Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/View/Select View
Performing a SELECT on a View
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SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York", "Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York", "Manager")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
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ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
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01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE VIEW employee_view AS
2 SELECT id, first_name, last_name 3 FROM employee;
View created. SQL> SQL> select * from employee_view; ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME
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01 Jason Martin 02 Alison Mathews 03 James Smith 04 Celia Rice 05 Robert Black 06 Linda Green 07 David Larry 08 James Cat 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop view employee_view; View dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
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Table dropped. SQL></source>
Perform select on columns in a view
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SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York", "Tester")
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1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York", "Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
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ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
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01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE VIEW employee_view AS
2 SELECT id, first_name, last_name 3 FROM employee;
View created. SQL> SQL> select id from employee_view; ID
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop view employee_view; View dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
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Table dropped. SQL></source>
Query a view with subquery
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SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create table employees(
2 empno NUMBER(4) 3 , ename VARCHAR2(8) 4 , init VARCHAR2(5) 5 , job VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 , bdate DATE 8 , msal NUMBER(6,2) 9 , comm NUMBER(6,2) 10 , deptno NUMBER(2) ) ;
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees values(1,"Jason", "N", "TRAINER", 2, date "1965-12-18", 800 , NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(2,"Jerry", "J", "SALESREP",3, date "1966-11-19", 1600, 300, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(3,"Jord", "T" , "SALESREP",4, date "1967-10-21", 1700, 500, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(4,"Mary", "J", "MANAGER", 5, date "1968-09-22", 1800, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(5,"Joe", "P", "SALESREP",6, date "1969-08-23", 1900, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(6,"Black", "R", "MANAGER", 7, date "1970-07-24", 2000, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(7,"Red", "A", "MANAGER", 8, date "1971-06-25", 2100, NULL, 40); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(8,"White", "S", "TRAINER", 9, date "1972-05-26", 2200, NULL, 40); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(9,"Yellow", "C", "DIRECTOR",10, date "1973-04-27", 2300, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into employees values(10,"Pink", "J", "SALESREP",null,date "1974-03-28", 2400, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> create table registrations
2 ( attendee NUMBER(4) 3 , course VARCHAR2(6) 4 , begindate DATE 5 , evaluation NUMBER(1)) ;
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into registrations values (1, "SQL",date "1999-04-12",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (2, "SQL",date "1999-12-13",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (3, "SQL",date "1999-12-13",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (4, "OAU",date "1999-08-10",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (5, "OAU",date "2000-09-27",5 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (6, "JAV",date "1999-12-13",2 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (7, "JAV",date "2000-02-01",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (8, "JAV",date "2000-02-01",5 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (9, "XML",date "2000-02-03",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (10,"XML",date "2000-02-03",5 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (1, "PLS",date "2000-09-11",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (2, "PLS",date "2000-09-11",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (3, "PLS",date "2000-09-11",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> create table courses
2 ( code VARCHAR2(6) 3 , description VARCHAR2(30) 4 , category CHAR(3) 5 , duration NUMBER(2)) ;
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into courses values("SQL","SQL course", "GEN",4); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("OAU","Oracle course", "GEN",1); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("JAV","Java course", "BLD",4); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("PLS","PL/SQL course", "BLD",1); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("XML","XML course", "BLD",2); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("ERM","ERM course", "DSG",3); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("PMT","UML course", "DSG",1); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("RSD","C# course", "DSG",2); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("PRO","C++ course", "DSG",5); 1 row created. SQL> insert into courses values("GEN","GWT course", "DSG",4); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create or replace view course_days as
2 select e.empno 3 , e.ename 4 , sum(c.duration) as days 5 from registrations r 6 join courses c on (c.code = r.course) 7 join employees e on (e.empno = r.attendee) 8 group by e.empno 9 , e.ename;
View created. SQL> select *
2 from course_days 3 where days > (select avg(days) 4 from course_days); EMPNO last_name DAYS
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7 Red 4
2 Jerry 5
6 Black 4
1 Jason 5
3 Jord 5
8 White 4
6 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table registrations; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table courses; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL> SQL></source>
