Introduction 1 What Is MariaDB Crash Course? 1 Who Is This Book For? 2 Companion Web Site 3 Conventions Used in This Book 3 1: Understanding SQL 5 Database Basics 5 What Is a Database? 6 Tables 6 Columns and Datatypes 7 Rows 8 NULL 8 Primary Keys 9 What Is SQL? 10 Try It Yourself 11 Summary 11 2: Introducing MariaDB 13 What Is MariaDB? 13 Client-Server Software 14 MySQL Compatibility 15 MariaDB Tools 16 mysql Command Line 16 MySQL Workbench 17 Summary 19 3: Working with MariaDB 21 Making the Connection 21 Selecting a Database 22 Learning About Databases and Tables 23 Summary 26 4: Retrieving Data 27 The SELECT Statement 27 Retrieving Individual Columns 27 Retrieving Multiple Columns 29 Retrieving All Columns 30 Retrieving Distinct Rows 31 Limiting Results 32 Using Fully Qualified Table Names 34 Using Comments 35 Summary 36 5: Sorting Retrieved Data 37 Sorting Data 37 Sorting by Multiple Columns 39 Specifying Sort Direction 40 Summary 43 6: Filtering Data 45 Using the WHERE Clause 45 The WHERE Clause Operators 46 Checking Against a Single Value 47 Checking for Nonmatches 48 Checking for a Range of Values 49 Checking for No Value 50 Summary 51 7: Advanced Data Filtering 53 Combining WHERE Clauses 53 Using the AND Operator 53 Using the OR Operator 54 Understanding Order of Evaluation 55 Using the IN Operator 57 Using the NOT Operator 58 Summary 59 8: Using Wildcard Filtering 61 Using the LIKE Operator 61 The Percent Sign ( % ) Wildcard 62 The Underscore (_) Wildcard 64 Tips for Using Wildcards 65 Summary 65 9: Searching Using Regular Expressions 67 Understanding Regular Expressions 67 Using Regular Expressions 68 Basic Character Matching 68 Performing OR Matches 70 Matching One of Several Characters 71 Matching Ranges 72 Matching Special Characters 73 Matching Character Classes 75 Matching Multiple Instances 75 Anchors 77 Summary 79 10: Creating Calculated Fields 81 Understanding Calculated Fields 81 Concatenating Fields 82 Using Aliases 84 Performing Mathematical Calculations 85 Summary 87 11: Using Data Manipulation Functions 89 Understanding Functions 89 Using Functions 90 Text Manipulation Functions 90 Date and Time Manipulation Functions 92 Numeric Manipulation Functions 96 Summary 96 12: Summarizing Data 97 Using Aggregate Functions 97 The AVG() Function 98 The COUNT() Function 99 The MAX() Function 100 The MIN() Function 101 The SUM() Function 102 Aggregates on Distinct Values 103 Combining Aggregate Functions 104 Summary 105 13: Grouping Data 107 Understanding Data Grouping 107 Creating Groups 108 Filtering Groups 109 Grouping and Sorting 112 SELECT Clause Ordering 113 Summary 114 14: Working with Subqueries 115 Understanding Subqueries 115 Filtering by Subquery 115 Using Subqueries as Calculated Fields 119 Summary 122 15: Joining Tables 123 Understanding Joins 123 Understanding Relational Tables 123 Why Use Joins? 125 Creating a Join 125 The Importance of the WHERE Clause 127 Inner Joins 129 Joining Multiple Tables 130 Summary 132 16: Creating Advanced Joins 133 Using Table Aliases 133 Using Different Join Types 134 Self Joins 134 Natural Joins 136 Outer Joins 137 Using Joins with Aggregate Functions 139 Using Joins and Join Conditions 140 Summary 140 17: Combining Queries 141 Understanding Combined Queries 141 Creating Combined Queries 141 Using UNION 142 UNION Rules 144 Including or Eliminating Duplicate Rows 144 Sorting Combined Query Results 145 Summary 146 18: Full-Text Searching 147 Understanding Full-Text Searching 147 Using Full-Text Searching 148 Enabling Full-Text Searching Support 148 Performing Full-Text Searches 149 Using Query Expansion 152 Boolean Text Searches 154 Full-Text Search Usage Notes 158 Summary 159 19: Inserting Data 161 Understanding Data Insertion 161 Inserting Complete Rows 161 Inserting Multiple Rows 165 Inserting Retrieved Data 166 Summary 168 20: Updating and Deleting Data 169 Updating Data 169 Deleting Data 171 Guidelines for Updating and Deleting Data 172 Summary 173 21: Creating and Manipulating Tables 175 Creating Tables 175 Basic Table Creation 176 Working with NULL Values 177 Primary Keys Revisited 179 Using AUTO_INCREMENT 180 Specifying Default Values 181 Engine Types 182 Updating Tables 183 Deleting Tables 185 Renaming Tables 185 Summary 186 22: Using Views 187 Understanding Views 187 Why Use Views 188 View Rules and Restrictions 188 Using Views 189 Using Views to Simplify Complex Joins 189 Using Views to Reformat Retrieved Data 191 Using Views to Filter Unwanted Data 192 Using Views with Calculated Fields 193 Updating Views 194 Summary 195 23: Working with Stored Procedures 197 Understanding Stored Procedures 197 Why Use Stored Procedures 198 Using Stored Procedures 199 Executing Stored Procedures 199 Creating Stored Procedures 200 Dropping Stored Procedures 201 Working with Parameters 202 Building Intelligent Stored Procedures 205 Inspecting Stored Procedures 208 Summary 208 24: Using Cursors 209 Understanding Cursors 209 Working with Cursors 209 Creating Cursors 210 Opening and Closing Cursors 210 Using Cursor Data 212 Summary 216 25: Using Triggers 217 Understanding Triggers 217 Creating Triggers 218 Dropping Triggers 219 Using Triggers 219 INSERT Triggers 219 DELETE Triggers 221 UPDATE Triggers 223 More on Triggers 223 Summary 224 26: Managing Transaction Processing 225 Understanding Transaction Processing 225 Controlling Transactions 227 Using ROLLBACK 227 Using COMMIT 228 Using Savepoints 229 Changing the Default Commit Behavior 230 Summary 230 27: Globalization and Localization 231 Understanding Character Sets and Collation Sequences 231 Working with Character Set and Collation Sequences 232 Summary 234 28: Managing Security 235 Understanding Access Control 235 Managing Users 236 Creating User Accounts 237 Deleting User Accounts 238 Setting Access Rights 238 Changing Passwords 241 Summary 242 29: Database Maintenance 243 Backing Up Data 243 Performing Database Maintenance 243 Diagnosing Startup Problems 245 Review Log Files 245 Summary 246 30: Improving Performance 247 Improving Performance 247 Summary 249 A: Getting Started with MariaDB 251 What You Need 251 Obtaining the Software 252 Installing the Software 252 Preparing to Try It Yourself 253 B: The Example Tables 255 Understanding the Sample Tables 255 Table Descriptions 256 Creating the Sample Tables 259 Using mysql 260 Using MySQL Workbench 261 C: MariaDB Datatypes 263 String Datatypes 263 Numeric Datatypes 265 Date and Time Datatypes 266 Binary Datatypes 266 D: MariaDB Reserved Words 269 Index 275.