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SQL for Any IT Professional
on-demand course

SQL for Any IT Professional

with Ryan Stephens
August 2022
Intermediate
15h 17m
English
Pearson
Closed Captioning available in English

Overview

15+ Hours of Video Instruction

Top-to-Bottom SQL Instruction in 15+ Hours of Video Training

Overview

Strong SQL skills are necessary to be competitive in the market today for IT jobs such as database administrator, programmer, application developer, database designer, and many others. SQL is the gold standard for all leading products today, including Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.

SQL for Any IT Professional LiveLessons will equip you with the standard language used to communicate with todays relational databases. If you want to be effective in any job that requires work with databases to access and manipulate critical data, you need to be proficient in SQL. Databases in general and SQL specifically are often portrayed as difficult topics, but video instructor Ryan Stephens explains database principles in simple terms, showing you how to create organizational success and further your career in IT.

In this video training, Ryan Stephens teaches IT professionals and aspiring IT professionals the standard database language, SQL, or Structured Query Language. This LiveLessons takes a comprehensive approach, guiding viewers through an introduction to relational databases, database design, SQL, data management, and data mining from basics to advanced queries that produce output, results, and reports in the real world.

Topics Include
  • Lesson 1: Unmask the Simplicity of SQL
  • Lesson 2: Get to Know Your Database
  • Lesson 3: Understand the Relational Database Design Process
  • Lesson 4: Define Entities and Relationships
  • Lesson 5: Normalize Your Database
  • Lesson 6: Define Data Structures
  • Lesson 7: Create and Manage Physical Database Objects
  • Lesson 8: Manage Data and Transactions with SQL
  • Lesson 9: Query Your Database Effectively
  • Lesson 10: Join Tables in Queries
  • Lesson 11: Employ Functions to Create More Meaningful Queries
  • Lesson 12: Summarize and Group Data in a Query
  • Lesson 13: Create Advanced Queries to Get More out of Your Data
  • Lesson 14: Create Views to Expand the Capability of Your Database
  • Lesson 15: Manage Database Users and Security
  • Lesson 16: Take Your SQL Journey to the Next Level

Data files associated with this LiveLesson can be downloaded from https://www.informit.com/store/sql-for-any-it-professional-livelessons-video-training-9780137633470. Setup instructions for the sample database can be found in Lesson 2.3.

Skill Level
  • Beginner to Intermediate
What You Will Learn

Through effective slides, screencasting, and hands-on exercises, Ryan Stephens shows you how to design, build, manage, and query databases using SQL.

Learn how to
  • Design and build a relational database
  • Deploy a relational database using SQL
  • Manage and query data using SQL
Who Should Take This Course?
  • Database professionals such as DBAs, software developers, application developers, web developers and administrators, database architects, functional users working closely with data
  • Non-technical users and managers who want to learn more about how to effectively manage data and optimize the use of data in their organization
Course Requirements:
  • General understanding of what SQL is and/or in general how companies might use SQL
About Pearson Video Training:
Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Sams, and Que. Topics include IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more. Learn more about Pearson Video training at http://www.informit.com/video.
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ISBN: 9780137633401