Relational Database Design Training, RDB Course, Learn Relational Database Design

Duration: 3 days | Price: $1495 | Dates:

Description: This relational database design class develops relational database design skills and techniques. Practical methodologies such as E-R diagrams and normalization forms are emphasized. Attention is placed on designing for data integrity and efficiency at the same time. During hands on lab sessions students are required to design multiple database models from business requirements and specifications. Through hands on experience using SQL programming code to create, populate and manage databases, students will experience the necessity of proper design methods and gain an in depth understanding of the link between design, creation, and utilization. The impact of alternative designs on maintainability and database performance is emphasized.

Prerequisites: General computer knowledge. Familiarity with relational database concepts is helpful but not required.

Overview of Topics Covered:

Developing Relational Databases Relational Database Fundamentals Database Development Methodology Overview Transforming to Physical Design Migrating Entities to Tables Selecting Primary Keys Defining Columns Enforcing Relationships with Foreign Keys Implementing Exclusive and Recursive Relationships Implementing Supertypes / Subtypes Enforcing Business Rules NOT NULL, UNIQUE and CHECK Constraints Assigning DEFAULT Values DELETE and UPDATE Rules Historical and Control Tables Database VIEWs Estimating Table Sizes Designing for Security: Users and Roles		Building a Logical Data Model Understanding Data Analysis and Modeling Identifying Entities and Attributes Isolating Keys Relationships between Entities (One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-Many) Creating Entity-Relationship Diagrams Complex Modeling Issues Exclusive and Recursive Relationships Supertype / Subtype Entities Normalization as a Design Technique Progressive Steps to Normalization (First, Second, and Third Normal Form) Higher Levels of Normalization Using Normalization to Build an E-R Diagram
Designing for Performance Transactional vs. Query Tables Indexing Denormalization Row Column Layout Table Partitioning Addressing Data Contention Storage Considerations		Other Design Issues Selecting Database or Database Management System Software Operating Environment Considerations Referential Integrity Enforcement and Implications
Constructing the Database Creating the Database Objects The Schema Creating Tables, Indexes, Constraints and Views Using SYNONYMs Using Table and Column COMMENTs Creating ROLEs and GRANTing Privileges Managing Database Objects Dropping Tables, Indexes and Views Revoking Privileges ALTERing Tables, Indexes and Views Enabling and Disabling Constraints Backup and Recovery Planning		Populating the Database Creating and Manipulating Data INSERT UPDATE DELETE TRUNCATE Controlling transactions COMMIT ROLLBACK SAVEPOINT Data Loading Utilities
Basic SQL Queries Displaying Table Structures SELECTing Column Data FROM a Table SELECT DISTINCT values COUNTing rows Restricting Rows Using the WHERE Clause Using Operators Logical Mathematical Comparison Concatenation Sorting Results Using ORDER BY Joining Multiple tables		Manipulating and Summarizing Results Using Row Functions Using Column Functions Handling NULLs Aggregating Results Using GROUP BY Restricting Groups with the HAVING Clause Advanced Query Techniques Outer Joins Set processing: UNION, MINUS and INTERSECT Subqueries Tips for Developing Complex SQL Queries

Relational Database Design Concepts