Hour 22. Advanced SQL Topics

During this hour, you are introduced to some advanced SQL topics. By the end of the hour you should understand the concepts behind cursors, stored procedures, triggers, dynamic SQL, direct versus embedded SQL, and SQL generated from SQL.

The highlights of this hour include

  • What cursors are

  • Using stored procedures

  • What triggers are

  • Basics of dynamic SQL

  • Using SQL to generate SQL

  • Direct SQL versus embedded SQL

  • Call-level interface

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