Course Deliverables/syllabus
Introduction to PL/SQL
Explain the need for PL/SQL
Explain the benefits of PL/SQL
Identify the different types of PL/SQL blocks
Output messages in PL/SQL
Declaring PL/SQL Variables
Recognize valid and invalid identifiers
List the uses of variables, declare and initialize variables, use bind variables
List and describe various data types using the %TYPE attribute
Writing Executable Statements
Identify lexical units in a PL/SQL block
Use built-in SQL functions in PL/SQL and sequences in PL/SQL expressions
Write nested blocks and qualify variables with labels
Write readable code with appropriate indentation
Interacting with the Oracle Database Server
Create PL/SQL executable blocks using DML and transaction control statements
Make use of the INTO clause to hold the values returned by a SQL statement
Writing Control Structures
Identify the uses and types of control structures
Construct and identify loop statements
Apply guidelines when using conditional control structures
Working with Composite Data Types
Create user-defined PL/SQL records
Create a record with the %ROWTYPE attribute
Create an INDEX BY table and INDEX BY table of records
Describe the differences among records, tables, and tables of records
Using Explicit Cursors
Distinguish between usage of implicit and explicit cursors, use SQL cursor attributes
Declare and control explicit cursors, use simple loops and cursor FOR loops to fetch data
Declare and use cursors with parameters
Lock rows with the FOR UPDATE clause and reference the current row with the WHERE CURRENT OF clause
Handling Exceptions
Define PL/SQL exceptions
Recognize unhandled exceptions
Handle different types of exceptions
Propagate exceptions in nested blocks and call applications
Creating Stored Procedures and Functions
Differentiate between anonymous blocks and subprograms
Create a simple procedure and invoke it from an anonymous block
Create a simple function
Create a simple function that accepts a parameter
Differentiate between procedures and functions
Creating Procedures
Create a simple procedure and invoke it from an anonymous block
Work with procedures
Handle exceptions in procedures, remove a procedure, and display a procedure's information
Creating Functions
Differentiate between a procedure and a function
Describe the uses of functions
Work with functions (create, invoke and remove functions)
Creating Packages
Identify the benefits and the components of packages
Work with packages
Working with Packages
Overload package subprograms, use forward declarations
Create an initialization block in a package body
Manage persistent package data states for the life of a session and use PL/SQL tables and records in packageS
Creating Triggers
Describe different types of triggers and their uses
Create database triggers
Manage triggers
Creating Compound, DDL, and Event Database Triggers
Create triggers on DDL statements
Create triggers on system events
