MariaDB – Beginners GuideAuthor: Rodrigo Ribeiro Gonçalves

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About the author

• Bachelor degree in computer Science• MBA in Project Management• MCTS and MCITP in SQL SERVER 2008• Author of “MySQL 5.6 – Beginners Book” available at

Amazon.

BOOK COVER

Who is this book for?

• Beginning IT professionals

• Developers

• Any IT professional that wants to learn about MariaDB and SQL Script Language

What do I need to know to enjoy this book?• Basic Windows knowledge

• Interest in Database

• Any knowledge about programming is welcome, but not essencial

Hardware and Software requirements?• Any computer running Windows XP or superior

What is this book about?

•This book is suited for beginning developers and IT professionals who need to learn how to download, install and use MariaDB and the SQL script language.

What is this book about?

•The SQL language basics is described in detail to create databases, tables, views, procedures and functions, but not only that.

What is this book about?

•This book presents the basics of database design showing how to build foreign keys to relate tables and build strong database structures..

What is this book about?

•All of this is presented using MariaDB latest version and HeidiSQL, the default visual interface that is shipped with the MariaDB installation.

Book Chapters•The book is divided in 8 Chapters

•210 pages

ABOUT THE BOOK•Within the book, to better explain SQL and MariaDB, a simple database projects is built from beginning to end

ABOUT THE BOOK•Every chapter is divided in topics and every topic shows a simple description followed by a pratical example.

Example

1 The ALTER TABLE Command• ALTER TABLE can be used for various purposes, such as: create

new columns and change existing columns, add or remove foreign key and primary key constraints.• To use ALTER TABLE to add a column named BirthDate using the

DATE data type, you must enter the name of the table to be altered after the ALTER TABLE statement and the column name (in this case BirthDate), followed by the data type after ADD COLUMN command:• ALTER TABLE TbCustomers ADD COLUMN BirthDate DATE 

Chapters

•What is addressed in every chapter??

Chapter 1

• Database definition• Brief history of Database Systems and SQL• Download and Install MariaDB • More....

Chapter 2

• Getting closer to HeidiSQL, visual tool to interacts with MariaDB and MySQL• Much more....

Chapter 3

• First scripts• Editing script files• Variables• Strings in MariaDB• Much more....

Chapter 4

• Creating the first objects• Creating a database• MariaDB configuration and data files• Much more....

Chapter 5

• Transactions• Storage Engines• Data Types• Inserting, updating and deleting data• Using WHERE and comparison operators• Working with dates• Much more....

Chapter 6

• Foreign Keys and referential integrity• JOINS• CASE• Aggregations• Aggregate functions• Much more....

Chapter 7

• Procedures • VIEWS • Triggers• Functions• Flow control• Events • .... Much more....

Chapter 8

• Using information_schema• Index and tuning• Backup and restore database

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