Advanced Reports

Beyond master/detail reports, which you learned about in Chapter 5, there are several other advanced and less often used reporting techniques that you should know about to exploit the full power of SQL*Plus. This chapter shows you how to design totals and subtotals into a report. You'll also learn some other useful tricks and techniques involving SQL*Plus and SQL.

     

Introduction to SQL*Plus

• Introduction to SQL*Plus
• What Is SQL*Plus?
• History of SQL*Plus
• Why Master SQL*Plus?
• Creating and Loading the Sample Tables

Command-Line SQL*Plus

• Command-Line SQL*Plus
• Starting Command-Line SQL*Plus
• Starting Windows SQL*Plus
• Some Basic SQL*Plus Commands
• Running SQL Queries
• Working with PL/SQL
• The SQL Buffer
• Line Editing
• Executing the Statement in the Buffer
• Saving and Retrieving the Buffer
• The EDIT Command
• Executing a Script
• The Working Directory

Browser-Based SQL*Plus

• Browser-Based SQL*Plus
• Starting iSQL*Plus
• Executing SQL*Plus Commands
• Running SQL Queries
• Working with PL/SQL
• Executing Scripts
• iSQL*Plus Command History

A Lightning SQL Tutorial

• A Lightning SQL Tutorial
• Data Manipulation Statements
• Transactions
• The Concept of Null
• Table Joins
• Sorting Query Results
• Grouping and Summarizing
• Subqueries
• Unions
• To Learn More

Generating Reports with SQL*Plus

• Generating Reports with SQL*Plus
• Following a Methodology
• Saving Your Work
• Designing a Simple Report
• Master/Detail Reports

Creating HTML Reports

• Creating HTML Reports
• Getting the Data into an HTML Table
• Generating the Entire Page
• Another Approach to Headers
• Master/Detail Reports in HTML

Advanced Reports

• Advanced Reports
• Totals and Subtotals
• Getting the Current Date into a Header
• Report Headers and Footers
• Formatting Object Columns
• Summary Reports
• Taking Advantage of Unions

Writing SQL*Plus Scripts

• Writing SQL*Plus Scripts
• Why Write Scripts?
• Using Substitution Variables
• Prompting for Values
• Cleaning Up the Display
• Executing a Script
• Controlling Variable Substitution
• Commenting Your Scripts
• Resetting Your SQL*Plus Environment
• Scripting Issues with iSQL*Plus

Extracting and Loading Data

• Extracting and Loading Data
• Types of Output Files
• Limitations of SQL*Plus
• Extracting the Data
• An Excel-Specific HTML Hack
• Reloading the Data

Exploring Your Database

• Exploring Your Database
• The DESCRIBE Command
• Oracles Data Dictionary Views
• Tables
• Table Constraints
• Indexes
• Triggers
• Synonyms
• Table Security
• Scripting the Data Dictionary
• Using SQL to Write SQL
• The Master Key

Advanced Scripting

• Advanced Scripting
• Bind Variables
• Branching in SQL*Plus
• Looping in SQL*Plus
• Validating and Parsing User Input
• Error Handling
• Returning Values to Unix

Tuning and Timing

• Tuning and Timing
• Using SQL*Plus Timers
• Using EXPLAIN PLAN
• Using AUTOTRACE
• Improving on EXPLAIN PLAN Results
• Where to Find More Tuning Information

The Product User Profile

• The Product User Profile
• What Is the Product User Profile?
• Using the Product User Profile

Customizing Your SQL*Plus Environment

• Customizing Your SQL*Plus Environment
• SQL*Plus Settings You Can Control
• The Site and User Profiles
• Environment Variables That Affect SQL*Plus
• Windows GUI SQL*Plus
• iSQL*Plus User Preferences

Appendix A. SQL*Plus Command Reference

• Section A.1. The Command to Invoke SQL*Plus
• Section A.2. Commands You Can Issue Within SQL*Plus

Appendix B. SQL*Plus Format Elements

• Appendix B. SQL*Plus Format Elements
• Section B.1. Formatting Numbers
• Section B.2. Formatting Character Strings
• Section B.3. Formatting Dates

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Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide (Definitive Guides)

ISBN: 0596007469
EAN: 2147483647

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Pages: 151

Authors: Jonathan Gennick

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