Oracle Database 12c SQL

by Jason Price

Overview

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Write Powerful SQL Statements and PL/SQL Programs

Learn how to access Oracle databases through SQL statements and construct PL/SQL programs. Oracle Database 12c SQL offers complete coverage of the latest database features and techniques. Find out how to write SQL statements to retrieve and modify database information, use SQL*Plus and SQL Developer, work with database objects, write PL/SQL programs, use performance optimization techniques, incorporate XML, and more. This Oracle Press guide contains everything you need to know to master SQL.

• Use SQL statements to access an Oracle database
• Work with SQL*Plus and SQL Developer
• Write PL/SQL programs
• Create tables, sequences, indexes, views, and triggers
• Design advanced queries containing complex calculations
• Create database objects to handle abstract data
• Use date, time stamp, and time interval data types
• Establish user roles and privileges
• Handle multimedia files using large objects
• Tune SQL statements to make them execute faster
• Generate, process, and store XML data
• Master the very latest Oracle Database 12c features

Code examples in the book are available for download.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071799355
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Jason Price is a freelance consultant and former product manager at Oracle Corporation. He has contributed to many of Oracle's products and is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator and Application Developer. Price is the author of books on C#, Java programming, and Oracle Databases.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Retrieving Information from Database Tables
3. Using SQL*Plus
4. Using Simple Functions
5. Storing and Processing Dates and Times
6. Subqueries
7. Advanced Queries
8. Analyzing Data
9. Changing Table Contents
10. Users, Privileges, and Roles
11. Creating Tables, Sequences, Indexes, and Views
12. Introducing PL/SQL Programming
13. Database Objects
14. Collections
15. Large Objects
16. SQL Tuning
17. XML and the Oracle Database
A. Oracle Data Types
Index