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New Features of Oracle 11g

By

Beena V T


AGENDA

• Features of 11g

• 11g Features in detail

• Key Points - Coding PL/SQL program.

• Questions and Answers


Features of 11g


Features of 11g

Following are the Oracle Features of 11g

Virtual Column

REGEXP_COUNT function

Inline Pragma

New PLSQL compiler warning

PLSQL sub-program invocation

Restrictions in FORALL

Type with force option

Generalized Invocation

Trigger Enhancements

Fine grained dependency tracking


Virtual Column


Virtual Column

A column value is derived from an expression.

Oracle doesn't store any data related to virtual column.

Only expression is stored in data dictionary.

Virtual columns can be referenced in the WHERE clause.

Index-organized, external, object, cluster, temporary tables not supported


Virtual Column – An Example

Virtual Column


Virtual Column

The expression used in the virtual column definition has the following

restrictions:

It cannot refer to another virtual column by name.

It can only refer to columns defined in the same table.

If it refers to a deterministic user-defined function, it cannot be used as

a partitioning key column.

Cannot return an Oracle supplied, user-defined, or LOB or LONG

RAW.


REGEXP_COUNT function


REGEXP_COUNT Function

REGEXP_COUNT function returns number of times a pattern occurs in a source

string.

Syntax: REGEXP_COUNT(source_char,pattern, position, match_param)

SOURCE_CHAR is a character expression which is the search value.

PATTERN is the regular expression, which will be matched

POSITION is a positive integer from where search should begin


REGEXP_COUNT – An Example

MATCH_PARAM is a text literal, controls matching behavior.

'i' specifies case-insensitive matching.

'c' specifies case-sensitive matching.

'n' allows a period (.) wild character to match a newline

'm‘ parses the source string as individual lines

'x' ignores whitespace characters.


MATCH_PARAM is a text literal, controls matching behavior.

• 'i' specifies case-insensitive matching.

• 'c' specifies case-sensitive matching.

• 'n' allows a period (.) wild character to match a newline

• 'm‘ parses the source string as individual lines

• 'x' ignores whitespace characters.

Source_Char

Pattern

Position

Match_Param

REGEXP_COUNT – An Example


Inline Pragma


INLINE Pragma –Example 1


INLINE Pragma

Every call to a procedure or function causes performance overhead.

This is noticeable when subprogram is called within a loop.

Avoiding procedures and functions is not an option.

Automatic subprogram inlining can reduce the overheads associated.

Replaces subprogram calls with a copy of the code at compile time.


INLINE Pragma

Subprogram inlining controlled by PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL

When PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL=2 (the default).

PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL=3, may inline code automatically.

INLINE pragma can turn on/off inlining.


INLINE Pragma – Example 2


INLINE Pragma Example 3


INLINE Pragma

The INLINE pragma only affects the following types of statements,

• Assignment

• Call

• Conditional

• CASE

• CONTINUE-WHEN

• EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

• EXIT-WHEN

• LOOP

• RETURN


Compiler Warning


Compiler Warning

Before11g,


Compiler Warning

In 11g, warning when exception handlers do not re-raise errors.

Note: This is only a warning message, so it only identifies

possible problem code, it doesn't prevent it.


Compiler Warning

In 11g, warning when exception handlers do not re-raise errors.

Note: This is only a warning message, so it only identifies

possible problem code, it doesn't prevent it.

Warning


Sub-Program Invocation


PL/SQL Subprogram Invocations

Prior to 11g, only positional notation is allowed.

Oracle 11g allows positional, named and mixed notation.

Positional

Mixed


Restrictions in FORALL


FORALL Restriction

Before11g,

Update Entire

Row


FORALL Restriction

In 11g, PLS-00436 restriction has been removed.

Columns can be referenced in SET and WHERE clauses of DML statements.

Update Selected

Column


FORALL Restriction

SET and WHERE clauses contain references to individual columns in collection.

Using bulk-binds for DML is made easier.

Improved performance on update operation

No need to use ROW keyword, no longer whole row update required


Type with force option


Creating TYPE OBJECT,

Creating TYPE TABLE with OBJECT,

TYPE with FORCE option


Try Altering TYPE OBJECT without FORCE option,

With FORCE option,




Before11g, cannot replace type, with type or table dependencies.

In 11g, FORCE is used to overcome this issue

Applies to objects, varrays, and nested table types.

Also applies to inheritance in types.

Table dependencies still cause errors.



Allows a subtype to invoke a method of a parent type (supertype).

Syntax:

Example:

Step 1: Create type with some attribute and member function



Step 2: Create a subtype of this object, as below,



Step 3: Access method of parent type by calling subtype.

Note: Member functions of parent type can be invoked,

regardless of the depth of inheritance.


Trigger Enhancements


Execution Order – An Example

Before 11g,


Execution Order

More than one trigger can be created for the same timing point.

In 10g, execution order of those triggers not guaranteed.

Oracle 11g now includes FOLLOWS clause to guarantee execution order.


Compound Triggers

Allows code for one or more timing points to be combined into a single trigger.

The individual timing points can share a single global declaration section

Once a statement ends, trigger state is cleaned up.

Triggering actions are defined in the same way as any other DML trigger.


Compound Triggers

Main body of the trigger has an optional global declaration section.

Each timing point sections contains a local declaration section.

Compound

Trigger


Enable/ Disable Triggers

Triggers can be Enabled or Disabled explicitly at the time of creation in 11g


Fine grained dependency

tracking


Fine Grained Dependency

If referenced Object's Structure or definition is modified,

In Conventional Dependency Model,

• Dependent object will be marked "invalid' in data dictionary.

In New Dependency Model in 11g,

• Dependencies across objects can be tracked down up to object level.

Fine Grained Dependency is the one of key enhancement in Oracle 11g.

In 11g, object dependency concept moved from Object level into column level .

This will assure the minimum hindrance object Validation.


Q & A


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