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Turn On and Off Recycle Bin for the Session in Oracle
How To Turn On or Off Recycle Bin for the Session in Oracle? If you want to control the recycle bin feature in your own session, you can use the ALTER SESSION statement to turn on or off. Here is an example SQL script: SQL&gt; connect HR/fyicenter Connected. SQL&gt; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM recy...
2019-05-10, 3096🔥, 0💬

Define a Cursor Variable in Oracle
How To Define a Cursor Variable in Oracle? To define cursor variable, you must decide which REF CURSOR data type to use. There are 3 ways to select a REF CURSOR data type: Define your own specific REF CURSOR types using the TYPE ... RETURN statement. Define your own generic REF CURSOR type using the...
2018-07-18, 3095🔥, 0💬

Run-Away Recursive Calls in Oracle
What Happens If Recursive Calls Get Out of Control in Oracle? What happens if your code has bug on recursive procedure calls, which causes an infinite number nested procedure calls? The answer is not so good. Oracle server seems to offer no protection calling stack limit. The script below shows you ...
2018-03-18, 3094🔥, 0💬

Show All Indexes in Your Schema in Oracle
How To List All Indexes in Your Schema in Oracle? If you log in with your Oracle account, and you want to get a list of all indexes in your schema, you can get it through the USER_INDEXES view with a SELECT statement, as shown in the following SQL script: SELECT index_name, table_name, uniqueness FR...
2019-05-01, 3093🔥, 0💬

Understanding SQL DDL Statements for Oracle
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on SQL DDL Statements for Oracle? I want to start creating tables. Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on SQL DDL Statements for Oracle. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercise...
2020-02-29, 3091🔥, 0💬

What Is the Implicit Cursor in Oracle
What Is the Implicit Cursor in Oracle? There is only one implicitly cursor in a session. The implicit cursor is the cursor automatically defined by PL/SQL for you. Whenever a SQL statement is executed, this cursor will be assigned to represent the execution of this statement. This implicit cursor is...
2018-02-01, 3081🔥, 0💬

Create a New View in Oracle
How To Create a New View in Oracle? You can create a new view based on one or more existing tables by using the CREATE VIEW statement as shown in the following script: CREATE VIEW employee_department AS SELECT e.employee_id, e.first_name, e.last_name, e.email, e.manager_id, d.department_name FROM em...
2020-02-07, 3077🔥, 0💬

Rebuild an Index in Oracle
How To Rebuild an Index in Oracle? If you want to rebuild an index, you can use the "ALTER INDEX ... REBUILD statement as shown in the following SQL script: SELECT index_name, table_name, uniqueness FROM USER_INDEXES WHERE table_name = 'EMPLOYEES'; INDEX_NAME TABLE_NAME UNIQUENES -------------------...
2019-04-17, 3077🔥, 0💬

Install Oracle ODBC Drivers in Oracle
How To Install Oracle ODBC Drivers in Oracle? Oracle offers different ODBC drivers for different versions of Oracle servers. When you install an Oracle server or a client tools on your Windows system, the appropriate ODBC driver will be installed for you automatically. If you want to install a speci...
2016-10-15, 3076🔥, 0💬

Grant CREATE SESSION Privilege in Oracle
How To Grant CREATE SESSION Privilege to a User in Oracle? If you want give a user the CREATE SESSION privilege, you can use the GRANT command. The following tutorial exercise shows you how to grant DEV the privilege to connect to the server: &gt;.\bin\sqlplus /nolog SQL&gt; connect SYSTEM/f...
2019-07-09, 3074🔥, 0💬

Running CREATE DATABASE Statement Again in Oracle
How To Run CREATE DATABASE Statement Again in Oracle? After cleaning up the results of a previously failed CREATE DATABASE statement, you can run the CREATE DATABASE statement again as shown below: SQL&gt; @$ORACLE_HOME\config\scripts\c reate_database_fyi.sql;CREATE DATABASE FYI * ERROR at line ...
2019-03-27, 3072🔥, 0💬

Convert Numbers to Character Strings in Oracle
How To Convert Numbers to Character Strings in Oracle? You can convert numeric values to characters by using the TO_CHAR() function as shown in the following examples: SELECT TO_CHAR(4123.4570) FROM DUAL 123.457 SELECT TO_CHAR(4123.457, '$9,999,999.99') FROM DUAL $4,123.46 SELECT TO_CHAR(-4123.457, ...
2020-03-25, 3071🔥, 0💬

ALTER TABLE - Delete a Column in Oracle
How To Delete a Column in an Existing Table in Oracle? If you have an existing column in a table and you need that column any more, you can delete it with ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN statement. Here is an example SQL script: SQL&gt; CREATE TABLE emp_dept_90 2 AS SELECT * FROM employees WHERE dep...
2020-02-20, 3068🔥, 0💬

Query with a Full Outer Join in Oracle
How To Write a Query with a Full Outer Join in Oracle? If you want to query from two tables with a full outer join, you can use the FULL OUTER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with a full outer join from two tables: departments and employees. The join conditi...
2019-10-18, 3065🔥, 0💬

Cannot Use DDL Statements in PL/SQL in Oracle
Can DDL Statements Be Used in PL/SQL in Oracle? No, you can not run any DDL statements is PL/SQL directly. If you try to use the DROP TABLE statement inside PL/SQL, you will get a compilation error as shown below: (Connect to XE with SQL*Plus) BEGIN DROP TABLE student; -- compilation error END; /   ...
2018-10-13, 3063🔥, 0💬

Set a READ ONLY Transaction in Oracle
How To Set a Transaction To Be READ ONLY in Oracle? If you want a transaction to be set as READ ONLY, you need to the transaction with the SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY statement. Note that a DML statement will start the transaction automatically. So you have to issue the SET TRANSACTION statement befor...
2019-08-19, 3062🔥, 0💬

What Is a Stored Procedure in Oracle
What Is a Stored Program Unit in Oracle? A stored program unit, or procedure, is a named block of codes which: Has a name. Can take parameters, and can return values. Is stored in the data dictionary. Can be called by many users.   ⇒ Create a Simple Stored Procedure in Oracle ⇐ Run the Anonymous Bl...
2019-03-20, 3059🔥, 0💬

Use of Regular Expression in Oracle
How To Use Regular Expression in Pattern Match Conditions in Oracle? If you have a pattern that is too complex for LIKE to handle, you can use the regular expression pattern patch function: REGEXP_LIKE(). The following script provides you some good examples: SELECT CASE WHEN REGEXP_LIKE ('FYICenter....
2020-03-15, 3058🔥, 0💬

Parameter Modes Supported by PL/SQL in Oracle
What Are the Parameter Modes Supported by PL/SQL in Oracle? PL/SQL supports 3 parameter modes on procedure/function parameters: IN: This is the default mode. IN parameters allow the calling code to pass values into the procedure or function. OUT: OUT parameters allow the procedure or function to pas...
2018-10-19, 3058🔥, 0💬

Remove Data Files before Opening a Database in Oracle
How Remove Data Files before Opening a Database in Oracle? Let's say you have a corrupted data file or lost a data file. Oracle can mount the database. But it will not open the database. What you can do is to set the bad data file as offline before opening the database. The tutorial exercise shows y...
2019-04-09, 3057🔥, 0💬

What Is a RECORD in PL/SQL in Oracle
What Is a RECORD in PL/SQL in Oracle? RECORD is a composite data type in PL/SQL. It can have many fields representing data elements with different data types. Variables of RECORD type can be designed to hold data from database table rows. To use RECORD data type, you need to define a specific RECORD...
2018-09-13, 3055🔥, 0💬

Query with an Inner Join in Oracle
How To Write a Query with an Inner Join in Oracle? If you want to query from two tables with an inner join, you can use the INNER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with an inner join from two tables: employees and departments. The join condition is that the de...
2019-10-27, 3053🔥, 0💬

Call a Stored Function in Oracle
How To Call a Stored Function in Oracle? A stored function can be called as part of expression in any PL/SQL statement. One simplest way to call a stored function is to a dummy SELECT statement as shown in the following tutorial script using SQL*Plus: SQL&gt; CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GET_SITE ...
2018-10-26, 3052🔥, 0💬

What Is a Cursor Variable in Oracle
What Is a Cursor Variable in Oracle? A cursor variable is a variable of a specific REF CURSOR data type, which is a pointer to a data structure resource connects to query statement result, similar to the CURSOR data type.. The advantage of using cursor variables is that cursor variables can be used ...
2018-04-07, 3051🔥, 0💬

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