MySQL Crash Course

Informationen zum Autor Rick Silva is a software developer with decades of database experience. Silva has worked at Harvard Business School, Zipcar, and various financial services companies. A Boston native and a Boston College alum, he now lives in the Raleigh, North Carolina area with his wife Patti and his dog Dixie. When he's not joining database tables, he's playing banjo at a local bluegrass jam. Klappentext With databases lurking in the background of every website, knowing how to manage them with MySQL is a no-brainer. This practical, hands-on introduction teaches readers all they need to know. MySQL Crash Course is a fast-paced, no-nonsense introduction to relational database development. It's filled withpractical examples and expert advice that will have you up and running quickly. You'll learn the basics of SQL, how to create a database, craft SQL queries to extract data, and work with events,procedures, and functions. You'll see how to add constraints to tables to enforce rules about permitted data and useindexes to accelerate data retrieval. You'll even explore how to call MySQL from PHP, Python, and Java. Three final projects will show you how to build a weather database from scratch, use triggers to prevent errors in anelection database, and use views to protect sensitive data in a salary database. You'll also learn how to: Query database tables for specific information, order the results, comment SQL code, and deal with null valuesDefine table columns to hold strings, integers, and dates, and determine what data types to useJoin multiple database tables as well as use temporary tables, common table expressions, derived tables, andsubqueriesAdd, change, and remove data from tables, create views based on specific queries, write reusable stored routines, and automate and schedule events The perfect quick-start resource for database developers, MySQL Crash Course will arm you with the tools you needto build and manage fast, powerful, and secure MySQL-based data storage systems. Zusammenfassung With databases lurking in the background of every website, knowing how to manage them with MySQL is a no-brainer. This practical, hands-on introduction teaches readers all they need to know. MySQL Crash Course is a fast-paced, no-nonsense introduction to relational database development. It's filled withpractical examples and expert advice that will have you up and running quickly. You'll learn the basics of SQL, how to create a database, craft SQL queries to extract data, and work with events,procedures, and functions. You'll see how to add constraints to tables to enforce rules about permitted data and useindexes to accelerate data retrieval. You'll even explore how to call MySQL from PHP, Python, and Java. Three final projects will show you how to build a weather database from scratch, use triggers to prevent errors in anelection database, and use views to protect sensitive data in a salary database. You'll also learn how to: Query database tables for specific information, order the results, comment SQL code, and deal with null values Define table columns to hold strings, integers, and dates, and determine what data types to use Join multiple database tables as well as use temporary tables, common table expressions, derived tables, andsubqueries Add, change, and remove data from tables, create views based on specific queries, write reusable stored routines, and automate and schedule events The perfect quick-start resource for database developers, MySQL Crash Course will arm you with the tools you needto build and manage fast, powerful, and secure MySQL-based data storage systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: GETTING STARTED Chapter 1: Installing MySQL and Tools Chapter 2: Crea...

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Rick Silva is a software developer with decades of database experience. Silva has worked at Harvard Business School, Zipcar, and various financial services companies. A Boston native and a Boston College alum, he now lives in the Raleigh, North Carolina area with his wife Patti and his dog Dixie. When he's not joining database tables, he's playing banjo at a local bluegrass jam.

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With databases lurking in the background of every website, knowing how to manage them with MySQL is a no-brainer. This practical, hands-on introduction teaches readers all they need to know.

MySQL Crash Course is a fast-paced, no-nonsense introduction to relational database development. It’s filled withpractical examples and expert advice that will have you up and running quickly.

You’ll learn the basics of SQL, how to create a database, craft SQL queries to extract data, and work with events,procedures, and functions. You’ll see how to add constraints to tables to enforce rules about permitted data and useindexes to accelerate data retrieval. You’ll even explore how to call MySQL from PHP, Python, and Java.

Three final projects will show you how to build a weather database from scratch, use triggers to prevent errors in anelection database, and use views to protect sensitive data in a salary database.

You’ll also learn how to:

• Query database tables for specific information, order the results, comment SQL code, and deal with null values
• Define table columns to hold strings, integers, and dates, and determine what data types to use
• Join multiple database tables as well as use temporary tables, common table expressions, derived tables, andsubqueries

• Add, change, and remove data from tables, create views based on specific queries, write reusable stored routines, and automate and schedule events
  The perfect quick-start resource for database developers, MySQL Crash Course will arm you with the tools you needto build and manage fast, powerful, and secure MySQL-based data storage systems.

  Inhalt

  Acknowledgments
  Introduction
  PART I: GETTING STARTED
  Chapter 1: Installing MySQL and Tools
  Chapter 2: Creating Databases and Tables
  PART II: SELECTING DATA FROM A MYSQL DATABASE
  Chapter 3: Introduction to SQL
  Chapter 4: MySQL Data TypesC
  hapter 5: Joining Database Tables
  Chapter 6: Performing Complex Joins with Multiple Tables
  Chapter 7: Comparing Values
  Chapter 8: Calling Built-in MySQL Functions
  Chapter 9: Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Data
  PART III: DATABASE OBJECTS
  Chapter 10: Creating Views
  Chapter 11: Creating Functions and Procedures
  Chapter 12: Creating Triggers
  Chapter 13: Creating Events
  PART IV: ADVANCED TOPICS
  Chapter 14: Tips and Tricks
  Chapter 15: Calling MySQL from Programming Languages
  PART V: PROJECTS
  Chapter 16: Building a Weather Database
  Chapter 17: Tracking Changes to Voter Data with Triggers
  Chapter 18: Protecting Salary Data with Views
  Afterword
  Index