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Course Objective:

This course introduces students to PL/SQL, Oracle’s procedural extension language for SQL and the Oracle relational database. Participants explore the differences between SQL and PL/SQL. They also examine the characteristics of PL/SQL and how it is used to extend and automate SQL to administer the Oracle database. This course culminates with a project that challenges studentsto program, implement, and demonstrate a database solution for a business or organization.

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Target Audiences

Educators

  • College/university faculty who teach computer programming or a related subject
  • Secondary school teachers who teach computer programming

Students

  • Students who wish to learn the techniques and tools to automate database application tasks
  • Students who possess basic mathematical, logical, and analytical problem-solving skills
  • Novice programmers, as well as those at advanced levels, to learning the PL/SQL programming language to an advanced level

Prerequisites

Required

  • Previous experience with at least one programming language

Suggested

  • Previous Experience with a database application
  • Oracle Academy Course – Database Design and Database Programming with SQL

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Lesson-by-Lesson Topics

Fundamentals
3 section

  • Introduction to PL/SQL
  • Benefits of PL/SQL
  • Creating PL/SQL Blocks

Defining Variables and Datatypes
7 section

  • Using Variables in PL/SQL
  • Recognizing PL/SQL Lexical Units
  • Recognizing Data Types
  • Using Scalar Data Types
  • Writing PL/SQL Executable Statements
  • Nested Blocks and Variable Scope
  • Good Programming Practices

Using SQL in PL/SQL
4 section

  • Review of SQL DML
  • Retrieving Data in PL/SQL
  • Manipulating Data in PL/SQL
  • Using Transaction Control Statements

Program Structures to Control Execution Flow
5 section

  • Conditional Control: IF Statements
  • Conditional Control: CASE Statements
  • Iterative Control: Basic Loops
  • Iterative Control: WHILE and FOR Loops
  • Iterative Control: Nested Loops

Using Composite Datatypes
2 section

  • User-Defined Records
  • Indexing Tables of Records

Using Cursors and Parameters
6 section

  • Introduction to Explicit Cursors
  • Using Explicit Cursor Attributes
  • Cursor FOR Loops
  • Cursors with Parameters
  • Using Cursors for UPDATE
  • Using Multiple Cursors

 

Exception Handling
4 section

  • Handling Exceptions
  • Trapping Oracle Server Exceptions
  • Trapping User-Defined Exceptions
  • Recognizing the Scope of Exceptions

Using and Managing Procedures
3 section

  • Creating Procedures
  • Using Parameters in Procedures
  • Passing Parameters

Using and Managing Functions
6 section

  • Creating Functions
  • Using Functions in SQL Statements
  • Review of the Data Dictionary
  • Managing Procedures and Functions
  • Review of Object Privileges
  • Using Invoker's Rights and Autonomous Transactions

Using and Managing Packages
3 section

  • Creating Packages
  • Managing Package Concepts
  • Advanced Package Concepts

Getting the Best out of Packages
2 section

  • Persistent State of Package Variables
  • Using Oracle-Supplied Packages

Improving PL/SQL Performance
2 section

  • Using Dynamic SQL
  • Improving PL/SQL Performance

Using and Managing Triggers
5 section

  • Introduction To Triggers
  • Creating DML Triggers, Part I
  • Creating DML Triggers, Part II
  • Creating DDL and Database Event Triggers
  • Managing Triggers

Recognizing and Managing Dependencies
2 section

  • Introduction to Dependencies
  • Understanding Remote Dependencies

Using the PL/SQL Compiler
4 section

  • Using PL/SQL Initialization Parameters
  • Displaying Compiler Warning Messages
  • Using Conditional Compilation
  • Hiding Your Source Code
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