Course · Intermediate
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.
- Intermediate friendly
- 7 hrs
- 6 lessons
- 1 project
- Premium
Course overview
Build hands-on PostgreSQL skills for data engineering by designing tables, loading CSV data, and managing databases beyond SQLite.
What's inside
6 lessons · 1 project
- 01 73 minIntroduction to Postgres
Learn what makes Postgres a powerful analytics database, as well as its similarities to SQLite.
- 02 89 minCreating Tables
Learn how to modify tables with proper data types in Postgres.
- 03 53 minPrepared Statements and SQL Injections
Learn about prepared statements and SQL injections
- 04 80 minLoading and Extracting Data with Tables
Learn how to load and extract data using Postgres tables.
- 05 60 minUser and Database Management
Learn how to manage your users and databases with Postgres.
- 06 6 minProject: 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.
- 07 46 minGuided Project: Building a database for crime reports Project
For this project, we'll step into the role of database administrators to build a PostgreSQL database for storing and managing data on crime reports in Boston.
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