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MySQL module S157
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2006-06-09
 
567Combining similar rows from a MySQL database select
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Examples from our training material
agents   SQL statements for Agent and Property demo
agents.tab   Estate agent details - Trowbridge, Melksham, etc
homes.tab   Houses for sale - Trowbridge, Melksham, etc
perlit   6 tables ordering system model - perl program
rz   6 tables ordering system model - running output
seeder   Data for join v left join demonstration
shopper   6 tables ordering system model - Design and test in SQL
Background information
Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from [here].
Topics covered in this module
Revision.
Complex joins.
Left right and straight join.
Aliases.
Inner and outer joins.
Indexes.
Unique and regular indexes.
Multiple field indexes.
Fulltext indexes.
Optimising queries.
Join order and what to index.
Selection efficiency.
Transactions.
Locking issues.
Commit and Rollback.
Complete learning
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