Oracle/SQL Tutorial

This Oracle/SQL tutorial provides a detailed introduction to the SQL query language and the Oracle Relational Database Management System. Further information about Oracle and SQL can be found under http://www.db.cs.ucdavis.edu/dbs References to other SQL Tutorials and Oracle related material can be found here.

The tutorial is now also availabe in Italian! Many thanks to Roberto Meloni! The complete PDF version can be downloaded here

An updated version will be completed soon. This version then will include Oracle9i features and a section on query optimization.

 Files (PDF or compressed Postscript)

Section 1 page per sheet, Postscript/gzipped (ps.gz) 2 pages per sheet, Postscript/gzipped (ps.gz) 1 page per sheet, PDF (.pdf) 2 pages per sheet , PDF (.pdf)
Overview 1-side ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
1. SQL 1-side.ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
2. SQL*Plus 1-side.ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
3. Data Dictionary 1-side.ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
4. Application Programming (PL/SQL, Proc*C) 1-side.ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
5. Integrity Constraints and Triggers 1-side.ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
6. Oracle System Architecture 1-side.ps.gz 2-sides.ps.gz 1-side.pdf 2-sides.pdf
All 6 Sections  tutorial.ps.gz tutorial2.ps.gz tutorial.pdf tutorial2.pdf

Some Source Code

  1. PL/SQL (Loops and Cusors), Embedded SQL and Pro*C
    for-loop while-loopexplicit fetch implicit fetch
    Pro*C program demo.pc
  2. Triggers (from Section 5.2.3)
    trig1(row trigger)
    trig2(row trigger)
    trig3(statement trigger)
  3. Procedures and Packages (from Section 4.1)
    Procedure raise_salary
    Package manage_employee
The Oracle Online Documentation (Oracle 9i) can be found here. (Note that registration is for free at this site!)

Oracle offers a trial version of Oracle 9i. The trial version (for Windows/NT, Linux, Solaris) can be downloaded from http://technet.oracle.com/. At this site, you can also find other trial and free software.

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Last modified on 1/6/2003 / Michael Gertz