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Rename a Tablespace in Oracle
How To Rename a Tablespace in Oracle? You can easily rename a tablespace by using the ALTER TABLESPACE ... RENAME TO statement as shown in the example below: SQL&gt; CREATE TABLESPACE my_space 2 DATAFILE '/temp/my_space.dbf' SIZE 10M; Tablespace created. SQL&gt; ALTER TABLESPACE my_space REN...
2019-04-13, 3005🔥, 0💬

What Is an External Table in Oracle
What Is an External Table in Oracle? An external table is a table defined in the database with data stored outside the database. Data of an external table is stored in files on the operating systems. Accessing data of external tables are done through data access drivers. Currently, Oracle supports t...
2016-11-27, 3002🔥, 0💬

Create a Test Table for DML Testing in Oracle
How To Create a Testing Table in Oracle? If you want to practice DML statements, you should create a testing table as shown in the script below: CREATE TABLE fyi_links (id NUMBER(4) PRIMARY KEY, url VARCHAR2(80) NOT NULL, notes VARCHAR2(1024), counts NUMBER, created DATE DEFAULT (sysdate)); Table cr...
2020-02-07, 2999🔥, 0💬

Define an Explicit Cursor in Oracle
How To Define an Explicit Cursor in Oracle? An explicit cursor must be defined in the declaration part of a procedure or function with the CURSOR ... IS statement as shown in the following sample script: DECLARE CURSOR c_list IS SELECT * FROM countries; CURSOR t_list IS SELECT * FROM employees WHERE...
2018-07-22, 2994🔥, 0💬

Use Group Functions in the SELECT Clause in Oracle
How To Use Group Functions in the SELECT Clause in Oracle? If group functions are used in the SELECT clause, they will be used on the rows that meet the query selection criteria, the output of group functions will be returned as output of the query. The following select statement returns 4 values ca...
2019-11-21, 2993🔥, 0💬

Filter Out Duplications in Returning Rows in Oracle
How To Filter Out Duplications in Returning Rows in Oracle? If there are duplications in the returning rows, and you want to remove the duplications, you can use the keyword DISTINCT or UNIQUE in the SELECT clause. The tutorial exercise below shows you that DISTINCT works on selected columns only: S...
2019-12-19, 2992🔥, 0💬

Run the Anonymous Block Again in Oracle
How To Run the Anonymous Block Again in Oracle? If you have an anonymous block defined in your session, you can run it any time by using the "/" command as shown in the following script: SQL&gt; set serveroutput on; SQL&gt; begin 2 dbms_output.put_line('This is a PL/SQL FAQ.'); 3 end; 4 / Th...
2018-10-30, 2992🔥, 0💬

Connect to a Remote Server in Oracle
How To Connect to a Remote Server in Oracle? If you have an Oracle server running remotely on a network, and you know all the access information needed, you can following steps to connect your Oracle SQL Developer: Start Oracle SQL Developer Right-click on Connections Select New Database Connection ...
2018-10-08, 2992🔥, 0💬

Read Consistency in Oracle in Oracle
How Does Oracle Handle Read Consistency in Oracle? Oracle supports two options for you on how to maintain read consistency: READ WRITE (the default option), also called statement-level read consistency. READ ONLY, also called transaction-level read consistency.   ⇒ What Is a READ WRITE Transaction i...
2019-08-23, 2983🔥, 0💬

Count Duplicated Values in a Column in Oracle
How To Count Duplicated Values in a Column in Oracle? If you have a column with duplicated values, and you want to know what are those duplicated values are and how many duplicates are there for each of those values, you can use the GROUP BY ... HAVING clause as shown in the following example. It re...
2019-11-21, 2982🔥, 0💬

Run Queries on External Tables in Oracle
How To Run Queries on External Tables in Oracle? If you have an external table defined as a text file with the ORACLE_LOADER driver, you can add data to the text file, and query the text file through the external table. By default, data fields in the text file should be terminated by ','. The tutori...
2016-10-15, 2978🔥, 0💬

Ways to Join Two Tables in a Single Query in Oracle
How To Join Two Tables in a Single Query in Oracle? Two tables can be joined together in a query in 4 ways: Inner Join: Returns only rows from both tables that satisfy the join condition. Left Outer Join: Returns rows from both tables that satisfy the join condition, and the rest of rows from the fi...
2019-10-27, 2975🔥, 0💬

Invoke Original Export/Import Utiities in Oracle
How To Invoke Original Export/Import Utilities in Oracle? If you really want to run the original export import utilities, you can still go to "bin" directory of the Oracle server path and run the "exp" or "imp" command. The tutorial exercise below tells you how to run the export and import utilities...
2016-10-15, 2975🔥, 0💬

Update Values on Multiple Rows in Oracle
How To Update Values on Multiple Rows in Oracle? If the WHERE clause in an UPDATE matches multiple rows, the SET clause will be applied to all matched rows. This rule allows you to update values on multiple rows in a single UPDATE statement. Here is a good example: UPDATE fyi_links SET counts = 9, n...
2020-01-21, 2973🔥, 0💬

Specify Default Values in INSERT Statements in Oracle
How To Specify Default Values in INSERT Statement in Oracle? If a column is defined with a default value in a table, you can use the key word DEFAULT in the INSERT statement to take the default value for that column. The following tutorial exercise gives a good example: INSERT INTO fyi_links VALUES ...
2020-01-29, 2971🔥, 0💬

Define a Variable to Match Column Data Type in Oracle
How To Define a Variable to Match a Table Column Data Type in Oracle? If you have a table, and want to define some variables to have exactly the same data types as some columns in that table, you can use table_name.column_name%TYPE as data types to define those variables. The tutorial sample below s...
2018-08-14, 2963🔥, 0💬

Report View in SQL Developer in Oracle
What Is the Reports View in Oracle SQL Developer in Oracle? The Reports view lets you browse database information that organized by the server as special views. Information can be browsed include: Database parameters Storage information Session information Cursors Data objects User accounts Security...
2018-10-08, 2962🔥, 0💬

Enter a New Row Interactively in Oracle
How To Enter a New Row into a Table Interactively in Oracle? If you don't like to use the INSERT statement to enter a new row into a table, you can use the object view to enter it interactively. Follow the steps below to enter new row into table TIP: Double-click on the table name TIP. Click the Dat...
2018-10-08, 2962🔥, 0💬

Create a Table Index in Oracle
How To Create a Table Index in Oracle? If you have a table with a lots of rows, and you know that one of the columns will be used often a search criteria, you can add an index for that column to in improve the search performance. To add an index, you can use the CREATE INDEX statement as shown in th...
2019-05-01, 2953🔥, 0💬

Types of Execution Flow Control Statements in Oracle
What Are the Execution Control Statements in Oracle? PL/SQL supports three groups of execution control statements: IF Statements - Conditionally executes a block of statements. CASE Statements - Selectively executes a block of statements. LOOP Statements - Repeatedly executes a block of statements. ...
2018-11-17, 2947🔥, 0💬

Assign a Table Row to RECORD Variable in Oracle
How To Assign a Table Row to a RECORD Variable in Oracle? If you have a table, and want to assign a data row of that table to a RECORD variable, you need to define this RECORD variable to match the table column structure, then use the SELECT ... INTO statement to assign a data row that RECORD variab...
2018-08-14, 2944🔥, 0💬

Define a Procedure inside another Procedure in Oracle
How To Define a Procedure inside Another Procedure in Oracle? Define a procedure inside another procedure is supported by PL/SQL. The following tutorial script shows you an example: SQL&gt; CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE HR.DBA_WEEK AS 2 PROCEDURE DBA_TASK (day VARCHAR2) AS 3 BEGIN 4 IF day = 'MOND...
2019-02-18, 2940🔥, 0💬

Loop through the Implicit Cursor in Oracle
How To Loop through Data Rows in the Implicit Curosr in Oracle? You use the FOR ... IN ... LOOP statement to loop through data rows in the implicit cursor as the following syntax: FOR row IN dml_statement LOOP (statement block with row.field) END LOOP; Here "row" is a local RECORD type variable with...
2018-07-22, 2939🔥, 0💬

Create a Stored Procedure Interactively in Oracle
How To Create a Procedure Interactively in Oracle? If you want to create a stored procedure interactively, you can use the following steps: Open you connection name, like Local_XE. Right-click Procedures. Select Create PROCEDURE. The Create Procedure window shows up. Enter Name as: Hello Click OK. T...
2019-01-12, 2934🔥, 0💬

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