📚 MySQL – Course Content

1. Introduction to Databases & MySQL

• What is DBMS & RDBMS
• Introduction to MySQL & its applications
• Installing MySQL Server & MySQL Workbench
• Connecting to database & basic navigation

2. Database Design Fundamentals

• Tables, rows & columns
• Data types in MySQL
• Primary key & foreign key
• Database normalization basics
• Creating & modifying databases and tables

3. SQL Basics

• DDL commands (CREATE, ALTER, DROP, TRUNCATE)
• DML commands (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)
• DQL command (SELECT)
• Filtering data using WHERE clause

4. Data Retrieval & Querying

• SELECT with conditions
• ORDER BY, DISTINCT, LIMIT
• Aliases
• Working with NULL values

5. SQL Functions

• Aggregate functions (SUM, COUNT, AVG, MIN, MAX)
• String functions
• Date & time functions
• Numeric functions

6. Joins & Subqueries

• INNER JOIN
• LEFT JOIN
• RIGHT JOIN
• FULL JOIN (concept)
• Subqueries & nested queries

7. Constraints & Indexes

• NOT NULL, UNIQUE
• PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY
• CHECK & DEFAULT
• Indexes and performance basics

8. Views

• Creating and modifying views
• Simple & complex views
• Using views for reporting
• View security basics

9. Stored Procedures & Functions

• Creating stored procedures
• IN, OUT & INOUT parameters
• User-defined functions
• Advantages of procedures

10. Triggers

• What are triggers
• BEFORE & AFTER triggers
• INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE triggers
• Real-time trigger use cases

11. Transactions & Error Handling

• ACID properties
• START TRANSACTION, COMMIT, ROLLBACK
• Handling errors and data consistency

12. MySQL Security & Backup

• Users & privileges
• Grant & revoke permissions
• Database backup & restore
• Import & export data

13. Performance Optimization Basics

• Index usage
• Query optimization techniques
• EXPLAIN plan basics

14. Real-World Use Cases & Practice

• Website backend database
• Student / employee management system
• Sales & billing database
• Reporting & analytics-ready queries

🛠 Skills You Will Gain

• Strong MySQL querying skills
• Database design & management
• Working with joins, views & procedures
• Performance optimization basics
• Backend & analytics database foundation

💼 Career Opportunities After Course

• MySQL Developer
• Database Executive
• Backend Developer
• MIS Executive
• Data Analyst (with Excel / Power BI)
• Application Support Engineer