SQL: Read a Database like an Expert

SQL: Read a Database like an Expert, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 3.95, with 26 lectures, 6 quizzes, based on 16 reviews, and has 117 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn about an unfamiliar database quickly Construct a physical data model Recognise the role of each table Recognise clusters or groups of tables Recognise how business processes interact with the tables This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is for people who know a little SQL and want to explore more complex databases. or This course is probably not for you if you are looking to write advanced SQL queries. It is particularly useful for This course is for people who know a little SQL and want to explore more complex databases. or This course is probably not for you if you are looking to write advanced SQL queries. .

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Summary

Title: SQL: Read a Database like an Expert

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 3.95

Number of Lectures: 26

Number of Quizzes: 6

Number of Published Lectures: 26

Number of Published Quizzes: 6

Number of Curriculum Items: 32

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 32

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn about an unfamiliar database quickly
Construct a physical data model
Recognise the role of each table
Recognise clusters or groups of tables
Recognise how business processes interact with the tables

Who Should Attend

This course is for people who know a little SQL and want to explore more complex databases.
This course is probably not for you if you are looking to write advanced SQL queries.

Target Audiences

This course is for people who know a little SQL and want to explore more complex databases.
This course is probably not for you if you are looking to write advanced SQL queries.

What would you do if you were presented with an unfamiliar database and no documentation?

When you have completed this course you will be able to answer this question. You will have a plan, a method and several techniques you can use. This course is for:

Analysts
Aspiring System or Database Designers
Developers.

You will learn how to find your way around a database quickly and efficiently. You can become the “go to” person in your specialisation simply by being able to “read a database like a book”. You become the person with the map, or the book of instructions!

If you are an analyst this course will enable you to write better queries more quickly, and you will learn how the database influences what the system can do.
If you are moving into database design, learning to “read” will allow you to use existing databases as a resource which you can understand, criticise and copy.
As a developer this course shows you how to use the database as documentation for the system it supports.

I wrote this course as an extended tutorial. I started with one of Microsoft’s example databases and documented the method I use as I went through it. Although I used SQL Server and the associated tools, the method is applicable to most SQL databases. We will go through the same journey together and you will learn what I discovered along the way. You can choose to repeat what I do yourself to gain experience with the technique, or you can choose simply to observe.

Come along! Sign up!There are some surprises and a lot of fun to be had!�

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introductions: The course and the lecturer

Lecture 1: The Course: What you are going to learn and how

Lecture 2: The Lecturer: A little about me

Lecture 3: Introducing DOGI and I_START

Chapter 2: D=Diagram: Create a Diagram

Lecture 1: Creating a diagram with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Chapter 3: O=Organise: Organise the Diagram

Lecture 1: Organising: Top to Bottom

Lecture 2: Organising: Layers – "Volkswagen"

Lecture 3: Organising: Columns – Affinity

Lecture 4: Organising: Clusters or Groups

Lecture 5: Improving your diagram

Chapter 4: G=Group: Work with a Group

Lecture 1: Groups: Overview

Lecture 2: Group: Customer Address – and a puzzle! (Part 1)

Lecture 3: Group: Customer Address – investigate the puzzle! (Part 2)

Lecture 4: Group: Product

Lecture 5: Group: Sales Order

Chapter 5: I=Inside: Individual Tables: Types, Status and Dates

Lecture 1: Inside: Customer Address: Association and Type

Lecture 2: Inside Sales Order – Status

Lecture 3: Inside Product: Status by Dates

Lecture 4: Inside: Product Category

Lecture 5: Group and Inside: Product Description

Lecture 6: Review of the "Inside" step of DOGI

Chapter 6: Using Schemas – The "High Level View"

Lecture 1: What is a "schema"?

Lecture 2: Group: Technical Tables

Chapter 7: Relating Data Structures and Values to Processes

Lecture 1: Using States and State Transition Diagrams

Lecture 2: State Transition Diagrams in Practice

Chapter 8: Wrapping Up

Lecture 1: What you have learned

Lecture 2: Where Next?

Instructors

Tom Gillies
Business Analyst and Educator

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5 stars: 8 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

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You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

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