Oracle Notes PDF

Oracle 8i By:- R.L.
Verma
Definations In Oracle
ATTRIBUTE(COLUMN):- IT REPRESENTS A PARTICULAR
CHARACTERSTIC OF A PARTICULAR ENTITY. E.Q. ROLLNO , NAME ,
AGE OF A STUDENT.
ENTITY (ROW) :- IT REPRESENTS A RECORD/AN INSTANCE OF A

PARTICULAR ENTITY.
CELL:- IT REPRESENTS VALUE/DATA ITEM OF AN ATTRIBUTE OF A

RECORD.
ENTITY SET (TABLE):- IT IS A COLLECTION OF MULTIPLE

ENTITIES/RECORDS/INSTANCE/ROWS . IT IS A 2-D STRUCTURE WHICH
IS COMPOSED OF ROWS AND COLUMNS WHERE EACH COLUMN
REPRESENTS A PARTICULAR CHARACTERSTIC AND EACH ROW
REPRESENTS A RECORD OF A PARTICULAR ENTITY.
DATABASE:- IT IS A COLLECTION OF TABLES RELEATED TO

PARTICUALAR SUBJECT.
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(DBMS):- IT IS A

SOFTWARE(SYSTEM) WHICH HELPS THE USER TO MANAGE THE
DATABASE IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. IT ALLOWS THE USER TO
SELECT , INSERT , UPDATE AND DELETE RECORDS IN VARIOUS
TABLES. IT PROVIDES VARIOUS TYPES OF COMMANDS TO PERFORM
VARIOUS TYPES OF OPERATIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS USER TO CREATE
VIEWS , PROCEDURES AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS SO THAT IT
BECOMES QUITE EASY FOR THE USER TO HANDLE THE DATABASE. IT
IS BASICALLY OF THREE TYPES :-
RELATIONAL (RDMBS)
HIERARCHIAL
NETWORK
RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(RDBMS):-
IT IS A TYPE OF DBMS IN THE CONECEPT OF RELATIONS IS USED . A
RELATION CAN BE IN BETWEEN ATTRIBUTES OF A SINGLE ENTITY OR
A RELATION CAN BE IN BETWEEN TWO OR MORE THAN ENTITIES
BOUND BY A COMMON COLUMN. ORACLE IS ALSO A RDBMS. OTHER
EAXMPLES OF ORACLE ARE :- MS-ACCESS , SQL SERVER ETC.
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Oracle 8i By:- R.L.Verma
SQL(STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE) :- IT IS A QUERY

LANGUAGE WHICH PROVIDES VARIOUS TYPES OF QUERIES TO
PERFORM VARIOUS TASKS. THREE TYPES OF SQL QUERIES ARE AS
FOLLOWS :-
DDL (DATA DEFINATION LANGUAGE) :- THIS TYPE OF QUERY

ALLOWS US TO CREATE AND ALTER VARIOUS OBJECTS LIKE TABLES
AND VIEWS. E.Q, CREATE TABLE , CREATE VIEW , ALTER TABLE ,
ALTER VIEW ETC.
DML (DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE) :- THIS TYPE OF QUERY

ALLOWS US TO SELECT , INSERT , UPDATE AND DELETE DATA FROM
VARIOUS TABLES.
DCL (DATA CONTROL LANGUAGE) :- THIS TYPE OF QUERY

ALLOWS TO ASSIGN AND REVOKE PERMISSIONS FROM USER FOR
VARIOUS OPERATIONS ON VARIOUS OBJECTS LIKE TABLE AND
VIEWS. E.Q, GRANT , REVOKE .

DATA TYPES IN ORACLE:-
1.VARCHAR2(SIZE)/VARCHAR(SIZE):- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO

STORE VARIABLE LENGTH ALPHANUMERIC DATA. NO OF
CHARACTER CAN NOT EXCEED THE SPECIFIED SIZE. IF WE ENTER
LESS NO OF CHARACTERS THAN SPECIFIED SIZE, SPACES ARE NOT
APPENDED TO THE RIGHT OF STRING. ITS VALUE IS FEEDED INSIDE
SINGLE QUOTES.
2.CHAR(SIZE):- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO STORE FIXED LENGTH

ALPHANUMERIC DATA. NO OF CHARACTER CAN NOT EXCEED THE
SPECIFIED SIZE. IF WE ENTER LESS NO OF CHARACTERS THAN
SPECIFIED SIZE, SPACES ARE APPENDED TO THE RIGHT OF STRING.
ITS VALUE IS FEEDED INSIDE SINGLE QUOTES.
3.NUMBER(P,S):- THIS DATA TYPE ALLOWS US TO STORE NUMERIC

VALUES. PRECISION(P) ALLOWS TO SPECIFY MAXIMUM DIGITS
WITHIN A NUMBER. SCALE(S) ALLOWS TO SPECIFY DIGITS AFTER
DECIMAL POINT. IF VALUE OF SCALE IS NOT MENTIONED , THEN ITS
DEFAULT VALUE IS 0. IF VALUE OF PRECISION IS NOT MENTIONED ,
THEN ITS DEFAULT VALUE IS 38. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DIGITS
ALLOWED IN A NUMBER IS 38.
4.LONG:- THIS DATA TYPE ALLOWS US TO STORE VARIABLE LENGTH

STRING UPTO 2GB.
5.DATE:- THIS DATA TYPE ALLOWS US TO STORE DATE IN FORMAT

‘DD-MON-YY’. ITS VALUE IS FEEDED INSIDE SINGLE QUOTES.
6.RAW:- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO STORE BINARY DATA SUCH AS
IMAGES UPTO 255 BYTES.
7.LONG RAW:- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO STORE BINARY DATA

SUCH AS IMAGES UPTO 2GB.

VARIOUS COMMONLY USED DDL COMMANDS USED IN ORACLE :-
1.CREATE TABLE :-
THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE TABLE . BY USING THIS
COMMAND , WE SPECIFY NAME OF THE TABLE , NAME OF THE
COLUMNS AND DATA TYPE OF THE COLUMNS.
SYNTAX :- CREATE TABLE tablename ( columnname1 datatype ,

columnname2 datatype , ………. , columnnamen datatype )
EXAMPLE :- CREATE TABLE student ( rollno number(3) , name varchar2(20) ,

age number(3) , marks number(4,2) );
2.ALTER TABLE:- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ALTER THE

STRUCTURE OF A TABLE.
WE CAN ADD NEW COLUMNS BY USING ALTER TABLE COMMAND.
SYNTAX :-
ALTER TABLE tablename ADD (columname1 datatype , columnname2 datatype
,….., columnnamen datatype)
EXAMPLE :-
ALTER TABLE student ADD (address varchar2(10))
WE CAN ALSO MODIFY COLUMNS DATA TYPES BY USING ALTER

TABLE COMMAND.
SYNTAX :-
ALTER TABLE tablename MODIFY (columname1 datatype , columnname2
datatype ,….., columnnamen datatype)
EXAMPLE :-
ALTER TABLE student MODIFY (address varchar2(20))
LIMITATIONS OF ALTER TABLE COMMAND:-
TABLE NAME CAN NOT BE CHANGED.
COLUMN NAME CAN NOT BE CHANGED.
COLUMN CAN NOT BE DROPPED (DELETED).
SIZE OF COLUMN CAN NOT BE CHANGED IF TABLE DATA EXISTS .

VARIOUS COMMONLY USED DML COMMANDS USED IN ORACLE :-
1.INSERT :- THIS COMAMND IS USED TO INSERT DATA IN TABLES.

(A)VALUES ARE FEEDED IN THE SAME ORDER IN WHICH COLUMNS
WERE CREATED IN CREATE TABLE COMMAND.
SYNTAX :- INSERT INTO tablename VALUES(value1,value2,…..,valuen);
EXAMPLE :- INSERT INTO student VALUES(1,'amit', 21 , 88);
(B) TO FEED VALUES IN LIMITED COLUMNS , WE MUST MENTION

FIELD NAMES .
SYNTAX :- INSERT INTO student(columnname1,columnname2,….

Columnnamen) VALUES(value1, value2 , ….. valuen)
EXAMPLE :-
i. INSERT INTO student(rollno,name) VALUES(3, 'raj')
ii. INSERT INTO student(rollno,age,marks) VALUES(5, 25,65)
(C) TO FEED VALUES IN ALL THE COLUMNS , THEN MENTIONING

COLUMN NAMES IS OPTIONAL.
EXAMPLE:-
i.INSERT INTO student(rollno,name,age,marks) VALUES(4, 'aryan',24,74)
ii. INSERT INTO student VALUES(4, 'aryan',24,74)
2.UPDATE :- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MODIFY TABLE RECORDS.

WHERE CLAUSE IS USED TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA OF RECORDS TO
BE UPDATED.
SYNTAX:- UPDATE tablename SET columnname1=value1,
columnname2=value2, columnnamen=valuen WHERE condition
EXMPLE :-
i.UPDATE student SET name='sumit' WHERE rollno=5
ii.UPDATE student SET name='aman', age=28, marks=55 WHERE rollno=3
iii. UPDATE student SET age=age+2 WHERE rollno=1
IF WHERE CLAUSE IS NOT SPECIFIED , THEN ALL THE RECORDS ARE

UPDATED.

SYNTAX:- UPDATE tablename SET columnname1=value1,

columnname2=value2, columnnamen=valuen
EXMPLE :-
i.UPDATE student SET age=age+2
3.DELETE :- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DELETE TABLE RECORDS.

WHERE CLAUSE IS USED TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA OF RECORDS TO
BE DELETED.
SYNTAX:- DELETE FROM tablename WHERE condition
EXAMPLE :- DELETE FROM student WHERE rollno=1
(B) IF WHERE CLAUSE IS NOT SPECIFIED , THEN ALL THE TABLE

RECORDS ARE DELETED
SYNTAX:- DELETE FROM tablename
EXAMPLE :- DELETE FROM student
SELECT :- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SELECT DATA FROM TABLE .

SYNTAX:- SELECT columnname1,columnname2,….., columnnamen FROM
tablename
EXAMPLE:- SELECT rollno,name,age FROM student
‘*’ IS USED TO READ DATA OF ALL THE COLUMNS.

SYNTAX :- SELECT * FROM tablename
EXAMPLE :- SELECT * FROM student
(B) WHERE CLAUSE IS USED TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA OF RECORDS

TO BE SELECTED.
SYNTAX :- SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE criteria
EXAMPLE :- SELECT * FROM student WHERE rollno=1
IF WE DO NOT SPECIFY WHERE CLAUSE , THEN ALL THE RECORDS OF

TABLE ARE SELECTED.
ORDER BY CLAUSE IS USED TO SORT ALL THE RECORDS BY A
PARTICUALR FIELD. BY DEFAULT ALL RECORDS ARE SORTED IN
ASCENDING ORDER. WE USE KEYWORD ‘ASC’ TO SORT RECORDS IN

ASCENDING ORDER AND KEYWORD ‘DESC’ TO SORT RECORDS IN

DESCENDING ORDER.
SYNTAX :- I.SELECT * FROM tablename ORDER BY columnname
II. SELECT * FROM tablename ORDER BY columnname [ASC/DESC]
EXAMPLE :- I. SELECT * FROM student ORDER BY marks

II. SELECT * FROM student ORDER BY marks ASC
III. SELECT * FROM student ORDER BY marks DESC
(E) ‘WHERE’ AND ‘ORDER BY’ CLAUSE CAN ALSO BE USED

TOGETHER.
SYNTAX :- SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE criteria ORDER BY
columnname
EXAMPLE :- SELECT * FROM student WHERE rollno>1 ORDER BY marks
DISTINCT CLAUSE IS USED TO READ ONLY DISTINCT VALUES.

SYNTAX :- SELECT DISTINCT columnname FROM tablename
EXAMPLE :- SELECT DISTINCT name FROM student

VARIOUS COMMONLY USED DCL COMMANDS USED IN

ORACLE (SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN ORACLE) :-
EXAMPLE(TO PERFORM DML OPERATIONS ON THE TABLE CREATED

BY ANOTHER USER):-
1.SELECT * FROM system.student
2.INSERT INTO system.student VALUES(9,'Z')
3.DELETE FROM system.student WHERE rollno>10
4.UPDATE system.student SET name='ankit' WHERE rollno=9
1.GRANT COMMAND:-
GRANT COMMAND HELPS US TO ALLOW ONE USER TO ACCESS
OBJECTS OF ANOTHER USER.
VARIOUS PRIVILEGES WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER USER:-

SELECT , INSERT , UPDATE , DELETE , ALTER , INDEX
EXAMPLE(TO GRANT ONLY ONE PRIVILEGE TO ANOTHER USER):-

GRANT UPDATE ON student TO scott
EXAMPLE(TO GRANT MULTIPLE PRIVILEGES TO ANOTHER USER):-

GRANT SELECT , INSERT ON student TO scott
EXAMPLE(TO GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES TO ANOTHER USER):-

GRANT ALL ON student TO scott
EXAMPLE(TO GRANT PRIVILEGES TO ANOTHER USER AND ALSO

ALLOWING HIM TO GRANT SAME PRIVILEGES ON SAME OBJECT TO
SOME OTHER USERS):-
GRANT ALL ON student TO scott WITH GRANT OPTION

2.REVOKE COMMAND:-
REVOKE COMMAND HELPS US TO SNATCH PERMISSIONS FROM ONE
USER TO ACCESS OBJECTS OF ANOTHER USER.
EXAMPLE(TO REVOKE ONLY ONE PRIVILEGE FROM ANOTHER USER):-

REVOKE UPDATE ON student FROM scott
EXAMPLE(TO REVOKE MULTIPLE PRIVILEGES FROM ANOTHER

USER):-
REVOKE SELECT , INSERT ON student FROM scott
EXAMPLE(TO REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES FROM ANOTHER USER):-

REVOKE ALL ON student FROM scott

SOME COMMONLY USED COMMANDS:-
1.TO SEE THE LIST OF ALL THE TABLE , A USER HAS CREATED :-
SELECT * FROM TAB
2. TO SEE THE STRUCTURE OF A TABLE:-

DESCRIBE tablename
3.TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A TABLE:-

RENAME oldname TO newname
4.TO DELETE A TABLE :-

DROP TABLE tablename
5.TO PERFORM A MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION:-

SELECT 2*7 FROM DUAL
6.TO SEE CURRENT DATE:-

SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL

OPERATORS IN ORACLE:-
1.MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS:-
/ - DIVISION
* - MULTIPLICATION
+ - ADDITION
- - SUBSTRACTION
EXAMPLE:-
A.SELECT 2*6 FROM DUAL
B.SELECT AGE , AGE+2 FROM STUDENT
2. RELATIONAL OPERATORS :-
> - GREATER THAN

>= - GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
< - LESS THAN
<= - LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
= - EQUAL TO
<> - NOT EQUAL TO
3.LOGICAL OPERATORS:-
AND:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE WHEN BOTH THE CONDITIONS

SPECIFIED WITH AND OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE. IF ANY ONE OF THE
CONDITION SPECIFIED EVALUATES TO FALSE , THEN AND OPERATOR
RETURNS FALSE.
EXAPMLE:-
SELECT * FROM STUDENT WHERE ROLLNO>2 AND ROLLNO<5
UPDATE STUDENT SET AGE=AGE+2 WHERE ROLLNO>2 AND
ROLLNO<5

OR:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE WHEN ANY ONE CONDITION OR

BOTH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED WITH OR OPERATOR RETURNS
TRUE. IF BOTH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED EVALUATE TO FALSE ,
THEN OR OPERATOR RETURNS FALSE.
EXAPMLE:-
A.SELECT * FROM STUDENT WHERE ROLLNO=2 OR ROLLNO=5
B.UPDATE STUDENT SET AGE=AGE+2 WHERE ROLLNO=2 OR
ROLLNO=5
NOT:- THIS OPERATOR NEGATES THE RESULT OF AN EXPRESSION.

EXAPMLE:-
A.SELECT * FROM STUDENT WHERE NOT(ROLLNO=2 OR ROLLNO=5)
B.UPDATE STUDENT SET AGE=AGE+2 WHERE NOT(ROLLNO=2 OR
ROLLNO=5)
BETWEEN:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE IF A VALUE FALLS IN

BETWEEN MINIMUM VALUE AND MAXIMUM VALUE.
SYNTAX:-
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE columnname BETWEEN minvalue AND
maxvalue
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT * FROM student WHERE rollno BETWEEN 2 AND 4
NOT BETWEEN:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE IF A VALUE DOES

NOT FALL IN BETWEEN MINIMUM VALUE AND MAXIMUM VALUE.
SYNTAX:-
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE columnname NOT BETWEEN minvalue
AND maxvalue
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT * FROM student WHERE rollno NOT BETWEEN 2 AND 4

IN:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE IF A VALUE MATCHES TO ANY

OF MULTIPLE VALUES SPECIFIED WITH IN OPERATOR.
SYNTAX:-
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE columnname IN (value1, value2,….,
valuen)
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT * FROM student WHERE name IN ('aman','amit','sumit')
NOT IN:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE IF A VALUE DOES NOT

MATCH TO ANY OF MULTIPLE VALUES SPECIFIED WITH NOT IN
OPERATOR.
SYNTAX:-
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE columnname NOT IN (value1, value2,….,
valuen)
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT * FROM student WHERE name NOT IN ('aman', 'amit', 'sumit')
LIKE:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE IF A VALUE MATCHES TO A

SPECIFIED PATTERN OF A STRING. WILDCARDS USED WITH LIKE
OPERAOTOR ARE :-
% - IT DENOTES TO ZERO OR MORE CHARACTERS.
_ - IT DENOTES TO ONE CHARACTER.
SYNTAX:-
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE columnname LIKE pattern
EXAMPLE:-
1.SELECT * FROM student WHERE name LIKE 'a%'
2.SELECT * FROM student WHERE name LIKE 'a%n'
3.SELECT * FROM student WHERE name LIKE 'a___'

ORACLE IN-BUILT FUNCTIONS :-

ORACLE INBUILT FUNCTIONS SERVE THE PURPOSE OF
MANIPULATING DATA AND RETURN A VALUE. ORACLE INBUILT
FUNCTIONS ARE OF TWO TYPES:-
1.AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS/GROUP FUNCTIONS:-

THESE TYPE OF FUNCTIONS ACT ON A SET OF VALUES AND RETURN
A SINGLE VALUE. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF AGGREGATE
FUNCTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
NUMERIC FUNCTIONS:-
A.SUM:- THIS FUNCTION FINDS THE SUM OF A SET OF VALUES

EXAMPLE:- SELECT SUM(marks) FROM student
B.COUNT:- THIS FUNCTION COUNTS A SET OF VALUES

EXAMPLE:- SELECT COUNT(marks) FROM student
C.AVG:- THIS FUNCTION FINDS THE AVERAGE OF A SET OF VALUES

EXAMPLE:- SELECT AVG(marks) FROM student
D.MAX:- THIS FUNCTION FINDS THE MAXIMUM VALUE FROM A SET

OF VALUES
EXAMPLE:- SELECT MAX(marks) FROM student
E.MIN:- THIS FUNCTION FINDS THE MINIMUM VALUE FROM A SET OF

VALUES
EXAMPLE:- SELECT MIN(marks) FROM student
NOTE:- MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS CAN BE USED IN A SINGLE QUERY.

EXAMPLE :-
SELECT SUM(marks) AS SUM_MARKS, COUNT(marks) "COUNT",

AVG(marks) ,MAX(marks) , MIN(marks) FROM student

2.SCALAR FUNCTIONS/SINGLE ROW FUNCTIONS:-
THESE TYPE OF FUNCTIONS ACT ON A SINGLE VALUE AND RETURN A

SINGLE VALUE. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF SCALAR FUNCTIONS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
NUMERIC FUNCTIONS:-
A. POWER:- THIS FUNCTION IS USED TO FIND THE POWER OF A

NUMBER.
EXAMPLE :-
i. SELECT POWER(5,3) FROM DUAL
ii. SELECT POWER(rollno,2) FROM student
B. ABS:- THIS FUNCTION ALWAYS RETURN A POSITIVE VALUE.

EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT age , ABS(age) FROM student
C. ROUND:- THIS FUNCTION ROUNDS OFF A NUMBER UPTO

SPECIFIED DECIMAL POINTS.
EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT ROUND(53.56182,2) FROM DUAL
ii. SELECT ROUND(marks,2) FROM student
D. SQRT:- THIS FUNCTION FINDS SQUARE ROOT OF A NUMBER.

EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT SQRT(64) FROM DUAL
ii.SELECT SQRT(marks) FROM student

3.STRING FUNCTIONS:-
A.LOWER:- THIS FUNCTION CONVERTS ALL THE CHARACTERS OF A

STRING TO LOWER CASE.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT NAME, LOWER(name) FROM student
B.UPPER:- THIS FUNCTION CONVERTS ALL THE CHARACTERS OF A

STRING TO UPPER CASE.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT NAME, UPPER(name) FROM student
C.INITCAP:- THIS FUNCTION CONVERTS FIRST CHARACTER OF

STRING TO UPPERCASE AND THE REMAINING CHARACTERS OF A
STRING TO LOWERCASE.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT NAME, INITCAP(name) FROM student
D.LENGTH:- THIS FUNCTION RETURNS TOTAL NO OF CHARACTERS

IN A STRING
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT NAME, LENGTH(name) FROM student
E.LTRIM:- THIS REMOVES A PARTICULAR CHARACTER FROM THE

LEFT PART OF A STRING. IF THE CHARACTER TO BE REMOVED IS NOT
SPECIFIED , THEN BY DEFAULT , IT REMOVES SPACES.
EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT NAME , LTRIM(NAME , 'a') FROM student
ii.SELECT LTRIM('aaaaabcdeaa' , 'a') FROM dual
iii.SELECT LTRIM(' ABC ') FROM DUAL
F.RTRIM:- THIS REMOVES A PARTICULAR CHARACTER FROM THE

RIGHT PART OF A STRING. IF THE CHARACTER TO BE REMOVED IS
NOT SPECIFIED , THEN BY DEFAULT , IT REMOVES SPACES.
EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT name , RTRIM(name , 'a') FROM student
ii.SELECT RTRIM('aaaaabcdeaa' , 'a') FROM dual
iii.SELECT RTRIM(' abc ') FROM DUAL

G. LPAD:- THIS FUNCTION PADS THE STRING IN THE LEFT PART WITH
A CHARACTER SO THAT LENGTH OF STRING BECOMES EQUAL TO
SPECIFIED NO OF ALPHABETS. BY DEFAULT, STRING IS PADDED WITH
SPACES.
EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT LPAD('abcdef',10,'*') FROM DUAL
ii.SELECT LPAD('abcdef',10) FROM DUAL
iii. SELECT LPAD(name,10,'-') FROM student
H. RPAD:- THIS FUNCTION PADS THE STRING IN RIGHT PART WITH A

CHARACTER SO THAT LENGTH OF STRING BECOMES EQUAL TO
SPECIFIED NO OF ALPHABETS. BY DEFAULT, STRING IS PADDED WITH
SPACES.
EXAMPLE:-
i.SELECT RPAD('abcdef',10,'*') FROM DUAL
ii.SELECT RPAD('abcdef',10) FROM DUAL
iii. SELECT RPAD(name,10,'-') FROM student
I.SUBSTR:- THIS FUNCTION RETURNS A PART OF

STRING(SUBSTRING). WE ALSO MENTION STARTING POSITION OF
SUBSTRING AND LENGTH OF SUBSTRING.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT name,SUBSTR(name,2,3) FROM student

CONSTRAINTS IN ORACLE :-
CONSTRAINTS ARE LIMITATIONS OR VALIDATION RULES APPLIED ON
VARIOUS COLUMNS.
NOT NULL:- BY APPLYING THIS CONSTRAINT ON A COLUMN, USER

CAN NOT ENTER NULL VALUES WITHIN A COLUMN. IF A USER TRIES
TO ENTER NULL VALUE IN THAT COLUMN , ORACLE DISPLAYS
ERROR MESSAGE.
EXAMPLE(to apply NOT NULL constraint on a column):-
CREATE TABLE student1 (rollno NUMBER(4) NOT NULL , name

VARCHAR2(20))
CHECK:- BY APPLYING THIS CONSTRAINT ON A COLUMN , WE CAN

LIMIT THE RANGE OF VALUES OR WE CAN LIMIT THE DOMAIN OF A
COLUMN.
EXAPMLE(to apply CHECK constraint at COLUMN LEVEL):-
CREATE TABLE student2 ( rollno NUMBER(3) CHECK (rollno BETWEEN 1

AND 50) , city VARCHAR2(20) CHECK ( city IN ('sirsa' , 'hisar' , 'rohtak')))
EXAPMLE(to apply CHECK constraint at TABLE LEVEL):-
CREATE TABLE student3 ( rollno NUMBER(3), city VARCHAR2(20) ,

CHECK (rollno BETWEEN 1 AND 50) , CHECK ( city IN ('sirsa' , 'hisar' ,
'rohtak')))

SPECIFYING DEFAULT VALUES OF A COLUMN:-

EXAMPLE:-
CREATE TABLE student9 (rollno NUMBER(3) , city VARCHAR2(20)
DEFAULT 'sirsa');
UNIQUE CONSTRAINT:-
BY APPLYING THIS CONSTRAINT ON A COLUMN , USER CAN NOT
ENTER DUPLICATE VALUES IN A COLUMN. ONLY UNIQUE VALUES
ARE ALLOWED. IF A USER TRIES TO ENTER DUPLICATE VALUES IN
THAT COLUMN , ORACLE DISPLAYS ERROR MESSAGE.
EXAMPLE(to apply UNIQUE CONSTRAINT at COLUMN LEVEL):-
CREATE TABLE student4 ( rollno NUMBER(3) UNIQUE , city

VARCHAR2(20) )

PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT: -
EXAMPLE(TO ADD PRIMARY KEY USING ALTER TABLE COMMAND):-

ALTER TABLE student7 ADD PRIMARY KEY(rollno)
EXAMPLE(TO DELETE PRIMARY KEY USING ALTER TABLE

COMMAND):-
ALTER TABLE student7 DROP PRIMARY KEY
EXAMPLE( TO CREATE PRIMARY KEY USING CREATE TABLE

COMMAND AND GIVING PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT A NAME):-
CREATE TABLE student8 (rollno NUMBER(3) CONSTRAINT pk_student8
PRIMARY KEY , name VARCHAR2(20))
EXAMPLE( TO CREATE PRIMARY KEY USING ALTER TABLE

COMMAND AND GIVING PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT A NAME):-
ALTER TABLE student7 ADD CONSTRAINT pk_student7 PRIMARY
KEY(rollno)
EXAMPLE(TO DELETE PRIMARY KEY USING ALTER TABLE COMMAND

BY SPECIFYING ITS CONSTRAINT NAME):-
ALTER TABLE student8 DROP CONSTRAINT pk_student8

FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAIN T:-

A FOREIGN KEY IS A COLUMN WHOSE VALUES ARE DERIVED FROM
PRIMARY KEY OR UNIQUE KEY OF OTHER TABLE. THE TABLE IN
WHICH PRIMARY KEY IS DEFINED IS KNOWN AS PRIMARY TABLE OR
MASTER TABLE OR PARENT TABLE. THE TABLE IN WHICH FOREIGN
KEY IS DEFINED IS KNOWN AS FOREIGN TABLE OR DETAIL TABLE OR
CHILD TABLE.
SOME OF THE FEATURES OF PRIMARY KEY/FOREIGN KEY

RELATIONSHIP:-
1.PRIMARY KEY CAN NOT ACCEPT DUPLICATE VALUES WHEREAS

FOREIGN KEY CAN ACCEPT.
2. PRIMARY KEY CAN NOT ACCEPT NULL VALUES WHEREAS FOREIGN

KEY CAN ACCEPT.
3. VALUES ENTERED IN FOREIGN KEY OF DETAIL TABLE MUST BE

PRESENT IN PRIMARY KEY OF PRIMARY TABLE OTHERWISE
WHENEVER USER TRIES TO PERFORM INSERT OR UPDATE
OPERATION , ORACLE DISPLAYS ERROR.
4.TO PERFORM UPDATE OR DELETE OPERATIONS ON PRIMARY KEY

OF MASTER TABLE , CORROSPONDING VALUES MUST NOT BE
PRESENT IN FOREIGN KEY OF FOREIGN TABLE, OTHERWISE ORACLE
DISPLAY ERROR .
5.IN REFERENCES CLAUSE , WE NEED TO MENTION ONLY NAME OF

THE PARENT TABLE. PRIMARY KEY OF PRIMARY TABLE IS
AUTOMATICALLY ATTACHED TO FOREIGN KEY OF FOREIGN TABLE.
6.IF ‘ON DELETE CASCADE’ OPTION HAS BEEN SET , THEN DELETE
OPERATION IN MATSER TABLE WILL TRIGGER DELETE OPERATION IN
CHILD TABLE.
EXAMPLE(TO CREATE FOREIGN KEY BY REFERRING PRIMARY

TABLE):-
CREATE TABLE fees7 (rollno NUMBER(3) REFERENCES student7, fees
NUMBER(6,2))

EXAMPLE(TO CREATE FOREIGN KEY BY REFERRING PRIMARY TABLE

, ALSO SPECIFY FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAINT NAME):-
CREATE TABLE fees7 (rollno NUMBER(3) CONSTRAINT fk_fees7
REFERENCES student7, fees NUMBER(6,2))
EXAMPLE(TO DELETE FOREIGN KEY USING ALTER TABLE COMMAND

BY SPECIFYING FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAINT NAME):-
ALTER TABLE fees7 DROP CONSTRAINT fk_fees7
EXAMPLE(TO CREATE FOREIGN KEY USING ALTER TABLE COMMAND

BY REFERRING PRIMARY TABLE , ALSO SPECIFY FOREIGN KEY
CONSTRAINT NAME):-
ALTER TABLE fees7 ADD FOREIGN KEY(rollno) REFERENCES student7
EXAMPLE(TO CREATE FOREIGN KEY BY REFERRING PRIMARY TABLE

, ALSO SETTING ‘ON DELETE CASCADE’ OPTION):-
CREATE TABLE fees7 (rollno NUMBER(3) CONSTRAINT fk_fees7
REFERENCES student7 ON DELETE CASCADE, fees NUMBER(6,2))

GROUPING:-
GROUPING ALLOWS US TO GROUP RECORDS BASED ON DISTINCT

VALUES OF A PARTICULAR COLUMN. HAVING CLAUSE ALLOWS US
TO FILTER SUMMARY OF GROUPS. CONDITION IN HAVING CLAUSE
SHOULD BE BASED ON EITHER AGREEGATE FUNCTIONS OR ON THE
COLUMN BY WHICH GROUPS HAVE BEEN CRETAED.
EXAMPLE(TO PERFORM GROUPING AND USING AN AGREEGATE

FUNCTION):-
SELECT deptno,SUM(sal) FROM EMP GROUP BY deptno
EXAMPLE(TO PERFORM GROUPING AND USING MULTIPLE

AGREEGATE FUNCTION):-
SELECT deptno,SUM(sal),COUNT(sal), AVG(sal), MAX(sal),MIN(sal) FROM
EMP GROUP BY deptno

FUNCTION AND TO PERFORM FILTERING OF GROUPS BASED ON SAME
AGREEGATE FUNCTION IN HAVING CLAUSE):-
SELECT deptno,SUM(sal) FROM EMP GROUP BY deptno HAVING
SUM(sal)>9000

FUNCTION AND TO PERFORM FILTERING OF GROUPS BASED ON
DIFFERENT AGREEGATE FUNCTION IN HAVING CLAUSE):-
SELECT deptno,SUM(sal) FROM EMP GROUP BY deptno HAVING
COUNT(sal)<6

FUNCTION AND TO PERFORM FILTERING OF GROUPS BASED ON THE
COLUMN BY WHICH GROUPING HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN HAVING
CLAUSE):-
SELECT deptno,SUM(sal) FROM EMP GROUP BY deptno HAVING deptno=20

SUBQUERIES:-
A SUBQUERY IS A SQL QUERY WHICH IS PLACED INSIDE ANOTHER

SQL QUERY. THE STATEMENT CONTAINING A SUB QUERY IS KNOWN
AS PARENT STATEMENT.PARENT QUERY.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT * FROM student7 WHERE rollno IN (SELECT rollno FROM fees7)
UNION/INTERSECT/ MINUS CLAUSE:-

UNION:-
BY USING UNION CLAUSE . MULTIPLE QUERIES ARE PUT TOGETHER
AND THEIR OUTPUT IS COMBINED.
OUTPUT OF UNION CLAUSE = RECORDS ONLY IN QUERY 1 +
RECORDS IN ONLY QUERY 2 + A SINGLE SET OF RECORDS WHICH IS
COMMON IN BOTH THE QUERIES.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT rollno FROM student6 UNION SELECT rollno FROM student7
INTERSECT:-
BY USING INTERSECT CLAUSE . MULTIPLE QUERIES ARE PUT
TOGETHER AND THEIR OUTPUT IS COMBINED.
OUTPUT OF INTERSECT CLAUSE = A SINGLE SET OF RECORDS WHICH
IS COMMON IN BOTH THE QUERIES.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT rollno FROM student6 INTERSECT SELECT rollno FROM student7
MINUS:-
BY USING UNION CLAUSE . MULTIPLE QUERIES ARE PUT TOGETHER
AND THEIR OUTPUT IS COMBINED.
OUTPUT OF MINUS CLAUSE = RECORDS IN QUERY 1 - RECORDS IN
QUERY 2
(ONLY THOSE RECORDS ARE DISPLAYED FROM QUERY 1 WHICH ARE
NOT PRESENT IN QUERY 2)
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT rollno FROM student6 MINUS SELECT rollno FROM student7

JOINS:-
JOINS ARE USED TO COMBINE THE DATA OF TWO OR MORE THAN
TWO TABLES. JOINS PROVIDE A GREAT FLEXIBILITY TO THE USER TO
SEE THE RECORDS OF MULTIPLE TABLES RELATED TO EACH OTHER.
WITH THE HELP OF JOINS , SUMMARY FROM VARIOUS TABLES CAN
EASILY BE OBTAINED. JOINS ARE OF MULTIPLE TYPES:-
INNER JOIN:- INNER JOINS ARE USED TO COMBINE THE DATA OF

TWO OR MORE THAN TWO TABLES IN WHICH ONLY THOSE RECORDS
OF BOTH THE TABLES ARE DISPLAYED WHICH SATISFY A SPECIFIED
CONDITION.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT student.rollno,name, fees.rollno,fees FROM student INNER JOIN fees
ON student.rollno=fees.rollno
LEFT OUTER JOIN:- LEFT OUTER JOINS ARE USED TO COMBINE THE
DATA OF TWO OR MORE THAN TWO TABLES IN WHICH ALL THE
RECORDS OF LEFT TABLE ARE DISPLAYED AND ONLY THOSE
RECORDS OF RIGHT TABLE ARE DISPLAYED WHICH SATISFY A
SPECIFIED CONDITION.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT student.rollno,name, fees.rollno,fees FROM student LEFT OUTER JOIN
fees ON student.rollno=fees.rollno
RIGHT OUTER JOIN:- RIGHT OUTER JOINS ARE USED TO COMBINE

THE DATA OF TWO OR MORE THAN TWO TABLES IN WHICH ALL THE
RECORDS OF RIGHT TABLE ARE DISPLAYED AND ONLY THOSE
RECORDS OF LEFT TABLE ARE DISPLAYED WHICH SATISFY A
SPECIFIED CONDITION.
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT student.rollno,name, fees.rollno,fees FROM student RIGHT OUTER
JOIN fees ON student.rollno=fees.rollno

FULL OUTER JOIN:- FULL OUTER JOINS ARE USED TO COMBINE THE
DATA OF TWO OR MORE THAN TWO TABLES IN WHICH ALL THE
RECORDS OF BOTH TABLES ARE DISPLAYED
EXAMPLE:-
SELECT student.rollno,name, fees.rollno,fees FROM student FULL OUTER
JOIN fees ON student.rollno=fees.rollno
SELF JOIN:- IN CASE OF JOINS , MULTIPLE INSTANCE OF SAME TABLE

ARE OPENED IN MEMORY WITH DIFFERENT ALIAS. AND THEN A JOIN
OPERATION IS PERFORMED BETWEEN THOSE TWO INSTANCE OF
SAME TABLE BY USING THEIR ALIAS. SO , WHEN A TABLE IS JOINED
TO ITSELF IS KNOWN AS SELF JOIN.
EXAMPLE:-
(TO DISPLAY DETAILS OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHICH HAVE A
MANAGER)
1. SELECT emp_1.empno,emp_1.name,emp_1.mngrno,emp_2.name “manager”
FROM employee emp_1,employee emp_2 WHERE
emp_1.mngrno=emp_2.empno
2. SELECT emp_1.empno,emp_1.name,emp_1.mngrno,emp_2.name manager

FROM employee emp_1 INNER JOIN employee emp_2 ON
(TO DISPLAY DETAILS OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHICH HAVE A

MANAGER OR NOT)
3. SELECT emp_1.empno,emp_1.name,emp_1.mngrno,emp_2.name manager
FROM employee emp_1 LEFT OUTER JOIN employee emp_2 ON

VIEWS:-
VIEWS ARE BASED ON A TABLE. THEY PROVIDE THE USER
FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE A LIMITES ACCESS ON TABLE. IT CAN BE USED
TO PREVENT USERS TO ACCESS ALL COLUMNS OF DATA. VIEWS CAN
BE USED TO OBTAIN SUMMARY FROM VARIOUS TABLE BY USING
CLAUSES LIKE UNION , GROUP BY ETC. VIEWS CAN BE CREATED ON
SINGLE TABLE OR MULTIPLE TABLES. VIEWS ITSELF HAVE NO DATA.
THEY OBTAIN DATA FROM TABLES AT RUN TIME ON WHICH THEY
ARE BASED. VIEWS WHICH CAN BE USED TO MODIFY THE RECORDS
OF BASE TABLE ARE KNOWN AS UPDATAEABLE VIEWS. VIEWS
WHICH CAN NOT BE USED TO MODIFY THE RECORDS OF BASE TABLE
ARE KNOWN AS READONLY VIEWS.
EXAMPLE(TO CREATE A VIEW BASED ON A SINGLE TABLE

(INCLUDING PRIMARY KEY)):-
CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT empno,ename , sal FROM emp
IN THIS CASE , ALL INSERT , UPDATE AND DELETE OPERATIONS CAN

BE PERFORMED ON EMP TABLE WITH THE HELP OF VIEW V1.
EXAMPLE(TO CREATE A VIEW BASED ON A SINGLE TABLE

(EXCLUDING PRIMARY KEY)):-
CREATE VIEW v2 AS SELECT ename , sal FROM emp
IN THIS CASE , UPDATE AND DELETE OPERATIONS CAN BE

PERFORMED ON EMP TABLE WITH THE HELP OF VIEW V1 BUT INSERT
OPERATION CAN NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE VIEW DOES NOT
INCLUDE PRIMARY KEY ‘EMPNO’ OF TABLE EMP.
EXAMPLES(TO CREATE A READ ONLY VIEW BASED ON A SINGLE

TABLE USING AGREEGATE FUNCTION OR VARIOUS CLAUSES LIKE
UNION, INTERSECT ETC.):-
1.CREATE VIEW v3 AS SELECT deptno,SUM(sal) SUM_SAL FROM EMP
GROUP BY deptno

2.CREATE VIEW v4 AS SELECT SUM(sal) SUM_SAL, COUNT(sal)

COUNT_SAL,AVG(sal) AVG_SAL, MAX(sal) MAX_SAL,MIN(sal) MIN_SAL
FROM emp
3.CREATE VIEW v5 AS SELECT rollno FROM student6 UNION SELECT

rollno FROM student7
IN THESE CASES IN WHICH AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS OR CLAUSES

LIKE UNION , INTERSECT , MINUS , GROUP BY , DISTINCT ARE BEING
USED. THESE TYPES OF VIEWS ARE READ ONLY. WE CAN NOT
PERFORM INSERT , UPDATE OR DELETE OPERATION ON THESE VIEWS.
EXAMPLE(TO CREATE A VIEW BASED ON MULTIPLE TABLES AND

THOSE TABLE DO NOT HAVE PRIMARY KEY-FOREIGN KEY
RELATIONSHIP):-
CREATE VIEW v6 AS SELECT student.rollno "s_rollno",name, fees.rollno

"f_rollno",fees FROM student INNER JOIN fees ON student.rollno=fees.rollno
IF A VIEW IS BASED ON MULTIPLE TABLES AND THOSE TABLES DO

NOT HAVE PRIMARY KEY-FOREIGN KEY RELATIONSHIP , THEN WE
CAN NOT PERFORM INSERT , UPDATE OR DELETE OPERATION ON
CREATED VIEW.
IF A VIEW IS BASED ON MULTIPLE TABLES AND THOSE TABLES

HAVE PRIMARY KEY-FOREIGN KEY RELATIONSHIP THEN:-
1.INSERT OPERATION IS NOT ALLOWED ON VIEW.
2.DELETE OPERATION PERFORMED ON VIEW AFFECT ONLY CHILD
TABLE RECORDS
3.UPDATE OPERATION PERFORMED ON VIEW AFFECT ONLY CHILD
TABLE RECORDS. IF TRY TO UPDATE COLUMNS OF PRIMARY TABLE
IN UPDATE COMMAND, THEN ORACLE DISPLAYS ERROR MESSAGE.
EXAMPLE(TO DELETE A VIEW):-

DROP VIEW v1;

INDEXES:-
AN INDEX IS AN ORDERED LIST OF CONTENTS OF A COLUMN OR
GROUP OF COLUMNS OF A TABLE.. INDEXING INVOLVES FORMATION
OF AN INDEX TABLE INDEPENDENT OF THE BASE TABLE ON WHICH
INDEX HAS BEEN CREATED. AN INDEX TABLE HAS TWO COLUMNS:-
1.FIRST COLUMN WILL HOLD STORED DATA IN SORTED ORDER OF
THE COLUMN OF BASE TABLE ON WHICH INDEX IS CREATED.
2.SECOND COLUMN INDENTIFIES THE LOCATION OF RECORD IN
ORACLE DATABASE. THIS ADDRESS FIELD IS CALLED ROWID.
INDEXING IS AN STRATEGY TO SEARCH AND SORT RECORDS IN THE

TABLE FASTLY. IT IS A TECHNIQUE TO IMPROOVE THE SPEED.
WITHOUT INDEXING, SEQUENTOTAL SEARCH OPERATION IS
PERFORMED ON TABLE WHICH DEGRADES THE PERFORMANCE OF
SYSTEM.
TOO MANY INDEXES ON A TABLE:- EACH TIME , A RECORD IS

INSERTED IN A TABLE, ORACLE ENGINE INSERTS A RECORD BOTH IN
DATA FILES AND INDEX TABLES. IN INDEX TABLE , RECORDS ARE
MAINTAINED IN ASCENDING ORDER. IF TOO MANY INDEXES ARE
CREATED ON A TABLE , IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO INSERT A RECORD
IN A TABLE. ALTHOUGH INDEXES ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF
SELECT COMMAND , IT DEGRADES THE PERFORMANCE OF INSERT
COMMAND. SO A PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN THESE TWO NEED TO
BE MAINTAINED.
CATEGORIES OF INDEX BASED ON UNIQUENESS OF INDEXED

COLUMN:-
1.DUPLICATE INDEXES:- DUPLICATE INDEXES ALLOW DUPLICATE

VALUES FOR INDEXED COLUMN.
EXAMPLE:-
CREATE INDEX idx_rn_fees ON fees(rollno);
2.UNIQUE INDEXES:- UNIQUE INDEXES ALLOW ONLY UNIQUE

VALUES FOR INDEXED COLUMN.
EXAMPLE:-
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_rn_fees ON fees(rollno);

CATEGORIES OF INDEX BASED ON NO OF COLUMNS IN AN

INDEX:-
1.SIMPLE INDEX:- AN INDEX CREATED ON SINGLE COLUMN IS SIMPLE
INDEX.
EXAMPLE:-
CREATE INDEX idx_rn_fees ON fees(rollno);
2.COMPOSITE INDEX:- AN INDEX CREATED ON MULTIPLE COLUMNS

IS COMPOSITE INDEX.
EXAMPLE:-
CREATE INDEX idx_rn_fees ON fees(class,rollno);
EXAMPLE(TO DELETE AN INDEX):-

DROP INDEX idx_rn_fees

SEQUENCES:-
SEQUENCE IS AN OBJECT THAT CAN GENERATE NUMERIC VALUES.

SEQUENCES ARE USED WHILE INSERTING DATA IN A COLUMN OF
TABLE. IT AUTOMATICALLY INCREMENTS A VALUES IN A COLUMN.
IT ALSO PROVIDES THE OPTION TO INSERT ONLY UNIQUE VALUES.
BY USING SEQUENCES , WE CAN ALSO MENTION MINIMUM VALUE
AND MAXIMUM VALUE ENTERED INSIDE A COLUMN.
SYNTAX:-
CREATE SEQUENCE seq_name
[ INCREMENT BY value
START WITH value
MINVALUE value / NOMINVALUE
MAXVALUE value / NOMAXVALUE
CYCLE/NOCYCLE
CACHE value /NOCACHE]
DESCRIPTION:-
INCREMENT BY:- IT SPECIFIES THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO

SEQUENCE NUMBERS.
MINVALUE:- IT SPECIFIES MINIMUM SEQUENCE NUMBER. IF WE

DON’T WANT TO SPECIFY ANY MINIMUM VALUE THEN ,
‘NOMINVALUE’ CLAUSE IS USED.
MAXVALUE:- IT SPECIFIES MAXIMUM SEQUENCE NUMBER. IF WE

DON’T WANT TO SPECIFY ANY MAXIMUM VALUE THEN ,
‘NOMAXVALUE’ CLAUSE IS USED.
CYCLE / NOCYCLE:- IT SPECIFIES WHETHER SEQUENCE NUMBERS

ARE REPEATED AFTER MAXIMUM VALUE IS ENTERED.
CACHE:- IT SPECIFIES HOW MANY SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE PRE-

ALLOCATED IN MEMORY FOR FASTER ACCESS. IT WE DO NOT WANT
TO PRE-ALLOCATE ANY SEQUENCE NUMBER , THEN ‘NOCACHE’
CLAUSE IS USED.

EXAMPLE(TO CREATE A SEQUENCE):-

CREATE SEQUENCE seq_rn INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 8 MINVALUE
1 MAXVALUE 10 CYCLE CACHE 2
EXAMPLE(TO INSERT A VALUE IN A TABLE USING SEQUENCE):-

INSERT INTO student VALUES(seq_rn.NEXTVAL , 'a')
EXAMPLE(TO ALTER A SEQUENCE):-

ALTER SEQUENCE seq_rn INCREMENT BY 2 MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE
20
EXAMPLE(TO DROP A SEQUENCE):-

DROP SEQUENCE seq_rn

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Oracle 8i By:- R.L.

ENTITY (ROW) :- IT REPRESENTS A RECORD/AN INSTANCE OF A

CELL:- IT REPRESENTS VALUE/DATA ITEM OF AN ATTRIBUTE OF A

ENTITY SET (TABLE):- IT IS A COLLECTION OF MULTIPLE

DATABASE:- IT IS A COLLECTION OF TABLES RELEATED TO

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(DBMS):- IT IS A

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SQL(STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE) :- IT IS A QUERY

DDL (DATA DEFINATION LANGUAGE) :- THIS TYPE OF QUERY

DML (DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE) :- THIS TYPE OF QUERY

DCL (DATA CONTROL LANGUAGE) :- THIS TYPE OF QUERY

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DATA TYPES IN ORACLE:-

1.VARCHAR2(SIZE)/VARCHAR(SIZE):- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO

2.CHAR(SIZE):- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO STORE FIXED LENGTH

3.NUMBER(P,S):- THIS DATA TYPE ALLOWS US TO STORE NUMERIC

4.LONG:- THIS DATA TYPE ALLOWS US TO STORE VARIABLE LENGTH

5.DATE:- THIS DATA TYPE ALLOWS US TO STORE DATE IN FORMAT

7.LONG RAW:- THIS DATA TYPE IS USED TO STORE BINARY DATA

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VARIOUS COMMONLY USED DDL COMMANDS USED IN ORACLE :-

SYNTAX :- CREATE TABLE tablename ( columnname1 datatype ,

EXAMPLE :- CREATE TABLE student ( rollno number(3) , name varchar2(20) ,

2.ALTER TABLE:- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ALTER THE

WE CAN ADD NEW COLUMNS BY USING ALTER TABLE COMMAND.

WE CAN ALSO MODIFY COLUMNS DATA TYPES BY USING ALTER

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VARIOUS COMMONLY USED DML COMMANDS USED IN ORACLE :-

1.INSERT :- THIS COMAMND IS USED TO INSERT DATA IN TABLES.

SYNTAX :- INSERT INTO tablename VALUES(value1,value2,…..,valuen);

EXAMPLE :- INSERT INTO student VALUES(1,'amit', 21 , 88);

(B) TO FEED VALUES IN LIMITED COLUMNS , WE MUST MENTION

SYNTAX :- INSERT INTO student(columnname1,columnname2,….

(C) TO FEED VALUES IN ALL THE COLUMNS , THEN MENTIONING

2.UPDATE :- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MODIFY TABLE RECORDS.

IF WHERE CLAUSE IS NOT SPECIFIED , THEN ALL THE RECORDS ARE

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SYNTAX:- UPDATE tablename SET columnname1=value1,

3.DELETE :- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DELETE TABLE RECORDS.

EXAMPLE :- DELETE FROM student WHERE rollno=1

(B) IF WHERE CLAUSE IS NOT SPECIFIED , THEN ALL THE TABLE

EXAMPLE :- DELETE FROM student

SELECT :- THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SELECT DATA FROM TABLE .

‘*’ IS USED TO READ DATA OF ALL THE COLUMNS.

(B) WHERE CLAUSE IS USED TO SPECIFY THE CRITERIA OF RECORDS

IF WE DO NOT SPECIFY WHERE CLAUSE , THEN ALL THE RECORDS OF

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ASCENDING ORDER AND KEYWORD ‘DESC’ TO SORT RECORDS IN

EXAMPLE :- I. SELECT * FROM student ORDER BY marks

(E) ‘WHERE’ AND ‘ORDER BY’ CLAUSE CAN ALSO BE USED

DISTINCT CLAUSE IS USED TO READ ONLY DISTINCT VALUES.

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VARIOUS COMMONLY USED DCL COMMANDS USED IN

EXAMPLE(TO PERFORM DML OPERATIONS ON THE TABLE CREATED

VARIOUS PRIVILEGES WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER USER:-

EXAMPLE(TO GRANT ONLY ONE PRIVILEGE TO ANOTHER USER):-

EXAMPLE(TO GRANT MULTIPLE PRIVILEGES TO ANOTHER USER):-

EXAMPLE(TO GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES TO ANOTHER USER):-

EXAMPLE(TO GRANT PRIVILEGES TO ANOTHER USER AND ALSO

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EXAMPLE(TO REVOKE ONLY ONE PRIVILEGE FROM ANOTHER USER):-

EXAMPLE(TO REVOKE MULTIPLE PRIVILEGES FROM ANOTHER

EXAMPLE(TO REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES FROM ANOTHER USER):-

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SOME COMMONLY USED COMMANDS:-

2. TO SEE THE STRUCTURE OF A TABLE:-

3.TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A TABLE:-

4.TO DELETE A TABLE :-

5.TO PERFORM A MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION:-

6.TO SEE CURRENT DATE:-

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> - GREATER THAN

AND:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE WHEN BOTH THE CONDITIONS

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OR:- THIS OPERATOR RETURNS TRUE WHEN ANY ONE CONDITION OR

NOT:- THIS OPERATOR NEGATES THE RESULT OF AN EXPRESSION.