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Relational Database Design, Tools and Techniques: Hands-On

 
Course: 382   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Design, build and query a relational database
  • Capture the structure of an existing database with a CASE tool
  • Develop a data model to describe an application's data
  • Apply normalization to data for effective, stable database design
  • Build a relational database from the logical database design
  • Access data in a relational database using simple SQL queries

Course Benefits

Relational databases often drive company-critical and Web-enabled applications. Creating a database design that accurately and completely captures user requirements is vital for success. This course provides a comprehensive foundation for designing, building, and working with relational databases, enabling you to participate in the development process and to effectively use relational databases in your environment.

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in designing, building and using relational databases, implementing database applications, or managing database development projects.

Hands-On Training

A continuing case study provides you with the skills to analyze, design, build and work with a relational database. Exercises include:
  • Analyzing an existing database with a CASE tool
  • Developing data models
  • Creating a logical data model that identifies entities, attributes and relationships
  • Normalizing data to create stable table structures
  • Exploiting a CASE tool to generate SQL
  • Building a database to correspond to a logical database design
  • Constructing simple SQL queries to access the database

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Upcoming Dates

Sep 23 - 26, 2008
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Sep 30 - Oct 3, 2008
 Toronto
Oct 7 - 10, 2008
 Los Angeles
Oct 14 - 17, 2008
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Oct 21 - 24, 2008
 New York
Oct 28 - 31, 2008
 Philadelphia
Nov 4 - 7, 2008
 Chicago (Schaumburg)
Nov 11 - 14, 2008
 Boston (Waltham)
Nov 11 - 14, 2008
 Ottawa
Dec 2 - 5, 2008
 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)
Dec 9 - 12, 2008
 Dallas
Jan 6 - 9, 2009
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Jan 13 - 16, 2009
 N. New Jersey
Jan 20 - 23, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Feb 3 - 6, 2009
 Philadelphia

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Relational Database Design, Tools and Techniques: Hands-On

 
Course: 382   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
Course 382 Content
 

Introduction

An overview of DBMS technology

  • Key concepts and terminology
  • How data is accessed, organized and stored
  • The importance of business rules
  • Uses of databases
  • The database development process

DBMS and related user tools

  • Query languages
  • Query and application development tools
  • CASE tools for database analysis and design

How a Relational DBMS Works

Relational technology fundamentals

  • The structure of a relational database
  • Tables, attributes and relationships
  • Primary and foreign keys
  • Relational integrity constraints
  • Manipulating data: selection, projection, join, union, intersection, difference

Components of a relational DBMS

  • An integrated, active data dictionary
  • The query optimizer
  • An engine that manages the data
  • Front-end tools for easy user access

Designing Relational Databases

A step-by-step approach and techniques

  • Developing the logical data model
  • Mapping the data model to the relational model
  • Specifying integrity constraints
  • Defining the data in the data dictionary

Entity-relationship modeling

  • Capturing entities, attributes and identifiers
  • Describing relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many
  • Optional and mandatory relationships
  • Resolving many-to-many relationships for implementation
  • Guidelines for a well-formed E-R diagram

Normalizing data to design tables

  • Why/why not normalize
  • Avoiding update anomalies
  • Identifying functional dependencies
  • Applying rules for normalization

Working with a CASE tool

  • Database design and documentation
  • Generating the SQL to build the database
  • Reverse engineering to capture the design of an existing database

Physical database design

  • Grouping and assigning tables to disk files for performance and maintenance
  • Fragmenting large tables
  • Planned denormalization vs. accidental denormalization
  • Indexing for performance and integrity

Building and Querying a Relational Database

Fundamentals of SQL

  • A dynamic and evolving language
  • ANSI and ISO standards

Creating a relational database

  • Defining the database and its objects: tables, keys, views and indexes
  • Declaring integrity constraints
  • Altering structures and constraints

Accessing the database with SQL

  • Querying the database to retrieve exactly the desired information
  • Joining tables to retrieve related data
  • Updating data while maintaining database integrity

Constructing and using views

  • Defining views for simplicity and security
  • Customizing windows into the database
  • Querying and updating through views

The Future of Database Design

Enforcing business rules for data integrity

  • Defining declarative constraints
  • Server-side programming in Java or a procedural language

Trends

  • Modeling in analysis and design
  • Focusing on business rules
  • Creating an intelligent server
  • Using stored procedures and triggers
 
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Relational Database Design, Tools and Techniques: Hands-On Tuition

 
Course: 382   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 2,650 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,580 10-Day Pass
$ 1,665 Training Passport
$ 1,830 Flex-Pass
$ 2,095 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,385 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,360 Government Discount
 

 

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

Tuition Savings Plans

Training Passport
  • 3 courses in 12 months
  • As little as $1,665 per course
  • Savings as much as 40%
  • Only $4,990
Flex Pass
  • 3 courses in 24 months
  • As little as $1,830 per course
  • Save as much as 35%
10-Day Pass
  • A NEW way to save on training
  • 10 days of training for one person
  • Save as much as $1,070 per course
  • Only $3,950
Training Vouchers
  • Save as much as $960 per course
  • Fully transferable
  • As low as $2,095 per course
Alumni Gold Discount Attend your first course and you'll receive a personalized Alumni Gold Discount card, entitling you to save as much as $295 on each course you take within the following 12 months. Take just one course each year and you'll be entitled to ongoing discounts...year after year!

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