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PostgreSQL for Data Engineering

In this course, you’ll learn why moving to the PostgreSQL database management system helps you and your team share data more effectively. You’ll practice implementing a database using best security practices.

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Part of the Data Engineer (Python) path.

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Intermediate friendly
8 hours
Self paced
7 lessons
1 project

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PostgreSQL for Data Engineering

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Course overview

In this course, you’ll learn about the SQL database management system PostgreSQL and what differentiates it from SQLite. You’ll learn about proper data types for your data and why they’re important. You’ll also install PostgreSQL on your own machine and learn how to work with psycopg2, a Python database API for PostgreSQL that allows you to interact with PostgreSQL databases using Python.

Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll practice and get feedback directly in the browser. At the end of the course, you’ll complete a project that asks you to work on a real-life example — storing storm data in a PostgreSQL database.

Key skills

Identifying how PostgreSQL improves data sharing
Creating tables from a CSV file using PostgreSQL
Using best practices in database security and fast query speeds

Course outline

PostgreSQL for Data Engineering [7 lessons]

Introduction to Postgres 2h

Lesson Objectives

Define the basics of the Postgres database
Identify the differences between Postgres and SQLite

Creating Tables 2h

Lesson Objectives

Modify table column data types in Postgres
Employ proper datatypes for your data

Prepared Statements and SQL Injections 1h

Lesson Objectives

Define prepared statements
Define SQL injections

Loading and Extracting Data with Tables 2h

Lesson Objectives

Load data into Postgres tables
Copy data between tables

User and Database Management 1h

Lesson Objectives

Manage users and databases in Postgres
Create users using best security practices

Project: PostgreSQL Installation 1h

Lesson Objectives

Create a local Postgres database
Connect to a local Postgres database

Guided Project: Building a database for crime reports 1h

Lesson Objectives

Build a database
Load CSV data into a database

Projects in this course

PostgreSQL Installation

For this project, we’ll step into the role of developers tasked with setting up a local PostgreSQL database. We’ll install PostgreSQL, connect to it using Python’s psycopg2 library, and build skills in database management and programming.

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