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SQL - Introduction SQL MySQL

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What is Database & SQL? A Basic MySQL Tutorial Basic SQL statements: DDL and DML (no need to read the chapter “Privileges”) Basic queries: SQL and RA SQL technique: functions SQL technique: subqueries What makes the big difference between a backtick and an apostrophe? MySQL Cheat Sheet MySQL 5.7 SQL Statement Syntax Learning Objectives At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:

General What’s a database What’s a relational database What does SQL stand for What’s MySQL How to create a database in MySQL What does DDL and DML stand for How to CREATE or ALTER a table How to SELECT data from a table How to INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE data What are subqueries How to use MySQL functions Requirements General Recommended editors: Visual studio code All your files will be executed on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using MySQL 5.7 (version 5.7.8-rc) All your files should end with a new line All your SQL queries should have a comment just before (i.e. syntax above) All your files should start by a comment describing the task All SQL keywords should be in uppercase (SELECT, WHERE…) A README.md file, at the root of the folder of the project, is mandatory The length of your files will be tested using wc