Dr. Chen, Oracle Database System (Oracle) 1 Chapter 6 Additional Database Objects (up to p.195 and all in the pptx file) Jason C. H. Chen, Ph.D. Professor

Dr. Chen, Oracle Database System (Oracle) 1

Chapter 6Additional Database Objects

(up to p.195 and all in the pptx file)

Jason C. H. Chen, Ph.D.

Professor of MIS

School of Business

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA 99258 USA

[email protected]


Objectives• Define the purpose of a sequence and state how it can

be used in a database• Explain why gaps may appear in the integers

generated by a sequence• Use the CREATE SEQUENCE command to create a

sequence• Call and use sequence values• Identify which options cannot be changed by the

ALTER SEQUENCE command• Delete a sequence• Create indexes with the CREATE INDEX command• Explain the main index structures: B-tree and bitmap


Objectives (continued)• Verify index use with the explain plan• Introduce variations on conventional indexes,

including a function-based index and an index organized table

• Verify index existence via the data dictionary• Rename an index with the ALTER INDEX

command• Remove an index using the DROP INDEX

command• Create and remove a public synonym


Database Objects• An object is anything that has a name and

defined structure• Includes:

– Table – stores data– Sequence – generates sequential integers– Index – allows users to quickly locate specific

records– Synonym – alias for other database objects


Sequences• Used for internal control purposes by

providing sequential integers for auditing• Used to generate unique value for primary

key column– Surrogate key = no correlation with actual row

contents


Creating a Sequence

• Use the CREATE SEQUENCE command • Various intervals are allowed – Default: 1• You can specify the starting number – Default: 1

CREATE SEQUENCE sequencename[INCREASE BY value][START WITH value][{MAXVALUE value | MAXVALUE}][{MINVALUE value | MINVALUE}][{CYCLE | NOCYLE}][{ORDER | NOORDER}][{CACHE value | NOCACHE}];

Figure 6-1 Syntax of the CREATE SEQUENCE command


Creating a Sequence (continued)

• Can specify MINVALUE for decreasing sequence and MAXVALUE for increasing sequence

• Numbers can be reused if CYCLE is specified– The options determine whether Oracle should begin

reissuing values from the sequence after reaching the minimum or maximum value.

• ORDER clause is used in application cluster environment

• Use CACHE to pregenerate integers – Default: 20


ORDERS Data Files


Refresh the Database• 1. Go to Blackboard and download (two)

data files from Oracle chapter6 and save under c:\oradata\chapter6\

• 2. Run the following script file– Start c:\oradata\chapter6\JLDB_Build_6.sql



Figure 6-3 Syntax of the INSERT command



Figure 6-4 Query USER-OBJECTS to verify existing sequence



• To verify the settings for options of a sequence, query USER_SEQUENCES data dictionary view

Next Number to issueFigure 6-5 Verifying sequence option settings

SELECT SEQUENCE_NAME FROM USER_SEQUENCES;

SEQUENCE_NAME------------------------------ORDERS_ORDER#_SEQ


Using Sequence Values

• NEXTVAL – generates integer

Figure 6-6 Inserting a row, using a sequence to provide a PRIMARY KEY value


Using Sequence Values (continued)

Figure 6-7 Order added, using a sequence value for the Order#



• CURRVAL – contains last integer generated by NEXTVAL

Figure 6-8 Using CURRVAL to insert an order detail row

cpk

INSERT INTO orderitems (order#, item#, isbn, quantity, paideach)VALUES (orders_order#_seq.CURRVAL, 1, 8117949391, 1, 8.50);



Figure 6-9 Verify the CURRVAL value


Altering Sequence Definitions

• Use ALTER SEQUENCE command to change the settings for a sequence

• START WITH value cannot be altered – drop the sequence and re-create it

• Changes cannot make current integers invalid


ALTER SEQUENCE Command Example

Figure 6-11 Command to change the INCREMENT BY setting for a sequence


Checking Values on Sequences and SYSDATE

Figure 6-12 New setting for the ORDERS_ORDER#_SEQ sequence

Figure 6-13 Using the DUAL table


Checking Values on Sequences

Figure 6-14 Testing sequence values with the DUAL table Why

1041?


Removing a Sequence

• Use the DROP SEQUENCE command to delete a sequence

• Previous values generated are not affected by removing a sequence from a database

Figure 6-16 Dropping the ORDERS_ORDER#_SEQ sequence


Removing a Sequence (continued)

Figure 6-17 Verify that the sequence is removed


Indexes –Query Optimization

• If database query activity (e.g., process speed) is the priority– Indexes should be considered

• If database operations involve more DML actions than query actions– Index creation should be minimized

• An index stores frequently referenced values and ROWIDs

• Can be based on one column, multiple columns, functions, or expressions


B-Tree Index

Figure 6-19 B-tree index organization


B-Tree Index (continued)• Implicitly create an index by PRIMARY

KEY and UNIQUE constraints• Explicitly create an index by using the

CREATE INDEX command

For example:SELECT index_name FROM user_indexes;-- result on the next slide


Examples on Query Optimization

• Note that the following slides are not in the text.

• Please study them thoroughly and practice all examples (SQL commands are available in the ‘Ch6Queries.sql’.


INDEX_NAME------------------------------ACCTBONUS_AMID_PKBOOKAUTHOR_PKORDERITEMS_PKBOOKS_ISBN_PKBOOKS_COST_IDXAUTHOR_AUTHORID_PKPUBLISHER_PUBID_PKORDERS_ORDER#_PKCUSTOMERS_ZIP_DESC_IDXCUSTOMERS_ZIP_IDXCUSTOMERS_CUSTOMER#_PKEMPLOYEES_EMPNO_PKPT_CHARG_PATIENTNO_ITEMCODE_PKITEM_ITEM_CODE_PKROOM_ROOM_NO_PKACCOMODATION_ACCOM_ID_PKDOCTOR_PHYSCIAN_ID__PKPATIENT_PATIENT_NO_PKLOCATION_LOC_ID_PK

INDEX_NAME------------------------------ENROLLMENT_PKCOURSE_SECTION_CSEC_ID_PKCOURSE_COURSE_ID_PKTERM_TERM_ID_PKSTUDENT_S_ID_PKSYS_IL0000110103C00010$$FACULTY_F_ID_PKPUBLISHER3_PUBID_PKPUBLISHER2_PUBID_PKREPCONTRACTS_PKBOOKSTORES_ID_PKBOOKSTORES_NAME_UKSTOREREPS_ID_PK

32 rows selected.

For example:SELECT index_name FROM user_indexes;

What specific information is displayed on the output?Answer: _____Since they are all implicitly indexed.


Implicitly Index (cont.)

-- enter in SQL DEVELOPERSELECT table_name, index_name, index_typeFROM user_indexes;


Optimizing Query Processing -A Quick Way to Speed Access to Your data

• Indexes may be used to improve the efficiency of data searches to meet particular search criteria after the table has been in use for some time. Therefore, the ability to create indexes quickly and efficiently at any time is important.

• SQL indexes can be created on the basis of any selected attributes


BOOKS

ISBN Title PubDate PubID Cost Retail Discount CategoryVARCHAR2(10) VARCHAR2(30) DATE NUMBER(2) NUMBER(5,2) NUMBER(5,2) NUMBER(4,2) VARCHAR2(12)

BOOKS

Optimizing Query Processing – an example (not in the text)


-- chapter 6, (about the same as Figure 6-30; p. 199 )-- 'BOOKS' must be in upper caseSELECT table_name, index_name, index_typeFROM user_indexesWHERE table_name = 'BOOKS';

ISBN TITLE COST CATEGORY---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ------------4981341710 BUILDING A CAR WITH TOOTHPICKS 37.8 CHILDREN8843172113 DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION 31.4 COMPUTER3957136468 HOLY GRAIL OF ORACLE 47.25 COMPUTER1915762492 HANDCRANKED COMPUTERS 21.8 COMPUTER9959789321 E-BUSINESS THE EASY WAY 37.9 COMPUTER2491748320 PAINLESS CHILD-REARING 48 FAMILY LIFE2147428890 SHORTEST POEMS 21.85 LITERATURE

7 rows selected.

SELECT isbn, title, cost, categoryFROM booksWHERE cost > 20;

Optimizing Query Processing


Optimizing Query Processing (conti.)

Syntax:

CREATE INDEX name_of_indexON table_name (field_to_be_indexed);

For example (but, do not enter the SQL command now):CREATE INDEX books_cost_idxON books (cost);

Note that this statement defines an index called books_cost_idx for the cost column in the books table. This index ensures that in the next example SQL only needs to look at row in the database that satisfy the WHERE condition, and is, therefore, quicker to produce an answer.



Type the following SQL:SELECT isbn, title, cost, categoryFROM booksWHERE cost > 20;

ISBN TITLE COST CATEGORY---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ------------4981341710 BUILDING A CAR WITH TOOTHPICKS 37.8 CHILDREN8843172113 DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION 31.4 COMPUTER3957136468 HOLY GRAIL OF ORACLE 47.25 COMPUTER1915762492 HANDCRANKED COMPUTERS 21.8 COMPUTER9959789321 E-BUSINESS THE EASY WAY 37.9 COMPUTER2491748320 PAINLESS CHILD-REARING 48 FAMILY LIFE2147428890 SHORTEST POEMS 21.85 LITERATURE

7 rows selected.

CREATE INDEX books_cost_idx ON books (cost); SQL> CREATE INDEX books_cost_idx ON books (cost);

Index created.



SELECT isbn, title, cost, categoryFROM booksWHERE cost > 20;ISBN TITLE COST CATEGORY---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ------------1915762492 HANDCRANKED COMPUTERS 21.8 COMPUTER2147428890 SHORTEST POEMS 21.85 LITERATURE8843172113 DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION 31.4 COMPUTER4981341710 BUILDING A CAR WITH TOOTHPICKS 37.8 CHILDREN9959789321 E-BUSINESS THE EASY WAY 37.9 COMPUTER3957136468 HOLY GRAIL OF ORACLE 47.25 COMPUTER2491748320 PAINLESS CHILD-REARING 48 FAMILY LIFE

7 rows selected.

What is the difference on the output between these two versions?


Before “INDEX”.ISBN TITLE COST CATEGORY---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ------------4981341710 BUILDING A CAR WITH TOOTHPICKS 37.8 CHILDREN8843172113 DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION 31.4 COMPUTER3957136468 HOLY GRAIL OF ORACLE 47.25 COMPUTER1915762492 HANDCRANKED COMPUTERS 21.8 COMPUTER9959789321 E-BUSINESS THE EASY WAY 37.9 COMPUTER2491748320 PAINLESS CHILD-REARING 48 FAMILY LIFE2147428890 SHORTEST POEMS 21.85 LITERATURE

7 rows selected.

After “INDEX”.ISBN TITLE COST CATEGORY---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ------------1915762492 HANDCRANKED COMPUTERS 21.8 COMPUTER2147428890 SHORTEST POEMS 21.85 LITERATURE8843172113 DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION 31.4 COMPUTER4981341710 BUILDING A CAR WITH TOOTHPICKS 37.8 CHILDREN9959789321 E-BUSINESS THE EASY WAY 37.9 COMPUTER3957136468 HOLY GRAIL OF ORACLE 47.25 COMPUTER2491748320 PAINLESS CHILD-REARING 48 FAMILY LIFE

7 rows selected.


SELECT table_name, index_name, index_typeFROM user_indexesWHERE table_name = 'BOOKS';

Index on Query Optimization


Index on Query Optimization (conti.)

-- default is ‘ASCENDING’CREATE INDEX books_cost_desc_idxON books (cost DESC);

SELECT isbn, title, cost, categoryFROM booksWHERE cost > 20;ISBN TITLE COST CATEGORY---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ------------1915762492 HANDCRANKED COMPUTERS 21.8 COMPUTER2147428890 SHORTEST POEMS 21.85 LITERATURE8843172113 DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION 31.4 COMPUTER4981341710 BUILDING A CAR WITH TOOTHPICKS 37.8 CHILDREN9959789321 E-BUSINESS THE EASY WAY 37.9 COMPUTER3957136468 HOLY GRAIL OF ORACLE 47.25 COMPUTER2491748320 PAINLESS CHILD-REARING 48 FAMILY LIFE

7 rows selected.

Why the output is still displayed as “ascending” order?

Internally, the books table has been indexed as ‘______’ order (using pointer); however, the display is on the ‘_________’ (default) order.


Index on Query Optimization (conti.)



Query Optimization: DROP INDEX

DROP INDEX books_cost_idx; DROP INDEX books_cost_desc_idx;



Summary on Optimizing Query Processing (cont.)

hThe indexes are defined so as to optimize the processing of SELECT statements. ;

hAn index is never explicitly referenced in a SELECT statement; the syntax of SQL does not allow this;

hDuring the processing of a statement, SQL itself determines whether an existing index will be used;

hAn index may be created or deleted at any time;hWhen updating, inserting or deleting rows, SQL also

maintains the indexes on the tables concerned. This means that, on the one hand, the processing time for SELECT statements is reduced, while, on the other hand, the processing time for update statements (such as INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE) can increase.


Your Turn …• Practice the following examples (from the

text)


CREATE INDEX Command Examples

Figure 6-18 Creating an index on the Zip column


The Explain Plan

Figure 6-20 View the explain plan indicating a full table scan


The Explain Plan (continued)

Figure 6-21 View the explain plan indicating a full table scan


UNIQUE INDEX

Figure 6-22 Explicitly creating a unique index

-- chapter 6, Figure 6-23; p. 195CREATE INDEX customers_zip_desc_idx ON customers (zip DESC);


CREATE INDEX Command Examples

Figure 6-24 Creating a composite index

• The composite index could improve the performance of queries that include a search condition on both the Lastname and Firstname column. • Generally, it is more efficient than creating two separate

single-column indexes because less I/O is required to read a single index.


Verifying Composite Index

SELECT customer#, lastname, firstname, city, state, zipFROM customers;

-- chapter 6, Figure 6-24; p. 195CREATE INDEX customer_name_idxON customers (lastname, firstname);

SELECT customer#, lastname, firstname, city, state, zipFROM customers;

After tested, no significant performance can be found since it is a very small database.

Any performance improvement?


• Practice all the examples in the text.• A Script file is available on the Bb (file

name: Ch6Queries.sql)• After completing all examples, do the HW.


Homework - Hands-On Assignments

Read and Practice all examples on Chapters 6• 1. Run the script files (in the folder \oradata\

chapter5\): JLDB_Build_6.sql• 2. Read Oracle assignment and create a script file

Oracle_ch6_Lname_Fname.sql for questions (#1 to #5 and #9; pp.211-212) on “Hands-on Assignments”. Use appropriate COLUMN statements to produce readable outputs if needed.

• 3. Execute and test one problem at a time and make sure they are all running successfully.

• 4. When you done, spool the script files (see next slide for spooling instructions) and UPLOAD the spooled file (Oracle_ch6_Spool_Lname_Fname.txt) to Bb by the deadline .

Upload the spooled file (*.txt) to the Bb (under “Assignments & Projects”) by the deadline.


How to Spool your Script and Output Files

After you tested the script file of Oracle_ch6_Lname_Fname.sql successfully, follow the instructions below to spool both script and output files:

Step 0. Run the following script file from SQL*Plus (since you have created JLDB tables)– Start c:\oradata\chapter6\JLDB_Build_6.sql

• 1. type the following on SQL>– Spool c:\oradata\Oracle_ch6_Spool_Lname_Fname.txt (make sure your name is entered)

• 2. open Oracle_ch6_Lname_Fname.sql that you already tested• 3. copy and paste all the SQL commands (including all comments) to the

SQL*PLUS • 4. type Spool Off on the SQL>The output should contain your personal information, all SQL commands and

their solution on the .txt file and saved in C: drive (oradata\ folder)


Summary

• A sequence can be created to generate a series of integers• The values generated by a sequence can be stored in any table• A sequence is created with the CREATE SEQUENCE command• Gaps in sequences might occur if the values are stored in various

tables, if numbers are cached but not used, or if a rollback occurs• A value is generated by using the NEXTVAL pseudocolumn• The CURRVAL pseudocolumn is NULL until a value is generated

by NEXTVAL• The USER_OBJECTS data dictionary object can be used to

confirm the existence of all schema objects• The USER_SEQUENCES data dictionary object is used to view

sequence settings


Summary (continued)• The ALTER SEQUENCE command is used to modify an existing

sequence; the only settings that can’t be modified are the START WITH option and any option that would be invalid because of previously generated values

• The DUAL table is helpful for testing sequence value generation• The DROP SEQUENCE command deletes an existing sequence• An index can be created to speed up the query process• DML operations are always slower when indexes exist• Oracle 11g creates an index for PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE

constraints automatically• An explicit index is created with the CREATE INDEX command• An index can be used by Oracle 11g automatically if a query

criterion or sort operation is based on a column or an expression used to create the index


Summary (continued)

• The two main structures for indexes are B-tree and bitmap• The explain plan can verify whether an index is used in a

query• Function-based indexes are used to index an expression or

the use of functions on a column or columns• An index organized table is a table stored in a B-tree

structure to combine the index and table into one database object

• Information about an index can be retrieved from the USER_INDEXES and USER_IND_COLUMNS views

• An index can be dropped with the DROP INDEX command• An index can be renamed with the ALTER INDEX command


Summary (continued)

• Except for a name change, an index can’t be modified; it must be deleted and then re-created

• A synonym provides a permanent alias for a database object• A public synonym is available to any database user• A private synonym is available only to the user who created

it• A synonym is created by using the CREATE SYNONYM

command• A synonym is deleted by using the DROP SYNONYM

command• Only a user with DBA privileges can drop a public synonym


END OF CHAPTER 6

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