SQL For Databases : A Beginner's Quick Introduction

This course is a beginners introduction to SQL which stands for structured query language. It is the language used to communicate and manipulate databases.

In this course you will learn to C.R.U.D using SQL. C.R.U.D is an acronym for Create,Read,Update and Delete. These are the main functions that SQL can do on any database. There are other related tasks that SQL does or can do but the bulk of what it is used for is C.R.U.D.

The course is 100% video lectures structured in an orderly and easy to follow manner. It is advisable that you follow the course in the order of the lectures. The course is just under two hours long.

This course will give you the knowledge required to create ,read ,update and delete data from any database system using SQL. This is possible because SQL is a standard language and will perform C.R.U.D in the same way regardless of the type of database. This course will help you understand How to manipulate databases using SQL. Also you will learn how to retrieve only relevant data or information you need and order them in the way you want.

What you will Learn in this course includes :

How to write SELECT statements

How to create a table and a view

How to Update existing records in a database

How to Insert or add new records or data into a database.

How to delete a record from a database table

How to create a database report and export to excel

How to restrict and sort data returned by the SELECT query

How to use the WHERE Clause to filter data

How to use ORDER BY Clause to put retrieved data in order specified by table column