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March 15, 2022

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Visualizing SQL Pattern Matching (MATCH_RECOGNIZE) - A Beginner's Guide
Added in 12c, SQL pattern matching make it easy to search for sequences of different events across rows.

But how does it work?

Watch this presentation for a complete beginner's guide to match_recognize. With visualizations to show how it selects the rows, this session will teach you how to use this powerful clause.

Highlights include:

02:40 - An overview of match_recognize & its clauses
08:40 - Demo of using pattern matching with one variable to find consecutive 1km runs
17:00 - Comparing results when searching for different patterns of 1km runs
27:15 - Demo searching for two variables - 1km run followed by a 5km run
35:00 - Displaying overlapping patterns in the input
39:00 - Does pattern matching replace the where clause?
42:30 - Comparing different patterns outputs when using two variables
44:30 - Classifying rows into value ranges - the limitations of regular expressions
48:30 - Demo using pattern matching to group rows into range values and calculate totals
58:10 - Why use pattern matching - example use cases

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    Chris Saxon

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    Chris Saxon is an Oracle Developer Advocate and quizmaster on Dev Gym. His job is to help you get the best out of the Oracle Database and have fun with SQL! He's also part of the answer team on Ask TOM and creates YouTube videos at The Magic of SQL channel.
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    Christian Berg

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    Christian Berg currently works as a Principal Analytics Domain Specialist for EMEA. His background is 20 years in consulting, evangelism and advocacy around Analytics, holding the title of Oracle ACE Director and delivering over 120 speeches across more than 50 conferences.
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