PL/SQL database programming

During the development and/or control of programs for database processing, application programmers, developers and DBAs need more than the basic relational possibilities of Oracle SQL.

Therefore the objectives of this course are:

  • to describe and exercise the procedural characteristics that are added by PL/SQL to SQL;
  • to know the advantages of using stored procedures, functions and triggers.

Schedule

No public sessions are currently scheduled. We will be pleased to set up an on-site course or to schedule an extra public session (in case of a sufficient number of candidates). Interested? Please contact ABIS.

Intended for

This course is designed for application programmers, developers and DBAs.

Background

Knowledge of Oracle relational database systems, SQL and the concepts behind procedural languages (see Oracle fundamentals course).

Main topics

  • Introduction PL/SQL:

'Stand Alone' versus 'Stored' procedures

  • SQL support:

Writing SQL in a procedural environment

  • Variables and constants - records, collections:

Explicit declaration • implicit declaration

  • Logical comparisons:

If-then-else structure

  • Conditional and iterative control:

For-loop • do-while loop • loop-endloop • goto

  • Cursor management:

Implicit and explicit cursors • attributes • cursor-for loop

  • Error treatment:

Pre-defined exceptions • application exceptions

  • Procedural objects:

packages • functions • procedures • triggers

  • Oracle Supplied Packages

Training method

Classroom instruction with practical exercises.

Duration

3 days.

Course leader

Kris Van Thillo.


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