Oracle advanced PL/SQL developer professional guide [[electronic resource] ] : master advanced PL/SQL concepts along with plenty of example questions for 1Z0-146 examination / / Saurabh K. Gupta

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451846703321
• Autore: Gupta Saurabh K
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Pub., 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-67749-X; 9786613654427; 1-84968-723-4
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Collana: Enterprise : professional expertise distilled
• Disciplina: 004.35
• Soggetti: SQL (Computer program language); XML (Document markup language); Database management; Relational databases; Electronic data processing personnel - Certification; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Overview of PL/SQL Programming Concepts; PL/SQL-the procedural aspect; My first PL/SQL program; PL/SQL development environments; SQL Developer; SQL Developer-the history; Creating a connection; SQL Worksheet; Executing a SQL statement; Calling a SQL script from SQL Developer; Creating and executing an anonymous PL/SQL block; Debugging the PL/SQL code; Editing and saving the scripts; SQL*Plus; Executing a SQL statement in SQL*Plus; Executing an anonymous PL/SQL blockProcedures; Executing a procedure; Functions; Function-execution methods; Restrictions on calling functions from SQL expressions; PL/SQL packages; Cursors-an overview; Cursor execution cycle; Cursor attributes; Cursor FOR loop; Exception handling in PL/SQL; System-defined exceptions; User-; defined exceptions; The RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR procedure; Exception propagation; Managing database dependencies; Displaying the direct and indirect dependencies; Dependency metadata; Dependency issues and enhancements; Reviewing Oracle-supplied packages; Summary; Practice exerciseChapter 2: Designing PL/SQL Code; Understanding cursor structures; Cursor execution cycle; Cursor design considerations; Cursor design-guidelines; Cursor attributes; Implicit cursors; Explicit cursors; Cursor variables; Ref cursor types-strong and weak; SYS_REFCURSOR; Processing a cursor variable; Cursor variables as arguments; Cursor variables-restrictions; Subtypes; Subtype classification; Oracle's predefined subtypes; User-defined subtypes; Type compatibility with subtypes; Summary; Practice exercise; Chapter 3: Using Collections; Collections-an overview; Categorization; Selecting an appropriate collection typeAssociative arrays; Nested tables; Nested table collection type as the database object; DML operations on nested table columns; A nested table collection type in PL/SQL; Additional features of a nested table; Varray; Varray in PL/SQL; Varray as a database collection type; DML operations on varray type columns; Collections-a comparative study; Common characteristics of collection types; Nested table versus associative arrays; Nested table versus varrays; PL/SQL collection methods; EXISTS; COUNT; LIMIT; FIRST and LAST; PRIOR and NEXT; EXTEND; TRIM; DELETE; Manipulating collection elementsCollection initialization; Summary; Practice exercise; Chapter 4: Using Advanced Interface Methods; Understanding external routines; Architecture of external routines; Oracle Net Configuration; TNSNAMES.ora; LISTENER.ora; Oracle Net Configuration verification; Benefits of external procedures; Executing external C programs from PL/SQL; Executing C program through external procedure-development steps; Executing Java programs from PL/SQL; Calling a Java class method from PL/SQL; Uploading a Java class into the database-development steps; The loadjava utility-an illustration
• Sommario/riassunto: Master advanced PL/SQL concepts along with plenty of example questions for 1Z0-146 examination