SQL for Any IT Professional LiveLessons

Ryan Stephens

Published by Pearson (July 19, 2022)

ISBN-13: 9780137633470

Course

$399.99

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Product details

15.25 hours of video; Quizzes; Credly badging; Additional resources; 365-day course access

Includes

Design and build a relational database
Deploy a relational database using SQL
Manage and query data using SQL

Language: English

Product Information

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.

This course will equip you with the standard language used to communicate with today's 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 instructor Ryan Stephens explains database principles in simple terms, showing you how to create organizational success and further your career in IT. Gain a an understanding of 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.

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

Ryan Stephens is the President/CEO of Perpetual Technologies, Inc. (PTI) and Indy Data Partners, Inc. (IDP). PTI provides database and IT services to defense and federal government clients, and IDP specializes in database administration and development using mainly Oracle and SQL Server in the private sector. Ryan has been an entrepreneur for more than 21 years, and built his career around the SQL standard language and data management. Ryan has previously authored and taught 20 database-related classes for Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, and has authored several SQL, database, and Oracle-related books for Pearson Education, some of which are internationally published. The most current book, Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, 6th Edition, was first published in 1998 and has been kept up to date with the evolving standard of SQL. Ryan has been nominated for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year twice, and PTI was the first veteran-owned company to receive the Secretary of Defense Freedom Award in 2011. Ryan continues to strive to contribute his expertise to organizations seeking to improve competitive advantage by designing and using data more effectively.