Advanced SQL Functions in Oracle 10g

Designed to exploit Oracle 10g's SQL, this book takes a comprehensive look at Oracle 10g's analytical functions, MODEL statements, and regular expressions. In addition, Advanced SQL Functions in Oracle 10g covers collection objects and object-oriented structures and introduces new Oracle 10g topics such as XML and statistical functions. The authors' logical and developmental approach to query building includes a review of older Oracle tools to help in the transition to newer material. This text will teach the reader how to: Format result sets with SQL*Plus reporting tools. Use aggregate functions for partitioning, ordering, and reporting. Perform calculations with the MODEL statement. Search within strings using regular expressions. Work with collection objects. Handle XML within SQL.