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Introduction to Databases and SQL (FutureLearn)

Offered by Raspberry Pi Foundation, National Centre for Computing Education,
Introduction to Databases and SQL (FutureLearn)

Discover how databases work and how to use SQL in this introductory course. Supported by Google. Learn about databases and how to use SQL to search and manipulate data. On this course from the Raspberry Pi Foundation you’ll learn what databases are and why we use them, exploring how to use SQL to search and manipulate data.

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Along the way, you’ll learn about primary keys and table relationships, as well as how to create joins to search multiple tables. In the final week, you’ll finish by grouping and looking at exporting data from the database.
Learning about databases and SQL is a key component of GCSE Computer Science, so it’s important for educators, students, and parents alike to feel confident about the subject.

Syllabus

Week 1: What is a database?
Week 2: SQL
Week 3: Modifying a database

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Produce SQL statements to search and update a database
  • Explain the comparison of databases to spreadsheets
  • Apply filters in SQL statements
  • Demonstrate how to use SQL statements to create relationships for tables in a database
  • Produce SQL statements to search across multiple tables
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