Overview:
Oracle is a relational database management system and that version 11g is the latest release of Oracle’s RDBMS. 11g is Oracle's grid computing product group including a database management system (DBMS) and an application server. In addition to supporting grid computing features such as resource sharing and automatic load balancing.

Training Objectives of 11g
Oracle 11g course is the latest and most refined Oracle database. It permits high-speed transactions, sophisticated applications and higher business selections. These capabilities offer users the practicality to make high-quality and economical info applications.

Target Students and Prerequisites:
Students must be familiar with concepts in Oracle PL/SQL Basics and SQL*PLUS

Course Contents:
Oracle 10g/11g – SQL & PL/SQL

The Oracle database environment
Reviewing basic architecture concepts
Oracle 10g Architecture
Main features of 9i and 10g

Basic SQL*PLUS commands
Using script files, START, @, GET, SAVE, LIST, PROMPT, PAUSE, ACCEPT, DEFINE, SPOOL

Basic SELECT Statement
Writing the statement in sql plus, Running the SELECT statement

Ordering the output
Single Column, Descending order, multiple column sorts

Conditional retrieval of data
Working with complex conditions, AND OR NOT LIKE BETWEEN

Working with variables
Creating and using variables, Command substitution

Pseudo columns and functions
Pseudo Columns, Row num, Sys date, User & UID, the Dual Table
Working with character functions
UPPER, LOWER, INITCAP, RPAD(), RTRIM(), SUBSTR(), INSTR(),
TRANSLATE(), REPLACE(), GREATEST(), LEAST(), DECODE
Working with date functions
TO_CHAR(), TO_DATE(), MONTHS_BETWEEN(), ADD_MONTHS(), LAST_DAY(), NEXT_DAY()

Using non-character function
ROUND (), TRUNC (), SIGN (), Working with multiple tables, Different type of Joins, Writing Outer Joins

Using the SET operators
Union, Intersect, minus

Aggregating data using group functions
GROUP BY, HAVING

Creating Sub queries
Single Row sub queries, Multiple row Sub queries

Enhancing groups function
ROLLUP, CUBE

Transaction Control Language
Rollback, Commit, save point

Processing hierarchies
creating the Tree structure, LEVEL, CONNECT BY

Data Manipulation Language
INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

Data Definition Language
CREATE, TRUNCATE, ALTER, DROP, RENAME, DESCRIBE

Using Declarative Constraints
Views, Sequences, Synonyms, Indexes, USER_TABLES, USER_TAB_COLUMNS,
USER_OBJECTS, USER_IND_COLUMNS, USER_UPDATEABLE_COLUMNS, Materialized
Views, Other Data dictionary views

Database Security
Object Privileges, Granting access to objects

Improving query performance
Planning and managing the tuning process, Employing tuning tools,
Running EXPLAIN PLAN and auto trace, SQL Trace and TKPROF output,
Optimizer concepts, Fundamentals of access paths, Gathering object and system
statistics with DBMS_STATS, Utilizing hints and optimizer mode,
Specifying first-rows optimization, Determining the driving table

Other Concepts
The Relational Database Model, The system Development Lifecycle, Overview of normalization

PL/SQL
Blocks
Structure, Writing Anonymous Blocks

Variables
Oracle Data types, TYPE and ROWTYPE declarations, Value assignments

Control structures
IF ELSE ENDIF statement, IF ELSIF ELSE ENDIF statement,
LOOP END , LOOP statement, WHILE condition, FOR condition

Cursors
Implicit and Explicit Cursors, Cursor Manipulation statements,
OPEN FETCH CLOSE EXIT WHEN

Printing Values to Screen
Procedures
Creating and Calling Procedures

Functions
Creating and Calling Functions
Packages
Package Header, Package Body

Design Tips and Techniques
Format of standard packages in an application, Spec and Body, NOCOPY hint

Triggers
Database triggers, calling procedures from triggers

Dynamic SQL
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE, DBMS_SQL package
Oracle Supplied packages
DBMS_OUTPUT, UTL_FILE

Collection data types
Associative Arrays, Nested tables, VARRAYs