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Lesson Objectives - important

  1. Joins
  2. Linking Tables
  3. Alias
  4. Indexes
  5. Constraints

Lesson Objectives - good to know about

  1. EER Diagrams
  2. Unions
  3. Truncate
  4. Triggers
  5. Views
  6. Functions/Stored Procedures
  7. Transactions
  8. Locks
  9. Privileges
  10. Denormalization
  11. Excel -> CSV -> MySQL

Important

Joins

  1. Cross Join
  2. Inner Join
  3. Left Join
  4. Right Join
  5. Full Join
SELECT table1.column1, table2.column2
FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.common_filed = table2.common_field;

Linking Tables

  1. http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/sql-for-beginners-part-3-database-relationships--net-8561
  2. One to One Relationships
  • each user has one address
  • only one person at that address
  1. One to Many/Many to One Relationships
  • customer has many orders
  1. Many to Many Relationships
  • actors and movies
  1. Self Referncing Relationships
  • customer referral

Alias

SELECT t1.column1 as col1, t2.column2 as col2
FROM table1 as t1
INNER JOIN table2 as t2
ON t1.common_filed = t2.common_field;

Indexes

  1. CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name);
  2. CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column1_name, column2_name);
  3. Primary Key

Constraints

  1. NOT NULL
  2. Unique
  3. Foreign Keys
CREATE TABLE companies(
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
city VARCHAR(16)
);
INSERT INTO companies ( city ) VALUES ('Palo Alto');
CREATE TABLE people(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
company_id INT REFERENCES companies(id)
);

Good to Know About

EER Diagrams

Unions

Truncate

Triggers

Views

Functions/Stored Procedures

Transactions

Locks

Privileges

Denormalization

Excel -> CSV -> MySQL

SQL Injection