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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

Summary

In this chapter, we learned why we need backups, what different options there are for creating backups, how to create backups, and how to restore them. We used mysqldump, mysqlpump, and mysqlbinlog in the process.

Using the tools provided by the OS, we practiced backup scheduling and performed full restores, partial restores, and point-in-time restores, in which we covered binlog files and GTIDs.

This helps us to keep our data safe and restore it when it is needed. It also taught us why we should test our backups. This gives us a valuable tool to copy data between servers by backing up and restoring it.

We have now covered all the fundamental concepts required to effectively use MySQL. Using the tools provided in this book, you should now have a strong foundation for working with MySQL as a database technology. Using this knowledge, you will be able to build and use a MySQL database for various purposes, such as application development and data analysis.

With this...