A field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity in a table
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Numeric values SQL
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NUMBER(4,2) = 99.99
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COUNT (subquery)
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Returns # of rows
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First Normal Form (1NF)
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A relation that has a primary key and in which there are no repeating groups.
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subquery
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a SELECT statement that is inside another select or action query (WHERE clause)
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finger user
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lists the login name, the full name, and possibly other details about the user you are fingering.
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RDBMS
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(Relational Database Management System) A software application that contains tools to manage data, answer queries, create user-friendly forms for data entry, and generate printed reports.
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<sysdate
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before today
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= (subquery)
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Allows one value
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DDL (Data Definition Language)
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Subset of SQL: Database and table structure
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WHERE
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Not used with aggregates
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NVL
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If it is possible for a subquery to return a NULL value to the outer query for comparison, the ____ function should be used to substitute an actual value for the NULL.
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To_char(SYSDATE,'MM-YY')
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this month
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like sysdate
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today
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Used with a join?
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ON
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Third Normal Form (3NF)
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A table is in 3NF when it is in 2NF and no nonkey attribute is functionally dependent on another nonkey attribute; that is, it cannot include transitive dependencies.
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ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) / schema
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A database design diagram: The major entities within the system scope, and the inter-relationships among these entities.
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DCL (Data Control Language)
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Subset of SQL: Gives user privileges
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inline view
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A subquery in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement.
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String values SQL
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VARCHAR2(Length)
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in (subquery)
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Allows multiple values
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left outer join
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A join that includes all of the rows from the first table in the query and only those records from the second table that match the join field in the first table.
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Union All
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everything from both tables with duplicates
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DML (Data Manipulation Language)
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Subset of SQL: Accessing, inserting, modifying and deleting data
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HAVING
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used with aggregates
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foreign key (FK)
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Attribute that allows database tables to be linked together; foreign keys are the primary keys of other tables placed in the current table to support the link between the two tables.
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Union
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everything from both tables
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date, varchar2, number
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The data types
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Date values SQL
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DATE
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Second Normal Form (2NF)
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The second stage in the normalization process, in which a relation is in 1NF and there are no partial dependencies (dependencies in only part of the primary key).