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The MySQL Workshop

You're reading from   The MySQL Workshop A practical guide to working with data and managing databases with MySQL

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214905
Length 726 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Creating Your Database
2. Chapter 1: Background Concepts FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Creating a Database 4. Chapter 3: Using SQL to Work with a Database 5. Chapter 4: Selecting, Aggregating, and Applying Functions 6. Section 2: Managing Your Database
7. Chapter 5: Correlating Data across Tables 8. Chapter 6: Stored Procedures and Other Objects 9. Chapter 7: Creating Database Clients in Node.js 10. Chapter 8: Working with Data Using Node.js 11. Section 3: Querying Your Database
12. Chapter 9: Microsoft Access – Part 1 13. Chapter 10: Microsoft Access – Part 2 14. Chapter 11: MS Excel VBA and MySQL – Part 1 15. Chapter 12: Working With Microsoft Excel VBA – Part 2 16. Section 4: Protecting Your Database
17. Chapter 13: Getting Data into MySQL 18. Chapter 14: Manipulating User Permissions 19. Chapter 15: Logical Backups 20. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Chapter 1: Background Concepts

In this chapter, you will gain an understanding of the basic types of databases and how people tend to use them. You will learn how MySQL implements specific concepts such as database structures, layers, organization, and what its architecture looks like. You will explore what a relational database management system such as MySQL is, and how it differs from a standard database management system. You will also learn about data normalization and data modeling.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a good overview of what a database is and its different components. You will also learn what makes MySQL special and how it fits into this ecosystem.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Introducing databases
  • Exploring MySQL
  • Exercise 1.01: Organizing data in a relational format
  • Exploring MySQL architecture
  • Storage engines (InnoDB and MyRocks)
  • Data modeling
  • Normalization
  • Activity 1.01: Creating an optimized table for an employee project
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The MySQL Workshop
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ISBN-13: 9781839214905
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