MySQL Development and Administration Training

This 4 day intensive MySQL training class provides a solid basis of various MySQL programs, development,  technologies, concepts and administration.

1. Introduction to Database Concepts and MySQL
   1. Features of a Relational Database
   2. Where does SQL Fit in?
   3. Database Access
   4. Why MySQL?
   5. The History of MySQL
2. Installation, Configuration, and
   1. Upgrading
   2. MySQL Software
   3. MySQL Software Features
   4. Preparing to Install MySQL
   5. Available Client Software
   6. After the Download
   7. Configuring the Server
   8. Starting the Server
   9. The Initial User Accounts
   10. Verifying Server Operation
   11. Upgrading
   12. Copying a Database Between
   13. Architectures
   14. Environment Variables
3. Database Design
   1. Developing the Design of a Database
   2. Database Entities
   3. The Primary Key
   4. Foreign Key Relationships
   5. Data Models and Normalization
   6. Second Normal Form (2NF)
   7. Third Normal Form (3NF) and Beyond
   8. Translating a Data Model into a
   9. Database Design
4. Using the mysql Command-Line Tool
   1. Running the mysql Client
   2. Customizing the mysql Prompt
   3. mysql Commands
   4. Using the Help Command
   5. Some Useful mysql Options
   6. Working with a Database
   7. Examining Table Definitions
   8. Other SHOW Options
5. DDL and Data Definition Language
   1. DDL and DML Overview
   2. Building Table Definitions
   3. Identifiers
   4. Column Definitions
   5. Numeric Datatypes
   6. ENUM and SET Types
   7. Date and Time Datatypes
   8. AUTO_INCREMENT
   9. UNIQUE Constraints
   10. Primary Keys
   11. Modifying Tables
   12. Foreign Keys
   13. Renaming and Dropping Tables
6. DML and Data Manipulation Language
   1. DDL and DML Overview
   2. Data Values: Numbers
   3. Data Values: Strings
   4. Working with NULL Values
   5. Bulk Loading of Data
   6. Bulk Data Format
   7. Working with Special Values in Bulk
   8. Data
   9. Adding New Table Rows with INSERT
   10. Copying Rows
   11. UPDATE
   12. REPLACE
   13. Removing Table Rows
   14. Transactions
   15. InnoDB: Using Transactional Processing
   16. Locking Tables
7. Queries and the SELECT Statement
   1. SELECT Syntax Summary
   2. Choosing Data Sources and Destinations
   3. for SELECT
   4. Presentation of Table Data with
   5. SELECT
   6. Being Selective About Which Rows are
   7. Displayed
   8. User-Defined Variables
   9. Expressions and Functions
   10. Control Flow Operators and Functions
   11. Function Names
   12. Comparison Operators and Functions
   13. String Functions
   14. Numeric Operators and Functions
   15. Date and Time Functions
   16. Forcing Data Interpretation
   17. Miscellaneous Functions
8. Building a Result Set from Several
   1. Sources
   2. UNION
   3. Combining Data from Two Tables
   4. Using WHERE to Choose Matching
   5. Rows
   6. INNER JOIN
   7. OUTER JOINs
   8. Multiple Tables, Fields, Joins, and
   9. Ordering
   10. SELECT * and USING Columns
9. Advanced SQL Techniques
   1. MySQL Pattern Matching
   2. Multipliers, Anchors, and Grouping
   3. GROUP BY
   4. Aggregates
   5. Subqueries
   6. Subquery Comparisons and Quantifiers
   7. Other Subqueries
   8. Subquery Alternatives and Restrictions
   9. InnoDB Multi-Table Updates and
   10. Deletes
   11. Building a VIEW
   12. Updatable VIEWs
10. MySQL Storage Engines
    1. Storage Engine Overview
    2. Other Storage Engine Types
    3. The Basics of Commonly Used Storage
    4. Engines
    5. MyISAM Limits and Features
    6. MyISAM Data File Format
    7. InnoDB and Hardware Limitations
    8. InnoDB Shared Tablespace
    9. Configuration
    10. InnoDB Per-Table Tablespaces
    11. InnoDB Data Management
    12. MEMORY and FEDERATED
    13. MERGE and ARCHIVE
11. Utilities
    1. Client Overview
    2. Specifying Options for Command-Line
    3. Clients
    4. Client Option Files
    5. Checking Tables with myisamchk and
    6. mysqlchk
    7. Using myisamchk and mysqlchk for
    8. Repairs
    9. mysqlshow and mysqlimport
    10. Using mysqldump
    11. The Query Browser
    12. MySQL Query Browser: Deeper
    13. MySQL Administrator: Basic
    14. Operations
    15. MySQL Administrator: Monitoring the
    16. Server and User Administration
    17. Third Party Tools
12. Administering a Database and Users
    1. The Server-Side Programs
    2. Starting the MySQL Server
    3. Using SET for Server Options
    4. Table Management
    5. Server Log Files
    6. mysqladmin
    7. Backup and Restore
    8. Miscellaneous Functions
    9. User Account Management
    10. Understanding User Privileges
    11. User Account Rights Management
    12. User Account Privileges
    13. Managing Access to the Database
    14. Environment
13. Database Programmability
    1. Stored Routines: Basic Concepts
    2. Routine Creation and Use
    3. Flow Control Statement
    4. Writing Blocks of Code
    5. Triggers
    6. Stored Routines, Triggers, and the
    7. Binary Log
    8. Table HANDLERs
    9. Prepared Statements
14. Optimization and Performance
    1. Tuning
    2. Hardware Limitations
    3. Optimizing the MySQL Server’s
    4. Interaction with the External
    5. World
    6. Adjusting the MySQL Server
    7. Configuration
    8. Optimizing Your Database
    9. Optimizing Queries
    10. The Use of Indexes to Support Queries
    11. Thinking about JOIN Queries
    12. Query Sorts, Indexes, and ShortCircuiting
    13. INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and
    14. Table Locks
    15. Some General Optimizations
    16. Optimizations Specific to MyISAM
    17. Optimizations Specific to InnoDB
15. MySQL Programming Interfaces
    1. Database Application Architectures
    2. Connecting MySQL to ODBC
    3. Connecting  MySQL to MS/Office and
    4. MS/Access
    5. Connecting to MySQL from Perl
    6. Programming Perl to MySQL
    7. Connecting to MySQL from PHP
    8. Programming PHP to MySQL