(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Test Your Thinking.) Foreword. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Introduction. 1. SQL and Data. Data, Databases, and the Definition of sql. Table Relationships. The Student Schema Diagram. 2. SQL: The Basics. The SQL*Plus Environment. The Anatomy of a SELECT Statement. Editing a SQL Statement. The WHERE Clause: Comparison and Logical Operators. The ORDER BY Clause. 3. Character, Number, and Miscellaneous Functions. Character Functions. Number Functions. Miscellaneous Single-Row Functions. 4. Date and Conversion Functions. Applying Oracle's Date Format Models. Performing Date and Time Math. Understanding Timestamp and Time Zone Datatypes. Performing Calculations with the Interval Datatypes. Converting from One Datatype to Another. 5. Aggregate Functions, Group By, and Having. Aggregate Functions. The GROUP BY and HAVING Clauses. 6. Equijoins. The Two-Table Join. Joining Three or More Tables. 7. Subqueries. Simple Subqueries. Correlated Subqueries. Inline Views and Scalar Subquery Expressions . ANY, SOME, and ALL Operators in Subqueries. 8. Set Operators. The Power of UNION and UNION ALL. The MINUS and INTERSECT Set Operators. 9. Complex Joins. Outer Joins. Self-Joins. 10. Insert, Update, and Delete. Creating Data and Transaction Control. Updating and Deleting Data. 11. Create, Alter, and Drop Tables. Creating and Dropping Tables. Altering Tables and Manipulating Constraints. 12. Views, Indexes, and Sequences. Creating and Modifying Views. Indexes. Sequences. 13. The Data Dictionary and Advanced SQL*Plus Commands. The Oracle Data Dictionary Views. Advanced SQL*Plus Commands. 14. Security. Users, Privileges, Roles, and Synonyms. 15. Regular Expressions and Hierarchical Queries. Regular Expressions. Hierarchical Queries. 16. Exploring Data Warehousing Features. -Advanced SQL Concepts, Analytical Functions, and the with Clause. ROLLUP and CUBE Operators. 17. SQL Optimization. -The Oracle Optimizer and Writing Effective SQL Statements. Appendix A: Answers to Self-Review Questions. Appendix B: SQL Formatting Guide. Appendix C: SQL*Plus Command Reference. Appendix D: Student Database Schema. Appendix E: Table and Column Descriptions. Appendix F: Additional Example Tables. Appendix G: Navigating through the Oracle Documentation. Appendix H: Resources. Appendix I: Oracle Datatypes. Index.
