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Relational Database Design

Course Summary

This class introduces your organization to the theory behind relational databases. The theory is brought home through a series of real-world examples that show how to design quality relational databases for use in traditional online transaction processing systems.

Course Details

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What Your Will Learn
  • Overview of the relational database model.

  • Normalizing your relational database design: first, second and third normal forms.

  • Using Functional Dependencies to analyze your business problem and avoid data anomalies.

  • Using Entity-Relationship diagrams to help in database design and eventually in object modeling.

  • Strengths and weaknesses of the relational model.

  • Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL).

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What Students Have Said...

These are actual written quotes from student evaluations of this course:

  • "I'm making changes to my firm's overall design and analysis process based on what I learned in your class. That's what I call immediate ROI (return on investment)!"

  • "The course was so good, I can't think of anything that would have made it better!"

  • "Marta Perez-Stable was highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the topic."

  • "Excellent speaker! Classes are interesting, well sequenced, and fun. Thanks!"

  • "It is always enjoyable to listen to a speaker who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic."

  • "Good course. Answered questions relating to design very well."

  • "Marta was excellent. I truly enjoyed the course."

  • "One of the better organized courses I've taken."

  • "The instructor has excellent communications skills and creates and environment where the students feel free to let her know when we need more help on a specific topic or have questions. She also has a very good real world background and is able to relate the information to students regardless of whether they are on the Business/Management side of the equation or on the Programmer side."

You can also see more evaluations of other courses we have taught.
 

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Example Course Material

You can view one of the exercises we do in-class in the course.

 

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Duration

This is a two to two-and-a-half day course, depending on its content and the student's existing level of expertise. The introduction to SQL adds an extra half a day of training. We are happy to customize the course's content to work with data already existing in your business.

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Who Should Attend

Software engineers, analysts, designers, managers, and programmers interested in understanding and applying relational database technology.

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Related Courses

Our course Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: An Introduction is a natural follow-up to this course.

 

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