Description

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. Its filled withpractical examples and expert advice that will have you up and running quickly.

Youll learn the basics of SQL, how to create a database, craft SQL queries to extract data, and work with events, procedures, and functions. Youll see how to add constraints to tables to enforce rules about permitted data and useindexes to accelerate data retrieval. Youll 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.

Youll 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.

Author: Rick Silva
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: No Starch Press
Published: 05/23/2023
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.21h x 7.11w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781718503007
Language: English