Getting started with SQL : a hands-on approach for beginners

Getting started with SQL A hands-on approach for beginners

Thomas Nield

Book - 2016

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Subjects
SQL (Computer program language)
Relational databases.
Published
Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Thomas Nield (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xiii, 116 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781491938614
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Why Learn SQL?
  • What Is SQL and Why Is It Marketable?
  • Who Is SQL For?
  • 2. Databases
  • What Is a Database?
  • Exploring Relational Databases
  • Why Separate Tables?
  • Choosing a Database Solution
  • Lightweight Databases
  • Centralized Databases
  • 3. SQLite
  • What Is SQLite?
  • SQLiteStudio
  • Importing and Navigating Databases
  • 4. Select
  • Retrieving Data with SQL
  • Expressions in SELECT Statements
  • Text Concatenation
  • Summary
  • 5. Where
  • Filtering Records
  • Using Where on Numbers
  • AND, OR, and IN Statements
  • Using WHERE on Text
  • Using WHERE on Booleans
  • Handling NULL
  • Grouping Conditions
  • Summary
  • 6. Group By and Order By
  • Grouping Records
  • Ordering Records
  • Aggregate Functions
  • The HAVING Statement
  • Getting Distinct Records
  • Summary
  • 7. Case Statements
  • The CASE Statement
  • Grouping CASE Statements
  • The "Zero/Null" CASE Trick
  • Summary
  • 8. Join
  • Stitching Tables Together
  • INNER JOIN
  • LEFT JOIN
  • Other JOIN Types
  • Joining Multiple Tables
  • Grouping JOINs
  • Summary
  • 9. Database Design
  • Planning a Database
  • The SurgeTech Conference
  • Attendee
  • Company
  • Presentation
  • Room
  • Presentation_Attendance
  • Primary and Foreign Keys
  • The Schema
  • Creating a New Database
  • Create Table
  • Setting the Foreign Keys
  • Creating Views
  • Summary
  • 10. Managing Data
  • Insert
  • Multiple Inserts
  • Testing the Foreign Keys
  • Delete
  • Truncate Table
  • Update
  • Drop Table
  • Summary
  • 11. Going Forward
  • A. Operators and Functions
  • B. Supplementary Topics
  • Index

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