Description

TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction to SQL

1.1 What is SQL?
1.2 Importance of SQL in Software Development
1.3 Types of SQL Databases

Setting Up the Environment

2.1 Installing a Database Management System (DBMS)
2.2 Connecting to a Database
2.3 Popular DBMS (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)

Basic SQL Commands

3.1 SELECT Statement
3.2 INSERT Statement
3.3 UPDATE Statement
3.4 DELETE Statement

SQL Constraints

4.1 Primary Key
4.2 Foreign Key
4.3 Unique Constraint
4.4 CHECK Constraint
4.5 Default Constraint

Querying Data

5.1 Filtering Data (WHERE clause)
5.2 Sorting Data (ORDER BY clause)
5.3 Grouping Data (GROUP BY clause)
5.4 Aggregating Data (SUM, AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN)

Joins

6.1 INNER JOIN
6.2 LEFT JOIN
6.3 RIGHT JOIN
6.4 FULL OUTER JOIN

Subqueries

7.1 Single Row Subquery
7.2 Multiple Row Subquery
7.3 Correlated Subquery

Indexes and Optimization

8.1 Importance of Indexes
8.2 Creating Indexes
8.3 Query Optimization Techniques

Transactions and Concurrency

9.1 ACID Properties
9.2 COMMIT and ROLLBACK Statements
9.3 Isolation Levels

Stored Procedures and Functions

10.1 Creating Stored Procedures
10.2 Creating Functions
10.3 Triggers

Advanced Topics

11.1 Views
11.2 User-defined Data Types
11.3 Dynamic SQL
11.4 Common Table Expressions (CTEs)

Security in SQL

12.1 User Permissions
12.2 Roles and Privileges
12.3 SQL Injection Prevention

Database Design Best Practices

13.1 Normalization
13.2 Denormalization
13.3 ER Diagrams

Version Control for Database

14.1 Managing Database Changes
14.2 Version Control Systems (e.g., Git for Databases)

Connecting SQL with Programming Languages

15.1 SQL in Python
15.2 SQL in Java
15.3 SQL in .NET