ROUND (), TRUNC (), SIGN (), Working with multiple tables, Different type of Joins, Writing Outer Joins
Using the SET operators
Union, Intersect, minus
Aggregating data using group functions
GROUP BY, HAVING
Creating Sub queries
Single Row sub queries, Multiple row Sub queries
Enhancing groups function
ROLLUP, CUBE
Transaction Control Language
Rollback, Commit, save point
Processing hierarchies
creating the Tree structure, LEVEL, CONNECT BY
Data Manipulation Language
INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
Data Definition Language
CREATE, TRUNCATE, ALTER, DROP, RENAME, DESCRIBE
Using Declarative Constraints
Views, Sequences, Synonyms, Indexes, USER_TABLES, USER_TAB_COLUMNS, USER_OBJECTS, USER_IND_COLUMNS, USER_UPDATEABLE_COLUMNS, Materialized Views, Other Data dictionary views
Database Security
Object Privileges, Granting access to objects
Improving query performance
Planning and managing the tuning process, Employing tuning tools, Running EXPLAIN PLAN and auto trace, SQL Trace and TKPROF output, Optimizer concepts, Fundamentals of access paths, Gathering object and system statistics with DBMS_STATS, Utilizing hints and optimizer mode, Specifying first-rows optimization, Determining the driving table
Other Concepts
The Relational Database Model, The system Development Lifecycle, Overview of normalization
PL/SQL
Blocks
Structure, Writing Anonymous Blocks
Variables
Oracle Data types, TYPE and ROWTYPE declarations, Value assignments
Control structures
IF ELSE ENDIF statement, IF ELSIF ELSE ENDIF statement, LOOP END , LOOP statement, WHILE condition, FOR condition
Cursors
Implicit and Explicit Cursors, Cursor Manipulation statements, OPEN FETCH CLOSE EXIT WHEN
Procedures
Creating and Calling Procedures
Functions
Creating and Calling Functions
Packages
Package Header, Package Body
Design Tips and Techniques
Format of standard packages in an application, Spec and Body, NOCOPY hint
Triggers
Database triggers, calling procedures from triggers