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    This document provides an introduction to databases and SQL. It discusses the structure and advantages of relational databases, as well as how SQL is used to extract information from databases. Key topics covered include how data is organized into tables with rows and columns, best practices for naming tables and fields, different data types like strings, integers and floats, and how schemas define a database's structure and storage. The goal is to help readers understand databases and how to query them using SQL.

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    This document provides an introduction to databases and SQL. It discusses the structure and advantages of relational databases, as well as how SQL is used to extract information from databases. Key topics covered include how data is organized into tables with rows and columns, best practices for naming tables and fields, different data types like strings, integers and floats, and how schemas define a database's structure and storage. The goal is to help readers understand databases and how to query them using SQL.

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    Relational Data Base

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    Databases

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL

    Izzy Weber
    Curriculum Manager, DataCamp
    Course goals
    1. Understand databases and their structure → Chapter 1

    2. Extract information from databases using SQL → Chapter 2

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Introducing databases

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Introducing databases

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Relational databases
    De ne relationships between tables of data inside the database

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Database advantages
    More storage than spreadsheet
    applications

    Storage is more secure

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Database advantages

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    SQL
    Short for Structured Query Language
    SELECT *
    The most widely used programming FROM patrons
    language for databases LIMIT 30

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Let's practice!
    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Tables
    INTRODUCTION TO SQL

    Izzy Weber
    Curriculum Manager, DataCamp
    A seat at the table
    Table rows and columns are referred to as records and elds

    Fields are set at database creation; there is no limit to the number of records

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Good table manners

    Table names should...

    be lowercase

    have no spaces—use underscores instead

    refer to a collective group or be plural

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Laying the table: records
    A record is a row that holds data on an individual observation

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Laying the table: fields
    A eld is a column that holds one piece of information about all records

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    More table manners

    Field names should...

    be lowercase

    have no spaces

    be singular

    be di erent from other eld names

    be di erent from the table name

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Assigned seats
    Unique identi ers are used to identify records in a table

    They are unique and o en numbers

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    The more the merrier

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Let's practice!
    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Data
    INTRODUCTION TO SQL

    Izzy Weber
    Curriculum Manager, DataCamp
    SQL data types

    Di erent types of data are stored di erently and take up di erent space

    Some operations only apply to certain data types

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Strings

    A string is a sequence of characters such as le ers or punctuation

    VARCHAR is a exible and popular string data type in SQL

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Integers

    Integers store whole numbers

    INT is a exible and popular integer data type in SQL

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Floats

    Floats store numbers that include a fractional part

    NUMERIC is a exible and popular oat data type in SQL

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Schemas

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Database storage

    INTRODUCTION TO SQL
    Let's practice!
    INTRODUCTION TO SQL

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