FUNDAMENTALS

OF SQL
ITE8 - INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
 CONTENT
Introduction

How does MySQL Works?

Who uses MySQL?

MySQL DBMS

How MySQL Works

Why MySQL is Popular?

History of MySql

What MySQL?
INTRODUCTION TO MYSQL
MySQL is a relational database management

system based on the Structured Query

Language, which is the popular language for

accessing and managing the records in the

database.

MySQL is open-source and free software under

the GNU license.

It is supported by Oracle Company.

MySQL is ideal for both small and large

applications.
INTRODUCTION TO MYSQL
MySQL is very fast, reliable, scalable, and

easy to use

MySQL is cross-platform

MySQL was first released in 1995

MySQL is named after co-founder Monty

Widenius's daughter: My
INTRODUCTION TO MYSQL
It is developed, marketed, and supported by

MySQL AB, a Swedish company, and written in C

programming language and C++ programming

language.

The official pronunciation of MySQL is not the My

Sequel; it is My Ess Que Ell.

MySQL supports many Operating Systems like

Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc. with C, C++, and

Java languages.
 WHO USES MYSQL?
Huge websites like Facebook,

Twitter, Airbnb, Booking.com, Uber,

GitHub, YouTube, etc.

Content Management Systems like

WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, Contao,

etc.

A very large number of web

developers around the world

 MYSQL IS A RELATIONAL DATABASE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RDBMS)
SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES :
It allows us to implement database

operations on tables, rows, columns,

and indexes.

It defines the database relationship

in the form of tables (collection of

rows and columns), also known as

relations.

It provides the Referential Integrity

between rows or columns of various

tables.
 MYSQL IS A RELATIONAL DATABASE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RDBMS)
SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES :
It allows us to updates the table

indexes automatically.

It uses many SQL queries and

combines useful information from

multiple tables for the end-users.

HOW MYSQL WORKS?
MYSQL IS BECOMING SO POPULAR
BECAUSE OF THESE FOLLOWING
REASONS:
It is an open-source database

Very powerful that handles a large set of

functionality

Customizable

Quicker than other databases

Supports many operating systems with many

languages like PHP, PERL, C, C++, JAVA ETC.

Use the standard form of SQL data language

Friendly

Supports large database - up to 50 million rows

or more in a table
 HISTORY OF MYSQL

MySQL was developed at the Swedish software company named “MySQL

AB”
In the year 1994 founders of “MySQL AB” Mr. David Axmark and Mr.
Michael (Monty) Widenius started the development of MYSQL
MySQL has been developed using C and C++
The name MYSQL is the combination of the name of Michael’s daughter “My”

and Structured Query Language abbreviation “SQL”

MySQL is initially released in the year 1995.
Sun Microsystems acquired MySQL AB in the year 2009 for $1bn.
Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems in the year 2010 for $7.4bn
So MySQL is now managed by Oracle Corporation
Latest version of MySQL is 5.7 released in the year 2017.
Latest preview version of MySQL is 8.0
MySQL RDBMS WHAT IS RDBMS?
RDBMS stands for Relational Database

Management System.

RDBMS is a program used to maintain a

relational database.

RDBMS is the basis for all modern

database systems such as MySQL,

Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and

Microsoft Access.

RDBMS uses SQL queries to access the

data in the database.

What is a Database Table?

A table is a collection of related data

entries, and it consists of columns and

rows.

A column holds specific information about

every record in the table.

A record (or row) is each individual entry

that exists in a table.

W H A T I S A R EL A T I O N A L
DATABASE?
A relational database defines

database relationships in the form of

tables. The tables are related to

each other - based on data common

to each.
 What is SQL?
SQL is the standard language for

dealing with Relational Databases.

SQL is used to insert, search, update,

and delete database records.

 Keep in Mind That...

SQL keywordsare NOT case
sensitive: select is the same as
SELECT

 Semicolon (;) after SQL

Statements?

Some database systems require a s emi colon at the

end of each SQL statement.
Semicolon is the standard way to s eparate each SQL
statement in database systems that allow more than
one SQL statement to be executed i n the s ame call
to the server.

SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

SQL COMMANDS
SELECT - extracts data from a database
UPDATE - updates data in a database
DELETE - deletes data from a database
INSERT INTO - inserts new data into a database
CREATE DATABASE - creates a new database
ALTER DATABASE - modifies a database
CREATE TABLE - creates a new table
ALTER TABLE - modifies a table
DROP TABLE - deletes a table
CREATE INDEX - creates an index (search key)
DROP INDEX - deletes an index