The document is a beginner's guide to MariaDB, authored by Rodrigo Ribeiro Gonçalves, aimed at IT professionals and developers. It covers the installation, usage, and SQL scripting basics using MariaDB and HeidiSQL, structured into eight chapters with practical examples. The book is suitable for readers with basic Windows knowledge and an interest in databases, and it emphasizes creating strong database structures, handling transactions, and working with various database objects.

1. MariaDB – Beginners Guide
Author: Rodrigo Ribeiro Gonçalves
Available at www.amazon.com

2. About the author
• Bachelor degree in computer Science
• MBA in Project Management
• MCTS and MCITP in SQL SERVER 2008
• Author of “MySQL 5.6 – Beginners Book” available
at Amazon.

3. BOOK COVER

4. Who is this book for?
• Beginning IT professionals
• Developers
• Any IT professional that wants to learn about
MariaDB and SQL Script Language

5. What do I need to know
to enjoy this book?
• Basic Windows knowledge
• Interest in Database
• Any knowledge about programming is welcome, but
not essencial

6. Hardware and Software
requirements?
• Any computer running Windows XP
or superior

7. What is this book about?
•This book is suited for
beginning developers and IT
professionals who need to
learn how to download, install
and use MariaDB and the SQL
script language.

8. What is this book about?
•The SQL language basics is
described in detail to create
databases, tables, views,
procedures and functions, but
not only that.

9. What is this book about?
•This book presents the basics
of database design showing
how to build foreign keys to
relate tables and build strong
database structures..

10. What is this book about?
•All of this is presented using
MariaDB latest version and
HeidiSQL, the default visual
interface that is shipped with
the MariaDB installation.

11. Book Chapters
•The book is divided in 8
Chapters
•210 pages

12. ABOUT THE BOOK
•Within the book, to better
explain SQL and MariaDB,
a simple database
projects is built from
beginning to end

13. ABOUT THE BOOK
•Every chapter is divided in
topics and every topic
shows a simple
description followed by a
pratical example.

14. Example
1 The ALTER TABLE Command
• ALTER TABLE can be used for various purposes, such as: create
new columns and change existing columns, add or remove
foreign key and primary key constraints.
• To use ALTER TABLE to add a column named BirthDate using the
DATE data type, you must enter the name of the table to be
altered after the ALTER TABLE statement and the column name
(in this case BirthDate), followed by the data type after ADD
COLUMN command:
• ALTER TABLE TbCustomers
ADD COLUMN BirthDate DATE

15. Chapters
• What is addressed in every chapter??

16. Chapter 1
• Database definition
• Brief history of Database Systems and SQL
• Download and Install MariaDB
• More....

17. Chapter 2
• Getting closer to HeidiSQL, visual tool to interacts
with MariaDB and MySQL
• Much more....

18. Chapter 3
• First scripts
• Editing script files
• Variables
• Strings in MariaDB
• Much more....

19. Chapter 4
• Creating the first objects
• Creating a database
• MariaDB configuration and data files
• Much more....

20. Chapter 5
• Transactions
• Storage Engines
• Data Types
• Inserting, updating and deleting data
• Using WHERE and comparison operators
• Working with dates
• Much more....

21. Chapter 6
• Foreign Keys and referential integrity
• JOINS
• CASE
• Aggregations
• Aggregate functions
• Much more....

22. Chapter 7
• Procedures
• VIEWS
• Triggers
• Functions
• Flow control
• Events
• .... Much more....

23. Chapter 8
• Using information_schema
• Index and tuning
• Backup and restore database

24. Available at
•www.amazon.com

25. Read my other
book at amazon

26. Visit my blog
•www.tsqlmaster.blogspot.com