SQL and MySQL are incredibly powerful tools for managing and analyzing relational databases, and a skill that every Analyst and Business Intelligence professional should have in the arsenal.
In this course, you’ll play the role of a business owner who just acquired Maven Movies, a brick and mortar DVD rental shop. Using only a MySQL database and MySQL Workbench, your mission is to learn everything that you can about your new business; including your inventory, staff, and customer behavior.
But don’t worry, you’re not alone! We’ll be right here to guide you from start to finish, sharing crystal clear explanations, MySQL pro tips and best practices, and course quizzes, projects and homework assignments to test your SQL and database analysis skills along the way.
COURSE OUTLINE:
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SQL Intro & MySQL Setup
We’ll start with a quick intro to the SQL landscape and it’s common “flavors” (MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc), then download and install the tools that we’ll need to access and explore our MySQL database (MySQL Community Server + MySQL Workbench)
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SQL Database Fundamentals (Part 1)
Once we have our tools installed, we’ll quickly review some database fundamentals and begin to explore the 16 tables contained within our MySQL database, containing information about Maven Movies customers, inventory, and transactions.
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Analyzing Data from Single Tables with MySQL
In this section we’ll start exploring and extracting information from individual tables in our MySQL database, and practice writing SQL queries to select, filter, sort and group our data.
[MID-COURSE MYSQL PROJECT]
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SQL Database Fundamentals (Part 2)
The second half of the course is all about anayzing data from multiple tables in MySQL, so we’ll begin with a quick review of relational databases and database analysis: primary vs. foreign keys, relationship cardinality, normalization, etc.
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Analyzing Multiple Tables via MySQL JOINS
In this section, we’ll review the most common types of SQL joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, OUTER, etc), and explore some more complex MySQL queries to analyze data that bridges multiple tables in our database.
[FINAL MYSQL PROJECT]
IMPORTANT NOTE: This course does NOT cover building, altering, or maintaining SQL/MySQL databases. Our goal here is to focus on data exploration and database analysis using MySQL and MySQL Workbench (we’ll cover database administration tools in a separate course).
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Enroll today and get LIFETIME access to:
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5+ hours of high-quality video
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Downloadable MySQL ebook
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Quizzes and homework assignments
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Mid-course and Final SQL projects
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30-day money-back guarantee
If you’re looking for a hands-on, practical guide to mastering data analysis with SQL/MySQL, this is the course for you!
Happy analyzing!
-John (Lead SQL Instructor & MySQL Expert, Maven Analytics)
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“John’s deep understanding of SQL and database analysis and ability to explain those tools to a newcomer with 0 experience, is really unmatched. I’ve taken other SQL and MySQL courses and tried reading books, but this course is by far the easiest way to understand SQL. Excited to see more courses from John!”
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MySQL Intro & Setup
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1Course Structure & Outline - MySQL Database for Beginners
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2READ ME: Important Notes for New Students
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3DOWNLOAD: Course Resources
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4Introducing the Course Project - Play the Role of Business Analyst
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5Setting Expectations - Focus on Business Analysis, NOT MySQL Administration
This is NOT your run of the mill PHP MySQL course, where you just get surface level exposure to building databases and writing SQL queries. Instead of trying to cover both building databses using PHP + MySQL and SQL querying, this course stays away from building and maintenance, so that we can go really deep on analyzing data that is already in a MySQL database. We start with the basics, so even if you've never written SQL code before, this course is a good fit for aspiring Database Analysts.
Single Table Analysis (PART 1)
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6Introduction to Installing MySQL and MySQL Workbench for Beginners
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7Why Learn SQL From Scratch? The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamp is Worth It!
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8History & SQL "Flavors" (MySQL, MS SQL Server, SQL Lite, T SQL, Microsoft SQL)
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9MySQL Installation Overview
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10Mac Download - Community Server
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11Mac Download - MySQL Workbench
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12PC Download - Community Server + Workbench
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13Connecting Workbench to the Server
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14MySQL Workbench Interface
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15Creating the Maven Movies Database
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16QUIZ: MySQL Intro & Setup
Single Table Analysis (PART 2)
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17Introduction to Databases and SQL Querying
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18Getting to Know the Database
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19The "Big 6" Statements and Clauses of SQL Queries
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20The SELECT Statement - Your SQL Querying Starts Here
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21The FROM Clause - Tell the Server Which Table Your SQL Query Will Pull Data From
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22SELECT * FROM
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23The USE Statement
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24Selecting Specific Columns
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25ASSIGNMENT: SELECT & FROM
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26SOLUTION: SELECT & FROM
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27SELECT DISTINCT
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28ASSIGNMENT: SELECT DISTINCT
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29SOLUTION: SELECT DISTINCT
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30The WHERE Clause
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31Common WHERE Operators
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32ASSIGNMENT: The WHERE Clause
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33SOLUTION: The WHERE Clause
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34Combining WHERE & AND
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35ASSIGNMENT: WHERE & AND
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36SOLUTION: WHERE & AND
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37Combining WHERE & OR
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38ASSIGNMENT: WHERE & OR
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39SOLUTION: WHERE & OR
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40Combining WHERE & IN
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41The LIKE Operator
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42LIKE Wildcard Examples
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43ASSIGNMENT: The LIKE Operator
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44SOLUTION: The LIKE Operator
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45The GROUP BY Clause
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46GROUP BY Example
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47PRO TIP: Using Comments & Aliases
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48ASSIGNMENT: GROUP BY
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49SOLUTION: GROUP BY
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50Multiple Dimension GROUP BY Clauses
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51Grouping with Aggregate Functions
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52ASSIGNMENT: Aggregate Functions
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53SOLUTION: Aggregate Functions
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54The HAVING Clause
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55HAVING Example
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56ASSIGNMENT: The HAVING Clause
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57SOLUTION: The HAVING Clause
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58The ORDER BY Clause
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59ORDER BY Example
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60ASSIGNMENT: The ORDER BY Clause
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61SOLUTION: The ORDER BY Clause
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62RECAP: The "Big 6"
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63QUIZ: Single Table Analysis (PART 1)