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Advanced SQL Functions in Oracle 10g

Author(s): Dr. Richard Earp
Dr. Sikha Bagui, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of West Florida
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  • ISBN-13: 9781598220216
  • ISBN-10:1598220217
  • Paperback    397 pages      © 2006
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Overview

Designed to exploit Oracle 10g's SQL, this book takes a comprehensive look at Oracle 10g's analytical functions, MODEL statements, and regular expressions. In addition, Advanced SQL Functions in Oracle 10g covers collection objects and object-oriented structures and introduces new Oracle 10g topics such as XML and statistical functions. The authors' logical and developmental approach to query building includes a review of older Oracle tools to help in the transition to newer material.

This text will teach the reader how to:

  • Format result sets with SQL*Plus reporting tools.
  • Use aggregate functions for partitioning, ordering, and reporting.
  • Perform calculations with the MODEL statement.
  • Search within strings using regular expressions.
  • Work with collection objects.
  • Handle XML within SQL.

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Topics covered:

  • Formatting result sets with SQL*Plus reporting tools.
  • How to use aggregate functions for partitioning, ordering, and reporting.
  • Performing calculations with the MODEL statement.
  • Searching within strings using regular expressions.
  • How to work with collection objects.
  • Managing XML within SQL.

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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Dr. Richard Earp

Dr. Richard Walsh Earp is a former chair of and former associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and a former dean of the College of Science and Technology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. He has taught a variety of computer science courses including database systems and advanced database systems. Dr. Earp was also an instructor with Learning Tree International and worked for Computer Sciences Corporation at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola as a database consultant after his retirement from academia. He has co-authored several books with Dr. Bagui.

Dr. Sikha Bagui-Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of West Florida

Dr. Sikha Saha Bagui is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of West Florida. She teaches a variety of computer science and database courses, and her research areas of concentration are database design, web databases, data mining, and statistical computing. Dr. Bagui has published many journal articles and co-authored several books with Dr. Earp including Practical Guide to using SQL in Oracle.

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