Oracle PL/SQL Training

Oracle PL/SQL Training

This self-paced SQL training course is perfect for advancing your current SQL skills. While Oracle uses a standard SQL like other major databases, PL/SQL is specific to Oracle. PL/SQL is a procedural language with variables, conditions, loops, subprograms, stored procedures, and functions. By course completion, you will understand and know how to use PL/SQL’s main features, including declaring, naming, and assigning variables.

Syllabus

1. PL/SQL Basics
   1. What is PL/SQL?
   2. Blocks
   3. Outputting Information
   4. Variables and Constants
   5. Constants
   6. Data Types
   7. Naming Variables and Other Elements
   8. Embedding SQL in PL/SQL
   9. SELECT…INTO and RETURNING…INTO
   10. PL/SQL Features
2. Subprograms
   1. Introduction to Subprograms
   2. Procedures
   3. Variable Declarations
   4. Dropping a Procedure
   5. Parameters
   6. Parameters with Default Values
   7. Parameter Modes
   8. IN Mode
   9. OUT Mode
   10. IN OUT Mode
   11. Named Notation
   12. Using SQL in a Subprogram
   13. %TYPE
   14. Functions
   15. Using PL/SQL Functions in SQL Queries
3. Conditional Processing
   1. Conditions and Booleans
   2. IF-ELSIF-ELSE Conditions
   3. ELSIF
   4. BOOLEAN Values and Standard SQL
   5. The CASE Statement
   6. CASE Expressions
4. Exceptions
   1. Introduction to Exceptions
   2. Predefined Exceptions
   3. The EXCEPTION Part of the Block
   4. User-defined Exceptions
   5. User-defined Exceptions in Subprograms
   6. Re-raising Exceptions
   7. Naming Unnamed Predefined Exceptions
   8. WHILE Loops
   9. When to Use Exceptions
5. Cursors
   1. Implicit Cursors
   2. Explicit Cursors
   3. %ROWTYPE
   4. Explicit Cursor Use Case
   5. Cursor FOR LOOP
   6. Cursor Parameters
6. Packages
   1. Package Basics
   2. The Package Specification
   3. The Package Body
   4. Building an Employee Package
   5. Overloading Subprograms
   6. Auditing
   7. Validation Procedures
   8. Package Cursors
   9. Benefits of Packages
7. Triggers
   1. What are triggers?
   2. Trigger Parts
   3. Validation Triggers
   4. The WHEN Clause
   5. Audit Triggers
   6. Statement-level Triggers
   7. Compound Triggers
   8. Trigger Warning

Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:

• This course must be taken on a PC. Macs are not compatible.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Oracle Database Express Edition (XE) 12c or 18c – Free edition of Oracle RDBMS.
• Oracle SQL Developer – The client interface for connecting to Oracle. (Software not included)
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Prior to enrolling in this course, we recommend having an intermediate understanding of SQL or taking the Oracle SQL Training course.

Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

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