Learning PL/SQL with SQL plus

I'm looking to teach myself PL/SQL with SQL Plus, it's a works pc so I can not use any other software than SQL plus.
When starting SQL plus I'm asked for a username, password and host string.
I'm taking it the host string is the db I want to connect to and obviously supply the username and password for level of access?
Also what I ideally need is a sample db on my local machine to connect to with SQL plus to learn that way.
Can anyone point me in the right direction please. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Use the net8 configuration assistant preferably as it'll get the syntax correct.
Otherwise you copy the sample one up one folder and edit that.
Connection information (SID, Server/IP, port number) you'll have to get off your DBA.
The name at the start of a tnsnames entry is the name that you want to reference the database as, so you can call it FRED if you like.
e.g.
FRED =
(DESCRIPTION =
 (ADDRESS_LIST =
 (ADDRESS =
 (PROTOCOL = TCP)
 (HOST = <server name or ip address>)
 (PORT = <port>) -- usually 1521 but can differ if more than one instance on the server
 (CONNECT_DATA =
 (SID = <database SID>) -- the name of the database on the server.
)Once that's set up you can then log onto the database in the following way:
sqlplus <user>/<password>@fred
What happens is that the TNS Listener service (that should be running on your PC) will look up "fred" in the tnsnames.ora file and then use the information from that to make the connection to the server on the correct port and connect you to the actual database on there.
After that.... it's up to you.
:)

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{color:#ff0000}*; nested exception is:*
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{color}{color:#333333}I use the following tools:
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{color}{color:#333333}
package net;
{color}{color:#333333}
//import java.io.*;
import com.microsoft.schemas.sqlserver._2005._06._30.reporting.reportingservices.*;
import java.io.Serializable;
* @author Abdullah Al Fararjeh
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{color}
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OracleDeft wrote:
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Michelle,
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946207 wrote:
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Why would you want the client to deal with the complexities of the SQL language? Or deal with the complexities of your database model in Oracle?
So instead of the client doing SQL, PL/SQL can do it on behalf of the client. The client uses PL/SQL as an API - in a similar fashion as the client would use any other API.
The PL/SQL code determines the SQL statement - and returns a SQL cursor handle to the client. The client then simply uses the SQL cursor that the PL/SQL code created for it (and the client needs to close the SQL cursor when done, so as to not cause server resource leakage).
E.g. (using PL/SQL as an API to abstract SQL and the data model)
create or replace procedure TestProc( c out sys_refcursor ) is
begin
open c for select * from test_sh order by 1;
end;The client then calls TestProc and gets a reference cursor handle. E.g. (the client call to Oracle):
begin
TestProc( c => :1 );
end;The client needs to supply a host (client language) bind variable of type cursor, as value for bind variable +:1+.
This is the correct way to deal with PL/SQL and cursors from a client GUI/language perspective. Any other method, like using PL/SQL to cache SQL data as a collection, is usually very wrong.

Error: connecting to db with SQL Developer

Hi,
I have just done a test disaster recovery (complete restore and recovery) of my database. I have successfully restored and recovered my database and managed to open the database , though with a few warnings shown below
RMAN> alter database open resetlogs;
database opened
RMAN-06900: WARNING: unable to generate V$RMAN_STATUS or V$RMAN_OUTPUT row
RMAN-06901: WARNING: disabling update of the V$RMAN_STATUS and V$RMAN_OUTPUT row
s
ORACLE error from target database:
ORA-06553: PLS-801: internal error [56319]
When I try to use sql developer to access the database. I end up getting the following error:
ORA-06544: PL/SQL:internal error, arguments: [56319], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
ORA-06553: PLS-801: internal error [56319]
06544. 00000 - "PL/SQL: internal error, arguments: [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s]"
*Cause: A pl/SQL internal error occurred.
*Action: Report as a bug; the first argument is the internal error number.
vendor code 6544
This has been the first time I performed full recovery.
I am using sqldeveloper 1.1 and running oracle 10g R2
I was wondering if anybody has come across this problem before
Any help would be appreciated

Sorry, I meant that "restore database" and "recover database" commands both completed successfully without errors 
I had a try connecting with sql *plus, which I get 
ORA-06553:PLS-801 internal error. 
HOWEVER, I still get connected, and can run queries against the tables 
You'd get better response from the Recovery Manager forum... Sorry you are right,

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