Oracle Database 11g SQL Fundamentals II

Day 1

• Introduction
• Lesson 1 : Controlling User Access
• Lesson 2 : Managing Schema Objects
• Lesson 3 : Managing Objects with Data Dictionary Views

Day 2

• Lesson 4 : Manipulating Large Data Sets
• Lesson 5 : Managing Data in Different Time Zones
• Lesson 6 : Retrieving Data Using Subqueries
• Lesson 7 : Regular Expression Support

Lesson 1 : Controlling User Access

• Differentiate system privileges from object privileges
• Grant privileges on tables
• Grant roles
• Distinguish between privileges and roles

Lesson 2 : Managing Schema Objects

• Add constraints
• Create indexes
• Create indexes using the CREATE TABLE statement
• Creating function-based indexes
• Drop columns and set column UNUSED
• Perform FLASHBACK operations
• Create and use external tables

Lesson 3 : Managing Objectswith Data Dictionary Views

• Use the data dictionary views to research data on your objects
• Query various data dictionary views

Lesson 4 : Manipulating Large Data Sets

• Manipulate data using subqueries
• Specify explicit default values in the INSERT and UPDATE statements
• Describe the features of multitable INSERTs
• Use the following types of multitable INSERTs
• Unconditional INSERT
• Pivoting INSERT
• Conditional INSERT ALL
• Conditional INSERT FIRST
• Merge rows in a table
• Track the changes to data over a period of time

Lesson 5 : Managing Data in Different Time Zones

• Use data types similar to DATE that store fractional seconds and track time zones
• Use data types that store the difference between two datetime values
• Use the following datetime functions:
• CURRENT_DATE
• CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
• LOCALTIMESTAMP
• DBTIMEZONE
• SESSIONTIMEZONE
• EXTRACT
• TZ_OFFSET
• FROM_TZ
• TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ
• TO_YMINTERVAL
• TO_DSINTERVAL

Lesson 6 : Retrieving Data Using Subqueries

• Write a multiple-column subquery
• Use scalar subqueries in SQL
• Solve problems with correlated subqueries
• Update and delete rows using correlated subqueries
• Use the EXISTS and NOT EXISTS operators
• Use the WITH clause

Lesson 7 : Regular Expression Support

• List the benefits of using regular expressions
• Use regular expression support in SQL to search, match, and replace strings