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From: "Richard Foote" <richard.fo...@bigpond.com>
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Subject: Re: Oracle9i: Program with PL/SQL Course Advise
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"Joe I" <ippolit...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have to learn PL/SQL and would like to take the "Oracle9i: Program
> with PL/SQL" course.  The prerequisites are "Working with iSQL*Plus"
> and "Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL". I'm a programmer and  have been
> working with SQL for several years and I would like to believe that I
> have a good working knowledge of it but I can't honesty say I know
> everything covered in the Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL course. My
> question is how much SQL do I really need to know for the Oracle9i:
> Program with PL/SQL course ? This might be a tough question to answer
> but any advise would be appreciated.

Hi Joe,

Having taught these courses for many years, the amount of SQL knowledge
assumed for the first PL/SQL course is pretty trivial. A basic understanding
of SELECT, being able to restrict, sort and aggregate data, basic DML and
that's about it. Someone with several years of SQL would be more than
capable.

Good Luck

Richard