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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
11
Section 3: Querying Your Database
16
Section 4: Protecting Your Database

Refreshing linked MySQL tables

Often, during migration and even into further development, you must make adjustments to the tables and fields in the database. MS Access will not pick up these changes until you refresh the links. Access provides you with a tool to do this easily, without having to remove the table and relink it. To be able to refresh tables, follow these steps:

  1. In the MS Access frontend application, select External Data | Linked Table Manager from the ribbon. You will be presented with the following screen, which displays all the linked tables and their data sources:

Figure 9.43 – Selecting tables and options to refresh the links

  1. Select the tables you want to refresh the links of. You can select any or all of them as required.
  2. Always prompt for new location, if checked, will ask for the table's source. If it's not checked, the existing source will be used. Use this if the backend database has been moved or...

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