DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH

Name : M.Bhagya Lakshmi,
Designation : Lecturer in CCP,
Institution : GMR Polytechnic, Gajwel
Branch : DCCP
Semester : V Semester
Major Topic : SQL Plus
Sub –Topic : SQL EDITOR
Subject name : RDBMS
Subject Code : CCP- 505
Duration : 50 min.
Teaching Aids : PPT
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Objectives:

On the completion of this period you would

be able to understand
 The commands associated with SQL reports

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Recap

We have learned about

 SQL Reports

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Creation of Report in SQL*PLUS

 SQL*PLUS provides us with the several

commands for formatting query results

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Creation of Report in SQL*PLUS
(contd..)
 Column commands
 Compute commands
 Title commands
 Setting page dimensions
 Storage and printing commands

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Column commands

 Broadly classified into customizing column name

and contents

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Customizing column name

 SQL*PLUS uses column names as defaults

column headings while displaying query results

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Customizing column name
(contd..)

 Display our own column heading with the help of

the following command
SQL>Column <col_name> heading
<col_heading;
 EX: SQL>column ename heading emp_name;

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Customizing column contents

 SQL*PLUS display format or we can change it the

following command
SQL>Column <col_name> format model

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Example 1

 The example which display salary in the following

format
 SQL>column sal format $999,99;
 SQL>Select sal from emp;

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Example 2

 To set the width of the column name to four

characters
 SQL>Column name format a4;
 SQL>select ename from emp;

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Note

 To list the current display attributes for a given

column
 Column <column_name>

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Summary

We have discussed about

 The query results can be produced a finished
report using SQL*PLUS commands
 We can display our own column heading

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Quiz
1. Column formatting command is used to format
a) Cell
b) Column
c) Row
d) All

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Frequently Asked Questions

3. Explain any four formatting commands used in

SQL PLUS

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