- SQL
- April 24, 2026
Understanding Top-N Queries in Oracle Database
A Top-N query is used to retrieve the top or bottom N rows from an ordered set. Combining two Top-N…
- SQL
- April 24, 2026
Understanding Top-N Queries in Oracle Database
A Top-N query is used to retrieve the top or bottom N rows from an ordered set. Combining two Top-N…
- SQL
- April 24, 2026
Understanding Different SQL*Loader Flavor In Oracle Database.
INSERT APPEND BEGINDATA You can also specify the data directly inside the control file itself using BEGINDATA keyword. i.e Anything…
- SQL
- April 24, 2026
Understanding DIRECT PATH INSERT & CONVENTIONAL PATH INSERT Using SQL*Loader In Oracle Database
SQL*Loader allows you to load data from an external file into a table in the database. It can parse many…
- SQL
- March 28, 2026
Understanding Oracle Hints For PARALLEL Operations
The Oracle PARALLEL hint instructs the optimizer to use a specified number of concurrent servers (degree of parallelism, or DOP)…
- SQL
- March 28, 2026
Understanding Oracle Access Methods
Oracle employs several methods, known as access paths, to retrieve data for a SQL statement. Optimizer hints are comments within…
- PL/SQL
- February 5, 2026
Understanding ORACLE HINTS For JOIN OPERATIONS In Oracle Database
Oracle SQL hints are used to manually control the execution plan of a query, overriding the optimizer’s default decisions regarding…
- PL/SQL
- February 5, 2026
Understanding PACKAGED CURSOR In Oracle Database
One particularly interesting type of package data is the explicit cursor.I can declare a cursor in a package, in either…
- PL/SQL
- February 5, 2026
Understanding WHERE CURRENT OF Clause In Oracle Database
If you plan on updating or deleting records that have been referenced by a SELECT FOR UPDATE statement, you can…
- PL/SQL
- December 25, 2025
Understanding PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT In Oracle Database
EXCEPTION_INIT is a compile-time command or pragma used to associate a exception name with an internal error code.EXCEPTION_INIT instructs the…
- SQL
- December 25, 2025
Understanding INVISIBLE Column In Oracle Database
As of Oracle 12.1, you can now define invisible columns in relational tables. An invisible column is a user-defined hidden…
