Introduction

• Course Objectives
• Course Agenda
• Describe the Human Resources (HR) Schema
• PL/SQL development environments available in this course
• Introduction to SQL Developer

Introduction to PL/SQL

• Overview of PL/SQL
• Identify the benefits of PL/SQL Subprograms
• Overview of the types of PL/SQL blocks
• Create a Simple Anonymous Block
• How to generate output from a PL/SQL Block?

Declare PL/SQL Identifiers

• List the different Types of Identifiers in a PL/SQL subprogram
• Usage of the Declarative Section to Define Identifiers
• Use variables to store data
• Identify Scalar Data Types
• The %TYPE Attribute
• What are Bind Variables?
• Sequences in PL/SQL Expressions

Write Executable Statements

• Describe Basic PL/SQL Block Syntax Guidelines
• Learn to Comment the Code
• Deployment of SQL Functions in PL/SQL
• How to convert Data Types?
• Describe Nested Blocks
• Identify the Operators in PL/SQL

Interaction with the Oracle Server

• Invoke SELECT Statements in PL/SQL
• Retrieve Data in PL/SQL
• SQL Cursor concept
• Avoid Errors by using Naming Conventions when using Retrieval and DML Statements
• Data Manipulation in the Server using PL/SQL
• Understand the SQL Cursor concept
• Use SQL Cursor Attributes to Obtain Feedback on DML
• Save and Discard Transactions

Control Structures

• Conditional processing using IF Statements
• Conditional processing using CASE Statements
• Describe simple Loop Statement
• Describe While Loop Statement
• Describe For Loop Statement
• Use the Continue Statement

Composite Data Types

• Use PL/SQL Records
• The %ROWTYPE Attribute
• Insert and Update with PL/SQL Records
• INDEX BY Tables
• Examine INDEX BY Table Methods
• Use INDEX BY Table of Records

Explicit Cursors

• What are Explicit Cursors?
• Declare the Cursor
• Open the Cursor
• Fetch data from the Cursor
• Close the Cursor
• Cursor FOR loop
• The %NOTFOUND and %ROWCOUNT Attributes
• Describe the FOR UPDATE Clause and WHERE CURRENT Clause

Exception Handling

• Understand Exceptions
• Handle Exceptions with PL/SQL
• Trap Predefined Oracle Server Errors
• Trap Non-Predefined Oracle Server Errors
• Trap User-Defined Exceptions
• Propagate Exceptions
• RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR Procedure

Stored Procedures

• Create a Modularized and Layered Subprogram Design
• Modularize Development With PL/SQL Blocks
• Understand the PL/SQL Execution Environment
• List the benefits of using PL/SQL Subprograms
• List the differences between Anonymous Blocks and Subprograms
• Create, Call, and Remove Stored Procedures
• Implement Procedures Parameters and Parameters Modes
• View Procedure Information

Manage Dependencies