER) IN ('M','F') SALARY BETWEEN 10000 AND 70000 SYS_C003022

Describe displays structure of the data dictionary table. Select statement is used to view the constraints defined on the table

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SQL> DESCRIBE USER_CONS_COLUMNS SQL> SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME,COLUMN_NAME FROM USER_CONS_COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'EMPL47473';

OUTPUT
CONSTRAINT_NAME --------------------------------CHK_EMPL47473_GENDER PK_EMPL47473_EMPNO SYS_C003018 SYS_C003020 SYS_C003022 COLUMN_NAME - ---------------------------GENDER EMPNO ENAME SALARY EMAIL_ID

ANALYSIS Describe displays structure of the data dictionary table. Select statement is used to view the constraints defined on the column

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Used to modify the structure of a table

SYNTAX ALTER TABLE <TABLENAME> [ ADD | MODIFY | DROP | RENAME] ( COLUMN(S)); ADD MODIFY DROP RENAME - for adding new columns into the table - for modifying the structure of columns - for removing a column in the table ( 8i) - for renaming the column name ( Only from 9i)

SQL> ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 ADD (ADDRESS VARCHAR2 (30), DOJ DATE,PINCODE VARCHAR2(7)); SQL> ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 MODIFY (ENAME CHAR (15), SALARY NUMBER (8,2)); SQL> ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 DROP COLUMN PINCODE; SQL> ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 DROP (DESIGNATION,ADDRESS); SQL> ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 RENAME COLUMN ENAME TO EMPNAME
Note: This command is also useful for manipulating constraints INPUT SQL> ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 DROP PRIMARY KEY; ANALYSIS

To remove the primary key from table. Other constraints are removed only by referring constraint name.

INPUT SQL>ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 ADD PRIMARY KEY(EMPNO); ANALYSIS To add primary key in the table without constraint name. It creates constraint name with SYS_Cn.

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INPUT SQL>ALTER TABLE EMPL47473 ADD CONSTRAINT PK_EMPL47473_EMPNO PRIMARY KEY(EMPNO); ANALYSIS To add primary key in the table with constraint name DATA MANIPULATION INSERTING ROWS SYNTAX INSERT INTO TABLENAME [ COLUMNNAME,COLUMNNAME,.] VALUES(VALUE1 VALUE2 VALUE3

SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473 VALUES(101,RAVI,M, RAMESH_B@YAHOO.COM,5000,10-JAN-2001); OR SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473 VALUES(&EMPNO , &EMPNAME,&GENDER,&EMAIL_ID,&SALARY,&DOJ);

TO INSERT SPECIFIED COLUMNS IN THE TABLE SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473(EMPNO,EMPNAME,SALARY) VALUES(101,RAVI, 5000); OR SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473(EMPNO,EMPNAME,SALARY) VALUES(&EMPNO,7EMPNAME,&SALARY); ANALYSIS We cant skip primary key and NOT NULL columns

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SQL>ROLLBACK; ANALYSIS Shadow page destroys automatically without transferring the information back to the table. SAVEPOINT
We can use save points to roll back portions of your current set of transactions For example

SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473 VALUES(105,KIRAN,M, KIRAN_B@YAHOO.COM,5000,10-JAN-2001); SQL> SAVEPOINT A

SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473 VALUES(106,LATHA,F, LATHA_D@YAHOO.COM,5000,15-JAN-2002); SQL> SAVEPOINT B

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SQL> INSERT INTO EMPL47473 VALUES(107,RADHA,F, RADHA_V@GMAIL.COM,15000,15-JAN-2002);

When we SELECT data from the table

SQL> SELECT * FROM EMPL47473; EMPNO ------105 106 107 EMPNAME ---------KIRAN LATHA RADHA G M F F EMAIL_ID SALARY DOJ ------------------ ---------- --------KIRAN_B@YAHOO.COM 5000 10-JAN-01 LATHA_D@YAHOO.COM 5000 15-JAN-02 RADHA_V@GMAIL.COM 15000 15-JAN-02

The output shows the three new records weve added . Now roll back just the last insert:

SQL> ROLLBACK TO B;

IMPLICIT COMMIT The actions that will force a commit to occur, even without your instructing it to, or quit, exit (the equivalent to exit), any DDL command forces a commit.

AUTO ROLLBACK
If youve completed a series of inserts, updates or deletes, but not yet explicitly or implicitly committed them, and you experience serious difficulties, such as a computer failure, Oracle automatically roll back any uncommitted work. If the machine or database goes down, it does this as cleanup work the next time the database is brought back up.

Note :
Rollback works only on uncommitted data A DDL transaction after a DML transaction, automatically commits. We can use an Environment command SET VERIFY OFF to remove the old and new messages while inserting data.

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ISSUE Frequent commit statements Whenever possible, issue frequent COMMIT statements in all your programs. By issuing frequent COMMIT statements, the performance of the program is enhanced & its resource requirements are minimized as COMMIT frees up the following resources: Information held in the rollback segments to undo the transaction if necessary. All locks acquired during statement processing Space in the redo log buffer cache Overhead associated with any internal Oracle mechanisms to manage the resources in the previous three items.

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Siva Kumar HVK CREATING A TABLE FROM ANOTHER TABLE SYNTAX CREATE TABLE <TABLENAME> AS SELECT <COLUMNS> FROM <EXISTING TABLE> [WHERE <CONDITION>];

Example SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP47473 AS SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL,JOB FROM EMP;

To add a new column in the table SQL> ALTER TABLE EMP47473 ADD(SEX CHAR(1)); SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP47473;

UPDATING ROWS
This command is used to change the data of the table

SYNTAX UPDATE <TABLENAME> SET column1 = expression, column2 = expression WHERE <condition>; SQL> UPDATE EMP47473 SET SAL = SAL*1.1; SQL> COMMIT / ROLLBACK; ANALYSIS To give uniform increments to all the employees

SQL> UPDATE EMP47473 SET SAL = DECODE (JOB,CLERK,SAL*1.1, SALESMAN,SAL*1.2,SAL*1.15);

SQL> COMMIT / ROLLBACK;

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SQL> UPDATE EMP47473 SET SEX = M WHERE ENAME IN (KING,MILLER,BLAKE); SQL> COMMIT / ROLLBACK; SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP47473;

SQL> UPDATE EMP47473 SET SEX = F WHERE SEX IS NULL; SQL> COMMIT / ROLLBACK; SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP47473 ;

SQL> UPDATE EMP47473 SET ENAME = DECODE(SEX,M,Mr.||ENAME,Ms.||ENAME); SQL> COMMIT / ROLLBACK; ANALYSIS ADD Mr. or Ms. Before the existing name as per the SEX value

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SYNTAX DELETE FROM <TABLENAME> WHERE <CONDITION>;

SQL> DELETE FROM EMP47473 WHERE SEX = M; SQL> COMMIT | ROLLBACK;

TRUNCATING A TABLE SYNTAX TRUNCATE TABLE <TABLENAME> Note : Removes all the rows from table. Deleting specified rows is Not possible. Once the table is truncated, it automatically commits. It is a DDL statement

Droping a table

SYNTAX
DROP TABLE <TABLENAME> Note : Table is dropped permanently. It is a DDL statement. It removes the data along with table definitions and the table.

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Syntax COMMENT ON TABLE table | COLUMN table.column IS text ;

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This constraint is useful for maintaining relation with other table. Various referential integrity constraints we can use in Oracle are Foreign Key References On delete cascade On Delete Set NULL Foreign Key: Defines the column in the child table at the table constraint level

References
table

Identifies the table and column in the parent

Reference key accepts NULL and duplicate values.

On delete cascade Deletes the dependent rows in the child

table when a row in the parent table is deleted. On Delete Set NULL Converts dependent foreign key values to null.

Example
Department47473 (Deptno , dname) Employee47473 (Empno, ename, salary, dno) Deptno of Department47473 is a primary key Empno of Employee47473 is a primary key Dno of Employee47473 is a reference key

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Solution

SQL>Create table department47473 (deptno number(3) primary key, dname varchar2(20) Not null); SQL>Create table employee47473(empno number(3) primary key, ename varchar2(10) Not null, salary number(7,2) check(salary > 0), dno number(3) references department47473(deptno) on delete cascade);

Assume the case where supermarket selling various items and customers order the items.

SQL>Create table itemmaster (itemno number (3) primary key, itemname varchar2 (10), stock number (3) check (stock > 0)); SQL>Create table itemtran (trnno number (3), itemno number (3) references itemmaster (itemno), trndate date, trntype char (1) check (upper (trntype) in (R,I)), quantity number (3) check (quantity > 0), primary key (trnno, itemno));

Itemno Trnno

Itemmaster itemname stock Itemtran itemno trndate trntype

quantity

Assume the case where with each transaction customer orders more than one item.

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DROP TABLE <TABLENAME> CASCADE CONSTRAINTS ANALYSIS Dropping the table along with constraints

ALTER TABLE <tablename> DROP PRIMARY KEY CASCADE; ANALYSIS Removing the primary key along with Reference key

ALTER TABLE <TABLENAME> DISABLE PRIMARY KEY ALTER TABLE <tablename> DISABLE PRIMARY KEY CASCADE; Note : It is not possible to enable using cascade

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Consider a training institute conducting different courses, into which the students are joining for various courses ( Also, assume the case where same student can join in more than one course) The students may pay the fee in installments

Identify the tables, attributes and define them with relations

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Topics Joins

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JOINS Objectives
Join will enable you to gather and manipulate data across several tables. By One of the most powerful features of SQL is its capability to gather and manipulate data from across several tables. Without this feature you would have to store all the data elements necessary for each application in one table. Without common tables you would need to store the same data in several tables.

Objectives After completing this lesion, you should be able to do the following. Write SELECT statements to access data from more than one table using equality and nonequality join. View Data that generally does not meet condition by using outer joins Join a table itself by using self join a join

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Types of Joins
The Oracle 9i database offers join syntax that is SQL: 1999 compliant. Prior to 9i release, the join syntax was different from the ANSI standards. The new SQL: 1999 compliant join syntax does not offer any performance benefits over the Oracle proprietary join syntax that existed in prior releases.

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Joining tables using Oracle Syntax

Use a join to query data from more than one table SELECT Table1.column1, table2.column2

FROM table1,table2 WHERE table1.column1 = table2.column2;

Write the join condition in the WHERE clause. Prefix the column name with table name when the same column name appears in more than one table.

Guidelines When writing a SELECT statement that joins tables, precede the common column name with the table name for clarify and to enhance database access. If the same column name appears in more than one table, the column name must be prefixed with the table name. To join n tables together, you need a minimum of n-1 join conditions. This rule many not apply if your table has a concatenated primary key, in which case more than one column is required to uniquely identify each row.

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What is An Equi Join?

Departments

Employees

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Extracting the information from more than one table by comparing ( = ) the common information. Note : Equi Joins are also called as simple joins or Inner Joins

To display common column information

SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,SAL,DNAME FROM EMP,DEPT WHERE EMP.DEPTNO = DEPT.DEPTNO;

OUTPUT
EMPNO ---------7782 7839 7934 7369 7876 7902 7788 7566 7499 7698 7654 7900 7844 7521 ENAME ---------CLARK KING MILLER SMITH ADAMS FORD SCOTT JONES ALLEN BLAKE MARTIN JAMES TURNER WARD JOB SAL DNAME --------- ---------- ---------MANAGER 2450 ACCOUNTING PRESIDENT 5000 ACCOUNTING CLERK 1300 ACCOUNTING CLERK 800 RESEARCH CLERK 1100 RESEARCH ANALYST 3000 RESEARCH ANALYST 3000 RESEARCH MANAGER 2975 RESEARCH SALESMAN 1600 SALES MANAGER 2850 SALES SALESMAN 1250 SALES CLERK 950 SALES SALESMAN 1500 SALES SALESMAN 1250 SALES

ANALYSIS Efficiency is more when we compare the information from lower data table(master table) to Higher data table( child table). When Oracle processes multiple tables, it uses an internal sort/merge procedure to join those tables. First, it scans & sorts the first table (the one specified last in FROM clause). Next, it scans the second table (the one prior to the last in the FROM clause) and merges all of the retrieved from the second table with those retrieved from the first table. It takes around 0.96 seconds

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SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,SAL,DNAME FROM DEPT,EMP WHERE EMP.DEPTNO = DEPT.DEPTNO;

ANALYSIS Here driving table is EMP. It takes around 26.09 seconds So, Efficiency is less.

Non-Equi joins
Getting the information from more than one table without using comparison (=) operator.
INPUT SQL> select empno,ename,sal,grade,losal,hisal from salgrade g,emp e where e.sal between g.losal and g.hisal / ANALYSIS Displays all the employees whose salary lies between any pair of low and high salary ranges.

INPUT SQL> SELECT * FROM DEPT WHERE DEPTNO NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT DEPTNO FROM EMP); OUTPUT DEPTNO DNAME LOC ---------- -------------------------40 OPERATIONS BOSTON ANALYSIS Displays the details of the department where there are no employees

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We can also get above output using relational algebra operators.

SQL> SELECT DEPTNO FROM DEPT MINUS SELECT DEOTNO FROM EMP;

SQL> SELECT DEPTNO FROM DEPT UNION SELECT DEOTNO FROM EMP; SQL> SELECT DEPTNO FROM DEPT UNION ALL SELECT DEOTNO FROM EMP;

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It is a join, which forcibly joins multiple tables even without having the common information. It is represented by +.

SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,SAL,DNAME FROM

DEPT,EMP WHERE DEPT.DEPTNO = EMP.DEPTNO(+);

OUTPUT
EMPNO ---------7782 7839 7934 7369 7876 7902 7788 7566 7499 7698 7654 7900 7844 7521 ENAME JOB SAL DNAME ---------- --------- ---------- ------------CLARK KING MILLER SMITH ADAMS FORD SCOTT JONES ALLEN BLAKE MARTIN JAMES TURNER WARD MANAGER PRESIDENT CLERK CLERK CLERK ANALYST ANALYST MANAGER SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN CLERK SALESMAN SALESMAN 2450 5000 1300 800 1100 3000 3000 2975 1600 2850 1250 950 1500 1250 ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES OPERATIONS

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As of Oracle 9i, you can use the ANSI SQL standard syntax for outer joins. In the FROM clause, you can tell Oracle to perform a LEFT, RIGHT or FULL OUTER join.
SQL> SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, DEPT.DEPTNO,

DNAME FROM EMP LEFT OUTER JOIN DEPT ON DEPT.DEPTNO = EMP.DEPTNO;

EMPNO ----------7934 7839 7782 7902 7876 7788 7566 7369 7900 7844 7698 7654 7521 7499 ENAME JOB DEPTNO DNAME ---------- --------- ---------- -----------MILLER KING CLARK FORD ADAMS SCOTT JONES SMITH JAMES TURNER BLAKE MARTIN WARD ALLEN CLERK PRESIDENT MANAGER ANALYST CLERK ANALYST MANAGER CLERK CLERK SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN SALESMAN SALESMAN 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES

ANALYSIS Gets the common information, and forcibly joins from left side table to right side table.

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SQL> SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, DEPT.DEPTNO, DNAME FROM DEPT

LEFT OUTER JOIN EMP ON DEPT.DEPTNO = EMP.DEPTNO;

OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7839 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER JOB DEPTNO DNAME --------- ---------- -------------CLERK 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 30 SALES MANAGER 10 ACCOUNTING ANALYST 20 RESEARCH PRESIDENT 10 ACCOUNTING SALESMAN 30 SALES CLERK 20 RESEARCH CLERK 30 SALES ANALYST 20 RESEARCH CLERK 10 ACCOUNTING 40 OPERATIONS

ANALYSIS Gets the common information from both tables, then forcibly joins from dept table to emp table.

SQL> SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, DEPT.DEPTNO, DNAME FROM DEPT

RIGHT OUTER JOIN EMP ON DEPT.DEPTNO = EMP.DEPTNO;

OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7839 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER JOB DEPTNO DNAME --------- ---------- -------------CLERK 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 30 SALES MANAGER 10 ACCOUNTING ANALYST 20 RESEARCH PRESIDENT 10 ACCOUNTING SALESMAN 30 SALES CLERK 20 RESEARCH CLERK 30 SALES ANALYST 20 RESEARCH CLERK 10 ACCOUNTING

ANALYSIS Gets the common information from both tables, and then forcibly joins from dept table to emp table.

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SQL> SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, DEPT.DEPTNO, DNAME FROM EMP

RIGHT OUTER JOIN DEPT ON DEPT.DEPTNO = EMP.DEPTNO;

OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7369 7499 7521 7566 7654 7698 7782 7788 7839 7844 7876 7900 7902 7934 ENAME ---------SMITH ALLEN WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT KING TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD MILLER JOB DEPTNO DNAME --------- ---------- -------------CLERK 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 30 SALES MANAGER 10 ACCOUNTING ANALYST 20 RESEARCH PRESIDENT 10 ACCOUNTING SALESMAN 30 SALES CLERK 20 RESEARCH CLERK 30 SALES ANALYST 20 RESEARCH CLERK 10 ACCOUNTING 40 OPERATIONS

ANALYSIS Gets the common information from both tables, then forcibly joins from dept table to emp table.

Position of Joins in where clause

Table joins should be written first before any condition of WHERE clause. And the conditions which filter out the maximum records should be placed at the end after the joins as the parsing is done from BOTTOM to TOP For ex;
Least Efficient (Total CPU = 153.6 Sec) SELECT ENAME,JOB,MGR FROM EMP E WHERE SAL > 50000 AND JOB = MANAGER AND 25 < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE MGR = E.EMPNO); Most Efficient (Total CPU time = 10.6 sec) SELECT ENAME,JOB,MGR FROM EMP E WHERE 25 < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE MGR = E.EMPNO) AND SAL > 5000 AND JOB = MANAGER;

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Joining the table from itself is called as self join.

SQL> SELECT WORKER.ENAME || ' IS WORKING UNDER ' || MANAGER.ENAME FROM EMP WORKER, EMP MANAGER WHERE WORKER.MGR = MANAGER.EMPNO;
OUTPUT WORKER.ENAME||'ISWORKINGUNDER'||MANAGE -------------------------------------SCOTT IS WORKING UNDER JONES FORD IS WORKING UNDER JONES ALLEN IS WORKING UNDER BLAKE WARD IS WORKING UNDER BLAKE JAMES IS WORKING UNDER BLAKE TURNER IS WORKING UNDER BLAKE MARTIN IS WORKING UNDER BLAKE MILLER IS WORKING UNDER CLARK ADAMS IS WORKING UNDER SCOTT JONES IS WORKING UNDER KING CLARK IS WORKING UNDER KING BLAKE IS WORKING UNDER KING SMITH IS WORKING UNDER FORD ANALYSIS It displays who is working under whom. MGR number appearing against employee is the employee number of manager

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We can use natural keyword to indicate that a join should be performed based on all columns that have the same name in the two tables being joined.

Creating Natural Joins The Natural join clause is based on all columns in the two tables that have the same name, It selects rows from the two tables that have equal values in all matched columns. If the columns having the same names have different data types, an error is returned.
For example, To get the common information from two tables,

INPUT SQL> SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,DEPTNO,DNAME FROM DEPT 2 NATURAL JOIN EMP; OUTPUT EMPNO ---------7782 7839 7934 7369 7876 7902 7788 7566 7499 7698 7654 7900 7844 7521 ENAME ---------CLARK KING MILLER SMITH ADAMS FORD SCOTT JONES ALLEN BLAKE MARTIN JAMES TURNER WARD JOB DEPTNO DNAME --------- ---------- -------------MANAGER 10 ACCOUNTING PRESIDENT 10 ACCOUNTING CLERK 10 ACCOUNTING CLERK 20 RESEARCH CLERK 20 RESEARCH ANALYST 20 RESEARCH ANALYST 20 RESEARCH MANAGER 20 RESEARCH SALESMAN 30 SALES MANAGER 30 SALES SALESMAN 30 SALES CLERK 30 SALES SALESMAN 30 SALES SALESMAN 30 SALES

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Creating Joins with Using Caluse If several columns have the same names but the data types do not match, the NATURAL JOIN clause can be modified with USING clause to specify the columns that should be used for an equijoin. use the USING clause to match only one column when more than one column matches. Do not use a table name or alias in the referenced columns The NATURAL JOIN and USING clauses are mutually exclusive.

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INNER JOIN
Support for INNER join syntax was introduced in Oracle9i, inner joins are the default they return the rows the two tables have in common, and are the alternative to outer joins. Note that they support ON clause, so that you can specify join criteria.

SQL>SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB, DEPT.DEPTNO, DNAME FROM EMP INNER JOIN DEPT ON EMP.DEPTNO = DEPT.DEPTNO;

CROSS JOIN (CARTESIAN PRODUCT)

Joining tables without giving proper join condition.

INPUT SQL> SELECT * FROM DEPT,EMP; OR SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP CROSS JOIN DEPT; ANALYSIS It multiplies the rows from both tables and displays the output i.e. 14 rows (emp table) X 4 rows(dept table) = 56 rows.

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EXERCISE

ANNEXURE

QUERY III

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Topics Other Objects Sequence Object Views Indexes Synonyms

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Used to generate sequence (Unique) Integers for use of primary keys.

SYNTAX CREATE SEQUENCE sequence [INCREMENT BY n] [START WITH n] [{MAXVALUE n | NOMAXVALUE}] [{MINVALUE n | NOMINVALUE}] [{CYCLE | NOCYCLE}] [{CACHE n | NOCACHE}];

Sequence is the name of the sequence generator INCREMENT BY n specifies the interval between sequence numbers where n is an integer (If this clause is omitted, the sequence increments by 1.) START WITH n specifies the first sequence number to be generated (If this clause is omitted, the sequence starts with 1.) MAXVALUE n specifies the maximum value the sequence can generate NOMAXVALUE specifies a maximum value of 10^27 for an ascending sequence and 1 for a descending sequence (This is the default option.) MINVALUE n specifies the minimum sequence value NOMINVALUE specifies a minimum value of 1 for an ascending sequence and (10^26) for a descending sequence (This is the default option.)
CYCLE | NOCYCLE specifies whether the sequence continues to generate values after reaching its maximum or minimum value (NOCYCLE is the default Option.) CACHE n | NOCACHE specifies how many values the Oracle server preallocates and keep in memory (By default, the Oracle server caches 20 values.) The value set must be less than MAXVALUE minus

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Example
CREATE SEQUENCE SQNO47473 START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MAXVALUE 10;

CREATE SEQUENCE SQNO47473 START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MAVALUE 10 CACHE 3 CYCLE;

Note: - These sequences are stored in a data dictionary table USER_SEQUENCES. This sequence object provides two public member functions NEXTVAL and CURRVAL NEXTVAL is a function which generate next value from sequence object CURRVAL is a function, which gives the current value of the sequence object

Assume there is a table

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To insert the values into the table

SQL> INSERT INTO SAMPLE47473 VALUES(SQNO47473.NEXTVAL, &ENAME, &SAL);

TO MODIFY THE SEQUNECE OBJECT SQL> ALTER SEQUENCE SQNO47473 INCREMENT BY 2 MAXVALUE 40; Note : We cant change starting value

To remove the sequence object

SQL> DROP SEQUENCE <SEQUENCE_NAME>;

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A view is an object, which is a logical representation of a table A view contains no data on its own It is derived from tables Changes made in tables are automatically reflected in views As a view does not store any data the redundancy problem does not arise.+Critical data in the base table is safeguarded as access to such data can be controlled. It is used to reduce the complexity of the query In Oracle Oracle we can create different types of views SIMPLE COMPLEX INLINE

SIMPLE view is a view, which is created using only one base table. COMPLEX view is a view, which is created using more than one table or using group functions INLINE view is a view, which is created using sub query (it is not a schema object. It is a named sub query in the FROM clause of the main query. Generally used in TOP N Analysis.

SYNTAX CREATE OR REPLACE [FORCE] VIEW <VIEWNAME> AS SELECT <COLUMNS> FROM <TABLE > [ WITH READ ONLY];

The table on which a view is based is called as base table FORCE option allows view to be created even if the base table doesnt exist. However, the base table should exist before the view is used.

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A view can also be used to change the data of base table A view can be used to delete, insert and update rows in the base table. However for each operation certain conditions are to be satisfied.

Rules for deleting row

The following should NOT be used in the query. More than one table GROUP BY clause GROUP Function DISTINCT clause Pseudo column ROWNUM

Rules for updating rows

The following are the rules that are to be satisfied to update base table through view. All the rules of Delete are applicable The column being updated should not be derived from an expression.

Rules for insertion of rows

All the rules of UPDATE Al NOT NULL columns should be included in the view.

Example
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW TESTVIEW47473 AS SELECT EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM EMP47473;

Note: - These views are stored in a data dictionary table USER_VIEWS

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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW TESTVIEW47473 AS SELECT EMPNO, ENAME,SAL FROM EMP47473 WITH READ ONLY;
ANALYSIS View becomes a read only view

WITH CHECK OPTION

This option is used to prevent any changes to base table through view. Insertion and updation is not allowed into base table through view. SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW CHKVIEW AS SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE DEPTNO = 20 WITH CHECK OPTION;

It doesnt allow you to update the condition column as well as it doesnt allow you to insert the details of employees with DEPTNO other than 20.

We can also create a view using group functions. Such views are called as INLINE views. They are by default read only.

SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW SIMPLEVIEW47473 AS SELECT

SUBSTR(HIREDATE,-2) YEAR, COUNT(*) NUMB FROM EMP47473 GROUP BY JOB;

To remove a view SQL> DROP VIEW <VIEWNAME>;

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The concept indexing in Oracle is same as a book index. Just like how book index is sorted in the ascending order of topics, an index in Oracle is a list of values of a column in the ascending order. Page number in book index is similar to ROWID if Oracle index. An oracle index is a database object. It contains the values of the indexed column(s) in the ascending order along with address of each row. The address of rows are obtained using ROWID pseudo column.

Why to Use An INDEX

INDEXES in ORACLE are used for two purposes To speed up data retrieval and thereby improving performance of query To enforce uniqueness Note :- A UNIQUE index is automatically created when you use PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE constraints An index can have up to 32 columns.

SYNTAX CREATE [UNIQUE] INDEX index_name ON table(column1,column2,);

Note :- Indexes are stored in the data dictionary table USER_INDEXES.

When Oracle Does Not Use Index

Oracle index is completely automatic. I.e., you never have to open or close an index. Oracle server decides whether to use an index or not. The following are the cases in which Oracle does NOT use index.

SELECT doesnt contain WHERE clause When the data size is less SELECT contains WHERE clause, but WHERE clause doesnt refer to indexed column.

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SELECT contains WHERE clause and WHERE clause uses indexed columns but indexed column is modified in the WHERE clause.

Negative Side of an Index

INDEX plays an important role in improving performance. But at the same time it may also degrade performance, if not designed carefully. Having many indexes may have negative impact on the performance because whenever there is a change in the table, immediately index is to reflect that change. A new rows insertion will effect index and Oracle server implicitly updates index. So this will put more burden on the machine if more number of indexes are created on a table.

FUNCTIONAL INDEX
As of Oracle8i, we can create functional-based indexes. When we are storing alpha-numeric information, we may store the information in any case. When we create index on such columns, information is placed in different ranges of indexes. So, before creating index, we can convert them in to single case.

SQL> CREATE INDEX IDX_NAME ON EMP(UPPER(ENAME)); Dropping an Index SYNTAX DROP INDEX <INDEXNAME>;
Removing an index doesnt invalidate existing applications, because applications are not directly dependent on index, but at the same time not having an index may effects performance.

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A pseudo-column is a column that yields a value when selected but which is not an actual column of the table. Example ROWID ROWNUM SYADATE NEXTVAL CURRVAL NULL LEVEL Are called as Pseudo-columns.

SELECT ROWNUM, EMPNO, ENAME FROM EMP;

TO DISPLAY 3 HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES SQL> SELECT ROWNUM,EMPNO,ENAME,SAL FROM (SELECT EMPNO, ENAME,SAL FROM EMP ORDER BY SAL DESC) WHERE ROWNUM <= 3;

Materialized Views:
Materialized views are schema objects that can be used to summarize, compute, replicate, and distribute data. A materialized view provides access to table data by storing the results of a query in a separate schema object. Unlike an ordinary view, which does not take up any storage space or contain any data, a materialized view contains the rows resulting from a query against one or more base tables or views. When you create a materialized view, Oracle Database creates one internal table and at least one index, and may create one view, all in the schema of the materialized view. Oracle Database uses these objects to maintain the materialized view data. You must have the privileges necessary to create these objects.

Materialized View Log:

When DML changes are made to master table data, Oracle Database stores rows describing those changes in the materialized view log and then uses the materialized view log to refresh materialized views based on the master table. This process is called incremental or fast refresh. Without a materialized view log, Oracle Database must re-execute the materialized view query to refresh the materialized view. This process is called a complete refresh. Usually, a fast refresh takes less time than a complete refresh. A materialized view log is located in the master database in the same schema as the master table. A master table can have only one materialized view log defined on

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it. Oracle Database can use this materialized view log to perform fast refreshes for all fast-refreshable materialized views based on the master table. To fast refresh a materialized join view, you must create a materialized view log for each of the tables referenced by the materialized view. Syntax:

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW <[schema.]name> [LOGGING] [CACHE] [TABLESPACE <tablespace_name>] BUILD IMMEDIATE [REFRESH <FAST | FORCE | COMPLETE>] [ON <COMMIT | DEMAND>] [<USING INDEX | USING NO INDEX>] [START WITH <date> NEXT <date_calculation>] [FOR UPDATE] [STORAGE CLAUSE] AS (<SQL statement>);
BUILD: Specifies when to populate the materialized view. Specify IMMEDIATE to indicate that the materialized view is to be populated immediately. CACHE: For data that will be accessed frequently, CACHE specifies that the blocks retrieved for this table are placed at the most recently used end of the least recently used (LRU) list in the buffer cache when a full table scan is performed. This attribute is useful for small lookup tables. NOCACHE specifies that the blocks are placed at the least recently used end of the LRU list.
Syntax: <CACHE | NOCACHE>

REFRESH MODES FAST Clause The FAST refreshes use the materialized view logs (as seen above) to send the rows that have changed from master tables to the materialized view. You should create a materialized view log for the master tables if you specify the REFRESH FAST clause. Complete Clause The complete refresh re-creates the entire materialized view. If you request a complete refresh, Oracle performs a complete refresh even if a fast refresh is possible. Force Clause When you specify a FORCE clause, Oracle performs a fast refresh if possible, otherwise complete refresh. If you do not specify a refresh method (FAST, COMPLETE, or FORCE), FORCE is the default. USING INDEX If USING INDEX is not specified, then default tablespace values are used. The default index is used to speed up incremental (FAST) refresh of the materialized view.
Syntax: <USING INDEX | USING NO INDEX>

Follow the Steps:

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1. Create a normal view on emp_2. create or replace view emp_2v as select * from emp_2; 2. Try to create a materialized view as follows on the same table(cannot create a refresh FAST materialized view without creating log on the table). CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW emp_2mv BUILD IMMEDIATE REFRESH FAST ON COMMIT AS SELECT * FROM emp_2; 3. So, now create a log on the table. create materialized view log on emp_2 with primary key, rowid; 4. Now repeat the 2nd step. 5. Update the view as follows update emp_2 set mgr = 7788 where empno = 2345; 6. Without commit statement first check the normal view. Select * from emp_2v; 7. Now, issue the select statement on materialized view too. Select * from emp_2mv; 8. Find the difference that materialized view doesnt updates the changes. 9. Now, issue the COMMIT statement and check the emp_2mv. Observe the change. Inference: As the materialized view definition is ON COMMIT, it didnt get updated the changes till the commit statement. Check the definition of materialized views in USER_SNAPSHOTS data dictionary table. Desc user_snapshots; select name, query from user_snapshots where regexp_like(name, '[eE][mM][pP][_]'); Now, drop all the materialized view logs and views on the table emp_2. Create materialized view log afresh with primary key. create materialized view log on emp_2 with primary key; Create a force materialized view as follows: create materialized view emp_2mv build immediate refresh force on demand with primary key as select * from emp_2; Update any row and check for changes. update emp_2 set mgr = 3456 where empno = 2345;

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select * from emp_2mv; There would not be any changes. Use DBMS_MVIEW.REFRESH built-in package to refresh the materialized view. execute dbms_mview.refresh(emp_2mv); Now, observe the changes in materialized view. We can automate the process of refreshing materialized view at some time in a day or weekly. Below is the example which refreshes the materialized view data every day at night 12.01.02am. create materialized view emp_2mv refresh complete start with sysdate next sysdate+1/24*60*30 as select * from emp_2;

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Exercise
1) Display the string SATYAM in the format S A T Y A M 2) Display only even rows from the table 3) Display one year calendar 4) Display how many as are there in the given string 5) Remove duplicate rows from the given table Empno ename 1 x 2 y 3 z 1 x 3 z 6) Find out how many columns are there in a given table(Use the data dictionary table USER_TAB_COLUMNS)

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Advanced Queries Analytical Queries

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ANALYTICAL QUERIES Analytical functions are used mainly for the analysis of data as required by decision-making managers. Oracle has embedded analytical functions in SQL statement to cater to most of the requirements of data mining.

These functions are listed below

Ranking For calculating ranks, percentiles, and n-tiles of the values in a result set. For example, to find out top three salaried employees
SQL> SELECT RANK() OVER(ORDER BY SAL DESC) DEFAULT_RANK, SAL FROM EMP; DEFAULT_RANK SAL ------------ ---------1 855945.6 1 855945.6 1 855945.6 4 641959.2 5 196867.32 6 184563.24 7 153802.68 7 153802.68 9 129461.88 10 111807.6 11 66870.77 12 10000 13 6810.91

ANALYSIS When different employees salary is same, they get the same rank. There is a gap between ranks. In the example, see the ranks between 1 and 4.

DENSE_RANK

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The main difference between RANK () and DENSE_RANK () is that in the DENSE_RANK () there is no gap between ranks.

SQL> SELECT DENSE_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY SAL DESC) DEFAULT_RANK, SAL FROM EMP; DEFAULT_RANK SAL ------------ ---------1 855945.6 1 855945.6 1 855945.6 2 641959.2 3 196867.32 4 184563.24 5 153802.68 5 153802.68 6 129461.88 7 111807.6 8 66870.77 9 10000 10 6810.91

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The function row number assigns unique rank to each row even if they are having the same value of order by expression. The rows will get the same rank if their order by expression has the same value.
INPUT SQL> SELECT RANK() OVER(ORDER BY SAL) DEFAULT_RANK, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY SAL) RW_NUM,SAL FROM EMP OUTPUT DEFAULT_RANK RW_NUM SAL ------------ ---------- ---------1 1 6810.91 2 2 10000 3 3 66870.77 4 4 111807.6 5 5 129461.88 6 6 153802.68 6 7 153802.68 8 8 184563.24 9 9 196867.32 10 10 641959.2 11 11 855945.6 11 12 855945.6 11 13 855945.6

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This function produces NULL value if the expression has a specified value. It produces NULL value if the expression has a specified value. This is like a complement of the NVL function.
INPUT SQL> SELECT ENAME,JOB,COMM,NULLIF(JOB,'MANAGER') FROM EMP; OUTPUT ENAME --------------ss ss allen WARD JONES MARTIN BLAKE CLARK SCOTT TURNER ADAMS JAMES FORD phani JOB COMM NULLIF(JO --------- ---------- --------CLERK 1234 CLERK SALESMAN 746.5 SALESMAN SALESMAN 1244.16 SALESMAN MANAGER SALESMAN 3483.65 SALESMAN MANAGER MANAGER ANALYST ANALYST SALESMAN 0 SALESMAN CLERK CLERK CLERK CLERK ANALYST ANALYST se 20000 se

ANALYSIS It is just opposite to NVL(). NVL() substitute value, if its is NULL. Where as NULLIF produces NULL, if value matches.

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It is an extended form of NVL.

Syntax
NVL2(expr1,expr2,expr3) In NVL2, expr1 can never be returned; either expr2 or expr3 will be returned.

If expr1 is not NULL, NVL2 returns expr2, If expr1 is NULL , NVL2 returns expr3. The expr1 can have any data type. The arguments expr2 and expr3 can have any datatype except LONG.

INPUT SQL> SELECT COMM,NVL2(COMM,COMM,0) FROM EMP; OUTPUT COMM NVL2(COMM,COMM,0) ---------- ----------------0 300 300 500 500 0 1400 1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Coalesce Function
This function takes n arguments and produces first argument, which is having the first NOT NULL value.

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SQL> SELECT ENAME, COMM, SAL, DEPTNO, MGR, COALESCE (COMM, SAL, DEPTNO, MGR) COAL FROM EMP; ENAME COMM --------------ss ss 1234 allen 746.5 WARD 1244.16 JONES 855945.6 MARTIN 3483.65 BLAKE CLARK SCOTT TURNER 0 ADAMS JAMES FORD phani 20000 SAL DEPTNO MGR COAL ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------6810.91 20 7902 1234 196867.32 30 7698 746.5 153802.68 30 7698 1244.16 20 7839 855945.6 153802.68 30 7698 3483.65 855945.6 30 7839 855945.6 855945.6 10 7839 855945.6 641959.2 20 7566 641959.2 184563.24 30 7698 0 129461.88 20 7788 129461.88 111807.6 30 7698 111807.6 66870.77 20 7566 66870.77 10000 90 9822 20000

Multiple Insert and Merge statements

Oracle 9i provides enhanced facility of loading data in the table using select statement. Using this facility you Load data in multiple tables in single insert statement Load multiple rows in the same table in single insert statement Load data conditionally in the table.

Multiple insert statement

There are four types of multiple inert statements Unconditional insert statement Pivoting insert statement Conditional insert statement Insert first statement

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This statement enables to you insert data in multiple tables using a single insert statement. To understand this query consider the three tables from Annexure To insert the data into two tables Example1(pname,title,salary) Example2(pname,course,cost) Insert all Into example1 values(pname,title,salary) Into example2 values(pname,course,cost) Select p.pname,title,course,cost,salary from programmer p,software s, studies st Where p.pname = s.pname and s.pname = st.pname; Conditional Insert statement It inserts the data into the table only when condition is satisfied. Assume there are three tables with structure (table1,table2,table3) Empno.ename,job,sal,deptno

We can load the data conditionally into three tables by using following statement SQL> insert all When deptno = 10 then Insert into table1 values(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno); When deptno = 20 then Insert into table2 values(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno); When deptno = 30 then Insert into table3 values(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno); Select empno,ename,sal,deptno from emp

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Insert first When deptno = 10 then Insert into values(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno); When deptno = 20 then Insert into values(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno); When deptno = 30 then Insert into values(empno,ename,job,sal,deptno); Select empno,ename,sal,deptno from emp;

table1 table2 table3

The difference between Insert First and Insert All is that in the formar at the most one row is inserted into the table while latter rows may be inserted into multiple tables.

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Topics Locking Mechanisms Object Privileges Security Synonyms Exercise Presentation

LOCKING MECHANISMS To ensure data integrity oracle uses locks. Locks are used to prevent destructive interaction between processes accessing the same resource. Oracle uses two locking types DML locks - used to protect data. Can be either table or row level. Dictionary locks used to protect the database structure Locks may be explicit or implicit. A process or user instigates explicit locks. Implicit locks are undertaken by Oracle. Oracle will lock any resource when it detects a valid attempt to update the resource. Dictionary locks are always implicit. DML locks may be implicit or explicit.

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There are five locking modes. They are EXCLUSIVE(X) SHARE(S) ROW SHARE(RS) ROW EXCLUSIVE (RX) LOCK ALLOWS QUERIES BUT NOTHING ELSE Lock allows queries but not updates Lock allows concurrent process access to table. Resource may not be locked exclusively. Same as row share but no share mode locking. Updates. Deletes and inserts use this lock mode.

Locks are held until either a transaction is committed / rolled back. Locking using SELECT for UPDATE SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE EMPNO = 7521 FOR UPDATE OF SAL NOWAIT; With this SELECT we lock all the rows in the result set for later update. The FOR UPDATE tells Oracle to lock each row as it processes it. The OF keyword prefixes the column identification area which specifies which columns are going to be updated by us at a later date. The NOWAIT keyword specifies that we dont want the statement to wait until, and current locks on the table are removed. Assume that there are two users SCOTT AND X In the Scott user there is one table with the name EMP. Scott has given some privileges on EMP table to X user.

If X wants to lock the EMP table, then he has to issue a command LOCK TABLE SCOTT.EMP IN EXCLUSIVE MODE NOWAIT; Now from SCOTT user , if he tries to the lock the table, which is already locked by X LOCK TABLE EMP IN EXCLUSIVE MODE; It results an error LOCK TABLE EMP IN EXCLUSIVE MODE NOWAIT * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified

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A privilege is a right to access an object such as a table, view etc., or to execute a particular type of SQL command such as CREATE TABLE. Privileges are classified into two categories depending upon what type of right they give to the user. Object Privileges System privileges

Object privilege
An object privilege is a right to perform a particular operation on an object. An object is a table, view, sequence, procedure, function or package.

System privilege
A system privilege is a right to perform certain operation in the system. For example, the privilege to create a table is a system privilege.

Object Privileges
User owns the object that he/she creates. Unless otherwise specified, only the owner and DBA can access the object. But, if user wants to share his object with other users, he has to grant privileges on the object to other users.

The following are the list of object privileges available in Oracle

ALTER, EXECUTE,INDEX,INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE DELETE

These privileges are given on various objects, such as TABLE, VIEW, SEQUENCE, PROCEDURE,FUNCTION, PACKAGE AND OBJECT TYPE

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Privileges ALL PUBLIC system.

-- any object privileges -- to grant all privileges -- to grant privilege to all the users of the

Example GRANT SELECT,UPDATE ON EMP TO X; Note :- X is a user

Now from X user, he can select as well as update the information in EMP table. SELECT * FROM SCOTT.EMP; UPDATE SCOTT.EMP EMPNO = 7521; SET SAL = 11000 WHERE

Restricting privilege to certain columns GRANT UPDATE(SAL) ON EMP TO X;

So, X user can modify only sal value in the EMP table.

REVOKE OBJECT PRIVILEGES

To remove the given privileges, we can use REVOKE command

REVOKE <PRIVILEGES> ON <OBJECT> FROM <USER>;

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To simplify accessing tables owned by other users, create a SYNONYM. A synonym is another name(alias) to a table or view. By creating a synonym you can avoid giving the owner name while accessing table of other users. We can create two types of synonyms

Private Synonyms Public Synonyms

Any user can create private synonym, where as public synonym is created by only DBA using a keyword called public.

Creating private synonym.

CREATE SYNONYM EMPL FOR SCOTT.EMP; Now we can access EMP table which is there in SCOTT user using synonym EMPL as SQL> SELECT * FROM EMPL;

Public Synonym
Public synonym is available for all the users.

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Topic
SQL*Loader

Presentation
What is SQL*Loader? SQL*Loader is Oracles utility program for loading data into an Oracle table. Most often, SQL*Loader takes two input files a control file and a data file and loads the data into a single Oracle table. The data file contains data, and the control file contains information about the data -- where to load it, what to do if something goes wrong, etc. SQL*Loader has lots and lots of options which can be used to handle various types of data and levels of complexity. SQL*Loader is fully described in the Oracle Server Utilities Users Guide. This document is just about getting started. SQL*Loader runs on Unix, mainframes, and PCs. This document is just about running it from a Windows PC.

Why Use SQL*Loader From Your PC? If you need to transfer quite a lot of data from your machine to an Oracle database table, you might want to use SQL*Loader. If you already have the data in some other format, it may be worthwhile to use SQL*Loader. If you need to transfer local data to a remote database on some recurring basis, it may be preferable to use SQL*Loader rather than something like FTP. At the end of this document, there is a brief comparison of FTP versus SQL*Loader.

Getting Started, an Example Say, for example, that youve got an Excel spreadsheet with State data already in it. Youve got 50 rows of data each containing the State Abbreviation, State Name, an [optional] unofficial State Slogan, and the number of State Residents Who Drink Bottled Water.

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(Is 50 rows of data really sufficient to justify this exercise? Thats debatable, but lets say youve thought it over and you DO want to SQL*load your data into a 4-column Oracle table at UW-Stevens Point. The remote table is called sp.mystates.)

Heres what you do: 1) Create your data file. This is easy. Save your Excel spreadsheet data AS a Comma-Separated-Variable (*.csv) file. This will automatically put commas between each of the four data elements. In addition, if any of the data elements already contain a comma, the Save AS *.csv step will optionally and automatically enclose that data in double quotes. So, after your Save AS command, you might have a file named C:\MyStates.csv that contains data like this:

AR,Arkansas,We are sure CO,Colorado,,3000 WI,Wisconsin,Rose Bowl CA,California,"Dude? You want, Oxygen?",90203049

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2) Create your control file. Using any text editor, create a file (say, C:\mystates.ctl) containing these lines: LOADDATA INFILE 'C:\EMPLOYEE.csv' REPLACE INTO TABLE EMPL FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' TRAILING NULLCOLS (EMPNO, ENAME INTEGER EXTERNAL) The REPLACE keyword says, "remove any existing rows before starting the load." There's also an INSERT [into empty table] and APPEND [to existing rows] option. State_Abbrev, State_Name, State_Slogan, and Nbr_Residents_WDBW are the actual column names defined in the sp.mystates table. Because the first three items are of character datatype, it was not necessary to further describe them character is the default. The fourth column is numeric data it totals the number of state residents who drink bottled water. The INTEGER EXTERNAL describes the datatype in the C:\mystates.csv input file. Notice there is some missing data in the data file -- Colorado has no state slogan. The TRAILING NULLCOLS statement handles the missing data; it tells SQL*Loader to load any missing data as NULL values. There are, as we said earlier, lots of available options described in the Utilities Users Guide.

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3) Create a table with the name referred in ctl file with required columns

4)Run Prerequisites:

SQL*Loader

You must have SQL*Loader and SQL*Net installed on your machine. The SQL*Loader program may have a version number included as part of its name, something like sqlldr73.exe or sqlldr80.exe. Or maybe it will be just sqlldr.exe. You can look for it in your ORAWIN95 or ORANT \BIN directory. If it's not installed, you can get the Oracle Client Software installation CD and install "UTILITIES". You must have the target database (say, its called ELTP) configured as SQL*Net service in your local tnsnames.ora file. This is pretty standard stuff; its probably already there. You must have authorization to modify the sp.mystates table (INSERT, or DELETE and INSERT if you're using the REPLACE option in the control file. In the example below we assume that user SCOTT with password TIGER has appropriate authorization.

At an MS-DOS prompt (or the Start, Run menu) , execute SQL*Loader as follows: sqlldr scott/tiger@ELTP control=C:\mystates.ctl When the load completes, look in the file C:\mystates.log. This log file will contain information about how many rows were loaded, how many rows -- if any -- were NOT loaded, and other information that may be useful to reassure or debug.

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This article describes how to convert a single column of addresses in a Microsoft Excel worksheet into a comma-separated value (CSV) file that you can import into another program (for example, Microsoft Word). Note For the address example in this article, the Excel worksheet contains the following address information: A B 1 2 3 ravi kris babu

1. On the File menu, click Save As. Note In Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save As. 2. In the Save As dialog box: a. In the Save as type box, click CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv). b. In the File name box, type a name for your CSV file (for example, Address.csv), and then click Save. c. Click OK when you receive the following message: The selected file type does not support workbooks that contain multiple sheets. To save only the active sheet, click OK. To save all sheets, save them individually using a different file name for each, or select a file type that supports multiple sheets. d. Click Yes when you receive the following message: Address.csv may contain features that are incompatible with CSV (comma delimited). Do you want to keep the workbook in this format? To keep this format, which leaves out any incompatible features, click Yes. To preserve the features, click No. Then save a copy in the latest Excel format. To see what might be lost, click Help. 3. On the File menu, click Close, and then exit Microsoft Excel. Note In Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Close, and then click Exit Excel. Note You may be prompted to save the file again. When you are prompted, you can click Yes, repeat steps c and d, and then exit Excel.

Edit the CSV File in Microsoft Word

1. Start Microsoft Word. 2. On the File menu, click Open. Note In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Open. 3. In the Files of type box, click All Files (*.*). 4. Click the CSV file that you saved in step 4 of the "Edit the Excel Worksheet" section, and then click Open. 5. On the Tools menu, click Options. Note In Word 2007, skip this step.

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On the View tab, click to select the All check box, and then click OK. Note In Word 2007, follow these steps:

a. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options. b. Click Display. c. Click Paragraph marks under the Always show these formatting marks on the screen.

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Flashback query in oracle 9i Release 1 Flashback query is a new feature of Oracle 9i, it enables us to query our data as it existed in a previous state. In other words, we can query our data from a point in time before we or any other users made permanent changes to it. Flashback query works in tandem with another new feature of Oracle 9i; automatic undo management (AUM), whereby Oracle manages our rollback segments for us. From 9i, we know these segments as "undo segments" and under automatic management, Oracle will create as many or as few as are required to satisfy our transaction workloads. This is, of course, within system limits; these being the size of the undo tablespace and a new parameter named undo_retention. This parameter specifies the number of seconds that Oracle should retain undo data for us. Flashback query enables us to query the undo segments directly, either by SCN (System Change Number) or by timestamp. Requirements To be able to use flashback query, we require the following system elements: undo_management=auto (set in pfile/spfile); undo_retention=n (set in pfile/spfile, where n is a positive number of seconds); undo_tablespace=[undo tablespace name] (set in pfile/spfile); FLASHBACK or FLASHBACK ANY system privilege; and EXECUTE privilege on DBMS_FLASHBACK.

Sample data For our sample data we will create a test table and copy a few rows and columns of ALL_TABLES as follows. SQL> CREATE TABLE temp 2 AS 3 SELECT owner, table_name, tablespace_name 4 FROM all_tables 5 WHERE ROWNUM <= 5; Table created. SQL> SELECT * FROM t; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ SYSTEM SYS CLU$ SYSTEM SYS OBJ$ SYSTEM SYS FILE$ SYSTEM

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SYS COL$ SYSTEM 5 rows selected. DBMS_FLASHBACK Package The DBMS_FLASHBACK package provides the ability to restore specific data according to an SCN(System Change Number) captured by a snapshot. The flashback is session based and can restore to an SCN that is passed as an argument. This is different from two phase commit(2PC) and the ability to rollback a change, since flashback can happen even if a commit has been done. SCN (System Change Number) is an oracle internal numbering scheme that identifies changes to the database. SCNs allow recovery to a specific change, as each SCN is unique and acts as an identifier for point-in-time recovery PL/SQL cursors opened in Flashback mode return rows as of the flashback time or SCN. Different concurrent sessions (connections) in the database can perform Flashback to different wall-clock times or SCNs. DML and DDL operations and distributed operations are not allowed while a session is running in Flashback mode. You can use PL/SQL cursors opened before disabling Flashback to perform DML. Under Automatic Undo Management (AUM) mode, you can use retention control to control how far back in time to go for the version of the database you need. If you need to perform a Flashback over a 24-hour period, the DBA should set the undo retention parameter to 24 hours. This way, the system retains enough undo information to regenerate the older versions of the data. When enabling Flashback using a wall-clock time, the database chooses an SCN that was generated within five minutes of the time specified. For finer grain control of Flashback, you can enable an SCN. An SCN identifies the exact version of the database. In a Flashback-enabled session, SYSDATE will not be affected; it will continue to provide the current time.

DBMS_FLASHBACK can be used within logon triggers to enable Flashback without changing the application code. You may want to use DBMS_FLASHBACK for the following reasons: Self-service repair. If you accidentally delete rows from a table, you can recover the deleted rows. Packaged applications such as e-mail and voicemail. You can use Flashback to restore deleted e-mail by re-inserting the deleted message into the current message box. Decision support system (DSS) and online analytical processing (OLAP) applications. You can perform data analysis or data modeling to track seasonal demand.

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SQL> SELECT DBMS_FLASHBACK.GET_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER AS scn 2 FROM dual; SCN ---------592967 1 row selected. SQL> UPDATE temp SET tablespace_name = LOWER(tablespace_name); 5 rows updated. SQL> COMMIT; Commit complete. SQL> SELECT * FROM temp; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ system SYS CLU$ system SYS OBJ$ system SYS FILE$ system SYS COL$ system 5 rows selected. Now we can enable flashback query to the point in time before we changed our data (i.e. using the earlier SCN). Once in "flashback query mode", any queries we run will return data consistent with the SCN we enabled. We can see this below. SQL>exec DBMS_FLASHBACK.ENABLE_AT_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER(5929 67); PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SELECT * FROM temp; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ SYSTEM SYS CLU$ SYSTEM SYS OBJ$ SYSTEM SYS FILE$ SYSTEM SYS COL$ SYSTEM 5 rows selected. We can now see our data in its original state (i.e. before we changed the TABLESPACE_NAME to lower-case). To leave "flashback query mode", we must disable it using DBMS_FLASHBACK as follows. We can now see the data in its current, post-update form.

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SQL> exec DBMS_FLASHBACK.DISABLE; PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SELECT * FROM temp; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ system SYS CLU$ system SYS OBJ$ system SYS FILE$ system SYS COL$ system 5 rows selected. There are a number of uses for this feature, such as data recovery, adhoc change-tracking or point-in-time queries, but of course, this is restricted to the period specified by undo_retention (with some variance depending on transaction loads). In fact, Oracle suggests that it is feasible to build flashback query capabilities into our applications. We might view this as a somewhat ambitious claim for the technology, but as a short-term recovery mechanism, it is very useful. Flashback Query in 9i release 2: AS OF [scn|timestamp] Oracle 9i Release 2 makes flashback query significantly easier by building the capability into the SQL FROM clause itself. In 9.2, we can query our data AS OF TIMESTAMP or AS OF SCN directly. Flashback query does not need to be explicitly enabled and disabled via package calls; it is invoked directly by this syntax. Furthermore using the Flashback Query, we'll use a timestamp (another new feature of Oracle 9i) instead of an SCN. Note: ALTER SESSION is simply a convenience to enable a consistent timestamp format mask without having to supply it explicitly. SQL> ALTER SESSION SET NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'DD-MONYYYY HH24:MI:SS.FF3'; Session altered. SQL> SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP 2 FROM dual; LOCALTIMESTAMP -----------------------22-NOV-2002 21:31:01.750 1 row selected. SQL> UPDATE temp SET table_name = LOWER(table_name);

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5 rows updated. SQL> COMMIT; Commit complete.

SQL> SELECT * FROM temp; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS seg$ system SYS clu$ system SYS obj$ system SYS file$ system SYS col$ system 5 rows selected. Now we can invoke flashback query as of the timestamp prior to our update. SQL> SELECT * 2 FROM temp AS OF TIMESTAMP TO_TIMESTAMP('22-NOV-2002 21:31:01.750'); OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ SYSTEM SYS CLU$ SYSTEM SYS OBJ$ SYSTEM SYS FILE$ SYSTEM SYS COL$ SYSTEM 5 rows selected. This is much easier! The extended FROM clause is simple and intuitive to use and is more likely to encourage developers to use flashback query. A particularly good use for this is for resetting test data during development and unit-testing. It is also a good short-term recovery tool for rectifying minor mistakes. A note on flashback precision As noted earlier, flashback query timestamps are mapped to SCNs, but only once every five minutes. This makes flashback queries with timestamps subject to precision errors. We can see the effect of this in our 9.2 flashback query results above. Our flashback query correctly returns the original upper-case TABLE_NAME data but it also returns the original upper-case TABLESPACE_NAME data also. This tells us that the SCN that Oracle mapped to our timestamp is from a time before we ran the 9.0 example. Using an SCN, however, we can be more precise with our flashback query. We will take a guess that the SCN after our 9.0 example update will be a few greater than before we began (there is no other activity on

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SQL> SELECT * FROM t AS OF SCN 592969; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ system SYS CLU$ system SYS OBJ$ system SYS FILE$ system SYS COL$ system 5 rows selected. We can now see the data as it existed after the first update (9.0 example) but before the second update (9.2). Using the SCN enabled us to be far more precise with our flashback query. Recovering data Using the AS OF syntax, we can either update the table from the flashback query source or we can delete the current data and insert the flashback data in much easier way. In the example below, we'll remove the current data and replace it with the data as it existed after our 9.0 examples (i.e. lower-case TABLESPACE_NAME). SQL> DELETE FROM temp; 5 rows deleted. SQL> INSERT INTO temp 2 SELECT * FROM temp AS OF SCN 592969; 5 rows created. SQL> COMMIT; Commit complete. SQL> SELECT * FROM t; OWNER TABLE_NAME TABLESPACE_NAME --------------- --------------- -------------------SYS SEG$ system SYS CLU$ system SYS OBJ$ system SYS FILE$ system SYS COL$ system

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Data changes between current and flashback data can be identified quite simply by set queries using MINUS/UNION. If we need to search for changes to specific columns, we can join the current and flashback datasets together (we can also use the 9i FULL OUTER JOIN for this purpose). In the 9i Release 1 variant of flashback query, this would only be possible in PL/SQL. The sequence would be: enable flashback -> open flashback cursor -> disable flashback -> open current cursor -> fetch and compare data. As stated throughout this article, this simplicity of flashback query in 9i Release 2 makes this complex variant largely redundant.

DBMS_FLASHBACK Error Messages Error 8182 8184 8183 8185 Description In Flashback mode, user cannot perform DML or DDL operations. User cannot enable Flashback within another Flashback session. User cannot enable Flashback within an uncommitted transaction. SYS cannot enable Flashback mode. User cannot begin read only or serializable transactions in Flashback mode. Time specified is too old. Invalid system change number specified.

8180 8181

DBMS_FLASHBACK Example The following example illustrates how Flashback can be used when the deletion of a senior employee triggers the deletion of all the personnel reporting to him. Using the Flashback feature, you can recover and re-insert the missing employees. /* keep_scn is a temporary table to store scns that we are interested in. */ create table keep_scn (scn number); execute dbms_flashback.disable; set echo on create table employee (employee_no number(5) primary key, employee_name varchar2(20), employee_mgr number(5)constraint mgr_fkey references employee on delete cascade, salary number, hiredate date); /* Populate the company with employees */ insert into employee values (1, 'John Doe', null, 1000000, '5-jul-81'); insert into employee values (10, 'Joe Johnson', 1, 500000, '12-aug84');

insert into employee values (20, 'Susie Tiger', 10, 250000, '13-dec90');

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insert into employee values (100, 'Scott Tiger', 20, 200000, '3-feb-86'); insert into employee values (200, 'Charles Smith', 100, 150000, '22mar-88'); insert into employee values (210, 'Jane Johnson', 100, 100000, '11apr-87'); insert into employee values (220, 'Nancy Doe', 100, 100000, '18-sep93'); insert into employee values (300, 'Gary Smith', 210, 75000, '4-nov96'); insert into employee values (310, 'Bob Smith', 210, 65000, '3-may95'); commit; /* Show the entire org */ select lpad(' ', 2*(level-1)) || employee_name Name from employee connect by prior employee_no = employee_mgr start with employee_no = 1 order by level; execute dbms_flashback.disable; /* Store this snapshot for later access through Flashback */ declare I number; begin I := dbms_flashback.get_system_change_number; insert into keep_scn values (I); commit; /* Scott decides to retire but the transaction is done incorrectly */ delete from employee where employee_name = 'Scott Tiger'; commit; /* notice that all of scott's employees are gone */ select lpad(' ', 2*(level-1)) || employee_name Name from employee connect by prior employee_no = employee_mgr start with employee_no = 1 order by level; /* Put back scott's organization */ declare restore_scn date; begin select scn into restore_scn from keep_scn; dbms_flashback.enable_at_system_change_number (restore_scn);

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Siva Kumar HVK start with employee_no = (select employee_no from employee where employee_name = 'Scott Tiger') order by level; declare scotts_emp number; scotts_mgr number; cursor c1 is select employee_no, employee_name, employee_mgr, salary, hiredate from employee connect by prior employee_no = employee_mgr start with employee_no =

(select employee_no from employee where employee_name = 'Scott Tiger'); c1_rec is c1 % ROWTYPE; begin select employee_no, employee_mgr into scotts_emp, scotts_mgr from employee where employee_name = 'Scott Tiger'; /* Open c1 with Flashback enabled. */ open c1; /* Disable Flashback. */ dbms_flashback.disable; loop /* Note that all the DML operations inside the loop are performed with Flashback disabled. */ fetch c1 into c1_rec; exit when c1%NOTFOUND; for c1_rec in c1 loop
if (c1_rec.employee_mgr = scotts_emp) then insert into employee values (c1_rec.employee_no, c1_rec.employee_name,

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scotts_mgr, c1_rec.salary, c1_rec.hiredate); else if (c1_rec.employee_no != scotts_emp) then insert into employee values (c1_rec.employee_no, c1_rec.employee_name, c1_rec.employee_mgr, c1_rec.salary, c1_rec.hiredate); end if; end if; end loop; end; / execute dbms_flashback. disable; DBMS_FLASHBACK Subprograms ENABLE_AT_TIME Procedure This procedure enables Flashback for the entire session. The snapshot time is set to the SCN that most closely matches the time specified in query_time. Syntax DBMS_FLASHBACK.ENABLE_AT_TIME ( query_time IN TIMESTAMP);

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Parameter Description query_time This is an input parameter of type TIMESTAMP. A time stamp can be specified in the following ways: Using the TIMESTAMP constructor: Example: execute dbms_flashback.enable_at_time(TIMESTAMP '2001-01-09 12:31:00'). Use the NLS format and supply a string. The format depends on the NLS settings. Using the TO_TIMESTAMP function: Example: execute dbms_flashback.enable_at_time(TO_TIMESTAMP('12-02-2001 14:35:00', 'DDMM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')). You provide the format you want to use. This example shows the TO_TIMESTAMP function for February 12, 2001, 2:35 PM. If the time is omitted from query time, it defaults to the beginning of the day, that is, 12:00 A.M. Note that if the query time contains a time zone, the time zone information is truncated. ENABLE_AT_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER Procedure This procedure takes an SCN as an input parameter and sets the session snapshot to the specified number. In the Flashback mode, all queries return data consistent as of the specified wall-clock time or SCN. Syntax DBMS_FLASHBACK.ENABLE_AT_SYSTEM_CHANGE ( query_scn IN NUMBER); Parameters Parameter query_scn Description The system change number (SCN), a version number for the database that is incremented on every transaction commit.

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GET_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER Function This function returns the current SCN as an Oracle number datatype. You can obtain the current change number and stash it away for later use. This helps you store specific snapshots. Syntax DBMS_FLASHBACK.GET_SYSTEM_CHANGE_NUMBER ( RETURN NUMBER);

DISABLE Procedure This procedure disables the Flashback mode for the entire session. Syntax DBMS_FLASHBACK.DISABLE; Example The following example queries the salary of an employee, Joe, on August 30, 2000: EXECUTE dbms_flashback.enable_at_time('30-AUG-2000'); SELECT salary from emp where name = 'Joe' EXECUTE dbms_flashback.disable;

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ANNEXURE
Table : Studies NAME (PNAME) SPLACE COURSE NULL NOT NULL NOT NULL NOT NULL TYPE VARCHAR2(20) VARCHAR2(20) VARCHAR2(20)

NAME STUDIED PLACE COURSE STUDIED

TABLE : SOFTWARE NAME (PNAME) TITLE DEV_IN SCOST DCOST SOLD NULL ? NOT NULL NOT NULL NOT NULL TYPE VARCHAR2(20) VARCHAR2(20) VARCHAR2(10) NUMBER(7,2) NUMBER(7,2) NUMBER(4)

NAME DEVELOPED PROJECT NAME LANGUAGE DEVELOPED SOFTWARE COST DEVELOPMENT COST NO OF SOFTWARE SOLD

Data in Table : STUDIES PNAME ANAND ALTAF JULIANA KAMALA MARY NELSON PATRICK QADIR RAMESH REBECCA REMITHA REVATHI VIJAYA SPLACE SABHARI COIT BITS PRAGATHI SABHARI PRAGATHI SABHARI APPLE SABHARI BPILLANI BDPS SABHARI BDPS COURSE PGDCA DCA MCA DCP PGDCA DAP DCA HDCP PGDCA DCA DCS DAP DCA COST 45000 7200 22000 5000 4600 6200 5200 14000 4500 11000 6000 5000 48000

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PNAME ANAND ANAND JULIANA KAMALA MARY PATRICK QADIR QADIR QADIR RAMESH RAMESH REMITHA REMITHA REVATHI REVATHI VIJAYA TITLE
PARACHUTES VIDEO TITLING PACK INVENTORY CONTROL PAYROLL PACKAGE FINANCIAL ACC.S/W CODE GENERATION READ ME BOMBS AWAY VACCINES HOTEL MANAGEMENT DEAD LEE PC UTILITIES TSR HELP PACKAGE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT QUIZ MASTER ISR EDITION

DEV_IN BASIC PASCAL COBOL DBASE ORACLE COBOL C++ ASSEMBLY C DBASE PASCAL C ASSEMBLY PASCAL BASIC C

SCOST

DCOST

SOLD

399 7500 3000 9000 18000 4500 300 750 1900 12000 599 725 2500 1100 3200 900

6000 16000 3500 20000 85000 20000 1200 5000 3400 3500 4500 5000 6000 75000 2100 700

43 9 0 7 4 23 84 11 21 4 73 51 6 2 15 6

Data in Table : PROGRAMMER PNAME DOB DOJ S E X M M F F F M M M M F F F F PROF1 PROF2 SALARY

ANAND ALTAF JULIANA KAMALA MARY NELSON PATRICK QADIR RAMESH REBECCA REMITHA REVATHI VIJAYA

21-APR-66 02-JUL-64 31-JAN-68 30-OCT-68 24-JUN-70 11-SEP-85 10-NOV-65 31-AUG-65 03-MAY-67 01-JAN-67 19-APR-70 02-DEC-69 14-DEC-65

21-APR-92 13-NOV-90 21-APR-90 02-JAN-92 01-FEB-91 11-OCT-89 21-APR-90 21-APR-91 28-FEB-91 01-DEC-90 20-APR-93 02-JAN-92 02-MAY-92

PASCAL CLIPPER COBOL C C++ COBOL PASCAL ASSEMBLY PASCAL BASIC C PASCAL FOXPRO

BASIC COBOL DBASE DBASE ORACLE DBASE CLIPPER C DBASE COBOL ASSEMBLY BASIC C

3200 2800 3000 2900 4500 2500 2800 3000 3200 2500 3600 3700 3500

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Find out the selling cost average for packages developed in pascal. Display the names and ages of all the programmers Display the names of those who have done the DAP course What is the highest number of copies sold by a package Display the names and date of birth of all programmers born in January Display the lowest course fee How many programmers have done the PGDCA course How much revenue has been earned through sale of packages developed in C Display the softwares developed by Ramesh How many programmers studied at Sabhari? Display the details of the packages whose sales crossed 2000 mark. Find out the number of copies which should be sold in order to recover the development cost of each package. Display the details of packages for which development cost have been recovered. What is the price of the costliest software developed in BASIC How many packages were developed in DBASE? How many programmers studied at Pragathi? How many programmers paid 5000 to 10000 for their course? What is the average course fee? Display the details of programmers knowing C How many programmers know either COBOL or PASCAL? How many programmers dont know PASCAL and C? How old is the oldest male programmer? What is the average age of female programmers? Calculate the experience in years for each programmer and display along with the names, in descending order. Who are the programmers who celebrate their birthdays during the current month? How many female programmers are there? What are the languages known by the male programmers What is the average salary How many people draw 2000 to 4000? Display the details of those who dont know Clipper, COBOL or Pascal Display the details of those who will be completing 2 years of services this year? Calculate the amount to be recovered for those packages whose development cost has not yet been recovered? List the packages, which have not been sold so far? Find out the cost of the software developed by Mary? Display the institute names from the studies table without the duplicates How many different courses are mentioned in the studies table? Display the names of the programmers whose names contain 2 occurrences of the letter A

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Display the names of the programmers whose names contains 5 characters How many female programmers knowing COBOL have more than 2 yrs experience What is the length of the shortest name in the programmer table What is the average development cost of a package developed in COBOL Display the name,sex, dob(dd/mm/yy format) , DOJ(dd/mm/yy format) for all the programmers What is the amount paid in salaries of the male programmers who dont know COBOL Display the title , scost, dcost and difference between scost and dcost in descending order of difference Display the names of the packages whose names contain more than 1 word Display the name, dob, doj of those month of birth and month of joining are same

QUERY II
Display the cost of the package developed by each programmer Display the sales values of the packages developed by the each programmer Display the number of packages sold by each programmer Display the sales cost of the packages developed by each programmer Display each language name with average development cost, average selling cost and average price per copy Display each programmers name, costliest package and cheapest packages developed by him / her. Display each institute name with number of courses , average cost per course Display each Institute name with number of students Display the names of male and female programmers Display the programmers name and their packages Display the number of packages in each language except C and C++ Display the number of packages in each language for which development cost is less than 1000 Display the average difference between SCOST and DCOST for each language Display the total SCOST, DCOST and amount to be recovered for each programmer for those whose dcost has not yet been recovered Display the highest, lowest and average salaries for those earning more than 2000

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Who is the most experienced programmer knowing pascal? Which course has been done by the most of the students? Which course has the lowest selling cost? Display the courses whose fees are within 1000/- ( + or - ) of the average fee Who developed the package that has sold the least number of copies Which language was used to develop most number of packages Display the names of the packages which have been sold less than the average number of copies Who is the youngest male programmer born in 1965 In which year most number of programmers born Which female programmer earning more than 3000/- does not know C,C++, ORACLE OR DBASE Which programmer has developed highest no of packages Who are the male programmers earning below the average salary of female programmers Display the details of those who are drawing salary Display the details of the software developed by the male programmers earning more than 3000 Display the details of the software developed in C by female programmers of Pragathi How many months it will take for each programmer to recover their cost of study Display the details of the software developed in the language which is not the programmers first proficiency Display the details of the software developed in the language which is neither the first nor second proficiency of the programmer Who are the programmers who joined in the same day Display the programmers who are drawing same salary Which is the costliest package developed by a person with under 3 years experience What is the average salary for those whose software sales value is more than 50,000 How many packages were developed by the person who developed the cheapest package . Where did he / she study. How many packages developed by female programmers earning more than the highest paid male programmer How many packages were developed by the most experienced programmer from BDPS

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Write a query to display the last name, department number, and salary of any employee whose department number and salary both match the department number and salary of any employee who earns a commission. Display the last name, department name, and salary of any employee whose salary and commission match the salary and commission of any employee located in location ID 1700. Create a query to display the last name, hire date, and salary for all employees who have the same salary and commission as Kochhar. Note: Do not display Kochhar in the result set. Create a query to display the employees who earn a salary that is higher than the salary of all of the sales managers (JOB_ID = 'SA_MAN'). Sort the results on salary from highest to lowest.

Find all employees who are not supervisors. a. First do this using the NOT EXISTS operator b. Can this be done by using the NOT IN operator? How, or why not?

Write a query to display the last names of the employees who earn less than the average salary in their departments. Write a query to display the last names of the employees who have one or more coworkers in their departments with later hire dates but higher salaries. Write a query to display the department names of those departments whose total salary cost is above one eighth (1/8) of the total salary cost of the whole company Write a query to display the last name, department number, and department name for all employees Create a unique listing of all jobs that are in department 80. Include the location of the department in the output. Write a query to display the employee last name, department name, location ID, and city of all employees who earn a commission. Display the employee last name and department name for all employees who have an a (lowercase) in their last names Write a query to display the last name, job, department number, and department name for all employees who work in Toronto.

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display all employees including King, who has no manager. Order the results by the employee number. Create a query that displays employee last names, department numbers, and all the employees who work in the same department as a given employee. Give each column an appropriate label.

Show the structure of the JOB_GRADES table. Create a query that displays the name, job, department name, salary, and grade for all employees. Create a query to display the name and hire date of any employee hired after employee Davies.

Write a query to display the following for those employees whose manager ID is less than 120: Manager ID Job ID and total salary for every job ID for employees who report to the same manager Total salary of those managers Total salary of those managers, irrespective of the job IDs

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OCA SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Question: 1
Which SELECT statement should you use if you want to display unique combinations of the POSITION and MANAGER values from the EMPLOYEE table? 1. 2. 3. 4. SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT DISTINCT position, manager FROM employee; position, manager DISTINCT FROM employee; position, manager FROM employee; position, DISTINCT manager FROM employee;

Question: 2
You need to produce a report for mailing labels for all customers. The mailing label must have only the customer name and address. The CUSTOMERS table has these columns: CUST_ID CUST_NAME CUST_ADDRESS CUST_PHONE NUMBER(4) NOT NULL VARCHAR2(100) VARCHAR2(150) VARCHAR2(20)

Which SELECT statement accomplishes this task? 1. SELECT* FROM customers; 2. SELECT name, address FROM customers; 3. SELECT id, name, address, phone FROM customers; 4. SELECT cust_name, cust_address FROM customers; 5. SELECT cust_id, cust_name, cust_address, cust_phone FROM customers;.

Question: 3
Evaluate this SQL statement: SELECT e.EMPLOYEE_ID,e.LAST_NAME,e.DEPARTMENT_ID, d.DEPARTMENT_NAME. FROM EMP e, DEPARTMENT d WHERE e.DEPARTMENT_ID = d.DEPARTMENT_ID; In the statement, which capabilities of a SELECT statement are performed? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Selection, projection, join Difference, projection, join Selection, intersection, join Intersection, projection, join Difference, projection, product

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Which two statements are true regarding the ORDER BY clause? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The The The The The The sort is in ascending by order by default. sort is in descending order by default. ORDER BY clause must precede the WHERE clause. ORDER BY clause is executed on the client side. ORDER BY clause comes last in the SELECT statement. ORDER BY clause is executed first in the query execution.

Question: 5
From SQL*Plus, you issue this SELECT statement: SELECT * From orders; You use this statement to retrieve data from a data table for __________. 1. Updating 2. Viewing 3. Deleting 4. Inserting 5. Truncating

Question: 6
Which SQL SELECT statement performs a projection, a selection, and join when executed? 1. SELECT p.id_number, m.manufacturer_id, m.city FROM product p, manufacturer m WHERE p.manufacturer_id = m.manufacturer_id AND m.manufacturer_id = 'NF10032'; 2. SELECT id_number, manufacturer_id FROM product ORDER BY manufacturer_id, id_number; 3. SELECT id_number, manufacturer_id FROM product WHERE manufacturer_id = 'NF10032'; 4. SELECT manufacturer_id, city FROM manufacturer AND manufacturer_id = 'NF10032' ORDER BY city;

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The CUSTOMERS table has these columns: CUSTOMER_ID NUMBER(4) NOT NULL CUSTOMER_NAME VARCHAR2(100) NOT NULL STREET_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(150) CITY_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50) STATE_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50) PROVINCE_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50) COUNTRY_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50) POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2(12) CUSTOMER_PHONE VARCHAR2(20) Which statement finds the rows in the CUSTOMERS table that do not have a postal code? 1. SELECT customer_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE postal_code CONTAINS NULL; 2. SELECT customer_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE postal_code = '________'; 3. SELECT customer_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE postal_code IS NULL; 4. SELECT customer_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE postal code IS NVL; 5. SELECT customer_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE postal_code = NULL;

Question: 8
Evaluate these two SQL statements: SELECT last_name, salary , hire_date FROM EMPLOYEES ORDER BY salary DESC; SELECT last_name, salary, hire_date FROM EMPLOYEES ORDER BY 2 DESC; What is true about them? 1. The two statements produce identical results.

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2. The second statement returns a syntax error. 3. There is no need to specify DESC because the results are sorted in descending order by default. 4. The two statements can be made to produce identical results by adding a column alias for the salary column in the second SQL statement.

Question: 9
Evaluate the set of SQL statements: CREATE TABLE dept (deptno NUMBER(2), dname VARCNAR2(14), loc VARCNAR2(13)); ROLLBACK; DESCRIBE DEPT What is true about the set? 1. The DESCRIBE DEPT statement displays the structure of the DEPT table. 2. The ROLLBACK statement frees the storage space occupies by the DEPT table. 3. The DESCRIBE DEPT statement returns an error ORA-04043: object DEPT does not exist. 4. The DESCRIBE DEPT statement displays the structure of the DEPT table only if the COMMIT statement introduced before the ROLLBACK statement..

Question: 10
Examine the data of the EMPLOYEES table. EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYEE_ID is the primary key. MGR_ID is the ID of managers and refers to the EMPLOYEE_ID)
EMPLOYEE_ID EMP_NAME 101 Smith 102 Martin 103 Chris 104 John 105 Diana 106 Bryan 108 Jennifer 110 Bob 120 Ravi DEPT_ID 20 10 20 30 30 40 30 40 20 MGR_ID 120 105 120 108 108 110 110 110 JOB_ID SA_REP CLERK IT_ADMIN HR_CLERK HR_MGR AD_ASST HR_DIR EX_DIR SA_DIR SALARY 4000 2500 4200 2500 5000 3000 6500 8000 6500

Evaluate this SQL statement: SELECT e.employee_id "Emp_id", e.emp_name "Employee", e.salary, m.employee_id "Mgr_id", m.emp_name "Manager"

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FROM employees e, employees m WHERE e.mgr_id = m.employee_id AND e.salary > 4000; What is its output? 1. EMP_id EMPLOYEE SALARY Mgr_id ------- ---------- --------- ------------- -------------110 Bob 8000 Bob 120 Ravi 6500 110 Ravi 108 Jennifer 6500 110 Jennifer 103 Chris 4200 120 Chris 105 Diana 5000 108 Diana Manager

2. EMP_id EMPLOYEE SALARY Mgr_id ------- ---------- --------- ------------- -------------120 Ravi 6500 110 Bob 108 Jennifer 6500 110 Bob 103 Chris 4200 120 Ravi 105 Diana 500 108 Jennifer

Manager

3. EMP_id EMPLOYEE SALARY Mgr_id ------- ---------- --------- ------------- -------------110 Bob 800 120 Ravi 6500 110 Bob 108 Jennifer 6500 110 Bob 103 Chris 4200 120 Ravi 105 Diana 5000 108 Jennifer D EMP_id EMPLOYEE SALARY Mgr_id ------- ---------- --------- ------------- -------------110 Bob 8000 110 Bob 120 Ravi 6500 120 Ravi 108 Jennifer 6500 108 Jennifer 103 Chris 4200 103 Chris 105 Diana 5000 105 Dina 5. The SQL statement produces an error.

Manager

Manager

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Which /SQL*Plus feature can be used to replace values in the WHERE clause? 1. Substitution variables 2. Replacement variables 3. Prompt variables 4. Instead-of variables 5. This feature cannot be implemented through /SQL*Plus.

Question: 12
You are formulating queries in a SQL*Plus. Which of the following statement correctly describes how to specify a column alias? 1. Place the alias at the beginning of the statement to describe the table. 2. Place the alias after each column separated by a space to describe the column. 3. Place the alias after each column separated by a comma to describe the column. 4. Place the alias at the end of the statement to describe the table.

Question: 13
You want to use a function in you column clause of a SQL statement. The NVL function accomplishes which of the following tasks? 1. 2. 3. 4. Assists in the distribution of output across multiple columns. Enables you to specify alternate output for non-NULL column values. Enables you to specify alternated out for NULL column values. Nullifies the value of the column out put.

Question: 14
You want to use SQL*Plus to connect to the oracle database. Which of the following choices does not indicate a component you must specify when logging into the oracle? 1. 2. 3. 4. The The The The SQL*Plus Keyword. username password. database name.

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The EMPLOYEE_HISTORY table contains these columns: EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(25) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(25) DEPARTMENT_ID NUMBER POSITION VARCHAR2(30) SALARY NUMBER(6,2) HIRE_DATE DATE DEPART_DATE DATE The EMPLOYEE_HISTORY table contains only former employees. You need to create a report to display all former employees that were hired on or after January 1, 1996. The data should display in this format: Former Employee Term of Employment ---------------------------- ---------------------------------14837 - SMITH 10-MAY-92 / 01-JUN-01 Which SELECT statement could you use?

1. SELECT employee_id||' - '||last_name AS Former Employee, hire_date||' / '||depart_date AS Term of Employment FROM employee_history WHERE hire_date > '31-DEC-95'; 2. SELECT employee_id||' - '||last_name "AS Former Employee", hire_date||' / '||depart_date "AS Term of Employment" FROM employee_history WHERE hire_date > '31-DEC-95'; 3. SELECT employee_id||' - '||last_name 'Former Employee', hire_date||' / '||depart_date 'Term of Employment' FROM employee_history WHERE hire_date > '31-DEC-95' AND depart_date > NULL; 4. SELECT employee_id||' - '||last_name "Former Employee", hire_date||' / '||depart_date "Term of Employment" FROM employee_history WHERE hire_date > '31-DEC-95' AND depart_date <> NULL; 5. SELECT employee_id||' - '||last_name "Former Employee", hire_date||' / '||depart_date "Term of Employment" FROM employee_history WHERE hire_date > '31-DEC-95' AND depart_date IS NOT NULL;

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The EMPloyee table contains these columns: Empno Number(4) Ename Varchar2(10) job Varchar2(10) sal Varchar2(10) You need to display the employees information by using this query. How many columns are presented after executing this query: SELECT Empno||','||Ename||','||Job "Employee Information" FROM employee; A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 0 E) 4

Question: 17
Examine the data of the EMPLOYEES table. EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYEE_ID is the primary key. MGR_ID is the ID of managers and refers to the EMPLOYEE_ID)
EMPLOYEE_ID 101 102 103 104 105 106 108 110 120 EMP_NAME Smith Martin Chris John Diana Bryan Jennifer Bob Ravi DEPT_ID 20 10 20 30 30 40 30 40 20 MGR_ID 120 105 120 108 108 110 110 110 JOB_ID SA_REP CLERK IT_ADMIN HR_CLERK HR_MGR AD_ASST HR_DIR EX_DIR SA_DIR SALARY 4000 2500 4200 2500 5000 3000 6500 8000 6500

Which statement lists the ID, name, and salary of the employee, and the ID and name of the employee's manager, for all the employees who have a manager and earn more than 4000? 1. SELECT employee_id "Emp_id", emp_name "Employee", salary, employee_id "Mgr_id", emp_name "Manager" FROM employees WHERE salary > 4000; 2. SELECT e.employee_id "Emp_id", e.emp_name "Employee", e.salary, m.employee_id "Mgr_id", m.emp_name "Manager" FROM employees e, employees m WHERE e.mgr_id = m.mgr_id AND e.salary > 4000; 3. SELECT e.employee_id "Emp_id", e.emp_name "Employee", e.salary, m.employee_id "Mgr_id", m.emp_name "Manager" FROM employees e, employees m WHERE e.mgr_id = m.employee_id AND e.salary > 4000;

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4. SELECT e.employee_id "Emp_id", e.emp_name "Employee", e.salary, m.mgr_id "Mgr_id", m.emp_name "manager" FROM employees e, employees m WHERE e.mgr_id = m.employee_id AND e.salary > 4000; 5. SELECT e.employee_id "Emp_id", e.emp_name "Employee", e.salary, m.mgr_id "Mgr_id", m.emp_name "Manager" FROM employees e, employees m WHERE e.employee_id = m.employee_id AND e.salary > 4000;.

Question: 18
You need to display the last names of those employees who have the letter A as the second character in their names. Which SQL statement displays the required results? 1. SELECT last_name FROM EMP WHERE last_name LIKE _A%; 2. SELECT last_name FROM EMP WHERE last name =*A% 3. SELECT last_name FROM EMP WHERE last name =_A%; 4. SELECT last_name FROM EMP WHERE last name LIKE *A%

Question: 19
In which scenario would TOP N analysis be the best solution? 1. You want to identify the most senior employee in the company. 2. You want to find the manager supervising the largest number of employees. 3. You want to identify the person who makes the highest salary for all employees. 4. You want to rank the top three sales representatives who have sold the maximum number of products.

Question: 20
Evaluate this SQL statement: SELECT c.customer_id, o.order_id, o.order_date, p.product_name FROM customer c, curr_order o, product p WHERE customer.customer_id = curr_order.customer_id AND o.product_id = p.product_id ORDER BY o.order_amount; This statement fails when executed. Which change will correct the problem? 1. Include the ORDER_AMOUNT column in the SELECT list. 2. Use the table name in the ORDER BY clause. 3. Remove the table aliases from the WHERE clause. 4. Use the table aliases instead of the table names in the WHERE clause. 5. Remove the table alias from the ORDER BY clause and use only the column name.

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You want to display the titles of books that meet these criteria: 1. Purchased before January 21, 2001 2. Price is less then $500 or greater than $900 You want to sort the results by their data of purchase, starting with the most recently bought book. Which statement should you use? 1. SELECT book_title FROM books WHERE price between 500 and 900 AND purchase_date < 21-JAN-2001 ORDER BY purchase_date; 2. SELECT book_title FROM books WHERE price IN (500,900) AND purchase_date < 21-JAN-2001 ORDER BY purchase date ASC; 3. SELECT book_title FROM books WHERE price < 500 or > 900 AND purchase_date < 21-JAN-2001 ORDER BY purchase date DESC; 4. SELECT book_title FROM books WHERE (price < 500 OR price > 900) AND purchase_date < 21-JAN-2001 ORDER BY purchase date DESC;

Question: 22
For which task would you use the WHERE clause in a SELECT statement? 1. to designate the ORDER table location 2. to compare PRODUCT_ID values to 7382 3. to display only unique PRODUCT_ID values 4. to restrict the rows returned by a GROUP BY clause

Question: 23
The STUDENT_GRADES table has these columns: STUDENT_ID NUMBER(12) SEMESTER_END DATE GPA NUMBER(4,3) The registrar has requested a report listing the students' grade point averages (GPA), sorted from highest grade point average to lowest within each semester, starting from the earliest date. Which statement accomplishes this? 1. SELECT student_id, semester_end, gpa

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FROM student_grades ORDER BY semester_end DESC, gpa DESC; 2. SELECT student_id, semester_end, gpa FROM student_grades ORDER BY semester_end ASC, gpa ASC; 3. SELECT student_id, semester_end, gpa FROM student_grades ORDER BY semester_end, gpa DESC; 4. SELECT student_id, semester_end, gpa FROM student_grades ORDER BY gpa DESC, semester_end DESC; 5. SELECT student_id, semester_end, gpa FROM student_grades ORDER BY gpa DESC, semester_end ASC;.

Question: 24
The ORDERS table has these columns: ORDER_ID NUMBER(4) NOT NULL CUSTOMER_ID NUMBER(12) NOT NULL ORDER_TOTAL NUMBER(10,2) The ORDERS table tracks the Order nnmher, the order total, and the customer to whom the Order belongs. Which two statements retrieve orders with an inclusive total that ranges between 100.00 and 2000.00 dollars? 1. SELECT customer_id, order_id, order_total FROM orders RANGE ON order_total (100 AND 2000) INCLUSIVE; 2. SELECT customer_id, order_id, order_total FROM orders HAVING order_total BETWEEN 100 and 2000; 3. SELECT customer_id, order_id, order_total FROM orders WHERE order_total BETWEEN 100 and 2000; 4. SELECT customer_id, order_id, order_total FROM orders WHERE order_total >= 100 and <= 2000; 5. SELECT customer_id, order_id, order_total FROM orders WHERE order_total >= 100 and order_total <= 2000;

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Examine the structure of the PRODUCT table. PRODUCT Table PRODUCT _ID NUMBER Primary Key PRODUCT_NAME VARCHAR2(25)

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SUPPLIER_ID CATERORY_ID QTY_PER_UNIT NUMBER references SUPPLIER(SUPPLIER_ID) NUMBER NUMBER

LIST_RRICE NUMBER (5,2) COST NUMBER (5,2) You want to display all product identification numbers of products for which there are 500 or more available for immediate sale. You want the product numbers displayed alphabetically by supplier, then by product number from lowest to highest. Which statement should you use to achieve the required results? 1. SELECT product_id FROM product WHERE qty_per_unit >= 500 ORDER BY supplier_id, product_id; 2. SELECT product_id FROM product WHERE qty_per_unit >= 500 SORT BY supplier_id, product_id; 3. SELECT product_id FROM product WHERE qty_per_unit >= 500 ORDER BY supplier_id, product_id DESC; 4. SELECT product_id FROM product WHERE qty_per_unit > 500 SORT BY supplier_id, product_id;

Question: 26
Examine the data in TEACHER table. ID LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME SUBJECT_ID 88 Tsu Ming HST_AMER 70 Smith Ellen HST_INDIA 56 Jones Karen HST_REVOL 58 Hann Jeff HST_CURR 63 Hopewell Mary Elizabetn HST_RELIG Which query should you use to return the following values from the TEACHER table? Name Subject ------------------------------------- ------------------Jones, Karen HST_REVOL Hopewell, Mary Elizabeth HST_RELIG

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1. SELECT last_name||', '||first_name "Name", subject_id "Subject" FROM teacher WHERE subject_id LIKE 'HST\_%' ESCAPE '\'; 2. SELECT last_name||', '||first_name "Name", subject_id "Subject" FROM teacher WHERE subject_id = 'HST\_R%'; 3. SELECT last_name||', '||first_name "Name", subject_id "Subject" FROM teacher WHERE subject_id LIKE '%HST\_R%' ESC '\ '; 4. SELECT last_name||', '||first_name "Name", subject_id "Subject" FROM teacher WHERE subject_id LIKE 'HST_%';

Question: 27
You query the database with this SQL statement: SELECT bonus FROM salary WHERE bonus BETWEEN 1 AND 250 OR (bonus IN(190, 500, 600) AND bonus BETWEEN 250 AND 500); Which value could the statement return? 1. 2. 3. 4. 100 260 400 600

Question: 28
Examine the structure of the STUDENTS table: STUDENT_ID NUMBER Primary Key STUDENT_NAME VARCHAR2(30) COURSE_ID VARCHAR2(10) NOT NULL MARKS NUMBER START_DATE DATE FINISH_DATE DATE You need to create a report of the 10 students who achieved the highest ranking in the course INT SQL and who completed the course in the year 1999. Which SQL statement accomplishes this task? 1. SELECT student_ id, marks, ROWNUM "Rank" FROM students WHERE ROWNUM <= 10 AND finish_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-99' AND '31-DEC-99' AND course_id = 'INT_SQL' ORDER BY marks DESC;

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2. SELECT student_id, marks, ROWID "Rank" FROM students WHERE ROWID <= 10 AND finish_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-99' AND '31-DEC-99' AND course_id = 'INT_SQL' ORDER BY marks; 3. SELECT student_id, marks, ROWNUM "Rank" FROM (SELECT student_id, marks FROM students WHERE ROWNUM <= 10 AND finish_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-99' AND '31-DEC-99' AND course_id = 'INT_SQL' ORDER BY marks DESC); 4. SELECT student_id, marks, ROWNUM "Rank FROM (SELECT student_id, marks FROM students ORDER BY marks DESC) WHERE ROWNUM <= 10 AND finish_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-99' AND '31-DEC-99' AND course_id = 'INT_SQL';

Question: 29
Examine the structure of the LINE_ITEM table. LINE_ITEM_ID NUMBER(9), ORDER_ID NUMBER(9) NOT NULL, PRODUCT_ID NUMBER(9) NOT_NULL, QUANTITY NUMBER(9), Constraint primary key (LINE_ITEM_ID, ORDER_ID), Constraint foreign key ORDER_ID REFERENCES CURR_ORDER(ORDER_ID), Constraint foreign key PRODUCT_ID REFERENCES PRODUCT(PRODUCT_ID)); You must display the order number, line item number, product identification number, and quantity of each item where the quantity ranges from 10 through 100. The order numbers must be in the range of 1500 through 1575. The results must be sorted by order number from lowest to highest and then further sorted by quantity from highest to lowest. Which statement should you use to display the desired result? 1. SELECT order_id, line_item_id, product_id, quantity FROM line_item WHERE quantity BETWEEN 9 AND 101 AND order_id BETWEEN 1500 AND 1575 ORDER BY order_id DESC, quantity DESC;

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2. SELECT order_id, line_item_id, product_id, quantity FROM line_item WHERE (quantity > 10 AND quantity < 100) AND order_id BETWEEN 1500 AND 1575 ORDER BY order_id ASC, quantity; 3. SELECT order_id, line_item_id, product_id, quantity FROM line_item WHERE (quantity > 9 OR quantity < 101) AND order_id BETWEEN 1500 AND 1575 ORDER BY order_id, quantity; 4. SELECT order_id, line_item_id, product_id, quantity FROM line_item WHERE quantity BETWEEN 10 AND 100 AND order_id BETWEEN 1500 AND 1575 ORDER BY order_id, quantity DESC;

Question: 30
The ITEM table contains these columns: ITEM_ID NUMBER(9) COST NUMBER(7,2) RETAIL NUMBER(7,2) You need to create a report that displays the cost, the retail price, and the profit for item number 783920. To calculate the profit, subtract the cost of the item from its retail price, and then deduct an administrative fee of 25 percent of this derived value. Which SELECT statement produces the desired results? 1. SELECT cost, retail, (retail - cost) - ((retail - cost) * .25) "Profit" FROM item WHERE item_id = 783920; 2. SELECT cost, retail, (retail - cost) - retail - (cost * .25) "Profit" FROM item WHERE item_id = 783920; 3. SELECT cost, retail, (retail - cost - retail - cost) * .25 "Profit" FROM item WHERE item_id = 783920; 4. SELECT cost, retail, retail - cost - retail - cost * .25 "Profit" FROM item WHERE item_id = 783920;

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The ITEM table contains these columns: ITEM_ID NUMBER(9) COST NUMBER(7,2) RETAIL NUMBER(7,2) The RETAIL and COST columns contain values greater than zero. Evaluate these two SQL statements: 1. SELECT item_id, (retail * 1.25) + 5.00 - (cost * 1.10) - (cost * .10) AS Calculated Profit FROM item; 2. SELECT item_id, retail * 1.25 + 5.00 - cost * 1.10 - cost * .10 "Calculated Profit" FROM item; What will be the result? 1. Statement 1 will display the 'Calculated Profit' column heading. 2. Statement 1 and statement 2 will return the same value. 3. Statement 1 will return a higher value than statement 2. 4. One of the statements will NOT execute.

Question: 32
The EMP table contains these columns: LAST NAME VARCHAR2(25) SALARY NUMBER(6,2) DEPARTMENT_ID NUMBER(6) You need to display the employees who have not been assigned to any department. You write the SELECT statement: SELECT LAST_NAME, SALARY, DEPARTMENT_ID FROM EMP WHERE DEPARTMENT_ID = NULL; What is true about this SQL statement? 1. The SQL statement displays the desired results. 2. The column in the WHERE clause should be changed to display the desired results. 3. The operator in the WHERE clause should be changed to display the desired results. 4. The WHERE clause should be changed to use an outer join to display the desired results.

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Which two statements are true about WHERE and HAVING clauses? 1. A WHERE clause can be used to restrict both rows and groups. 2. A WHERE clause can be used to restrict rows only. 3. A HAVING clause can be used to restrict both rows and groups. 4. A HAVING clause can be used to restrict groups only. 5. A WHERE clause CANNOT be used in a query of the query uses a HAVING clause. 6. A HAVING clause CANNOT be used in subqueries.

Question: 34
You are sorting data in a table in you SELECT statement in descending order. The column you are sorting on contains NULL records, where will the NULL record appears? 1. At the beginning of the list. 2. At the end of the list. 3. In the middle of the list. 4. At the same location they are listed in the unordered table.

Question: 35
The ACCOUNT table contains these columns: ACCOUNT_ID NUMBER(12) PREVIOUS_BALANCE NUMBER(7,2) PAYMENTS NUMBER(7,2) NEW_PURCHASES NUMBER(7,2) CREDIT_LIMIT NUMBER(7) You need to display the account number, finance charge, and current balance for accounts 1500 through 2000 with a current balance greater than the account's credit limit. The finance charge is .9 percent (.009) of the previous balance. Adding the previous balance value, new purchases value, and finance charge value, and then subtracting the payments value yields the current balance value. Evaluate this statement: SELECT account_id, NVL(previous_balance, 0) * .009 finance_charge, NVL(new_purchases, 0) + (NVL(previous_balance, 0) * 1.009) NVL(payments, 0) current balance FROM account WHERE (new_purchases + (previous_balance * 1.009)) - payments > credit_limit AND account_id BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000; Which statement about this SELECT statement is true? 1. The statement calculates the finance charge incorrectly. 2. The statement calculates the current balance incorrectly. 3. The statement returns only accounts that have NO previous balance.

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4. The statement returns only accounts that have new purchases, previous balance, and payments values.

Question: 36
Examine the description of the EMPLOYEES table: EMP_ID NUMBER(4) NOT NULL LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(30) NOT NULL FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(30) DEPT_ID NUMBER(2) JOB_CAT VARCHARD2(30) SALARY NUMBER(8,2) Which statement shows the maximum salary paid in each job category of each department? 1. SELECT dept_id, job_cat, MAX(salary) FROM employees WHERE salary > MAX(salary); 2. SELECT dept_id, job_cat, MAX(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY dept_id, job_cat; 3. SELECT dept_id, job_cat, MAX(salary) FROM employees; 4. SELECT dept_id, job_cat, MAX(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY dept_id; 5. SELECT dept_id, job_cat, MAX(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY dept_id, job_cat, salary;

Question: 37
Management has asked you to calculate the value 12*salary* comossion_pct for all the employees in the EMP table. The EMP table contains these columns: LAST NAME VARCNAR2(35) NOT NULL SALARY NUMBER(9,2) NOT NULL COMMISION_PCT NUMBER(4,2) Which statement ensures that a value is displayed in the calculated columns for all employees? 1. SELECT last_name, 12*salary*commison_pct FROM emp; 2. SELECT last_name, 12*salary* (commission_pct,0) FROM emp; 3. SELECT last_name, 12*salary*(nvl(commission_pct,0)) FROM emp; 4. SELECT last_name, 12*salary*(decode(commission_pct,0)) FROM emp;

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Examine the description of the STUDENTS table: STD_ID NUMBER(4) COURSE_ID VARCHARD2(10) START_DATE DATE END_DATE DATE. Which two aggregate functions are valid on the START_DATE column? 1. SUM(start_date) 2. AVG(start_date) 3. COUNT(start_date) 4. AVG(start_date, end_date) 5. MIN(start_date) 6. MAXIMUM(start_date)

Question: 39
The EMPLOYEE tables has these columns: LAST_NAME VARCNAR2(35) SALARY NUMBER(8,2) COMMISSION_PCT NUMBER(5,2) You want to display the name and annual salary multiplied by the commission_pct for all employees. For records that have a NULL commission_pct, a zero must be displayed against the calculated column. Which SQL statement displays the desired results?

1. SELECT last_name, 2. SELECT last_name, EMPLOYEES; 3. SELECT last_name, EMPLOYEES; 4. SELECT last_name, EMPLOYEES;

(salary * 12) * commission_pct FROM EMPLOYEES; (salary * 12) * IFNULL(commission_pct,0) FROM (salary * 12) * NVL2(commission_pct, 0) FROM (salary * 12) * NVL(commission_pct, 0) FROM

Question: 40
You would like to display the system date in the format "Monday, 01 June, 2001". Which SELECT statement should you use? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT TO_DATE(SYSDATE, 'FMDAY, DD Month, YYYY') FROM dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'FMDD, DY Month, 'YYY') FROM dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'FMDay, DD Month, YYYY') FROM dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'FMDY, DDD Month, YYYY') TO_DATE(SYSDATE, 'FMDY, DDD Month, YYYY') FROM dual;

Question: 41
Evaluate the SQL statement:

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SELECT ROUND(TRUNC(MOD(1600,10),-1),2) FROM dual; What will be displayed? 1. 0 2. 1 3. 0.00 4. An error statement

Question: 42
Examine the description of the MARKS table: STD_ID NUMBER(4) STUDENT_NAME VARCHAR2(30) SUBJ1 NUMBER(3) SUBJ2 NUMBER(3) SUBJ1 and SUBJ2 indicate the marks obtained by a student in two subjects. Examine this SELECT statement based on the MARKS table: SELECT subj1+subj2 total_marks, std_id FROM marks WHERE subj1 > AVG(subj1) AND subj2 > AVG(subj2) ORDER BY total marks; What is the result of the SELECT statement? 1. The statement executes successfully and returns the student ID and sum of all marks for each student who obtained more than the average mark in each subject. 2. The statement returns an error at the SELECT clause. 3. The statement returns an error at the WHERE clause. 4. The statement returns an error at the ORDER BY clause.

Question: 43
Which three SELECT statements displays 2000 in the format $2,000.00? 1. SELECT TO_CHAR (2000, $#,###.##) FROM dual; 2. SELECT TO_CHAR (2000, $0,000.00) FROM dual; 3. SELECT TO_CHAR (2000, $9,999.00) FROM dual; 4. SELECT TO_CHAR (2000, $9,999.99) FROM dual; 5. SELECT TO_CHAR (2000, $2,000.00) FROM dual; 6. SELECT TO_CHAR (2000, $N,NNN.NN ) FROM dual;

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Examine the description of the EMPLOYEES table: EMP_ID NUMBER(4) NOT NULL LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(30) NOT NULL FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(30). DEPT_ID NUMBER(2) JOB_CAT VARCHAR2(30) SALARY NUMBER(8,2) Which statement shows the department ID, minimum salary, and maximum salary paid in that department, only of the minimum salary is less then 5000 and the maximum salary is more than 15000? 1. SELECT dept_id, MIN(salary(, MAX(salary) FROM employees WHERE MIN(salary) < 5000 AND MAX(salary) > 15000; 2. SELECT dept_id, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employees WHERE MIN(salary) < 5000 AND MAX(salary) > 15000 GROUP BY dept_id; 3. SELECT dept_id, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employees HAVING MIN(salary) < 5000 AND MAX(salary) > 15000; 4. SELECT dept_id, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY dept_id HAVING MIN(salary) < 5000 AND MAX(salary) > 15000; 5. SELECT dept_id, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY dept_id, salary HAVING MIN(salary) < 5000 AND MAX(salary) > 15000;

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Which two are true about aggregate functions? 1. You can use aggregate functions in any clause of a SELECT statement. 2. You can use aggregate functions only in the column list of the SELECT clause and in the WHERE clause of a SELECT statement. 3. You can mix single row columns with aggregate functions in the column list of a SELECT statement by grouping on the single row columns. 4. You can pass column names, expressions, constants, or functions as parameters to an aggregate function. 5. You can use aggregate functions on a table, only by grouping the whole table as one single group. 6. You cannot group the rows of a table by more than one column while using aggregate functions.

Question: 46
Which four statements correctly describe functions that are available in SQL? 1. INSTR returns the numeric position of a named character. 2. NVL2 returns the first non-null expression in the expression list. 3. TRUNCATE rounds the column, expression, or value to n decimal places. 4. DECODE translates an expression after comparing it to each search value. 5. TRIM trims the heading of trailing characters (or both) from a character string. 6. NVL compares two expressions and returns null if they are equal, or the first expression of they are not equal. 7. NULLIF compares two expressions and returns null if they are equal, or the first expression if they are not equal.

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Examine the structures of the PATIENT, PHYSICIAN, and ADMISSION tables. PATIENT Table PATIENT_ID NUMBER Primary Key LAST_NAME VARCHAR2 (30) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) DOB DATE INS_CODE NUMBER PHYSICIAN Table PHYSICIAN _ID LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME LICENSE_NO HIRE_DTAE

NUMBER Primary Key VARCHAR2 (30) NOT NULL VARCHAR2 (25) NOT NULL NUMBER (7) NOT NULL DATE

ADMISSION Table PATIENT_ID NUMBER NOT NULL, Primary Key, References PATIENT_ID column of the PATIENT table PHYSICIAN_ID NUMBER NOT NULL, Primary Key, References PHYSICIAN_ID column of the PHYSICIA table ADMIT_DATE DATE DISCHG_DATE DATE ROOM_ID NUMBER Foreign key to ROOM_ID of the ROOM table Which SQL statement will produce a list of all patients who have more than one physician? 1. SELECT p.patient_id FROM patient p WHERE p.patient_id IN (SELECT patient_id FROM admission GROUP BY patient_id HAVING COUNT(*) > 1); 2. SELECT DISTINCT a.patient_id FROM admission a, admission a2 WHERE a.patient_id = a2.patient_id AND a.physician_id <> a2.physician_id; 3. SELECT patient_id FROM admission WHERE COUNT(physician_id) > 1; 4. SELECT patient_id FROM patient FULL OUTER JOIN physician;

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Which clause should you use to exclude group results? 1. WHERE 2. HAVING 3. RESTRICT 4. GROUP BY 5. ORDER BY

Question: 49
In a SELECT statement that includes a WHERE clause, where is the GROUP BY clause placed in the SELECT statement? 1. Immediately after the SELECT clause 2. Before the WHERE clause 3. Before the FROM clause 4. After the ORDER BY clause 5. After the WHERE clause

Question: 50
Which two are character manipulation functions? 1. TRIM 2. REPLACE 3. TRUNC 4. TO_DATE 5. MOD 6. CASE

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