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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, 2531🔥, 0💬

Retrieve Data from an Explicit Cursor in Oracle
How To Retrieve Data from an Explicit Cursor in Oracle? If you have a cursor opened ready to use, you can use the FETCH ... INTO statement to retrieve data from the cursor into variables. FETCH statement will: Retrieve all the fields from the row pointed by the current cursor pointer and assign them... 2018-07-22, 2531🔥, 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, 2529🔥, 0💬

Commit the Current Transaction in Oracle
How To Commit the Current Transaction in Oracle? If you have used some DML statements updated some data objects, and you want to have the updates to be permanently recorded in the database, you can use the COMMIT statement. It will make all the database changes made in the current transaction become... 2019-09-04, 2529🔥, 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, 2522🔥, 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, 2521🔥, 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, 2514🔥, 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, 2512🔥, 0💬

Use "IN" Parameters in Oracle
How To Use "IN" Parameter Properly in Oracle? Here are the rules about IN parameters: A formal IN parameter acts like constant. It can not be assigned with new values. An actual IN parameter can take a value or a variable. An actual IN parameter is passed by reference to the specified value or the v... 2018-10-19, 2512🔥, 0💬

Create a Stored Procedure Interactively in Oracle
How To Create a Procedure Interactively in Oracle? If you want to create a stored procedure interactively, you can use the following steps: Open you connection name, like Local_XE. Right-click Procedures. Select Create PROCEDURE. The Create Procedure window shows up. Enter Name as: Hello Click OK. T... 2019-01-12, 2511🔥, 0💬

Ways to Join Two Tables in a Single Query in Oracle
How To Join Two Tables in a Single Query in Oracle? Two tables can be joined together in a query in 4 ways: Inner Join: Returns only rows from both tables that satisfy the join condition. Left Outer Join: Returns rows from both tables that satisfy the join condition, and the rest of rows from the fi... 2019-10-27, 2510🔥, 0💬

Report View in SQL Developer in Oracle
What Is the Reports View in Oracle SQL Developer in Oracle? The Reports view lets you browse database information that organized by the server as special views. Information can be browsed include: Database parameters Storage information Session information Cursors Data objects User accounts Security... 2018-10-08, 2510🔥, 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, 2508🔥, 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, 2504🔥, 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, 2503🔥, 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, 2500🔥, 0💬

Use Group Functions in ORDER BY Clause in Oracle
Can Group Functions Be Used in the ORDER BY Clause in Oracle? If the query output is aggregated as groups, you can sort the groups by using group functions in the ORDER BY clause. The following statement returns how many employees are having the same salary in each department. The group output is so... 2019-10-27, 2498🔥, 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, 2497🔥, 0💬

Turn On and Off Recycle Bin for the Instance in Oracle
How To Turn On or Off Recycle Bin for the Instance in Oracle? You can turn on or off the recycle bin feature for an instance in the instance parameter file with "recyclebin=on/off". You can also turn on or off the recycle bin feature on the running instance with a SQL*Plus command, if you log in as ... 2019-05-14, 2494🔥, 0💬

Run Stored Procedures Interactively in Oracle
How To Run a Stored Procedure Interactively in Oracle? If have an existing stored procedure and you want to run it interactively, the tutorial steps listed below will help you out: Open you connection name, like Local_XE. Open Procedures. Right-click the procedure name: HELLO. Select Run. The Run PL... 2019-01-12, 2493🔥, 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, 2492🔥, 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, 2490🔥, 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, 2488🔥, 0💬

Count Duplicated Values in a Column in Oracle
How To Count Duplicated Values in a Column in Oracle? If you have a column with duplicated values, and you want to know what are those duplicated values are and how many duplicates are there for each of those values, you can use the GROUP BY ... HAVING clause as shown in the following example. It re... 2019-11-21, 2486🔥, 0💬

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