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The MySQL Workshop

By : Thomas Pettit, Scott Cosentino
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Book Image

The MySQL Workshop

5 (1)
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)
1
Section 1: Creating Your Database
6
Section 2: Managing Your Database
11
Section 3: Querying Your Database
16
Section 4: Protecting Your Database

Chapter 10: Microsoft Access – Part 2

In this chapter, you will convert a sample application to use MySQL data using passthrough queries, and then you will learn how to convert a Microsoft Access (MS Access) table-reliant form to be an unbound form that doesn't rely on local or linked tables. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to remove all linked tables and check that the application still works.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Introduction to MS Access
  • Migrating an MS Access application to MySQL
  • Activity 10.01—Converting gender and job statistics
  • Calling MySQL functions
  • Activity 10.02—Creating a function and calling it
  • Calling MySQL stored procedures
  • Activity 10.03—Creating MySQL stored procedures and using them in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
  • Using parameters
  • Activity 10.04—Parameterized stored procedure (series list)
  • Activity 10.05—Multiple parameters stored...