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DEC SQL Optimization

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31 How to optimize SQL Statements?
2009
Sudhir Kumar
Jan 20th, 2016
09:32 AM
Try to make use of mqts or temporary tables if possible ..try to transfer the
conditions from non key columns to key columns

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Views Ans Mar 4th, 2015

update the statistics of all the tables used in the query. Check the explain
plan. Check whether query is using the existing indexes. If required
add/modify new indexes. Check for the sequence of cond...

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OCT What is pragma autonomous transaction? Plz can u let me

know it in a simple understandable way.Thanks in
17 advance.Byee
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03:30 AM sujata
Jan 19th, 2016

Pragma AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION instructs the compiler to treat the

PL/SQL block following the pragma as autonomous (independent) from the
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calling transaction. Pragma can be applied on:- 1) Anonymous PL...

kitti
Dec 19th, 2015

An autonomous transaction is an independent transaction initiated by other

transaction -When an autonomous transaction is called the parent
transaction is currently suspended. -We can commit or rollba...

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JAN Dual Table

RAJAT RAHUL PL/SQL Interview Questions
15 Is Dual Table updatable? If we update, will it impact the health of the database?
2016
sujata
Jan 19th, 2016
07:09 AM
No we cannot update dual table. It is in-built table with one row and one
column.

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Views Ans Jan 18th, 2016

NO

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FEB What is the difference between stand alone procedures

and stored procedures?
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08:23 PM

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Praveen kumar
Jan 8th, 2016

Both are same

Naresh Bandla
Dec 1st, 2015

Stand Alone Procedure: A procedure which is not enclosed in a package is

called Stand Alone Procedure.

Stored Procedure: A Procedure which is defined in Package is called Stored

Procedure and if we want to call that procedure out of package is to use .

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DEC What is materialized view?

Mrigen PL/SQL Interview Questions
20
sachin rasal
2006
Dec 11th, 2015

Materialised view - A table on a disk that contains the result set of a query
06:13 AM
Non-materiased view - A query that pulls data from the underlying table

12401 9 Sathish
Views Ans Jun 12th, 2012

Materialized views are objects that are used in base table that can be
Summarized Group, and aggregated with the base table.This materialized
views are used in data-ware housing and decision support system.

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SEP What is difference between a PROCEDURE & FUNCTION ?

PL/SQL Interview Questions
02 A FUNCTION is always returns a value using the return statement. A PROCEDURE
2005 may return one or more values through parameters or may not return at all.

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Member Since Sep-2007 | May 3rd, 2008

1. Function is mainly used in the case where it must return a value. Where
as a procedure may or may not return a value or may return more than one
value using the OUT parameter.
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2. Function can be called from SQL statements where as procedure can not
be called from the sql statements

3. Functions are normally used for computations where as procedures are

normally used for executing business logic.

4. You can have DML (insert,update, delete) statements in a function. But,

you cannot call such a function in a SQL query.

5. Function returns 1 value only. Procedure can return multiple values (max
1024).

6.Stored Procedure: supports deferred name resolution. Example while

writing a stored procedure that uses table named tabl1 and tabl2 etc..but
actually not exists in database is allowed only in during creation but runtime
throws error Function wont support deferred name resolution.

7.Stored procedure returns always integer value by default zero. where as

function return type could be scalar or table or table values

8. Stored procedure is precompiled execution plan where as functions are

not.
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9.A procedure may modify an object where a function can only return a
value The RETURN statement immediately completes the execution of a
subprogram and returns control to the caller.
Giri
Dec 2nd, 2015

DML statement can be used in function also.

Shalini
Jul 23rd, 2014

function can be called from trigger. 1.CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER emp_trig

2. before INSERT ON emp 3. FOR each row 4.--referencing old as old and new
as new 5.declare 6. i pls_integer; 7.begi...

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13 Load excel data into oracle database

Mayur PL/SQL Interview Questions
2015
1. How to load excel data into oracle database by using sql loader?
2. What are the ways to load data from excel file in oracle database ?
03:27 AM
Naresh Bandla
Dec 1st, 2015

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You can upload the Excel file into tables by many approaches, I will explain
Views Ans
here in two methods. 1. Loading data using Loader programs: Convert your
excel file into CSV file and create control as pe...

ashay
Nov 13th, 2015

Best and most easy way is to use an external table. Keep the file in designated
location and file will automatically loaded into table every time you put a new
file or update the file. Create trigger on the given table to load the data into
respective tables.

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AUG Drop Vs Truncate

kalabaggam PL/SQL Interview Questions
19 Which is faster, Drop or Truncate? Explain
2010
anjaneulu
Nov 26th, 2015
11:36 AM
TRUNCATE means it deletes the table data but the table structure remains as
it is. Whereas in DROP command it deletes the table data as well as its
structure also.
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Views Ans subbarao
Nov 6th, 2015

I have one doubt which is one is faster some people said comp with drop
truncate very faster but some one drop very faster comp with truncate.

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DEC What is mutating trigger? How do you resolve it?If a

trigger body is trying to update dependent tables, will it
01 get a mutating error?
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02:31 AM Lokesh
Nov 18th, 2015

A mutating table is a table that is being modified by an UPDATE, DELETE, or

36140 13 INSERT statement. The session that issued the triggering statement cannot
Views Ans query or modify a mutating table. If you must up...

maxin john
Jun 8th, 2015

Soo...... how you are going to use that lelel trigger :O

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OCT Bulk binding

sidd_130 PL/SQL Interview Questions
06 What are the advantages of bulk binding in PL/SQL?
2012
sachin rasal
Nov 12th, 2015
12:56 PM
A new feature called "bulk binds" was added to PL/SQL back in Oracle 8i. Bulk
binds enable a PL/SQL program to fetch many rows from a cursor in one call
instead of fetching one row at a time. Bulk bin...
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Views Ans amala
Jun 24th, 2015

It retreives multiple rows with a single fetch...It increases the performance by

reducing no.of context switches

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FEB What is cursor? Explain the types of cursor and write one
implicit cursor program to check how many records
07 deleted from table?
2006 indranil PL/SQL Interview Questions

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gagan
Nov 9th, 2015

Oracle uses the work area for its internal processing in order to execute a
SQL statement is known as a cursor.

shivigupta
Oct 4th, 2012

Set serveroutput on;

begin
delete from employ where empid = 1;
commit;
dbms_output.put_line(NO of records deleted||sql%rowcount);
end;

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MAR How do you change oracle default system date like

mon-dd-yyyy
07 Nagendar PL/SQL Interview Questions
2015
Ram Devineni
Nov 3rd, 2015
03:58 AM
Alter session set nls_date_format=mon-dd-yyyy hh:mi:ss
/

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Purvesh Khanna
Views Ans
May 5th, 2015

If you are using sql developer then go to Tools ->> Preference ->> Database
->> NLS -->> Date Format.
Send the format as you want.

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MAR How many number of triggers can be created on a table?

vivek PL/SQL Interview Questions
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2006

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Views Ans You can create n number of triggers on a table but maximum types of triggers
you can create are 12.

Ratnesh gupta
Apr 2nd, 2015

There is no technical limit on the number of triggers you define (or, at least,
not one that any rational person has ever hit). It generally wouldnt make
sense to have more than one trigger of a given...

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NOV What is meant by DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE

maheshwari PL/SQL Interview Questions
07
hardeep singh
2005
Oct 16th, 2015

The (dbms_output) is library and the (put_line) is the function declared inside
02:01 AM
library

aravinthancse
8358 13 Dec 27th, 2011
Views Ans
DBMS_OUTPUT - is a Oracle supplied package. put_line() is a DBMS_OUTPUT
packages inbuilt procedure. put_line() is a combination of two inbuilt
procedures such as put() and new_line(). procedure put()...

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NOV What is difference in defining constraints at table level

and column level What is main purpose of making
05 constraints at table level....pls ans me
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Saurabh Singh
Oct 12th, 2015

Table level constraints are defined for compound constraints like primary key
involving more than one col and have the flexibility to provide user defined
names to these which is not possible in case of col level constraints. Only
NOTNULL constraints cant be defined as table level.

krishna mistry
Oct 10th, 2015

No difference in column level and table level constraints.

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SEP Load Tab Delimited Data

ramesh.akula9 PL/SQL Interview Questions
05 How to load tab delimited data using SQL*Loader?
2008
bhargavi
Oct 3rd, 2015
05:46 AM
For Tab delimiter You can use 0x 09

gaurav
3977 3 Sep 26th, 2015
Views Ans
Fields Terminated by X09 use this

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DEC Trigger - insert into one table update into another table
Revathi PL/SQL Interview Questions
08 If i insert record in table A and these record should update in table B by using Trigger.How
2014 to achieve this.
Trigger - insert into one table update into another table

06:46 AM

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Nagendra
Sep 10th, 2015

"sql CREATE TRIGGER update_trigger ON CUSTOMER_info FOR update AS

BEGIN IF UPDATE (cust_name) OR UPDATE (contact) BEGIN INSERT INTO
update_log ( cus...

Avinash
Aug 10th, 2015

We can use instead of trigger in this case

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APR Types of Triggers in Oracle

GIRISH H.R. PL/SQL Interview Questions
26
sai balaji
2006
Sep 8th, 2015

Basically we have 13 types of triggers. 1.Row level triggers (6 types)

12:38 AM
2.Statement level triggers (6 types) 3.Instead of trigger Row Level Triggers:
before insert on each row before update on each r...

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Views Ans Apr 17th, 2012

Before trigger
after trigger
row level trigger
statement level trigger

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AUG PL/SQL Triggers

wajid PL/SQL Interview Questions
11 How many types of PL/SQL Triggers are there? What are they?
2015

01:28 PM

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sravanthi
Aug 13th, 2015

There are two different types of triggers: - Application Triggers - Database

Triggers An application trigger fires whenever an event occurs within a
particular application. A database trigger fire...

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AUG How to tune package, how can we see the output, which
logic taking more time to execute?
06 SHikha PL/SQL Interview Questions
2015
Anjani Kumar
Aug 9th, 2015
08:27 AM
We can use oracle supplied package DBMS_HPROF(New in 11g) to see which
procedure and inside that which sql is taking taking more time to
execute.DBMS_HPROF Package profiles subprogram calls also with ...
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