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Writing a Stored Procedure
by Nathan Pond
Language: SQL

This article is geared for beginners wanting to learn stored procedures. No prior experience on stored procedures is required, however a basic understanding of SQL Query Language might be needed.

SQL In Simple English - Part 1
by KP
Language: SQL

I have found that many articles found on the net are good and detailed but they are not really friendly to novice programmers. In my article the topic is presented as a Q&A session. Most of the questions are the ones that most novices would like to ask. This approach is excellent and readers who aren not familiar with the technology. Since this article is totally language neutral, programmers using any language and who want to do database programming will find it useful.

SQL In Simple English - Part II
by KP
Language: SQL

This is the second article in this series. If you liked the first one, you will definitely like this one too. This article mainly deals with SQL Joins and SQL subqueries. Both of these are extremely useful SQL constructs and should be learnt by all beginners.

A Data Warehouse Tutorial
by User Interface Developers
Language: SQL

A tutorial that explains data warehousing concepts. Concepts include data warehouse, data mart, benefits of data warehousing, OLAP, OLTP, dimensions, fact tables, measures, aggregations, cubes, PivotTable® Service, offline OLAP cubes, virtual cubes, MOLAP cubes, ROLAP cubes, HOLAP cubes. Attached is this article in Micrsoft® Word™ format. Submitted by Pareto Analyst (www.paretoanalysts.com)

SQL reference guide v.1.02
by Dcasso
Language: SQL

This is a little piece of paper which I made for the classes which I teach in VB, and this reference guide has been made for use with ACCESS-databases but should work with SQL SERVER. It is a reference guide to SQL with the most used commands, elements and more. It includes: General SQL-structures, Simple operations, Joins, Functions, Aggregation, Insert, delete or update rows, Insert, delete or change tables, Unions, and Sub queries. It's in PDF to make sure that it will o ... (see entry for full description)

Multiple VALUES insert
by Fernando Pires
Language: SQL

Use this little trick to INSERT MULTIPLE row values instead of using multiple INSERT statements to improve performance and typing.

Introduction to PL/SQL (Series 3) Cursors
by davepamn
Language: SQL

PL/SQL introduces a new dimension of power programming capability for the developer. The goal of reusable code measurely improves quality verse vast amounts of non-reusable SQL. PL/SQL packages describe function and procedure specification and body. The specification describes the package interface to the calling application. The package specification approach is part of good design. The package specification exposes procedures and their parameter properties to external applications ... (see entry for full description)

Quick Column Find
by Rob Waibel
Language: SQL

Quickly find all tables/views that have a specific column name

Access 2000: Controlling Report Data
by davepamn
Language: SQL

It is often the case a developer will need to create an Access 2000 reports application capable of data selection. For example, all transactions for a member. The data is input as parameters with in a form and passed to the report as query criteria. This is the simplest method to control report output resulting from user selected data criteria.

Introduction to PL/SQL (series2)
by davepamn
Language: SQL

Welcome back to Introduction to PL/SQL I'll be describing Select, Insert, Update, and Delete; all the CRUID about data manipulation.

pl/sql mega tutorial
by pompyk
Language: SQL

This is a great 50 pages notes/tutorials on pl/sql blocks, exception handling, procedures, functions, triggers, packages....u will learn all about advance procedure languages in oracle...There are about 50 programs....nice article i believe....plz do vote for my hard work...

VFK. A View for Table Relationships; FOREIGN KEY and REFERENCED Table/Column names and its relations
by Raghavendra Narayana
Language: SQL

Screwed up with the Table relationships??? Here is a Database View to see the relationships of tables. It is easy to identify the foreign/referenced table/column names and its relationships using this view.

Finally a LIMIT clause for MS SQL
by _CodeJack_
Language: SQL

This query gives you the same ability as a LIMIT clause does in MySQL and Oracle for MS SQL Server without the headaches of stored procedures or temp tables.

User Defined Function Intro
by Lewis E. Moten III
Language: SQL

Brief introduction to user defined functions with examples and benefits explained.

Join the results of a stored procedure in T-SQL : A Clean Sample
by Harinatha Reddy Gorla
Language: SQL

There may be several instances where you have to join the results of a stored procedure with another query. Here's how to do it

FormatDate
by Lewis E. Moten III
Language: SQL

Dynamically convert a date to a user-defined format.

Stored Procedures - send anonymous email over smtp
by Pange
Language: SQL

This SP sends an email over SMTP with SQL Server 2000! It need's enough rights and "CDO for Windows 2000"!

UNION statements in MySQL 3.x
by Michael Bailey
Language: SQL

Everyone who uses MySQL realizes eventually that while being a very powerful SQL server, a number of options are missing. One of these is the UNION statement. Here's how to do it in MySQL 3.x

Quick Table Row Counts
by Rob Waibel
Language: SQL

Just run it from Query Analyzer and choose a DB. No modification is needed. It saves a great deal of time in getting counts in an entire DB.

Introduction to SQL with MS-Access
by TheVBPro
Language: SQL

This is a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to SQL, using a modified version of the "Northwind Traders" MS-Access database. Covered are basic and advanced SELECT statements, JOINs, UNIONs, INSERTs, UPDATEs, DELETEs, as well as DDL statements such as CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, constraints, and more.

 



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Oracle R12 - MOAC
by Dinesh Kumar S
3/7/2013 6:59:58 PM

Language: SQL

Oracle R12 - MOAC By Dinesh Kumar S I have given an overview about oracle R12 new features and multi org setup with MOAC. All the setups are explained with screenshots. Hope this might be useful for all. Cheers :)

Oracle Form Personalization
by Dinesh Kumar S
3/4/2013 9:02:48 AM

Language: SQL

Oracle Form Personalization - By Dinesh Kumar S This is a complete overview of form personalization with examples and screenshots. Useful for all beginners & Fresher''s. Happy reading :)

Oracle Forms
by Dinesh Kumar S
3/4/2013 8:59:01 AM

Language: SQL

Oracle Forms - Development Basics I have created a simple eBook for oracle forms with screenshot for beginners and freshers. Attached the sample fmb file for your reference. Hope this might be useful. Happy Reading :)

Oracle 11i - Procure 2 Pay
by Dinesh Kumar S
2/11/2013 5:48:40 AM

Language: SQL

Oracle 11i - Procure 2 Pay Setups This training material clearly explains about Oracle P2P Cycle.

Age in years and months.
by Dinesh Mishra
12/22/2012 12:51:17 PM

Language: SQL

May a times were are faced with situation to find the age of person. Below mentioned code finds the age of person in years and months.

Top Clause - Simplified
by Dinesh Mishra
8/1/2012 2:36:13 AM

Language: SQL

Use of 'Top' Clause: ================ Many a times we are faced with situation wherein we want the say top 2 or top 5 of values in ascending or descending format from a table. An example of it is requirement from sales department wherein the top 2 sales invoices in the month or a particular time period is needed. Here I am illustrating a simple example for same. It retrieves the bills having top 2 sales value.

Retrieving the Bottom-N Rows
by Rajib Chowdhury
6/21/2012 2:58:13 AM

Language: SQL

This PL/SQL stored procedure Retrieving the Bottom-N Rows from a SQL Table

Find Initial in SQL
by Rajib Chowdhury
6/19/2012 10:15:55 AM

Language: SQL

A Procedure that will accept a string and give its initial as output.

MDX tutorial, introduction
by Kamil_Moscicki
5/9/2012 2:24:21 PM

Language: SQL

MDX is a query language for OLAP databases, much like SQL is a query language for relational databases. It is also a calculation language, with syntax similar to spreadsheet formulas. Tutorial presents introduction to MDX (MultiDimensional Expressions) with practical examples. Lesson presents how to use MDX queries for querying and manipulating the multidimensional data stored in OLAP cubes. It describes how to select data using Rows and Columns axes, and how to use methods: Members, NonEmpty, A ... (see entry for full description)

MongoDB tutorial, introduction
by Kamil_Moscicki
5/9/2012 2:19:33 PM

Language: SQL

MongoDB is an open source NoSQL database system. Tutorial presents introduction to MongoDB and describes how to use document-oriented database system: how to insert, select, update and delete data, use Set and Unset operators. If you want to watch video lesson, visit MongoDB tutorial