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Oracle Database 12c R2: SQL Tuning for Developers Ed 2

 

Oracle Database 12c R2: SQL Tuning for Developers Ed 2

 

Duration : 3 Days

 

Overview

 

In the Oracle Database: SQL Tuning for Developers course, you learn about Oracle SQL tuning and how to apply tuning techniques to your SQL code. Learn the different ways in which data can be accessed efficiently. In this course, you will be introduced to Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service.

 

Learn To:

  • Use Oracle tools to identify inefficient SQL statements.

  • Use Automatic SQL Tuning.

  • Use Real Time SQL monitoring.

  • Write more efficient SQL statements.

  • Monitor and trace high load SQL statements.

  • Manage optimizer statistics on database objects.

  • Understand the optimizer process steps and operators.

  • Interpret execution plans.

  • Perform application tracing.

  • Gain an understanding of the Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service  skills Covered

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Modify a SQL statement to perform at its best

  • Identify poorly performing SQL

  • Trace an application through its different levels of the application architecture

  • Understand how the Query Optimizer makes decisions about how to access data

  • Define how optimizer statistics affect the performance of SQL

  • List the possible methods of accessing data, including different join methods

  • Gain an understanding of the Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service Who Should Attend

  • Application Developers

  • Developer

  • Support Engineer

  • Data Warehouse Developer

  • PL/SQL Developer

 

Topics

 

Introduction

  • Course Objectives, Course Agenda and Appendixes Used in this Course

  • Audience and Prerequisites

  • Sample Schemas Used in the Course

  • Class Account Information

  • SQL Environments Available in the Course

  • Workshops, Demo Scripts, and Code Example Scripts Appendices in the Course 

 

Introduction to SQL Tuning SQL Tuning Session

  • SQL Tuning Strategies

  • Development Environments: Overview

  • SQLTXPLAIN (SQLT) Diagnostic Tool

 

Using Application Tracing Tools

  • Using the SQL Trace Facility: Overview

  • Steps Needed Before Tracing

  • Available Tracing Tools: Overview

  • The trcsess Utility

  • Formatting SQL Trace Files: Overview

 

Understanding Basic Tuning Techniques

  • Developing Efficient SQL statement

  • Scripts Used in This Lesson

  • Table Design

  • Index Usage

  • Transformed Index

  • Data Type Mismatch

  • NULL usage

  • Tune the ORDER BY Clause

 

Optimizer Fundamentals

  • SQL Statement Representation

  • SQL Statement Processing

  • Why Do You Need an Optimizer?

  • Components of the Optimizer Query Transformer

  • Cost-Based Optimizer

  • Adaptive Query Optimization

  • Optimizer Features and Oracle Database Releases

 

Generating and Displaying Execution Plans Execution Plan?

  • The EXPLAIN PLAN Command

  • Plan Table

  • AUTOTRACE

  • V$SQL_PLAN View

  • Automatic Workload Repository

  • SQL Monitoring

  • DBML_SQL_MONITOR

 

Interpreting Execution Plans and Enhancements

  • Interpreting a Serial Execution Plan

  • Adaptive Optimizations

  • Optimizer: Table and Index Access Paths

  • Row Source Operations

  • Main Structures and Access Paths

  • Full Table Scan

  • Indexes

  • Common Observations

 

Optimizer Join Operations

  • Join Methods

  • Join Types

 

Other Optimizer Operators

  • SQL operators

  • Other N-Array Operations

  • Result Cache operators

 

Introduction to Optimizer Statistics Concepts

  • Optimizer Statistics

  • Types of Optimizer Statistics

  • Gather and Manage Optimizer Statistics: Overview

 

Using Bind Variables

  • Cursor Sharing and Different Literal Values

  • Cursor Sharing and Bind Variables

 

SQL Plan Management

  • Maintaining SQL Performance

  • SQL Plan Management

 

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with database architecture

  • Knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL

  • Oracle Database: Introduction to SQL Ed 2

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