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Beginning SQL:Differences Between SQL Server and Oracle : 

Beginning SQL:Differences Between SQL Server and Oracle Hemant kain BE 3rd CS A Quick Intro for SQL Server Users

Introduction : 

Introduction If you're new to SQL or just new to Oracle SQL, perhaps coming from a Microsoft SQL Server environment, it may seem like the two versions should be very similar, and they are, to a certain degree, but they are also very different in some important and basic ways.

Agenda : 

Agenda I. Quick Intro for SQL Server Users II. Some Detail: Joins, Subqueries, Deletes III. Certain Conceptual Differences IV. Powerful New Features V. Summary & References

Don’t Use Databases : 

Don’t Use Databases SQL Server use mydatabase Oracle connect mydatabase/mypassword

Use Dual : 

Use Dual

Select Into : 

Select Into

Inserts : 

Inserts

Updates : 

Updates SQL Server update mytable set mycolumn=myothertable.mycolumn from mytable,myothertable where mytable.mycolumn like 'MY%' and myothertable.myothercolumn='some text';

Updates : 

Updates Oracle update mytable set mycolumn= (select a.mycolumn from myothertable a where myothertable.myothercolumn='some text'; ) where mytable.mycolumn like 'MY%';

Deletes : 

Deletes SQL Server delete mytable where mycolumn like 'some%'; Oracle delete from mytable where mycolumn like 'some%';

Software : 

Software isql osql: for queries developed in SQL Analyzer sqlplus SQL Server Oracle

II. A Little More Detail : 

II. A Little More Detail Outer Join Sub-Queries in Place of Columns Deletes With a Second From Clause

Outer Join : 

Outer Join SQL Server select d.deptname, e.ename from dept d, emp e where d.empno *= e.enum; Oracle select d.deptname,e.ename from dept d, emp e where d.empno = e.enum (+);

SubQueries in Place of Columns : 

SubQueries in Place of Columns SQL Server select distinct year, q1 = (select Amount amt FROM sales where Quarter=1 AND year = s.year), q2 = (SELECT Amount amt FROM sales where Quarter=2 AND year = s.year), q3 = (SELECT Amount amt FROM sales where Quarter=3 AND year = s.year), q4 = (SELECT Amount amt FROM sales where Quarter=4 AND year = s.year) from sales s;

SubQueries in Place of Columns : 

SubQueries in Place of Columns Oracle SELECT year, DECODE( quarter, 1, amount, 0 ) q1, DECODE( quarter, 2, amount, 0 ) q2, DECODE( quarter, 3, amount, 0 ) q3, DECODE( quarter, 4, amount, 0 ) q4 FROM sales s;

Delete with Second From Clause : 

Delete with Second From Clause SQL Server delete from products from products, product_deletes where products.a = product_deletes.a and products.b = product_deletes.b and product_deletes.c = 'd';

Delete with Second From Clause : 

Delete with Second From Clause Oracle delete from products where ( a, b ) in ( select a, b from product_deletes where c = 'd' );

III. More Depth : 

III. More Depth The Connect Concept Other Conceptual Differences Data Type Differences Column Aliases Sub-Queries

The Connect Concept : 

The Connect Concept SQL Server Multiple databases Oracle Single Database Multiple tablespaces, schemas, users

Other Conceptual Differences : 

Other Conceptual Differences SQL Server Database owner, DBO Group/Role Non-unique index T-SQL stored procedure { Trigger Compex rule Column identity property Oracle Schema Role Index PL/SQL procedure PL/SQL function BEFORE trigger After trigger Sequence

Only in Oracle : 

Only in Oracle Clusters Packages Triggers for each row Synonyms Snapshots

Data Type Differences : 

Data Type Differences SQL Server Oracle INTEGER NUMBER(10) SMALLINT NUMBER(6) TINYINT NUMBER(3) REAL FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT BIT NUMBER(1) VARCHAR(n) VARCHAR2(n) TEXT CLOB IMAGE BLOB BINARY(n) RAW(n) or BLOB

Data Type Differences : 

Data Type Differences SQL Server Oracle VARBINARY RAW(n) or BLOB DATETIME DATE SMALL-DATETIME DATE MONEY NUMBER(19,4) NCHAR(n) CHAR(n*2) NVARCHAR(n) VARCHAR(n*2) SMALLMONEY NUMBER(10,4) TIMESTAMP NUMBER SYSNAME VARCHAR2(30), VARCHAR2(128)

Time : 

Time SQL Server Datetime: 1/300th second Oracle Date: 1 second Timestamp: 1/100 millionth second

Column Aliases : 

Column Aliases SQL Server select a=deptid, b=deptname,c=empno from dept; Oracle select deptid a, deptname b, empno c from dept;

Sub-queries, again : 

Sub-queries, again SQL Server SELECT ename, deptname FROM emp, dept WHERE emp.enum = 10 AND(SELECT security_code FROM employee_security WHERE empno = emp.enum) = (SELECT security_code FROM security_master WHERE sec_level = dept.sec_level);

Sub-queries, again : 

Sub-queries, again Oracle SELECT empname, deptname FROM emp, dept WHERE emp.empno = 10 AND EXISTS (SELECT security_code FROM employee_security es WHERE es.empno = emp.empno AND es.security_code = (SELECT security_code FROM security_master WHERE sec_level = dept.sec_level));

Powerful New Features : 

Powerful New Features Regular Expressions: Operators & Functions Operator: REGEXP_LIKE Functions: REGEXP_INSTR REGEXP_SUBSTR REGEXP_REPLACE

Regular Expressions : 

Regular Expressions Select zip from zipcode where regexp_like (zip, ‘[^[:digit:]]’);

Regular Expressions : 

Regular Expressions SELECT REGEXP_INSTR('Joe Smith, 10045 Berry Lane, San Joseph, CA 91234-1234', ' [[:digit:]]{5}(-[[:digit:]]{4})?$') AS starts_at FROM dual