Learn SQL Database Programming / Bush, Josephine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bush, Josephine, (author).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Learn Structured Query Language database programming

Place of Publication:

Packt Publishing, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Learn everything you need to know to build efficient SQL queries using this easy-to-follow beginner's guide Key Features Explore all SQL statements in depth using a variety of examples Get to grips with database querying, data aggregate, manipulation, and much more Understand how to explore and process data of varying complexity to tell a story Book Description SQL is a powerful querying language that's used to store, manipulate, and retrieve data, and it is one of the most popular languages used by developers to query and analyze data efficiently. If you're looking for a comprehensive introduction to SQL, Learn SQL Database Programming will help you to get up to speed with using SQL to streamline your work in no time. Starting with an overview of relational database management systems, this book will show you how to set up and use MySQL Workbench and design a database using practical examples. You'll also discover how to query and manipulate data with SQL programming using MySQL Workbench. As you advance, you'll create a database, query single and multiple tables, and modify data using SQL querying. This SQL book covers advanced SQL techniques, including aggregate functions, flow control statements, error handling, and subqueries, and helps you process your data to present your findings. Finally, you'll implement best practices for writing SQL and designing indexes and tables. By the end of this SQL programming book, you'll have gained the confidence to use SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data. What you will learn Install, configure, and use MySQL Workbench to restore a database Explore different data types such as string, numeric, and date and time Query a single table using the basic SQL SELECT statement and the FROM, WHERE, and ORDER BY clauses Query multiple tables by understanding various types of table relationships Modify data in tables using the INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements Use aggregate functions to group and summarize data Detect bad data, duplicates, and irrelevant values while processing data Who this book is for This book is for business analysts, SQL developers, database administrators, and students learning SQL. If you want to learn how to query and manipulate SQL data for database administration tasks or simply extract and organize relevant data for analysis, you'll find this book useful. No prior SQL experience is required." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems

Chapter 2: Installing and Using MySQL Workbench

Chapter 3: Understanding Data Types

Chapter 4: Designing and Creating a Database

Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Data

Chapter 6: Querying a Single Table

Chapter 7: Querying Multiple Tables

Chapter 8: Modifying Data and Table Structures

Chapter 9: Working with Expressions

Chapter 10: Grouping and Summarizing Data

Chapter 11: Advanced Querying Techniques

Chapter 12: Programmable Objects

Chapter 13: Exploring and Processing Your Data

Chapter 14: Telling a Story with Your Data

Chapter 15: Best Practices for Designing and Querying

Chapter 16: SQL Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

1199323025