Database Design for Relational Databases using SQL Server
Learn Database Design Fundamentals and sharpen your SQL in under 5 hours. SQL Database Design explained for Beginners
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What you will learn
Learn Best Practices for Relational Database Design
Understand Relational Theory
Learn the data normalization process
Understand the First, Second, Third and Fourth Normal Forms
Understand Boyce-Codd normal form
Identify relationship types between entities
How to enforce database relationships including one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many
Learn functional dependencies
Learn multivalued dependencies
Learn what Update, Insert and Delete anomalies are
Surrogate keys vs Natural keys
Learn the difference Candidate keys and Super Keys
Learn how to implement physical design using SQL Server
Create database tables and alter existing tables
Create SQL Queries and Views
Why take this course?
Start learning Database Design Today!
A lot of IT professionals have a good working knowledge of SQL yet lack the foundational knowledge of relational database design. Learning database design and the relational model will put you ahead of the game. This course covers all the essential aspects of relational database design with practical demos given in SQL Server. You will learn how to spot un-normalized data structures and how to correct them. You will learn all about the process of data normalization and why it is important. This includes the various normal forms such as Boyce-Codd normal form and fourth normal form. This course also covers tips on how to identify relationships between entities and how to correctly model them in a relational database.
You will be able to understand advanced database design concepts with the aid of intuitive diagrams and practical examples. You will learn how to identify functional dependencies and transitive dependencies in your data. You will learn the different types of keys and when to use them. In addition, you will learn the different types of relationships such as one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, and self-referencing relationships. More importantly, the end of the course you will know how to enforce these relationships by using integrity constraints.
Note that you will need either a Windows or Linux computer to install SQL Server.
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Soma
July 10, 2022
Good course. I followed along with oracle db from a docker instance. It would be better if there were more complicated exercises.
Smitha
August 20, 2021
The content of this course has been well drafted and delivered by the instructor. It would also be nice if we were introduced to data modelling concepts and demos as well.
Bright
July 18, 2021
Great knowledge about the concept and have enjoyed one of your other videos you made SQL server. I will recommend this and any other videos to other who wants to learn and become experts in this field.
Eric
May 19, 2021
This is the most practical course I had, a lots practical tips and tricks and very good fundamental database concept. Recommend to everyone.
Konstantinos
March 31, 2021
Great course for this topic exactly what I was looking for. Maybe if another section was added to explain most common schema types it would have been excellent. Oh also most videos are wayyy too short better keep them together ina 4-5min videos. An the instructor is speaking really sowly I followed everything at 1.25 speed :-). Apart from these 2-3 points great course!
Clive
March 7, 2021
A comprehensive course. It's a dry - but important - subject so was always going to be difficult for the tutor to "bring it alive". And it was (difficult).
But, I now know a lot more than I did before so, no complaints here.
Goni
December 24, 2020
Your explanations are clear and great. Toke me from 0 to hero in terms of understanding this concept. Much appreciated. Also loved that no time is wasted on writing the code during the videos which sounds obvious but many other Udmy courses actually do.
Ronald
June 10, 2020
Despite it's relatively short length this covered several items that the other courses I took omitted. Explanation & examples of the normal forms was very helpful.
Jame
May 27, 2020
It was exactly what I expected. I have taken a few DB design course at Udemy but finally landed on the course what I needed. Well organized, clear teaching style with detailed demo with more than one example and in depth explained normal forms even beyond 3NF.
I hope that the next course would be the continuation of this course that gears toward advanced design concept or using modern features introduced in MS SQL Server along with addition of challenge exercises and some more quiz. Where can I get the slides used?
Sylvia
April 25, 2020
This course is very well organized and detail oriented. It includes all the code needed to create tables and insert data to follow along with the demos, including many notes, all downloadable so you can easily follow along. I was really happy with the answers to the questions I submitted - replies came directly from the instructor, and he took care to explain things in detail in a way I could easily understand - I was really appreciative of this.
The information is presented with concepts being defined first, followed by a demo. While concepts are presented clearly with examples, the structure of the course doesn't vary and the instructor remains in teacher mode the whole time. For me personally this style can make it difficult to stay engaged at times. My main suggestion would be the addition of challenges (even if just mini quizzes) throughout the course so students can make sure they're on track and engaged. Currently, there are a couple of good challenges at the end of the course.
Syberen
March 30, 2020
This course taught me exactly what I needed. Was thinking of taking a uni course on relational databases, but this appears to have the same information in a clearly explained format. I personally liked the pacing: the teacher talks slowly but the information is very concise so it is easy to absorb.
I do have a few suggestions for improvement:
It should be clear from the course description that SQL server only runs on windows or linux, but not on mac. Fortunately I had some experience with Docker so it was easy to set it up on my mac, but if you don't that might be a problem.
It would also be nice to have either some assignments or tests at various points, to consolidate the learning.
Zvi
March 27, 2020
To the point, well organized and clear introduction to relational database design. The SQL code samples work. On the last lecture the (naming conventions demo) would be good to add the .sql file. Thanks. Recommended.
Lien
March 1, 2020
Starts from the basics and then builds on that to give in-depth explanations. I bought a book on SQL databases but found I got much more from this course. Thanks so much!
Manawa
February 29, 2020
I got a lot out of this course, it was well-structured and easy to follow. Daniel's explanation of 3NF and how it’s different to BCNF was clearly explained. It made sense to me and it was good to see formal definitions of the normal forms and how these relate to the more informal definitions like “3NF is where a table has no transitive dependencies".
Geoff
February 24, 2020
Content was structured and presented well. Easy to understand with good explanations and examples. Covers more material than similar database design courses so well-worth it.
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