| Mastering Oracle SQL, 2nd Edition |
| By Alan Beaulieu, Sanjay Mishra |
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| Publisher | : O'Reilly |
| Pub Date | : June 2004 |
| ISBN | : 0-596-00632-2 |
| Pages | : 492 |
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| Copyright |
| | | Preface |
| | | | Why We Wrote This Book |
| | | | What's New in Oracle SQL? |
| | | | Objectives of This Book |
| | | | Audience for This Book |
| | | | Platform and Version |
| | | | Structure of This Book |
| | | | Conventions Used in This Book |
| | | | Using Code Examples |
| | | | Comments and Questions |
| | | | Acknowledgments |
| | | Chapter 1. Introduction to SQL |
| | | | Section 1.1. What Is SQL? |
| | | | Section 1.2. A Brief History of SQL |
| | | | Section 1.3. A Simple Database |
| | | | Section 1.4. DML Statements |
| | | | Section 1.5. So Why Are There 17 More Chapters? |
| | | Chapter 2. The WHERE Clause |
| | | | Section 2.1. Life Without WHERE |
| | | | Section 2.2. WHERE to the Rescue |
| | | | Section 2.3. WHERE Clause Evaluation |
| | | | Section 2.4. Conditions and Expressions |
| | | | Section 2.5. WHERE to Go from Here |
| | | Chapter 3. Joins |
| | | | Section 3.1. What Is a Join Query? |
| | | | Section 3.2. Join Conditions |
| | | | Section 3.3. Types of Joins |
| | | | Section 3.4. Joins and Subqueries |
| | | | Section 3.5. DML Statements on a Join View |
| | | Chapter 4. Group Operations |
| | | | Section 4.1. Aggregate Functions |
| | | | Section 4.2. The GROUP BY Clause |
| | | | Section 4.3. The HAVING Clause |
| | | | Section 4.4. Nested Group Operations |
| | | Chapter 5. Subqueries |
| | | | Section 5.1. What Is a Subquery? |
| | | | Section 5.2. Noncorrelated Subqueries |
| | | | Section 5.3. Correlated Subqueries |
| | | | Section 5.4. Inline Views |
| | | | Section 5.5. Subquery Case Study: The Top N Performers |
| | | Chapter 6. Handling Temporal Data |
| | | | Section 6.1. Time Zones |
| | | | Section 6.2. Temporal Data Types in Oracle |
| | | | Section 6.3. Literals of Temporal Types |
| | | | Section 6.4. Getting Temporal Data In and Out of a Database |
| | | | Section 6.5. Date and Time Formats |
| | | | Section 6.6. Manipulating Temporal Data |
| | | Chapter 7. Set Operations |
| | | | Section 7.1. Set Operators |
| | | | Section 7.2. Precedence of Set Operators |
| | | | Section 7.3. Comparing Two Tables |
| | | | Section 7.4. Using NULLs in Compound Queries |
| | | | Section 7.5. Rules and Restrictions on Set Operations |
| | | Chapter 8. Hierarchical Queries |
| | | | Section 8.1. Representing Hierarchical Information |
| | | | Section 8.2. Simple Hierarchy Operations |
| | | | Section 8.3. Oracle SQL Extensions |
| | | | Section 8.4. Complex Hierarchy Operations |
| | | | Section 8.5. Restrictions on Hierarchical Queries |
| | | | Section 8.6. Enhancements in Oracle Database 10g |
| | | Chapter 9. DECODE and CASE |
| | | | Section 9.1. DECODE, NULLIF, NVL, and NVL2 |
| | | | Section 9.2. The Case for CASE |
| | | | Section 9.3. DECODE and CASE Examples |
| | | Chapter 10. Partitioning |
| | | | Section 10.1. Partitioning Concepts |
| | | | Section 10.2. Partitioning Tables |
| | | | Section 10.3. Partitioning Indexes |
| | | | Section 10.4. Partitioning Methods |
| | | | Section 10.5. Specifying Partitions |
| | | | Section 10.6. Partition Pruning |
| | | Chapter 11. PL/SQL |
| | | | Section 11.1. What Is PL/SQL? |
| | | | Section 11.2. Procedures, Functions, and Packages |
| | | | Section 11.3. Calling Stored Functions from Queries |
| | | | Section 11.4. Restrictions on Calling PL/SQL from SQL |
| | | | Section 11.5. Stored Functions in DML Statements |
| | | | Section 11.6. The SQL Inside Your PL/SQL |
| | | Chapter 12. Objects and Collections |
| | | | Section 12.1. Object Types |
| | | | Section 12.2. Collection Types |
| | | | Section 12.3. Collection Instantiation |
| | | | Section 12.4. Querying Collections |
| | | | Section 12.5. Collection Unnesting |
| | | | Section 12.6. Collection Functions |
| | | | Section 12.7. Comparing Collections |
| | | | Section 12.8. Manipulating Collections |
| | | | Section 12.9. Multilevel Collections |
| | | Chapter 13. Advanced Group Operations |
| | | | Section 13.1. Multiple Summary Levels |
| | | | Section 13.2. Pushing the GROUPING Envelope |
| | | | Section 13.3. The GROUPING_ID and GROUP_ID Functions |
| | | Chapter 14. Advanced Analytic SQL |
| | | | Section 14.1. Analytic SQL Overview |
| | | | Section 14.2. Ranking Functions |
| | | | Section 14.3. Windowing Functions |
| | | | Section 14.4. Reporting Functions |
| | | | Section 14.5. Summary |
| | | Chapter 15. SQL Best Practices |
| | | | Section 15.1. Know When to Use Specific Constructs |
| | | | Section 15.2. Avoid Unnecessary Parsing |
| | | | Section 15.3. Consider Literal SQL for Decision-Support Systems |
| | | Chapter 16. XML |
| | | | Section 16.1. What Is XML? |
| | | | Section 16.2. Storing XML Data |
| | | | Section 16.3. Generating XML Documents |
| | | | Section 16.4. Summary |
| | | Chapter 17. Regular Expressions |
| | | | Section 17.1. Elementary Regular Expression Syntax |
| | | | Section 17.2. Advanced Function Options |
| | | | Section 17.3. Advanced Regular Expression Syntax |
| | | Chapter 18. Model Queries |
| | | | Section 18.1. Basic Elements of a Model Query |
| | | | Section 18.2. Cell References |
| | | | Section 18.3. Rules |
| | | | Section 18.4. Iterative Models |
| | | | Section 18.5. Reference Models |
| | | Appendix A. Oracle's Old Join Syntax |
| | | | Section A.1. Old Inner Join Syntax |
| | | | Section A.2. Old Outer Join Syntax |
| | | | Section A.3. Advantages of the New Join Syntax |
| | | Colophon |
| | | Index |
