SQL Programming Language - Professor: Sam Sultan

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COURSE OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this course is to teach you the fundamentals and more advanced concepts in the SQL language. We will learn about SQL (Structured Query language) both as an ANSI standard language and more some vendor specific extensions. We will also use DDL (Data Definition Language) to create and delete database objects, and DML (Data Manipulation Language) to access and manipulate those objects.

Some of the more advanced topics covered will include database design, data normalization, SQL subqueries, creating and using views, understanding and working with the MySql and Oracle data dictionaries, loading and unloading databases. In addition, we will cover Oracle's procedural language PL/SQL, as well as MySQL procedural language

This course will teach you all relevant SQL concepts more from an ANSI SQL standard point of view. Some topics and examples however will need to be discussed with a specific database engine in mind. This course will cover SQL from both a MySql and an Oracle point of view.

The focus of the course will be on the following topics:

SQL - Structured Query Language.
DDL - Data Definition Language.
DML - Data Manipulation Language.
Database design and data normalization.
Creating tables and indexes
MySql and Oracle data Dictionaries
Oracle PL/SQL
MySql Procedural Language

BOOKS - (Required / Suggested)

Required Books -

Teach Yourself SQL in One Hour a Day (Fifth Edition)
- Authors - Ryan Stephens, Ronald Plew & Arie Jones
- Publisher - SAMS

Suggested Books -

SQL Bible (Second Edition)
- Author - Alex Kriegel and Boris Trukhnov
- Publisher - Wiley

GRADES AND GRADING POLICY

Attendance - 10%
Class Participation - 10%
Homework - 20%
Final Exam - 60%

Details of Assignment and Evaluation.

Class Attendance and Participation: To receive full credit for the course, you must attend all classes since much of the learning occurs during class presentation and discussions. Please contact the instructor if you anticipate missing any part of the class. Grades will be based on:
- Involvement in class activities
- Participation which demonstrates integration of reading, class work, relevance and application.
- Willingness to learn by accepting feedback, trying new skills and approaches, etc.
- Quality/quantity of providing effective and balanced feedback.
Homework: Homeworks must be submitted on time within 1 week of date assigned. Late submission will severely impact your homework grade, or may not be accepted altogether at instructor discretion.
Class Project Presentation: There will be a group/team class presentation. The presentation will be a culmination of verbal, visual and presentation skills. It will also be the culmination of topics, concepts and competencies learned in this class.
Final Exam: There will be a final exam. The exam will be an open book, open notes style exam. The exam will test the student's acquisition of topics, concepts and competencies learned in this class.

How to Submit Homeworks.

- Homework assignments are always due the next session we meet.
- Print out your homework code and output and bring with you to class the next time we meet.
- I will either collect, or will ask students to discuss their solutions in class.
- I will not accept homework via email unless you are not able to attend the class.
- Multiple pages should be stapled together (paper clips are not accepted).

Grades are FINAL.

Please do not negotiate for a better grade. If you are expecting to receive a grade of an "A" at the end of the semester, then I expect you to attend all sessions (unless I am notified ahead of time), to participate in these sessions, to keep up with the class reading material, and to complete your homework assigments. This will ensure that you stay current with the class content, and will ensure that you get a good grade on your test(s), project as well as your final grade.

If you are not interested in a grade, or you do not submit your homeworks/project or take the exams, then you will receive a grade of an "NE" (Non-Evaluative). A grade of NE is final, and cannot be changed. A grade of NE cannot be applied as partial fulfillment for any NYU certificate program.

COURSE OUTLINE

DATE SESSION TOPIC[s] COVERED

[Prereq] Pre Selecting data from multiple tables
The join construct
Old vs. new join syntax
Normal or Inner join
Cross join - Cartesian product
Outer join vs. Inner join
What is a Self Join
Set operators, UNION, INTERSECT, MINUS
Combining Join with UNION
Performance considerations

Reading: Chapter 5

[Week 1] 1 SQL built-in Functions
Numeric functions - CEIL, FLOOR, ROUND, POWER
String functions - CONCAT, LENGTH, SUBSTR, INSTR, IF
Date functions - Current date, date manipulation, date formatting
The CASE expression, 2 flavors
REGEX functions and expressions

Reading: Chapter 7

2 The SQL SELECT Clauses
The FROM clause
The WHERE clause
The GROUP BY clause
Aggregating and Grouping
The HAVING clause
Finding Duplicate Records
The ROLLUP feature
The ORDER BY clause

Reading: Chapter 4

[Week 2] 3 Select Sub-Queries
Using Subqueries for filtering
Using Subqueries as inline views
Using Subqueries as additional derived columns
Correlated Subqueries

Reading: Chapter 6

4 Database Design
The Logical and Physical Model
Understanding data normalization
First normal form
Second normal form
Third normal form
Pros & cons of data normalization
Denormalizing data
Entiry relationships
One-to-one relationship
One-to-many relationship
Many-to-many relationship

Reading: Chapter 8

[Week 3] 5 Creating database objects
What is a primary key?
What is a foreign key?
What is an index?
Creating tables
SQL data types
Adding a primary key
Adding constraints
Creating Indexes
Altering table definition
Droping tables
Oracle Sequences

Reading: Chapters 9, 10, 15

6 Manipulating data in tables
Adding data with the INSERT statement
INSERT with a SELECT statement
Changing data with the UPDATE statement
UPDATE with a SELECT statement
Removing data with the DELETE statement
DELETE with a SELECT statement
The TRUNCATE statement
The REPLACE statement (MySql)
The MERGE statement (Oracle)

Reading: Chapter 11

[Week 4] 7 Creating and using views
Using the Data Dictionary - MySql
Using the Data Dictionary - Oracle
The show statement (MySql)
Loading data from a file
Unloading data into a file
Importing a database or table(s)
Exporting a database of table(s)

Reading: Chapters 13, 18

8 What are Stored Procedures
Stored Procedures, Functions & Triggers
Creating Stored Procedures
Calling Stored Procedures
Creating Variables
Global Variables
Creating code blocks
Conditional Testing- IF, CASE
Loops and iterations - LOOP, WHILE, REPEAT
Procedures with non-SELECT statements
Using Unbounded SELECT statements
Using SELECT INTO statements
Using SELECT with cursor statements
Creating Stored Functions

Reading: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/stored-programs-views.html

[Week 5]
9 Introduction to PL/SQL
The PL/SQL code block
Creating Named and Anonymous Blocks
Creating Variables
Using %TYPE and %ROWTYPE
Assigning values to variables using SELECT INTO
Conditional Statements - IF, CASE
Loops and Iterations - LOOP, FOR, WHILE
Using Nested Loops
Using DBMS_OUTPUT and other DBMS_ packages

Reading: Chapter 26

10 PL/SQL Functions and Procedures
Calling Functions and Procedures
Nesting Functions and Procedures
Saving and Retrieving Functions and Procedures
Obtaining Compilation Error messages
Creating and Working with Cursors
Implicit and explicit cursors
Declare, Open, Fetch and Close a cursor
Looping through cursors
The cursor FOR loop
Using cursors with Parameters
Nested Loops with nested Cursors

Reading: Chapter 26

[Week 6] 11 PL/SQL Exception Processing and Handling
List of named exceptions
Creating and raising your own exceptions
Creating and Using Triggers
Statement-level Triggers, Row-level Triggers
INSTEAD OF Triggers for Views
Collection Types - VARRAY, and Nested TABLE
Loading data into a Collection
Creating Packages

Reading: Chapter 26

12 - Final Exam -

Professor:	Sam Sultan	[sam.sultan@nyu.edu]
Class website:	[workshop.sps.nyu.edu/~sultans/sql2] (or)	[samsultan.com/sql2/]
Course Days:	Saturdays
Course Hours:	1:30pm - 5:30pm

Advanced SQL Programming

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COURSE OBJECTIVE:

BOOKS - (Required / Suggested)

GRADES AND GRADING POLICY

COURSE OUTLINE

DATE	SESSION	TOPIC[s] COVERED

[Prereq]	`Pre`	Selecting data from multiple tables The join construct Old vs. new join syntax Normal or Inner join Cross join - Cartesian product Outer join vs. Inner join What is a Self Join Set operators, UNION, INTERSECT, MINUS Combining Join with UNION Performance considerations
	Reading:	Chapter 5

[Week 1]	`1`	SQL built-in Functions Numeric functions - CEIL, FLOOR, ROUND, POWER String functions - CONCAT, LENGTH, SUBSTR, INSTR, IF Date functions - Current date, date manipulation, date formatting The CASE expression, 2 flavors REGEX functions and expressions
	Reading:	Chapter 7

	`2`	The SQL SELECT Clauses The FROM clause The WHERE clause The GROUP BY clause Aggregating and Grouping The HAVING clause Finding Duplicate Records The ROLLUP feature The ORDER BY clause
	Reading:	Chapter 4

[Week 2]	`3`	Select Sub-Queries Using Subqueries for filtering Using Subqueries as inline views Using Subqueries as additional derived columns Correlated Subqueries
	Reading:	Chapter 6

	`4`	Database Design The Logical and Physical Model Understanding data normalization First normal form Second normal form Third normal form Pros & cons of data normalization Denormalizing data Entiry relationships One-to-one relationship One-to-many relationship Many-to-many relationship
	Reading:	Chapter 8

[Week 3]	`5`	Creating database objects What is a primary key? What is a foreign key? What is an index? Creating tables SQL data types Adding a primary key Adding constraints Creating Indexes Altering table definition Droping tables Oracle Sequences
	Reading:	Chapters 9, 10, 15

	`6`	Manipulating data in tables Adding data with the INSERT statement INSERT with a SELECT statement Changing data with the UPDATE statement UPDATE with a SELECT statement Removing data with the DELETE statement DELETE with a SELECT statement The TRUNCATE statement The REPLACE statement (MySql) The MERGE statement (Oracle)
	Reading:	Chapter 11

[Week 4]	`7`	Creating and using views Using the Data Dictionary - MySql Using the Data Dictionary - Oracle The show statement (MySql) Loading data from a file Unloading data into a file Importing a database or table(s) Exporting a database of table(s)
	Reading:	Chapters 13, 18

	`8`	What are Stored Procedures Stored Procedures, Functions & Triggers Creating Stored Procedures Calling Stored Procedures Creating Variables Global Variables Creating code blocks Conditional Testing- IF, CASE Loops and iterations - LOOP, WHILE, REPEAT Procedures with non-SELECT statements Using Unbounded SELECT statements Using SELECT INTO statements Using SELECT with cursor statements Creating Stored Functions
	Reading:	https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/stored-programs-views.html

[Week 5]	`9`	Introduction to PL/SQL The PL/SQL code block Creating Named and Anonymous Blocks Creating Variables Using %TYPE and %ROWTYPE Assigning values to variables using SELECT INTO Conditional Statements - IF, CASE Loops and Iterations - LOOP, FOR, WHILE Using Nested Loops Using DBMS_OUTPUT and other DBMS_ packages
	Reading:	Chapter 26

	`10`	PL/SQL Functions and Procedures Calling Functions and Procedures Nesting Functions and Procedures Saving and Retrieving Functions and Procedures Obtaining Compilation Error messages Creating and Working with Cursors Implicit and explicit cursors Declare, Open, Fetch and Close a cursor Looping through cursors The cursor FOR loop Using cursors with Parameters Nested Loops with nested Cursors
	Reading:	Chapter 26

[Week 6]	`11`	PL/SQL Exception Processing and Handling List of named exceptions Creating and raising your own exceptions Creating and Using Triggers Statement-level Triggers, Row-level Triggers INSTEAD OF Triggers for Views Collection Types - VARRAY, and Nested TABLE Loading data into a Collection Creating Packages
	Reading:	Chapter 26

	`12`	- Final Exam -