Data Science
Introduction to SQL Databases
Overview
This course is aimed at people looking to move into a database professional role or whose job role is expanding to encompass database elements. The course describes fundamental database concepts including database types, database languages, and database designs.
Who Should Take This Course
Prerequisites
The primary audience for this course is people who are moving into a database role, or whose role has expanded to include database technologies. This is a foundation level course and therefore only requires general computer literacy.
Why You Should Take This Course
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe key database concepts in the context of SQL Server 2016
- Describe database languages used in SQL Server 2016
- Describe data modelling techniques
- Describe normalization and denormalization techniques
- Describe relationship types and effects in database design
- Describe the effects of database design on performance
- Describe commonly used database objects
Course Outline
Introduction to SQL Databases
Introduction to databases
- Introduction to relational databases
- Other types of database
- Data analysis
- Database languages in SQL Server
Data Modelling
- Data modelling
- ANSI/SPARC database model
- Entity relationship modelling
Normalization
- Fundamentals of Normalization
- Normal form
- Denormalization
Relationships
- Introduction to relationships
- Planning referential integrity
Performance
- Indexing
- Query performance
- Concurrency
Database Objects
- Tables
- Views
- Stored procedures, triggers and functions