Oracle Database 12c: PL/SQL II Intermediate: Develop Program Units
Course Description
This course is intended for those who have already learned the basics of the Oracle PL/SQL database programming language and its syntax, and who are now ready to employ the language in the development of database applications. In particular, the focus of this course will be on the use of database-resident stored program units such as procedures, functions, packages and database triggers. New features introduced with the Oracle 12c release of the database are also explained and demonstrated.
3 days
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Prerequisites
Either of these Oracle Database 12c: SQL Fundamentals (Levels I & II) or Oracle Database 12c: SQL Complete Library (Levels I, II & III) are recommended prerequisites for this course.Objectives
This course explains how database-resident program units can be used as part of the overall database application architecture and the benefits realized by doing so. It then builds upon participant's knowledge of database-resident program units and applies these to the development of PL/SQL packages. In a production environment most PL/SQL program units should be packaged, and these advanced database programming capabilities along with the benefits of using these are discussed. It concludes with extensive demonstrations on how a particular type of database-resident program unit known as a database trigger can be used as part of an advanced database application design.Target Audience
The target audience for this textbook is all Oracle professionals. Among the specific groups for whom this textbook will be helpful are:Application designers and database developers
Database administrators
Web server administrators
INTRODUCING DATABASE-RESIDEN PROGRAMS UNITS
ABOUT DATABASEâ€RESIDENT PROGRAMSPHYSICAL STORAGE & EXECUTION
TYPES OF STORED PROGRAM UNITS
STORED PROGRAM UNIT ADVANTAGES
MODULAR DESIGN PRINCIPLES
CREATING STORED PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
STORED PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONSCREATE PROCEDURE / CREATE FUNCTION
CREATING PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
RAISE_SALARY() Procedure
SALARY_VALID() Function
THE PARAMETER SPECIFICATION
DEFAULT Clause
SYSTEM & OBJECT PRIVILEGES
USING THE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
EXECUTING STORED PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
CALLING PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONSUNIT TESTING WITH EXECUTE
ANONYMOUS BLOCK UNIT TESTING
SPECIFYING A PARAMETER NOTATION
SQL WORKSHEET UNIT TESTING
CALLING FUNCTIONS FROM SQL
MAINTAINING STORED PROGRAM UNITS
RECOMPILING PROGRAMSMass Recompilation Using UTL_RECOMP()
DROPPING PROCEDURES & FUNCTIONS
DROP PROCEDURE / FUNCTION
DATA DICTIONARY METADATA
Using USER_OBJECTS
Using USER_SOURCE
Using USER_ERRORS
Using USER_OBJECT_SIZE
Using USER_DEPENDENCIES
MANAGING DEPENDENCIES
DEPENDENCY INTERNALSTRACKING DEPENDENCIES
THE DEPENDENCY TRACKING UTILITY
SQL DEVELOPER DEPENDENCY INFO
DEPENDENCY STRATEGY CHECKLISTS
CREATING & MAINTAINING PACKAGES
ABOUT PACKAGESCREATING PACKAGES
MAINTAINING PACKAGES
PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS
ADVANCED PACKAGE CAPABILITIES
DEFINER & INVOKER RIGHTSWHITE LISTS & ACCESSIBLE BY
PERSISTENT GLOBAL OBJECTS
DEFINING INITIALIZATION LOGIC
OBJECT ORIENTATION SUPPORT
ADVANCED CURSOR TECHNIQUES
USING CURSOR VARIABLESUsing SYS_REFCURSOR
USING CURSOR EXPRESSIONS
USING SYSTEM-SUPPLIED PACKAGES
DBMS_OUTPUT()UTL_FILE()
FOPEN() Example
DATABASE TRIGGER CONCEPTS
ABOUT DATABASE TRIGGERSDML EVENT TRIGGER SUB-â€TYPES
DATABASE TRIGGER SCENARIO
TRIGGER EXECUTION MECHANISMS
TRIGGERS WITHIN SQL WORKSHEET
CREATING DATABASE TRIGGERS
STATEMENT-â€LEVEL TRIGGERSUsing RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR()
ROW-â€LEVEL TRIGGERS
EXAMPLES OF TRIGGERS
EMPLOYEE_SALARY_CHECK Example
EMPLOYEE_JOURNAL Example
BUDGET_EVENT Example
INSTEAD OF TRIGGERS
TRIGGERS WITHIN AN APPLICATION
MAINTAINING DATABASE TRIGGERS
CALL SYNTAXTRIGGER MAINTENANCE TASKS
SHOW ERRORS TRIGGER
DROP TRIGGER
ALTER TRIGGER
MULTIPLE TRIGGERS FOR A TABLE
HANDLING MUTATING TABLE ISSUES
IMPLEMENTING SYSTEM EVENT TRIGGERS
WHAT ARE SYSTEM EVENT TRIGGERS?DEFINING THE SCOPE
AVAILABLE SYSTEM EVENTS
SYSTEM EVENT ATTRIBUTES
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