From Padawan to Knight: Expanding your SQL skillset
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Do your SQL skills end at the banks of the Outer Join? This tutorial will help you to improve your SQL Fu.
Description
Most programmers’ knowledge of SQL plateaus after their first year or two of database programming; this tutorial aims to help the attendee move past the basic CRUD operations into making more intelligent databases. We will cover methods of moving business logic out of the application and into the database, including advanced query design, triggers, and stored procedures.
Tags
SQL, database, PostgreSQL
Speaking experience
Speaker
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Michael Alan Brewer
The University of Georgia- Website: http://www.franklin.uga.edu/people/mbrewer.htm
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Biography
Michael Brewer is the Lead Application Developer for the Franklin College Office of Information Technology at The University of Georgia. He designs database-backed web applications used by thousands of students and faculty and serves on several college and University-wide committees on Web development, best practices, and application security. In 2005, he won an Advising Technology Innovation Award from the National Academic Advising Association for an academic advising application he maintains; he recently joined the board of the United States PostgreSQL Association. He holds bachelor degrees in both Mathematics and Music from The University of Georgia and is a member of ASCAP.
Sessions
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- Title: Running an EDU on OSS
- Track: Culture
- Room: Burnside
- Time: 5:00 – 5:45pm
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Excerpt:
An examination and discussion of the various enterprise-class OSS tools available for course management, online collaboration, and administration for educational institutions.
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