Course objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the architecture and components of MySQL
- Master SQL query language for data manipulation and retrieval
- Create and manage databases and tables
- Implement data integrity constraints
- Optimize database performance
- Secure MySQL databases
Course outlines
- 1. Introduction to MySQL
- What is a database?
- What is MySQL?
- History and evolution of MySQL
- MySQL architecture and components
- Installing and configuring MySQL
- 2. Basic SQL Commands
- Connecting to MySQL server
- Creating a database
- Selecting a database
- Creating tables
- Inserting data into tables
- Retrieving data from tables (SELECT statement)
- Filtering data (WHERE clause)
- Sorting data (ORDER BY clause)
- Limiting results (LIMIT clause)
- 3. Advanced SQL Queries
- Aggregating data (COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX)
- Grouping data (GROUP BY clause)
- Joining tables (INNER JOIN, OUTER JOIN)
- Subqueries
- Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
- Window functions
- 4. Data Manipulation and Modification
- Updating data (UPDATE statement)
- Deleting data (DELETE statement)
- Altering table structure (ALTER TABLE)
- Dropping tables and databases
- 5. Data Integrity and Security
- Primary keys and foreign keys
- Unique constraints
- Check constraints
- Default values
- Indexes
- User management and permissions
- Securing MySQL databases
- 6. MySQL Administration
- Backing up and restoring databases
- Optimizing database performance
- Monitoring database activity
- Troubleshooting common MySQL issues
- 7. Practical Exercises and Projects
- Hands-on exercises to practice SQL queries
- Creating and managing databases for real-world scenarios
- Designing and implementing database schemas
- Optimizing database queries for performance
- Securing MySQL installations