Basics of Computer

INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE CONCEPTS 

1.1 Definition of Database 
1.2 Importance/Advantages of Databases 

1.3 Database Models 

1.3.1 Hierarchical 
1.3.2 Network 
1.3.3 Relational 

1.4 Definition of Database Management System (DBMS)

1.4.1 Relational DBMS (SQL Based) 
             (MS Access, MS SQL, MySQL, ORACLE) 
1.4.2 Non-Relational DBMS (NoSQL) 
             (MongoDB, HBase, Cassandra) 

1.5 Functions of DBMS 

1.5.1 Data Dictionary Management 
1.5.2 Data Storage Management 
1.5.3 Data Integrity Management 
1.5.4 Backup & Recovery Management 
1.5.5 Security Management 
1.5.6 Multi-User Access Control 
 

RELATIONAL DATABASE CONCEPTS 

2.1 Definition of Relational Database & RDBMS 
2.2 Entity, Table, Record, Field 
2.3 Primary Key, Composite Key, Foreign Key 
2.4 Referential Integrity 

2.5 Types of Relationships 

2.5.1 One-to-One 
2.5.2 One-to-Many 
2.5.3 Many-to-Many  

DATA MODELLING 

3.1 Introduction to Data Modelling & its importance 
3.2 Definition of Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)  
3.3 Elements of ERD 
3.4 Transforming ERD to Relational Schema 

3.5 Normalization of Relational Database 

3.5.1 First Normal Form (1NF) 
3.5.2 Second Normal Form (2NF) 
3.5.3 Third Normal Form (3NF) 

DATABASE DEVELOPMENT USING MYSQL 

4.1 Introduction to MYSQL 

4.1.1 Definition and advantages of MySQL 
4.1.2 Installation of MySQL Community Server 8.0 
4.1.3 Introduction to MySQL Workbench 8.0 
4.1.4 Introduction to MySQL Shell 8.0 
4.1.5 Introduction to MySQL 8.0 Command Line Client 

4.2 Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) 

4.2.1 Data Definition Language (DDL) 
4.2.2 Data Manipulation Language (DML) 
4.2.3 Data Control Language 

4.3 MySQL Statements for Database Development 

4.3.1 Database Manipulation 

i. CREATE DATABASE statement 
ii. DROP DATABASE statement 
iii. USE Statement 

4.3.2 Basic Data Types 

i. VARCHAR 
ii. TEXT 
iii. LONGTEXT 
iv. INT 
v. BIGINT 
vi. FLOAT 
vii. DOUBLE 
viii. BOOL ix. DATE 
x. TIME 
xi. YEAR 

4.3.3 Table Manipulation 

i. SHOW TABLE Statement  
ii. CREATE TABLE statement 
iii. DROP TABLE statement iv. TRUNCATE TABLE statement 
v. ALTER TABLE statement 
vi. ALTER TABLE – ADD 
vii. ALTER TABLE – DROP COLUMN 
viii. ALTER TABLE – MODIFY COLUMN 
ix. CREATE INDEX statement 
x. INSERT INTO statement 
xi. UPDATE statement 
xii. DELETE statement 
xiii. LIMIT clause 
xiv. INSERT INTO SELECT statement 
xv. DESC and EXPLAIN statements 

4.3.4 Data Retrieval 

i. SELECT statement 
ii. SELECT DISTINCT statement 
iii. WHERE clause 
iv. Operators used in WHERE clause 
v. Wildcards ( % , _ ) used in WHERE clause 
vi. AND, OR, NOT Operators 
vii. ORDER BY clause 
viii. ORDER BY DESC 
ix. GROUP BY statement 
x. HAVING clause 

4.3.5 Constraints 

i. NOT NULL 
ii. UNIQUE 
iii. PRIMARY KEY 
iv. FOREIGN KEY 
v. DEFAULT 
vi. CHECK 
 
4.3.6 Functions 

i. AVG() 
ii. COUNT() 
iii. CONCAT() iv. LOWER() 
v. LENGTH() 
vi. LTRIM() 
vii. MIN() 
viii. MAX() 
ix. RTRIM() 
x. REPLACE() 
xi. REPEAT() 
xii. STRCMP() 
xiii. SUBSTR() xiv. SUM() 
xv. UPPER() 

4.3.7 MySQL Operators 

i. Arithmetic Operators 
ii. Comparison Operators 
iii. Logical Operators  

4.3.8 Views 

i. CREATE VIEW statement ii. DROP VIEW statement 
 

4.3.9 MySQL Joins 

i. INNER JOIN 
ii. LEFT JOIN 
iii. RIGHT JOIN 
iv. CROSS JOIN 

4.3.10 Front-end-Development 

i. Connection MS Access to MySQL Database.

ii. Creating Forms for MySQL Databases

iii. Creating Reports for MySQL Databases