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From 0 To 1:SQL And Databases - Heavy Lifting

Name: From 0 To 1:SQL And Databases - Heavy Lifting
Rating: 4.4 (190 reviews)

Your bodyguard for when data gets too big, this course is strong but friendly, funny yet deep, animated yet thoughtful.

Created byLoony Corn

Last updated 11/2017

English

What you'll learn

Explore large datasets and uncover insights - going far beyond the Excel, deep into the data
Model and create a database for day-to-day use
Interface with databases from a programming language such as Python
Have the comfort and confidence needed to load data and use both GUI and a command line interface for database operations
Fully understand and leverage joins, subqueries, aggregates, indices, triggers, stored procedures and other major database concepts

Course content

11 sections • 68 lectures • 14h 24m total length

Data Is A Big Deal18:20
Life - and business - is becoming more and more data-driven, and data-intensive.
Why Do We Need A Database?19:56
As the scale of your data grows, file systems (the most famous of which is - Excel!) struggle to keep up. Databases are carefully engineered to do the heavy lifting
MySQL - Installed and Introduced (Mac OS X)7:03
MySQL is an open-source RDBMS, the most popular in the world by some measures. Acquired by Oracle, it still has a very powerful free Community Edition
Setting up MySQL and the Workbench (Mac OS X)17:32
Setting up MySQL and the MySQL workbench can be a little daunting - never fear! We'll walk through it. (The Mac OS X version)
MySQL Server and Workbench installed (Windows)6:31
Setting up MySQL and the MySQL workbench can be a little daunting - never fear! We'll walk through it. (The windows version)
Entities And Attributes - Things And Stuff Which Describe Them15:14
Databases are like all computer systems - garbage in, garbage out. To make sure that what goes in makes sense, we need to model real-world entities and the relationships between them.
Identifying Entities Using Keys13:41
What's a key? It is a set of defining attributes. Once you have the key, you have captured the essence of an entity, as it were.
The Entity Relationship (E-R) Model - Entities And Attributes5:43
We dig deeper into the world of entities and relationships.
Relationships - What Connects Entities5:51
Entities could be modeled even with flat files, but relationships can only be modelled in a database.
Cardinality Of Relationships9:10
One-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many? The nature of the relationships between entities determines how the corresponding data will be represented in a database
The Entity Relationship (E-R) Model - Relationships9:50
We are almost ready to make the leap from modeling data to setting up a database. But first, let's delve a bit deeper into modelling relationships.
Mapping E-R Theory to the world of databases13:26
All of that E-R model stuff we just learnt is really useful! Let's put it to work immediately, by figuring out how we can translate E-R models into database tables.

Introducing The SELECT Statement19:52
Select-From-Where will get you anywhere!
Introducing The SELECT Statement11:13
Remember that columns in a database have types - these types govern how those columns can be used
Quotes and NULLS - Avoid The Gotchas13:52
NULL is a special value - it implies that a value does not exist. Null is not TRUE or FALSE, its just NULL. Blank strings and zeroes are not null either
Simple Examples14:49
Let's keep going - Select-From-Where will get you anywhere:-)
More Simple Examples13:21
Using the Like Operator8:09
LIKE and the % operator can make string matching so much easier
Between, In and Not In18:12
Helpful operators - Between, In and Not In will simplify your queries (and your life!)
A Multi-Column Select10:27
Remember that you can select any number of columns from any number of tables
Working with Dates (MySQL As Example)11:23
Dates can be tricky because date handling is so different across database systems. Let's take MySQL as an example, and run through some of the common operations we'd perform with and on dates. Keep in mind that the syntax would be very different for a different DBMS though!

Creating Database, Use Database and Create Table14:06
The circle of life of data begins with - creating a database, and creating an empty table within it
Column Subtleties: Null, Primary Key and Auto-Increment14:42
Let's understand how a table can be created. In particular, NULLs, primary keys and auto-increment columns are commonly used, and really handy, so let's make sure we understand them
An Example - Sales Data12:36
Examples of creating a table and inserting data
Insert Table - Examples19:24
Examples of creating a table and inserting data
More Insert Table Examples9:13
Examples of creating a table and inserting data
Referential Integrity Introduced19:54
Referential Integrity (aka Foreign Key Constraints) are a really important concept in DBMS.
Creating a Database and Using It17:25
Let's get our feet wet - create a database, use that database, create a simple table, and bulk load a file into that table
An Involved Bulk Loading Example14:14
That first table was a bit simplistic - no constraints. Now let's do a more involved example, and harness the full power of the Bulk Uploader.

Aggregation Operators Introduced18:15
SUM, MAX, MIN, COUNT and AVG are aggregate operators - by definition they operate over a group of rows, rather than a single row
The Group By Clause17:19
We discussed how aggregation operators need a range of queries to function on. What can that range be? It could be the entire table, but even more likely its some group of the rows in a table, defined by the GROUP-BY operator
More Group By Examples19:46
Let's keep going with the GROUP-BY, and understand how it divvies up the data in a database
Order By16:15
We can order the results of a query by one or more columns using the ORDER BY. Remember that relations are technically bags (i.e. multisets) which do not possess order - but this is a convenience taht DBMS make available
Having19:52
Having is an operator that filters out groups based on a condition. Its like the WHERE clause but it operates on groups rather than individual rows
Limit7:12
Use LIMIT to return only a specific number of rows from a query. Use this to peek into a large table without retrieving a gazillion rows
Count and Count Distinct8:19
Count and count distinct are handy to find the number of rows, and the number of unique rows in a query result

Introduction To SQL Joins9:54
The full power of databases emerges when we link tables - and Joins are the way to accomplish this
Cross Joins aka Cartesian Joins17:02
Cross Joins are conceptually simple, which is great, because they are the underpinning of Inner Joins
Inner Joins19:52
Inner Joins are your best friend. Understand them for what they are: cross joins with a filter condition.
Left Outer Joins15:31
Outer Joins are really useful if used right. They are a little tricky though - understand how they work, and why you should not be surprised to see NULLs in the result of an outer join.
Right, Full Outer Joins, Natural Joins, Self Joins16:08
Once we've understand Inner and Outer joins, Natural Joins are easy-peasey

Subqueries Introduced7:06
What's a subquery? Its a query inside another. Outer and inner queries used together are very powerful.
Union, Union All, Intersect and Except.19:32
The Set operations are easily extended to SQL, just remember that a relation is a bag, not a set (what's the difference? bags can contain duplicates, sets can't!)
Query-In-A-Query13:53
Queries inside queries are really useful to modularize and simplify your queries
Inserting Via Subqueries9:42
Inserting rows into a table 1 row at a time is painfully slow - never fear! You can run a query and directly pipe its output into a table
Use A Subquery To Populate A Table6:49
Let's create a new table, this time using the Inner Join operator to seed it.
Outer Join And Inner Join: A Little Test8:59
Let's create a table twice - once using Inner Join, and once using Outer Join. Guess what the difference is?

Not NULL constraints10:07
Any column can hold a NULL value, unless you specify a NOT NULL constraint. If you do, also use a default value if possible
Primary Keys9:43
An Index is a quick way to query specific columns of a database. Indices make lookup very fast, but they slow down updates and deletes, so be sure to really understand them.

Primary keys are always indexed for fast lookup.
Foreign Key Constraints13:27
If for some reason you are unable to assign a primary key, at least have a foreign key
Deletes and Updates With Foreign Key Constraints12:05
Updates and Deletes have a complicated interplay with the Foreign Key constraint. Understand on-cascade-delete and its cousins
Check Constraints1:39
Check constraints are simple, and incredibly useful - and somehow underused. Use them!

Indices16:47
Always try to create tables with a primary key
Stored Procedures10:26
Stored Procedures are to SQL what functions are to code. Learn how to define and call stored procedures
Triggers11:38
Triggers are an advanced DBMS feature - conceptually really cool, also complicated!
Transactions13:07
A transaction is a logical unit of work - the DBMS will ensure that each transaction satisfies 4 ACID properties: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durablility
Handle with Care: Update and Delete13:26
The circle of life of data in a database does not stop with queries: Everything must change, including data
Handle with Care: Alter and Drop12:37
Be really careful when you use the Alter and Drop commands. Incredibly powerful, and very simple - sometimes too simple, because that makes them so easy to use!
Views, Temporary Tables, and User Priviliges5:36
Views can be thought of as virtual tables. Temporary tables are exactly what their name would suggest. Use them often!

Practical Tips for Table Designs that you won't regret!11:58
Designing good relational schemas starts off by figuring out the real world problem you want to map. Design each of your tables well, consider each column and what constraints it should and should not have. Remember choosing a primary key well is super important!
More Practical Design Tips10:44
You know what you want to model, how do you figure how many tables you choose to store this information? Here are a few rules of thumb.
Normal Forms - Friends Once You Know Them10:28
Normal forms are very inaccessible when you read them in theory, however they are great rules to get well-designed databased. Let's see what they mean in plain English-)

Interfacing with Databases from Python6:46
How do programming languages interface with databases? Also, a step by step guide to building your own database of stock price movements over the last 2 years.
SQLite works right out of the box6:27
SQLite is available out of the box with Python, and is a handy and quick way to start working with databases with no setup or installation.
Build a database of Stock Movements - I15:01
Code along as we build a database of stock movements. We'll download and unzip files with stock movements from the NSE website, insert the data into a database. We'll accept a ticker from a user and generate an excel sheet with a chart of its price movements for the last year.
Build a database of Stock Movements - II13:48
Build a database of Stock Movements - III13:22
Code along as we build a database of stock movements. We'll download and unzip files with stock movements from the NSE website, insert the data into a database. We'll accept a ticker from a user and generate an excel sheet with a chart of its price movements for the last year.

Requirements

This course will cover generic (non-system-specific) SQL, but will also conduct exercises using 2 different database technologies: MySQL and SQLite. Installation and use of both these will be explained in-depth

Description

Prerequisites: No prerequisites are needed for the SQL commands and DBMS fundamentals. Basic knowledge of programming in Python would be helpful if you want to run the source code in the course-ending project.

Taught by Stanford-educated, ex-Googlers. This team has decades of practical experience in quant trading, analytics and e-commerce.

Your bodyguard for when data gets too big, this course is strong but friendly, funny yet deep, animated yet thoughtful.

Let’s parse that.

Your bodyguard for when data gets too big: Most business folks (and quite a few engineers) use Excel as a basic tool of decision making and modeling, but when you can't fit the data you'd like into an Excel spreadsheet that you can easily open, its time to move to a database.

The course is strong but friendly: This course will help you move to a database without being intimidated by the new environment. Don't let anyone tell you that any dataset is too large or too complicated for you to understand (and people will try, most likely)

The course is funny yet deep: It goes really deep into the topics that folks often find hard to understand, such as joins, aggregate operators and interfacing with databases from a programming language. But it never takes itself too seriously:-)

The course is very visual : most of the techniques are explained with the help of animations to help you understand better.

This course is practical as well : Queries are explained in excruciating detail, indices are demystified, and potentially career-limiting traps (Drop, Alter) are marked with bright yellow tape markers so you can steer clear.

The course is also quirky. The examples are irreverent. Lots of little touches: repetition, zooming out so we remember the big picture, active learning with plenty of quizzes. There’s also a peppy soundtrack, and art - all shown by studies to improve cognition and recall.

What's Covered:

SQL In Great Depth

Database Fundamentals and Just Enough Theory

Practical Examples - Queries in MySQL and SQLite, and code in Python

Who this course is for:

Yep! Data analysts who would like to really get down and dirty with the data
Yep! Business folks and executives looking to make their decision making more data-driven, and seeking the technical knowledge to do so.
Yep! Students of Computer Science and Computer Engineering looking to understand database concepts for the first time
Yep! Software engineers who need to understand and interface with databases from programming languages in their work

From 0 To 1:SQL And Databases - Heavy Lifting

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Course content

Introduction To Databases12 lectures • 2hr 22min

Going From Relations To Database Tables9 lectures • 2hr 1min

Creating Tables And Inserting Data Into Them8 lectures • 2hr 2min

Back To Retrieving Data - More Advanced Queries Using Group By7 lectures • 1hr 47min

Joins - Don't Let Them Intimidate You! They're All Fuzzy And Nice5 lectures • 1hr 18min

Subqueries: Layering The Cake6 lectures • 1hr 6min

Constraints5 lectures • 47min

Somewhat More Advanced Concepts7 lectures • 1hr 24min

Table Design: Theory And Practice3 lectures • 33min

Putting It Together: Database Programming In Python5 lectures • 55min

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Who this course is for: