Download Lab 7 Oracle SQL Instructions

Lab 7 Oracle SQL Instructions
The Oracle DBMS is located on the RA (ra.msstate.edu) server.
To login to your Oracle database:
netid@ra> sqlplus netid/password (use netid for password if it is your first time accessing
Oracle)
To view the tables contained in your database:
SQL> select * from tab; (need trailing semicolon after queries)
To execute a *.sql script, make sure you run ‘sqlplus’ from the directory where the script
is contained (eg. tables.sql)
SQL> start tables
Files included in lab example:
createall.sql, dropall.sql, tables.sql, views.sql, data.sql, myload, customer.ctl, &
customer.dat
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createall.sql – executes dropall, tables, views, and data to create and fill sample
tables
dropall.sql – drops the tables and views if they already exist in the database
tables.sql – creates tables customer, product, order_, and order_item with
appropriate attributes
views.sql – creates several views
data.sql – loads data into each table with the ‘insert into table values ()’
expression
myload – shell script that runs the ‘sqlldr’ command and logs into an Oracle
account to create a control sequence
customer.ctl – Oracle script that loads data from the customer.dat file into the
customer table
customer.dat – comma delimited file that contains customer information