MYSQL FOUNDATION TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION
The MySQL foundation course covers the basics of the SQL language as implemented
by MySQL. The course is designed to give delegates practical experience in
writing SQL statements using the MySQL client program and MySQL Workbench. The
basic SQL statements, including the use of SQL functions and the basic table and
view handling statements are introduced.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
* Create, alter and drop a MySQL database.
* Write SQL statements.
* Use SQL expressions and functions.
* Create and alter tables, indexes and views.
* Use transactions.
* Grant and revoke access privileges.
* Export and import data.
MYSQL FOUNDATION TRAINING COURSE DETAILS
* Who will benefit:
Anyone who needs to access and work with a MySQL Database.
* Prerequisites:
An understanding of databases and exposure to information technology in
general would be useful.
* Duration
3 days
MYSQL FOUNDATION TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS
* Database concepts
What is a database? database management systems, tables, rows and columns,
indexes, primary keys, unique constraints and foreign keys, client-server
architecture, supported data types, storage engines and table types,
Information_Schema and MySQL Databases.
Hands on using a database.
* Using the MySQL client
What is the MySQL client? getting started and logging in, selecting a
database, client commands, entering and executing SQL statements, retrieving
previous commands, creating, editing and executing SQL files, redirecting
output into a file, command line execution of MySQL scripts.
Hands on Using the MySQL client.
* Basic SELECT
The SQL SELECT statement, case sensitivity, quotes, statement terminator,
syntax conventions, SELECT clause, FROM clause, conditions and the WHERE
clause, logical operators, ORDER BY clause, column aliases, arithmetic
expressions, precedence of operators.
Hands on querying the sample database.
* LIMIT, UNION and AGGREGATE functions
The LIMIT clause, UNION, UNION ALL, aggregate functions, GROUP BY clause,
using Rollup with GROUP BY, HAVING clause.
Hands on using limit, union and aggregate functions.
* Subqueries and joins
Subqueries, cartesian products, table aliases, natural joins, join using,
join on, multi-table joins.
Hands on using subqueries and joins.
* Numeric and character functions
Function types, testing functions, numeric functions character functions.
Hands on using numeric and character functions.
* Data, time and other functions
Date and time column types, date and time formats, Date format function,
functions to return date time, functions to extract components from date
time, date time arithmetic, miscellaneous functions.
Hands on using date, time and other functions.
* Databases and tables
Creating a database, selecting a database, creating tables, Auto_increment,
show create table, column operations, constraint operations, copying tables,
renaming tables, changing engine for tables, dropping tables, temporary
tables.
Hands on maintaining databases and tables.
* Indexes and views
What is an index? creating an index, reviewing indexes, dropping indexes,
what is a view? creating views, view restrictions, dropping views.
Hands on maintaining indexes and views.
* Managing data
Inserting rows, replacing rows, updating rows, deleting rows, Truncate
statement, The COMMIT and ROLLBACK commands, savepoints, implicit commits.
Hands on managing data.
* Access control
Creating users, renaming users, dropping users, granting privileges, revoking
privileges.
Hands on creating users, granting and revoking.
* Import and export
Exporting using SQL, importing using SQL, exporting from the command line,
importing from the command line.
Hands on export and import data.