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Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Hands-On

 
Course: 493   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Develop efficient PL/SQL programs to access Oracle databases
  • Create stored procedures and functions for maximum reuse and minimum code maintenance
  • Design modular applications using packages
  • Manage data retrieval for front-end applications
  • Bulk bind collections to increase the speed of data movement operations
  • Invoke native dynamic SQL to develop high-level abstract code

Course Benefits

The Oracle PL/SQL language--a flexible procedural extension to SQL--increases productivity, performance, scalability, portability and security. In this course, you gain the practical knowledge to write PL/SQL programs. You learn to build stored procedures, design and execute modular applications, and increase the efficiency of data movement.

Who Should Attend

Programmers and others working with PL/SQL. A working knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL at the level of Course 926, "Oracle Database 11 Comprehensive Introduction," or Course 593, "Oracle Database 10g Comprehensive Introduction," is assumed.

Hands-On Training

Extensive hands-on exercises provide experience writing modular PL/SQL code. Exercises include:
  • Encapsulating data manipulation statements in stored procedures and packages
  • Performing complex data manipulation with cursors
  • Leveraging EXCEPTIONs to handle runtime errors
  • Creating triggers to handle data integrity & derivation
  • Utilizing weak & strong cursor variables for dynamic SQL
  • Denormalizing data with user-written functions
  • Creating global variables in bodiless packages for session processing

Related Courses

 
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. PL/SQL is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. 		 

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Sep 15 - 19, 2008
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Oct 20 - 24, 2008
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 Dallas
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 New York
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Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Hands-On

 
Course: 493   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 
Course 493 Content
 

Introduction and Overview

PL/SQL fundamentals

  • Declaring variables
  • Anchoring variables to database definitions
  • Flow control constructs

Oracle9i and 10g PL/SQL features

  • Bulk bind native dynamic SQL
  • CASE statement process flow
  • Referencing PL/SQL records in DML
  • Improving performance with native compilation
  • Handling regular expressions with Oracle 10g functions
  • Associative arrays subscripted by VARCHAR2
  • Multiset operators for collections

Data Manipulation Techniques

Maintaining data with DML statements

  • Employing the RETURNING INTO clause
  • Solving the fetch-across-commit problem

Managing data retrieval with cursors

  • Implications of explicit and implicit cursors
  • Cursor attributes
  • Simplifying cursor processing with cursor FOR LOOPs
  • Embedding cursor expressions in SELECT statements

Cursor variables

  • Strong vs. weak cursor variables
  • Passing cursor variables to other programs
  • Defining REF CURSORS in packages

Developing Well-Structured and Error-Free Code

Error handling using EXCEPTIONs

  • Predefined and user EXCEPTIONs
  • Propagation and scope
  • "Retrying" problem transactions with EXCEPTION processing

Debugging PL/SQL blocks

  • Simplifying testing and debugging with conditional compilation
  • Interpreting compiler messages
  • Applying structured testing techniques

Achieving Maximum Reusability

Writing stored procedures and functions

  • Calling and invoking server-side logic
  • Passing input and output parameters
  • Implementing an autonomous transaction
  • Definer rights vs. invoker rights

Coding user-written functions

  • Calling PL/SQL functions from SQL
  • Building table-valued functions

Developing safe triggers

  • Employing :OLD and :NEW bind variables in row-level triggers
  • Implementing complex business rules
  • Avoiding unreliable trigger constructs
  • Exploiting schema and database triggers

Exploiting Complex Datatypes

Collection types

  • PL/SQL tables, nested tables, VARRAYs
  • Stepping through dense and non-consecutive collections

Bulk binding for high performance

  • Moving data into and out of PL/SQL blocks
  • BULK COLLECT INTO
  • FORALL
  • BULK cursor attributes
  • BULK EXCEPTION handling

Invoking Native Dynamic SQL

Finessing the compiler

  • The EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement
  • The RETURNING INTO clause

Types of dynamic SQL

  • Building SQL statements during runtime
  • Autogenerating standard code

Package Tips and Techniques

  • Package structure: SPEC and BODY
  • Eliminating dependency problems
  • Overloading for polymorphic effects
  • Evaluating application frameworks
  • Bodiless packages for all application definitions
  • Declaring and using persistent global variables
 
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Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Hands-On Tuition

 
Course: 493   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 2,950 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,580 10-Day Pass
$ 1,665 Training Passport
$ 1,830 Flex-Pass
$ 2,095 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,655 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,620 Government Discount
 

 

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

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