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The MySQL Workshop

The MySQL Workshop

By : Thomas Pettit , Scott Cosentino
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The MySQL Workshop

The MySQL Workshop

4.7 (12)
By: Thomas Pettit , Scott Cosentino

Overview of this book

Do you want to learn how to create and maintain databases effectively? Are you looking for simple answers to basic MySQL questions as well as straightforward examples that you can use at work? If so, this workshop is the right choice for you. Designed to build your confidence through hands-on practice, this book uses a simple approach that focuses on the practical, so you can get straight down to business without having to wade through pages and pages of dull, dry theory. As you work through bite-sized exercises and activities, you'll learn how to use different MySQL tools to create a database and manage the data within it. You'll see how to transfer data between a MySQL database and other sources, and use real-world datasets to gain valuable experience of manipulating and gaining insights from data. As you progress, you'll discover how to protect your database by managing user permissions and performing logical backups and restores. If you've already tried to teach yourself SQL, but haven't been able to make the leap from understanding simple queries to working on live projects with a real database management system, The MySQL Workshop will get you on the right track. By the end of this MySQL book, you'll have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to advance your career and tackle your own ambitious projects with MySQL.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Section 1: Creating Your Database
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Section 2: Managing Your Database
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Section 3: Querying Your Database
16
Section 4: Protecting Your Database

Linking to your tables and views

Some things can cause issues when you're linking tables to MS Access. Some of the tables you just migrated have been set up to highlight these problematic situations, and we will show you how to get around them. It is not difficult, but first, we will start with a table with no problems so that you can see how it should happen.

Exercise 9.05 – linking a good MySQL table to Access

Previously, you exported the User table from Access into MySQL. Although it is no longer in Access, your company's business analysts would still like to be able to view it in Access. To achieve this, you will need to link the table in Access. Follow these steps to complete this exercise:

  1. Open the frontend MySQL Training DB.accdb application; we no longer need the old backend database.
  2. If any forms are open, close them.
  3. Rename the Users table in MS Access to zUsers. This way, we can have both tables available for comparison before we remove...

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