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Loop through a Cursor Variable in Oracle
How To Loop through a Cursor Variable in Oracle? Once a cursor variable is opened with a query statement, it will have the same attributes as a normal cursor and it can be used in the same way a normal cursor too. The following sample script shows you how to loop through a cursor variable: CREATE OR... 2018-07-18, 2670🔥, 0💬

PL/SQL Procedure in Oracle
What Is a Procedure in Oracle? A procedure is a named program unit. It consists of three parts: Declaration Part - Defining the procedure name, calling parameters, local variables and local procedures. Declaration part is required. Execution Part - Defining execution logic with executable statements... 2018-11-29, 2668🔥, 0💬

Convert Character Types to Numeric Types in Oracle
How To Convert Character Types to Numeric Types in Oracle? You can convert character types to numeric types in two ways: Explicitly by using TO_NUMBER() function. Implicitly by putting character data in a numeric operation. The sample script below shows you how to convert character types to numeric ... 2018-11-17, 2668🔥, 0💬

Invoke Built-in Functions in PL/SQL in Oracle
How To Invoke Built-in Functions in PL/SQL in Oracle? Of course, you can invoke SQL functions in SQL statements. But many SQL functions can also be executed in regular PL/SQL statements, as shown in the following sample script: DECLARE now DATE; id NUMBER; str VARCHAR2(40); BEGIN now := SYSDATE; DBM... 2018-09-13, 2666🔥, 0💬

Pass a Parameter to a Cursor in Oracle
How To Pass a Parameter to a Cursor in Oracle? When you define a cursor, you can set a formal parameter in the cursor. The formal parameter will be replaced by an actual parameter in the OPEN cursor statement. Here is a good example of a cursor with two parameters: CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE FYI_CE... 2018-07-18, 2663🔥, 0💬

What Is a SELECT Query Statement in Oracle
What Is a SELECT Query Statement in Oracle? The SELECT statement is also called the query statement. It is the most frequently used SQL statement in any database application. A SELECT statement allows you to retrieve data from one or more tables, or views, with different selection criteria, grouping... 2020-01-04, 2662🔥, 0💬

Use Subqueries in the FROM Clause in Oracle
How To Use Subqueries in the FROM Clause in Oracle? If you have a query returning many rows of data, and you want to perform another query on those rows, you can put the first query as a subquery in the FROM clause of the second query. The following statement shows you how to use a subquery as base ... 2019-09-27, 2659🔥, 0💬

Query with a Right Outer Join in Oracle
How To Write a Query with a Right Outer Join in Oracle? If you want to query from two tables with a right outer join, you can use the RIGHT OUTER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with a right outer join from two tables: departments and employees. The join con... 2019-10-18, 2657🔥, 0💬

What Is Oracle Server Autotrace in Oracle
What Is Oracle Server Autotrace in Oracle? Autotrace is Oracle server feature that generates two statement execution reports very useful for performance tuning: Statement execution path - Shows you the execution loop logic of a DML statement. Statement execution statistics - Shows you various execut... 2020-06-08, 2655🔥, 0💬

System Defined User Roles in Oracle
What Are the System Predefined User Roles in Oracle? Oracle 10g XE comes with 3 predefined roles: CONNECT - Enables a user to connect to the database. Grant this role to any user or application that needs database access. RESOURCE - Enables a user to create certain types of schema objects in his own... 2019-07-30, 2655🔥, 0💬

Create a New Table by Selecting Rows from Another Table in Oracle
How To Create a New Table by Selecting Rows from Another Table in Oracle? Let's say you have a table with many data rows, now you want to create a backup copy of this table of all rows or a subset of them, you can use the CREATE TABLE...AS SELECT statement to do this. Here is an example script: &... 2019-06-01, 2655🔥, 0💬

Add Another Datafile to a Tablespace in Oracle
How To Add Another Datafile to a Tablespace in Oracle? If you created a tablespace with a data file a month ago, now 80% of the data file is used, you should add another data file to the tablespace. This can be done by using the ALTER TABLESPACE ... ADD DATAFILE statement. See the following sample s... 2019-04-09, 2652🔥, 0💬

DROP TABLE Statement in Oracle
How To Drop an Existing Table in Oracle? If you want to delete an existing table and its data rows, you can use the DROP TABLE statement as shown in this script: SQL&gt; connect HR/fyicenter Connected. SQL&gt; CREATE TABLE emp_dept_10 2 AS SELECT * FROM employees WHERE department_id=10; Tabl... 2020-02-20, 2647🔥, 0💬

Define a Data Field as NOT NULL in Oracle
How To Define a Data Field as NOT NULL in Oracle? When defining a specific RECORD type, you can define a data field as NOT NULL to make sure variables with this RECORD type to always have values in this field. A field defined as NOT NULL must have a default value. Here is a tutorial script showing y... 2018-09-01, 2646🔥, 0💬

What Is an External Table in Oracle
What Is an External Table in Oracle? An external table is a table defined in the database with data stored outside the database. Data of an external table is stored in files on the operating systems. Accessing data of external tables are done through data access drivers. Currently, Oracle supports t... 2016-11-27, 2646🔥, 0💬

Use Subqueries with the IN Operator in Oracle
How To Use Subqueries with the IN Operator in Oracle? A subquery can be used with the IN operator as "expression IN (subquery)". The subquery should return a single column with one or more rows to form a list of values to be used by the IN operation. The following tutorial exercise shows you how to ... 2019-09-27, 2643🔥, 0💬

Create a Test Table for DML Testing in Oracle
How To Create a Testing Table in Oracle? If you want to practice DML statements, you should create a testing table as shown in the script below: CREATE TABLE fyi_links (id NUMBER(4) PRIMARY KEY, url VARCHAR2(80) NOT NULL, notes VARCHAR2(1024), counts NUMBER, created DATE DEFAULT (sysdate)); Table cr... 2020-02-07, 2639🔥, 0💬

Sort Query Output in Descending Order in Oracle
How To Sort Query Output in Descending Order in Oracle? If you want to sort a column in descending order, you can specify the DESC keyword in the ORDER BY clause. The following SELECT statement first sorts the department in descending order, then sorts the salary in ascending order: SQL&gt; SELE... 2019-12-19, 2638🔥, 0💬

Numeric Comparison Operations in Oracle
What Are the Numeric Comparison Operations in Oracle? PL/SQL supports 6 basic numeric comparison operations as shown in the following sample script: PROCEDURE proc_comparison AS res BOOLEAN; BEGIN res := 1 = 2; res := 1 &lt; 2; res := 1 &gt; 2; res := 1 &lt;= 2; res := 1 &gt;= 2; res... 2018-08-06, 2636🔥, 0💬

Define a Variable to Match Column Data Type in Oracle
How To Define a Variable to Match a Table Column Data Type in Oracle? If you have a table, and want to define some variables to have exactly the same data types as some columns in that table, you can use table_name.column_name%TYPE as data types to define those variables. The tutorial sample below s... 2018-08-14, 2635🔥, 0💬

What Is Oracle SQL Developer in Oracle
What Is Oracle SQL Developer in Oracle? Oracle SQL Developer is a new, free graphical tool that enhances productivity and simplifies database development tasks. With SQL Developer, you can browse database objects, run SQL statements and SQL scripts, and edit and debug PL/SQL statements. You can also... 2019-02-18, 2632🔥, 0💬

Run the Anonymous Block Again in Oracle
How To Run the Anonymous Block Again in Oracle? If you have an anonymous block defined in your session, you can run it any time by using the "/" command as shown in the following script: SQL&gt; set serveroutput on; SQL&gt; begin 2 dbms_output.put_line('This is a PL/SQL FAQ.'); 3 end; 4 / Th... 2018-10-30, 2631🔥, 0💬

Run Queries on External Tables in Oracle
How To Run Queries on External Tables in Oracle? If you have an external table defined as a text file with the ORACLE_LOADER driver, you can add data to the text file, and query the text file through the external table. By default, data fields in the text file should be terminated by ','. The tutori... 2016-10-15, 2631🔥, 0💬

Assign a Table Row to RECORD Variable in Oracle
How To Assign a Table Row to a RECORD Variable in Oracle? If you have a table, and want to assign a data row of that table to a RECORD variable, you need to define this RECORD variable to match the table column structure, then use the SELECT ... INTO statement to assign a data row that RECORD variab... 2018-08-14, 2630🔥, 0💬

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server