4. What is a database? Databases take the stress out of finding information!
5. Why do we need them? An Excel Spreadsheet is a “flat file”, meaning it has a bunch of information over & over again, with no way to customize what you see or avoiding duplicate information.
6. How are they used? A relational database is a single database spread across multiple tables. Think of a database as a file cabinet and each drawer of the file cabinet as a table within the database
7. Even though a database looks like this when you see one in real life…. Please allow me to introduce you to a DATABASE!!!
8. REALITY CHECK! … this is a database without its “makeup”!
9. Don’t be afraid by what you saw on the previous slide, because I totally make sense! So let’s get beyond my bad hair day & bloated appearance, & get to know the “real” me! Activity #1: Introducing Databases
16. Activity #2: Running a Query to Retrieve Specific Data , & Activity #3: Customizing a View Return to SQLEXPRESS, & in the same query window but on a blank line, type “SELECT * FROM WhoDatedWho WHERE GirlName = ‘Paris’ “ , then again press F5 to run the query
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18. Now, to create a View: In the left column where the database objects are listed, scroll way down past the last table “WhoDatedWho” until you see a folder entitled “Views”. Right click, then select “New View”. In the “Add Table” dialogue box, select “WhoDatedWho”, click “Add”, then click “Close”
19. You now have access to the “WhoDatedWho” table so you can select columns from it to make your View. Click the “GirlName” column, then finish the query so that it says “SELECT GirlName FROM dbo.WhoDatedWho WHERE (GirlName = ‘Paris’)
20. Click the Menu Item “File”, then click “Savexxxxxiew#”. You will then be prompted to choose a name for the View. I named mine “HowManyMenHaveDatedParisHilton”, but you can name it whatever you please!
21. You now have created a VIEW! You are now a coding hero! For YOU!!!!!!
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Editor's Notes
HI, MY NAME IS KIM SCHMIDT & I AM A MICROSOFT CERTIFIED APPLICATION DEVELOPER. YOU CAN ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT ME TOMORROW EITHER DURING THE COLLEGE PREP SESSION OR THE JOB SHADOWING SESSION. LOOKING AT THE SCREEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS CLASS IS ABOUT? DATABASES!!! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FIRST ROW: CHAD MICHEAL MURRAY “One Tree Hill, high school football star” LL COOL J “Singer, engaged to Beyonce” DAVID BECKHAM “Soccer Phemon, married to Posh Spice” JOE JONAS “The Jonas Brothers, singers” BRAD PITT “Actor, part of duo Bradgelina” SECOND ROW: JOHNNY DEPP “Actor…..” VIN DIESEL “Actor, XXX Movies” (not X-rated, movies entitled “Triple X”) MATTHEW CcCONAUGHEY “Actor” JAKE GYLLENHAAL “Actor, ‘Brokeback Mountain’” NICK JONAS “The Jonas Brothers, singers” DENZEL WASHINGTON “Actor” THIRD ROW: ZACH EFFRON “High School Musical” ANDY GARCIA “Oceans ‘whatever number’, Actor” P DIDDY “Singer” HOMER SIMPSON “TV & Movie Star” JOSHUA “Winner of ‘So You Can Dance’ LEONARDO DICAPRIO “Actor, Titanic & more” MARC ANTHONY “Singer, married to JLo”
