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Relational Databases

Prerequisites

What to expect from this course

You will have an understanding of what relational databases are, their advantages, and some MySQL specific concepts.

What is not covered under this course

  • In depth implementation details

  • Advanced topics like normalization, sharding

  • Specific tools for administration

Introduction

The main purpose of database systems is to manage data. This includes storage, adding new data, deleting unused data, updating existing data, retrieving data within a reasonable response time, other maintenance tasks to keep the system running etc.

Pre-reads

RDBMS Concepts

Course Contents