This Oracle Database: Program with PL/SQL training starts with an introduction to PL/SQL and then explores the benefits of this powerful programming language. Through hands-on instruction from expert Oracle instructors, you'll learn to develop stored procedures, functions, packages and more.

Learn To:

• Conditionally control code flow (loops, control structures).
• Use PL/SQL packages to group and contain related constructs.
• Create triggers to solve business challenges.
• Use some of the Oracle supplied PL/SQL packages to generate screen output and file output.
• Create anonymous PL/SQL blocks, functions and procedures.
• Declare PL/SQL Variables.
   

Benefits to You

Ensure fast, reliable, secure and easy to manage performance. Optimize database workloads, lower IT costs and deliver a higher quality of service by enabling consolidation onto database clouds.

Use Oracle SQL Developer

You’ll use Oracle SQL Developer to develop these program units. SQL*Plus and JDeveloper are introduced in this course as optional tools.

Course Bundle

Note: This course is a combination of Oracle Database: PL/SQL Fundamentals and Oracle Database: Develop PL/SQL Program Units courses.

Introduction

• Course Objectives
• Course Agenda
• Describe the Human Resources (HR) Schema
• PL/SQL development environments available in this course
• Introduction to SQL Developer
   

Introduction to PL/SQL

• Overview of PL/SQL
• Identify the benefits of PL/SQL Subprograms
• Overview of the types of PL/SQL blocks
• Create a Simple Anonymous Block
• How to generate output from a PL/SQL Block?
   

Declare PL/SQL Identifiers

• List the different Types of Identifiers in a PL/SQL subprogram
• Usage of the Declarative Section to Define Identifiers
• Use variables to store data
• Identify Scalar Data Types
• The %TYPE Attribute
• What are Bind Variables?
• Sequences in PL/SQL Expressions
   

Write Executable Statements

• Describe Basic PL/SQL Block Syntax Guidelines
• Learn to Comment the Code
• Deployment of SQL Functions in PL/SQL
• How to convert Data Types?
• Describe Nested Blocks
• Identify the Operators in PL/SQL
   

Interaction with the Oracle Server

• Invoke SELECT Statements in PL/SQL
• Retrieve Data in PL/SQL
• SQL Cursor concept
• Avoid Errors by using Naming Conventions when using Retrieval and DML Statements
• Data Manipulation in the Server using PL/SQL
• Understand the SQL Cursor concept
• Use SQL Cursor Attributes to Obtain Feedback on DML
• Save and Discard Transactions
   

Control Structures

• Conditional processing using IF Statements
• Conditional processing using CASE Statements
• Describe simple Loop Statement
• Describe While Loop Statement
• Describe For Loop Statement
• Use the Continue Statement
   

Composite Data Types

• Use PL/SQL Records
• The %ROWTYPE Attribute
• Insert and Update with PL/SQL Records
• INDEX BY Tables
• Examine INDEX BY Table Methods
• Use INDEX BY Table of Records
   

Explicit Cursors

• What are Explicit Cursors?
• Declare the Cursor
• Open the Cursor
• Fetch data from the Cursor
• Close the Cursor
• Cursor FOR loop
• The %NOTFOUND and %ROWCOUNT Attributes
• Describe the FOR UPDATE Clause and WHERE CURRENT Clause
   

Exception Handling

• Understand Exceptions
• Handle Exceptions with PL/SQL
• Trap Predefined Oracle Server Errors
• Trap Non-Predefined Oracle Server Errors
• Trap User-Defined Exceptions
• Propagate Exceptions
• RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR Procedure
   

Stored Procedures

• Create a Modularized and Layered Subprogram Design
• Modularize Development With PL/SQL Blocks
• Understand the PL/SQL Execution Environment
• List the benefits of using PL/SQL Subprograms
• List the differences between Anonymous Blocks and Subprograms
• Create, Call, and Remove Stored Procedures
• Implement Procedures Parameters and Parameters Modes
• View Procedure Information
   

Stored Functions and Debugging Subprograms

• Create, Call, and Remove a Stored Function
• Identify the advantages of using Stored Functions
• Identify the steps to create a stored function
• Invoke User-Defined Functions in SQL Statements
• Restrictions when calling Functions
• Control side effects when calling Functions
• View Functions Information
• How to debug Functions and Procedures?
   

Packages

• Listing the advantages of Packages
• Describe Packages
• What are the components of a Package?
• Develop a Package
• How to enable visibility of a Package’s Components?
• Create the Package Specification and Body using the SQL CREATE Statement and SQL Developer
• Invoke the Package Constructs
• View the PL/SQL Source Code using the Data Dictionary
   

Deploying Packages

• Overloading Subprograms in PL/SQL
• Use the STANDARD Package
• Use Forward Declarations to solve Illegal Procedure Reference
• Implement Package Functions in SQL and Restrictions
• Persistent State of Packages
• Persistent State of a Package Cursor
• Control side effects of PL/SQL Subprograms
• Invoke PL/SQL Tables of Records in Packages
   

Implement Oracle-Supplied Packages in Application Development

• What are Oracle-Supplied Packages?
• Examples of some of the Oracle-Supplied Packages
• How does the DBMS_OUTPUT Package work?
• Use the UTL_FILE Package to Interact with Operating System Files
• Invoke the UTL_MAIL Package
• Write UTL_MAIL Subprograms
   

Dynamic SQL

• The Execution Flow of SQL
• What is Dynamic SQL?
• Declare Cursor Variables
• Dynamically Executing a PL/SQL Block
• Configure Native Dynamic SQL to Compile PL/SQL Code
• How to invoke DBMS_SQL Package?
• Implement DBMS_SQL with a Parameterized DML Statement
• Dynamic SQL Functional Completeness
   

Design Considerations for PL/SQL Code

• Standardize Constants and Exceptions
• Understand Local Subprograms
• Write Autonomous Transactions
• Implement the NOCOPY Compiler Hint
• Invoke the PARALLEL_ENABLE Hint
• The Cross-Session PL/SQL Function Result Cache
• The DETERMINISTIC Clause with Functions
• Usage of Bulk Binding to Improve Performance
   

Triggers

• Describe Triggers
• Identify the Trigger Event Types and Body
• Business Application Scenarios for Implementing Triggers
• Create DML Triggers using the CREATE TRIGGER Statement and SQL Developer
• Identify the Trigger Event Types, Body, and Firing (Timing)
• Differences between Statement Level Triggers and Row Level Triggers
• Create Instead of and Disabled Triggers
• How to Manage, Test and Remove Triggers?
   

Creating Compound, DDL, and Event Database Triggers

• What are Compound Triggers?
• Identify the Timing-Point Sections of a Table Compound Trigger
• Understand the Compound Trigger Structure for Tables and Views
• Implement a Compound Trigger to Resolve the Mutating Table Error
• Comparison of Database Triggers to Stored Procedures
• Create Triggers on DDL Statements
• Create Database-Event and System-Events Triggers
• System Privileges Required to Manage Triggers
   

PL/SQL Compiler

• What is the PL/SQL Compiler?
• Describe the Initialization Parameters for PL/SQL Compilation
• List the new PL/SQL Compile Time Warnings
• Overview of PL/SQL Compile Time Warnings for Subprograms
• List the benefits of Compiler Warnings
• List the PL/SQL Compile Time Warning Messages Categories
• Setting the Warning Messages Levels: Using SQL Developer, PLSQL_WARNINGS Initialization Parameter, and the DBMS_WARNING Package Subprograms
• View Compiler Warnings: Using SQL Developer, SQL*Plus, or the Data Dictionary Views
   

Manage Dependencies

• Overview of Schema Object Dependencies
• Query Direct Object Dependencies using the USER_DEPENDENCIES View
• Query an Object’s Status
• Invalidation of Dependent Objects
• Display the Direct and Indirect Dependencies
• Fine-Grained Dependency Management in Oracle Database 12c
• Understand Remote Dependencies
• Recompile a PL/SQL Program Unit

• Use conditional compilation to customize the functionality in a PL/SQL application without removing any source code
• Design PL/SQL packages to group related constructs
• Create overloaded package subprograms for more flexibility
• Design PL/SQL anonymous blocks that execute efficiently
• Use the Oracle supplied PL/SQL packages to generate screen output, file output and mail output
• Write dynamic SQL for more coding flexibility
• Describe the features and syntax of PL/SQL
• Create and debug stored procedures and functions
• Use PL/SQL programming constructs and conditionally control code flow (loops, control structures, and explicit cursors)
• Manage dependencies between PL/SQL subprograms
• Handle runtime errors
• Create triggers to solve business challenges

Required Prerequisites:

• Oracle Database: Introduction to SQL
• Oracle Database: SQL Workshop I
• Oracle Database: SQL Workshop II

Suggested Prerequisites:

• Previous programming experience

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