2007 by Prentice Hall2-1 Introduction to Oracle 10g Chapter 2 Overview of SQL and SQL*Plus James Perry and Gerald Post 2007 by Prentice Hall2-2 Chapter Outline Interfacing with Oracle Using the DOS Command Line SQL*Plus Using SQL*Plus for Windows Using iSQL*Plus Understanding SQL Statements Using SQL*Plus Command Extensions 2007 by Prentice Hall2-3 Table 2.1 Data to be entered into the ContactReason table 2007 by Prentice Hall Example of a SQL command entered with SQL*Plus for Windows 2007 by Prentice Hall SQL command error message and associated error code 2007 by Prentice Hall Displaying additional information about an Oracle error code 2007 by Prentice Hall Using SQL*Plus in a DOS window 2007 by Prentice Hall Using SQL*Plus in Windows cursor indicating the insertion point 2007 by Prentice Hall Selecting text to edit selected text to be edited 2007 by Prentice Hall Logging into Oracle using iSQL*Plus the password is obscured 2007 by Prentice Hall SQL command and retrieved rows in a browser Logout hyperlink 2007 by Prentice Hall Error messages generated from DROP TABLE commands 2007 by Prentice Hall Rows returned by a SELECT statement rows retrieved from the Agents table SELECT statement entered to retrieve rows 2007 by Prentice Hall Inserting a row and verifying its values 2007 by Prentice Hall Updating a row in the Agents table values to update listed columns in Melinda Whitmores record 2007 by Prentice Hall Deleting a row and verifying its removal confirms selected row was deleted 2007 by Prentice Hall Example transaction structure COMMIT; INSERT INTO DELETE FROM UPDATE COMMIT; a transaction 2007 by Prentice Hall Displaying a list of system privileges 2007 by Prentice Hall Listing SQL*Plus commands and help on the CONNECT command lists SQL*Plus commands displays help on a particular SQL*Plus command 2007 by Prentice Hall Displaying tables column definitions 2007 by Prentice Hall Altering column headings 2007 by Prentice Hall Altering the PAGESIZE environment variable 2007 by Prentice Hall Customizing the PAGESIZE environment variable Permanently setting the PAGESIZE variable 2007 by Prentice Hall Launching a script file in SQL*Plus START command (yours will not display) 2007 by Prentice Hall Using a substitution variable in a script file 2007 by Prentice Hall Script file Change the path (C:\Docs\) in these three places 2007 by Prentice Hall Output from the script file 2007 by Prentice Hall Changing an iSQL*Plus environment variable Single page option button Interface Configuration hyperlink Number of rows on each page set to 60