Oracle SQL: An Introduction to the most popular database

Name: Oracle SQL: An Introduction to the most popular database
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A quick tour of the six principal clauses of the SELECT statement.

Last updated 12/2024

English

What you'll learn

Either Download and Install Oracle Express Edition and Oracle SQL Developer on your computer - for free
Write your own SELECT statements.
Learn the SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING and ORDER BY clauses.
Get an easy way to remember the order of these clauses.
Find out what more you need to know, and resources in how to learn it.

6 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 29m total length

The GROUP BY clause7:19
Group by name to consolidate identical names, count occurrences with an aggregation, alias the results using as, and follow the rule that non-aggregated columns must appear in the group by.
The HAVING clause, and information about error messages.5:29
The ORDER BY clause4:12
Remembering the order of the clauses2:28
Remember the order of SQL clauses: select, from, where, group by, having, order by; this left-to-right pattern helps avoid common aggregation and non-aggregated column mistakes.
Practice Activity Number 10:22
Practice Activity Number 1 - The Solution4:56

No knowledge of Oracle SQL at all is needed.
You need to know how to use a computer, including installing programs.
This is a free course - you have nothing to lose!
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This course is a brief presentation of Oracle SQL.

Please note: This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Oracle.

We will install a version of Oracle Express Edition and Oracle SQL Developer for free.

The Oracle Express Edition is the back engine, which does all of the work.
Oracle SQL Developer is the front engine, which allows you to send queries and see the results.

We'll then look at the SELECT statement with its 6 main clauses (SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING and ORDER BY).

The SELECT clause says what fields you want to retrieve.
The FROM clause shows the data source.
The WHERE clause filters it down, based on criteria you choose.
The GROUP BY clause aggregates (sums, count, min, max) it together, creating a summary.
The HAVING clause can summarise it further.
The ORDER BY clause then orders the results.

As part of this, we'll be looking at how you can rename fields in a query, how you can use the AS keyword, and semicolons and comments.

Following this, we'll look at what else you need to know, and resources (which range from FREE to very expensive) which will help you to learn it.

No prior knowledge is required - just a willingness to learn.

See you on the course.

This beginner's course is for you if you want to learn about Oracle SQL and the six principal clauses of the SELECT statement.
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