Mastering Oracle SQL, 2/e (Paperback)

Sanjay Mishra, Alan Beaulieu

  • 出版商: O'Reilly
  • 出版日期: 2004-07-27
  • 售價: $1,820
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,729
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 496
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0596006322
  • ISBN-13: 9780596006327
  • 相關分類: OracleSQL
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The vast majority of Oracle SQL books discuss some syntax, provide the barest rudiments of using Oracle SQL, and perhaps include a few simple examples. It might be enough to pass a survey course, or give you some buzz words to drop in conversation with real Oracle DBAs. But if you use Oracle SQL on a regular basis, you want much more. You want to access the full power of SQL to write queries in an Oracle environment. You want a solid understanding of what's possible with Oracle SQL, creative techniques for writing effective and accurate queries, and the practical, hands-on information that leads to true mastery of the language. Simply put, you want useful, expert best practices that can be put to work immediately, not just non-vendor specific overview or theory.

Updated to cover the latest version of Oracle, Oracle 10g, this new edition of the highly regarded Mastering Oracle SQL has a stronger focus on technique and on Oracle's implementation of SQL than any other book on the market. It covers Oracle s vast library of built-in functions, the full range of Oracle SQL query-writing features, regular expression support, new aggregate and analytic functions, subqueries in the SELECT and WITH clauses, multiset union operators, enhanced support for hierarchical queries: leaf and loop detection, and the CONNECT_BY_ROOT operator, new partitioning methods (some introduced in Oracle9i Release 2), and the native XML datatype, XMLType.

Mastering Oracle SQL, 2nd Edition fills the gap between the sometimes spotty vendor documentation, and other books on SQL that just don't explore the full depth of what is possible with Oracle-specific SQL. For those who want to harness the untapped (and often overlooked) power of Oracle SQL, this essential guide for putting Oracle SQL to work will prove invaluable.

 

Table of Contents:

Preface

1. Introduction to SQL
     What Is SQL?
     A Brief History of SQL
     A Simple Database
     DML Statements
     So Why Are There 17 More Chapters?

2. The WHERE Clause
     Life Without WHERE
     WHERE to the Rescue
     WHERE Clause Evaluation
     Conditions and Expressions
     WHERE to Go from Here

3. Joins
     What Is a Join Query?
     Join Conditions
     Types of Joins
     Joins and Subqueries
     DML Statements on a Join View

4. Group Operations
     Aggregate Functions
     The GROUP BY Clause
     The HAVING Clause
     Nested Group Operations

5. Subqueries
     What Is a Subquery?
     Noncorrelated Subqueries
     Correlated Subqueries
     Inline Views
     Subquery Case Study: The Top N Performers

6. Handling Temporal Data
     Time Zones
     Temporal Data Types in Oracle
     Literals of Temporal Types
     Getting Temporal Data In and Out of a Database
     Date and Time Formats
     Manipulating Temporal Data

7. Set Operations
     Set Operators
     Precedence of Set Operators
     Comparing Two Tables
     Using NULLs in Compound Queries
     Rules and Restrictions on Set Operations

8. Hierarchical Queries
     Representing Hierarchical Information
     Simple Hierarchy Operations
     Oracle SQL Extensions
     Complex Hierarchy Operations
     Restrictions on Hierarchical Queries
     Enhancements in Oracle Database 10g

9. DECODE and CASE
     DECODE, NULLIF, NVL, and NVL2
     The Case for CASE
     DECODE and CASE Examples

10. Partitioning
     Partitioning Concepts
     Partitioning Tables
     Partitioning Indexes
     Partitioning Methods
     Specifying Partitions
     Partition Pruning

11. PL/SQL
     What Is PL/SQL?
     Procedures, Functions, and Packages
     Calling Stored Functions from Queries
     Restrictions on Calling PL/SQL from SQL
     Stored Functions in DML Statements
     The SQL Inside Your PL/SQL

12. Objects and Collections
     Object Types
     Collection Types
     Collection Instantiation
     Querying Collections
     Collection Unnesting
     Collection Functions
     Comparing Collections
     Manipulating Collections
     Multilevel Collections

13. Advanced Group Operations
     Multiple Summary Levels
     Pushing the GROUPING Envelope
     The GROUPING_ID and GROUP_ID Functions

14. Advanced Analytic SQL
     Analytic SQL Overview
     Ranking Functions
     Windowing Functions
     Reporting Functions
     Summary

15. SQL Best Practices
     Know When to Use Specific Constructs
     Avoid Unnecessary Parsing
     Consider Literal SQL for Decision-Support Systems

16. XML
     What Is XML?
     Storing XML Data
     Generating XML Documents
     Summary

17. Regular Expressions
     Elementary Regular Expression Syntax
     Advanced Function Options
     Advanced Regular Expression Syntax

18. Model Queries
     Basic Elements of a Model Query
     Cell References
     Rules
     Iterative Models
     Reference Models

Appendix: Oracle's Old Join Syntax

Index