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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

Understanding the basics of backups

Backups can be used for multiple purposes. The main purpose of backups is to reduce the risk of losing data if your primary copy gets lost or damaged. Another use of backups is to seed an acceptance environment with real-life data. Depending on how you develop, you might have different setups for development, quality assurance, acceptance, and production. Restoring a backup from production to acceptance can be done to allow for performance tests and functional tests with real-life data.

This has to be done carefully, as this may or may not be allowed by regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). For example, if you are working with Personally Identifiable Information (PII), then you may need to mask names, email addresses, and other pieces of PII with dummy values.

Also, you must not send...

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