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I'm lookin
g for them knowing that a sum aggregate (or any other aggregate function) will r
eturn one row for a group and a sum analytic will return one result for each row
in the group. If they mention the "Window", they get a bonus point. ;-)
How would you generate XML from a query? The answer here is "A lot of different
ways". They should know that there are SQL functions: XMLELEMENT, XMLFOREST, etc
and PL/SQL functions: DBMS_XMLGEN, DBMS_XMLQUERY, etc.
What do you need before implementing a member function? You need to create a typ
e.
How do you tune a query? I'm looking for a discussion of autotrace and/or explai
n plan. Ask them what they're looking for in a plan. This should not be a single
sentence. Look for a comfort level.
What is the default value of a boolean? NULL. This is somewhat tricky but appare
ntly there are languages that default boolean to false. A PL/SQL developer needs
to know all variables default to NULL.
Why is using implicit conversions a poor programming practice? For dates, you mu
st ASSUME that the default date format will always be the same (and it won't be)
. In some cases, implicit conversion is slower. I want to feel like they don't b
elieve writing to_char or to_number is more work than it's worth. BTW, this also
applies to SQL.