Preface

Profile Before You Begin This Course Before you begin this course, you should be able to use a graphical user interface (GUI). The prerequisite is a familiarity with data processing concepts and techniques. How This Course Is Organized Oracle Database 10g: SQL Fundamentals I is an instructor-led course featuring lectures and hands-on exercises. Online demonstrations and written practice sessions reinforce the concepts and skills that are introduced.

Oracle® Database Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) B10755-01 Related Publications Oracle Publications Title Part Number Oracle® Database Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) B10755-01 Oracle® Database SQL Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) B10759-01 Oracle® Database Concepts 10g Release 1 (10.1) B10743-01 Oracle® Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals 10g Release 1 (10.1) B10795-01 SQL*Plus® User's Guide and Reference B12170-01 Additional Publications System release bulletins Installation and user’s guides read.me files International Oracle User’s Group (IOUG) articles Oracle Magazine

Typographic Conventions What follows are two lists of typographical conventions that are used specifically within text or within code. Typographic Conventions Within Text Convention Object or Term Example Uppercase Commands, Use the SELECT command to view functions, information stored in the LAST_NAME column names, column of the EMPLOYEES table. table names, PL/SQL objects, schemas Lowercase, Filenames, where: role is the name of the role italic syntax variables, to be created. usernames, passwords Initial cap Trigger and Assign a When-Validate-Item trigger to button names the ORD block. Choose Cancel. Italic Books, names of For more information on the subject see courses and Oracle SQL Reference manuals, and Manual emphasized words or phrases Do not save changes to the database. Quotation marks Lesson module This subject is covered in Lesson 3, titles referenced “Working with Objects.” within a course

Typographic Conventions (continued) Typographic Conventions Within Code Convention Object or Term Example Uppercase Commands, SELECT employee_id functions FROM employees; Lowercase, Syntax variables CREATE ROLE role; italic Initial cap Forms triggers Form module: ORD Trigger level: S_ITEM.QUANTITY item Trigger name: When-Validate-Item . . . Lowercase Column names, . . . table names, OG_ACTIVATE_LAYER filenames, (OG_GET_LAYER ('prod_pie_layer')) PL/SQL objects . . . SELECT last_name FROM employees; Bold Text that must CREATE USER scott be entered by a IDENTIFIED BY tiger; user