Introduction to SQL
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Audience
This workshop has been designed for people who want to get in touch with SQL and PostgreSQL. You will learn how to use PostgreSQL and how to write proper SQL statements.
Content
Defining tables
- Creating / dropping tables
- Using data types
- Intelligent data structures
- Normalization
- ALTER TABLE: Modifying data structures
- Using schemas
Simple instructions
- INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE
- Simple SELECT statements
- WHERE-conditions
- Sorting data
- Limiting output
- Filtering duplicate entries
Joins
- Inner joins
- Outer joins
Advanced SQL
- NULL values
- Aggregations (sum, count, etc.)
- Understanding HAVING
- Subselects
- Set operations
- Constraints
- Integrity constraints and foreign keys
- Views
- Using cursors
- Temporary tables
Indexing
- Creating indexes
- Speeding up queries using indexes
- Avoiding unnecessary indexes
Transactions
- ACID transactions
- Data security and consistency
- Locking
- Savepoints
- Transaction Isolation
- Error handling
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