1. I Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Introduction Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.

2. I-2 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Objectives After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the following: Describe the objectives of the course Describe the course agenda Identify the database tables used in the course Identify the Oracle products that help you design a complete business solution

3. I-3 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Course Objectives After completing this course, you should be able to do the following: Appreciate that PL/SQL provides programming extensions to SQL Write PL/SQL code to interface with the database Design PL/SQL program units that execute efficiently Use PL/SQL programming constructs and conditional control statements Handle run-time errors Describe stored procedures and functions

4. I-4 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Course Agenda Lessons that are to be covered on day 1: I.Introduction 1.Introduction to PL/SQL 2.Declaring PL/SQL Variables 3.Creating the Executable Section 4.Interacting with the Oracle Database Server 5.Writing Control Structures

5. I-5 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Course Agenda Lessons that are to be covered on day 2: 6.Working with Composite Data Types 7.Using Explicit Cursors 8.Including Exception Handling 9.Creating Stored Procedures and Functions

6. I-6 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. The Human Resources ( hr ) Data Set

7. I-7 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. The Human Resources ( hr ) Data Set

8. I-8 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle10g

9. I-9 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Database 10g Multimedia Object Relational Data Messages Documents

10. I-10 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Application Server 10g Business intelligence Transactional Apps Portals Integration Application development framework Application server

11. I-11 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Software provisioning Application service-level monitoring

12. I-12 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Internet Platform System management Network services Databases Application servers Internet applications Any browser Any FTP client Any mail client SQL PL/SQL Java Clients Presentation and business logic Business logic and data Development tools

13. I-13 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Summary In this lesson, you should have learned how to: Describe the course objectives and course agenda Identify the tables and their relationships in the hr schema Identify the various products in the Oracle 10g grid infrastructure that enable you to develop a complete business solution

14. I-14 Copyright © 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Practices in The Course