Introduction to MySQL Databases

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Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Understand the MySQL Architecture.
• Learn to start and shutdown the MySQL server.
• Learn to install MySQL.
• Learn to configure MySQL components.
• Learn to use different storage engines supported in MySQL.
• Learn to secure the elements of a MySQL installation.
• Learn to maintain security of a MySQL installation via user management and access rights.
• Learn to work with the MySQL Administrator Graphical User Interface.
• Learn to perform backup and restore operations using multiple MySQL tools.
• Learn to optimize MySQL at various levels - installation, database and queries.
• Learn to perform database replication in MySQL.

Class Outline

1. Introduction to Database Concepts and MySQL
   1. Features of a Relational Database
   2. Where does SQL Fit in?
   3. Database Access
   4. Why MySQL?
   5. The History of MySQL
2. Installation, Configuration, and
   1. Upgrading
   2. MySQL Software
   3. MySQL Software Features
   4. Preparing to Install MySQL
   5. Available Client Software
   6. After the Download
   7. Configuring the Server
   8. Starting the Server
   9. The Initial User Accounts
   10. Verifying Server Operation
   11. Upgrading
   12. Copying a Database Between Architectures
   13. Environment Variables
3. Database Design
   1. Developing the Design of a Database
   2. Database Entities
   3. The Primary Key
   4. Foreign Key Relationships
   5. Data Models and Normalization
   6. Second Normal Form (2NF)
   7. Third Normal Form (3NF) and Beyond
   8. Translating a Data Model into a
   9. Database Design
4. Using the mysql Command-Line Tool
   1. Running the mysql Client
   2. Customizing the mysql Prompt
   3. mysql Commands
   4. Using the Help Command
   5. Some Useful mysql Options
   6. Working with a Database
   7. Examining Table Definitions
   8. Other SHOW Options
5. DDL: Data Definition Language
   1. DDL and DML Overview
   2. Building Table Definitions
   3. Identifiers
   4. Column Definitions
   5. Numeric Datatypes
   6. ENUM and SET Types
   7. Date and Time Datatypes
   8. AUTO_INCREMENT
   9. UNIQUE Constraints
   10. Primary Keys
   11. Modifying Tables
   12. Foreign Keys
   13. Renaming and Dropping Tables
6. MySQL Storage Engines
   1. Storage Engine Overview
   2. Other Storage Engine Types
   3. The Basics of Commonly Used Storage
   4. Engines
   5. MyISAM Limits and Features
   6. MyISAM Data File Format
   7. InnoDB and Hardware Limitations
   8. InnoDB Shared Tablespace
   9. Configuration
   10. InnoDB Per-Table Tablespaces
   11. InnoDB Data Management
   12. MEMORY and FEDERATED
   13. MERGE and ARCHIVE
7. Utilities
   1. Client Overview
   2. Specifying Options for Command-Line
   3. Clients
   4. Client Option Files
   5. Checking Tables with myisamchk and
   6. mysqlchk
   7. Using myisamchk and mysqlchk for
   8. Repairs
   9. mysqlshow and mysqlimport
   10. Using mysqldump
   11. The Query Browser
   12. MySQL Query Browser: Deeper
   13. MySQL Administrator: Basic
   14. Operations
   15. MySQL Administrator: Monitoring the
   16. Server and User Administration
   17. Third Party Tools
8. Administering a Database and Users
   1. The Server-Side Programs
   2. Starting the MySQL Server
   3. Using SET for Server Options
   4. Table Management
   5. Server Log Files
   6. mysqladmin
   7. Backup and Restore
   8. Miscellaneous Functions
   9. User Account Management
   10. Understanding User Privileges
   11. User Account Rights Management
   12. User Account Privileges
   13. Managing Access to the Database
   14. Environment
9. Database Programmability
   1. Stored Routines: Basic Concepts
   2. Routine Creation and Use
   3. Flow Control Statement
   4. Writing Blocks of Code
   5. Triggers
   6. Stored Routines, Triggers, and the
   7. Binary Log
   8. Table HANDLERs
   9. Prepared Statements
10. Optimization and Performance
    1. Tuning
    2. Hardware Limitations
    3. Optimizing the MySQL Server's
    4. Interaction with the External
    5. World
    6. Adjusting the MySQL Server
    7. Configuration
    8. Optimizing Your Database
    9. Optimizing Queries
    10. The Use of Indexes to Support Queries
    11. Thinking about JOIN Queries
    12. Query Sorts, Indexes, and ShortCircuiting
    13. INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and
    14. Table Locks
    15. Some General Optimizations
    16. Optimizations Specific to MyISAM
    17. Optimizations Specific to InnoDB
11. MySQL Programming Interfaces
    1. Database Application Architectures
    2. Connecting MySQL to ODBC
    3. Connecting MySQL to MS/Office and
    4. MS/Access
    5. Connecting to MySQL from Perl
    6. Programming Perl to MySQL
    7. Connecting to MySQL from PHP
    8. Programming PHP to MySQL

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• General SQL knowledge and principles
• Understanding of DDL objects - tables, Indexes, constraints and others
• Basic knowledge hardware and OS

Technical Requirements

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• Onsite and Instructor-led Online course technical requirements and setup instructions.
• WebEx system requirements for Instructor-led Online delivery option.