Oracle Interview Questions And Answers


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Oracle Interview Questions And Answers


Page 30 of 95 SQL PLUS STATEMENTS

1. What are the types of SQL Statement ?

Data Definition Language : CREATE,ALTER,DROP,TRUNCATE,REVOKE,NO
AUDIT & COMMIT.
Data Manipulation Language : INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,LOCK TABLE,EXPLAIN
PLAN & SELECT.
Transactional Control : COMMIT & ROLLBACK
Session Control : ALTERSESSION & SET ROLE
System Control : ALTER SYSTEM.

2. What is a transaction ?

Transaction is logical unit between two commits and commit and
rollback.

3. What is difference between TRUNCATE & DELETE ?

TRUNCATE commits after deleting entire table i.e., can not be rolled
back. Database triggers do not fire on TRUNCATE

DELETE allows the filtered deletion. Deleted records can be rolled
back or committed.
Database triggers fire on DELETE.

4. What is a join ? Explain the different types of joins ?

Join is a query which retrieves related columns or rows from
multiple tables.

Self Join - Joining the table with itself.
Equi Join - Joining two tables by equating two common columns.
Non-Equi Join - Joining two tables by equating two common columns.
Outer Join - Joining two tables in such a way that query can also
retrive rows that do not have corresponding join value in the other
table.

5. What is the Subquery ?

Subquery is a query whose return values are used in filtering
conditions of the main query.

6. What is correlated sub-query ?

Correlated sub_query is a sub_query which has reference to the main
query.

7. Explain Connect by Prior ?

Retrives rows in hierarchical order.
e.g. select empno, ename from emp where.

8. Difference between SUBSTR and INSTR ?

INSTR (String1,String2(n,(m)),