Oracle Database 11g - SQL Exams Syllabus

(Oracle Certified Oracle Database 11g Administrator)

Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals certification exams has a defined Syllabus to check your expertise. As per Oracle Official website, following is the pst of chapters and covered topic to be examined in the certification exams.

Retrieving Data Using the SQL SELECT Statement

List the capabipties of SQL SELECT statements

Execute a basic SELECT statement

Restricting and Sorting Data

Limit the rows that are retrieved by a query

Sort the rows that are retrieved by a query

Use ampersand substitution to restrict and sort output at runtime

Using Single-Row Functions to Customize Output

Describe various types of functions available in SQL

Use character, number, and date functions in SELECT statements

Using Conversion Functions and Conditional Expressions

Describe various types of functions available in SQL

Use character, number, and date functions in SELECT statements

Reporting Aggregated Data Using the Group Functions

Identify the available group functions

Describe the use of group functions

Group data by using the GROUP BY clause

Include or exclude grouped rows by using the HAVING clause

Displaying Data from Multiple Tables

Write SELECT statements to access data from more than one table using equijoins and nonequijoins

Join a table to itself by using a self-join

View data that generally does not meet a join condition by using outer joins

Generate a Cartesian product of all rows from two or more tables

Using Subqueries to Solve Queries

Define subqueries

Describe the types of problems that the subqueries can solve

List the types of subqueries

Write single-row and multiple-row subqueries

Using the Set Operators

Describe set operators

Use a set operator to combine multiple queries into a single query

Control the order of rows returned

Manipulating Data

Describe each data manipulation language (DML) statement

Insert rows into a table

Update rows in a table

Delete rows from a table

Control transactions

Using DDL Statements to Create and Manage Tables

Categorize the main database objects

Review the table structure

List the data types that are available for columns

Create a simple table

Explain how constraints are created at the time of table creation

Describe how schema objects work

Creating Other Schema Objects

Create simple and complex views

Retrieve data from views

Create, maintain, and use sequences

Create and maintain indexes

Create private and pubpc synonyms