SQL for Any IT Professional LiveLessons

Entrepreneur Ryan Stephens built his career and multiple IT companies around SQL, data, relational databases, and has shared his knowledge and experience with organizations, students, and IT professionals all over the world. Two of his companies, Perpetual Technologies, Inc. (PTI) and Indy Data Partners, have provided expert database and IT services to large-scale government and commercial clients for more than 25 years. Ryan has authored several books for Pearson, including the bestseller Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, 6th Edition (Pearson, 2021). Ryan has worked for large organizations and has consulted within the areas of SQL, database design, database management, and project management. Ryan designed and taught an entire database-management program for Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis, and currently teaches online SQL and database classes for Pearson Education.

Overall Runtime: 15+ hours

Introduction

Lesson 1: Unmask the Simplicity of SQL
1.1 Understand the Relational Database and SQL
1.2 Explore the SQL language

Lesson 2: Get to Know Your Database
2.1 Discover your sample database
2.2 Get to know your data via manual exploration
2.3 Set up your sample database

Lesson 3: Understand the Relational Database Design Process
3.1 Relate database design to SQL
3.2 Understand the database life cycle
3.3 Know your data
3.4 Gather requirements
3.5 Model your data

Lesson 4: Define Entities and Relationships
4.1 Understand entities, attributes, and relationships
4.2 Understand referential integrity
4.3 Define entities
4.4 Define attributes
4.5 Define relationships
4.6 Employ referential integrity by identifying primary and foreign keys
4.7 Create an entity relationship diagram

Lesson 5: Normalize Your Database
5.1 Understand normalization
5.2 Explore the most common normal forms
5.3 Apply normalization to your database

Lesson 6: Define Data Structures
6.1 Review your data to this point
6.2 Explore various datatypes in SQL
6.3 Fully define your data

Lesson 7: Create and Manage Physical Database Objects
7.1 Review of the logical database design
7.2 Create tables based on your design
7.3 Enforce database rules with constraints
7.4 Alter tables and constraints
7.5 Define other common database objects

Lesson 8: Manage Data and Transactions with SQL
8.1 Populate tables with data
8.2 Update existing data
8.3 Delete data
8.4 Manage transactions
8.5 Create database objects and data from other objects

Lesson 9: Query Your Database Effectively
9.1 Query your database without SQL
9.2 Explore the fundamentals of a SQL Query
9.3 Use operators in queries

Lesson 10: Join Tables in Queries
10.1 Select data from multiple tables
10.2 Join tables in a query
10.3 Bring it together with your data

Lesson 11: Employ Functions to Create More Meaningful Queries
11.1 Restructure the appearance of data: character functions
11.2 Understand dates and times
11.3 Skim the surface of aggregate functions

Lesson 12: Summarize and Group Data in a Query
12.1 Understand the need to group data
12.2 Use GROUP BY in queries
12.3 Place criteria on groups in queries
12.4 Use HAVING in queries
12.5 Group and summarize your data

Lesson 13: Create Advanced Queries to Get More out of Your Data
13.1 Understand subqueries
13.2 Create subqueries to drill down further
13.3 Explore the concept of compound queries
13.4 Use compound queries to merge data sets

Lesson 14: Create Views to Expand the Capability of Your Database
14.1 Understand virtual database objects
14.2 Create and drop views
14.3 Update data through a view
14.4 Understand performance benefits and drawbacks of views
14.5 Understand and define synonyms
14.6 Integrate views with any query

Lesson 15: Manage Database Users and Security
15.1 Understand database administration versus schema management
15.2 Use the System Catalog as a resource
15.3 Manage users and privileges
15.4 Use roles to control access and protect your data
15.5 Manage a changing database (growth, performance, backups, integration, db life cycle)

Lesson 16: Take Your SQL Journey to the Next Level
16.1 Recap SQL basics
16.2 Explore new data integrated into our BIRDS database
16.3 Walk through SQL bonus examples
16.4 Take this bonus hands-on workshop for the road

Summary