MySQL Crash Course: A Hands-on Introduction to Database Development
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.
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MySQL Crash Course: A Hands-on Introduction to Database Development
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.
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MySQL Crash Course: A Hands-on Introduction to Database Development

MySQL Crash Course: A Hands-on Introduction to Database Development

by Rick Silva
MySQL Crash Course: A Hands-on Introduction to Database Development

MySQL Crash Course: A Hands-on Introduction to Database Development

by Rick Silva

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781718503007
Publisher: No Starch Press
Publication date: 05/23/2023
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 1,083,531
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.85(d)
Lexile: 1130L (what's this?)
Age Range: 10 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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
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