WA1475 Oracle Database 10g: Program With PL/SQL Part I Training and Courseware
Description
The Oracle PL/SQL language provides for programming logic features not contained within SQL. The grammar, syntax and benefits of using the PL/SQL language within an Oracle database environment are considered.
Course Objectives:
The primary objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the PL/SQL database programming language, based upon the latest features available with the Oracle10g Release 2 (R2) revision. Major subject areas to be explored are:
  • Understand the environment and context in which PL/SQL operates.
  • Consider the advantages and benefits of PL/SQL within a database environment.
  • Declaring program variables and complex data types.
  • Developing logic within PL/SQL program blocks.
  • Fetching data from the database into program variables.
  • Returning program output to users.
  • Handling program exceptions.
  • Using explicit and implicit database cursors.
  • Using the advanced features of nested blocks and subprograms.
  • How to take advantage of new features such as regular expression support and the handling of string literals within program code
Target Audience:
Target audience for this course is all Oracle professionals. Among the specific groups for whom this course will be helpful are:
  • Application designers and developers.
  • Database administrators
Duration:
Two days.
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