English Delivery Only: Oracle PL/SQL [STA_OPI]

OVERVIEW

*** Course delivered in English (UK - (GMT)) ***

Oracle PL/SQL Course Overview

The Oracle PL/SQL course is designed to introduce Oracle DBAs,software development personnel and database support staff to the primary features and con

OBJECTIVES

Course Objectives

To provide the skills needed to write stand-alone programs using the main features of Oracle's PL/SQL Programming Language.

AUDIENCE

Who will the Course Benefit?

Oracle database administrators,software development personnel and database support staff who need to write PL/SQL scripts to enhance their productivity in manipulating data.

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Further Learning

• Oracle PL/SQL Stored Program Units
• Oracle SQL Advanced
• Oracle Database 19c Administration

CONTENT

Oracle PL/SQL Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: PL/SQL FUNDAMENTALS

• What is PL/SQL?
• Basic Elements
• Variables and Constants
• Data Types
• Initialising Variables and Assigning Values
• Using SQL Statements in Code
• Generating Output to SQL or SQL Developer

Session 2: PROGRAM LOGIC

• IF THEN ELSIF ELSE Statements
• CASE Statements
• The Basic Loop Construct
• WHILE and FOR Loops
• Nested and Labelled Loops
• The GOTO Statement
• The CONTINUE Statement

Session 3: USING CURSORS

• What is a Cursor?
• Implicit and Explicit Cursors
• Cursor Operations
• Declaring,Opening and Closing Cursors
• Fetching Rows
• Status Checking
• Using Cursors FOR UPDATE
• The Cursor FOR Loop
• Parameterised Cursors

Oracle PL/SQL Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 4: EXCEPTIONS AND NESTED BLOCKS

• The EXCEPTION Section
• Types of Exception
• Handling Named System-Raised Exceptions
• Handling Un-named System-Raised Exceptions
• User-Declared Exceptions and Application Errors
• WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL
• Nested and Labelled Blocks
• Propagation of Exceptions
• Scope of Variables and Cursors
• Scope of Goto Statements

Session 5: PL/SQL RECORDS AND INDEX-BY TABLES

• Declaring Record Types
• Handling PL/SQL Records
• Nested Records
• Declaring PL/SQL Index-By Tables or Associative Arrays
• PL/SQL Table Built-in Functions
• Manipulating PL/SQL Tables or Associative Arrays