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SQL Interview Preparation – Advanced Level
Master advanced MySQL interview topics like transactions, stored routines, performance tuning, permissions, and practical data import and export tasks.
52 Lessons
3h
Updated 3 months ago
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- An understanding of transactions, savepoints, and isolation behavior in MySQL
- The ability to handle locking reads and concurrency issues with confidence
- Hands-on experience building stored routines using variables, loops, and cursors
- Familiarity with CTEs and window functions to solve advanced reporting tasks
- The ability to tune slow queries by reading plans and using optimizer guidance
- Working knowledge of SQL modes, permissions, and reliable data import and export
Learning Roadmap
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Transactions and Execution Control
Transactions and Execution Control
This module covers transaction management and locking to ensure consistent results under concurrency access.
3.
Stored Routines
Stored Routines
8 Lessons
8 Lessons
This covers the use of variables, parameters, conditionals, loops, and cursors within stored routines.
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SQL Flow Control and Validation
SQL Flow Control and Validation
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
This covers SQL flow control and validation via CTEs, view checks, and error handling in routines.
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Advanced Database Objects
Advanced Database Objects
8 Lessons
8 Lessons
This focuses on creating database objects that enforce rules and optimize access.
6.
Query Plans and Performance
Query Plans and Performance
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
This module explores execution plans and optimizer hints to enhance SQL query performance.
7.
SQL Modes and Permissions
SQL Modes and Permissions
8 Lessons
8 Lessons
This module explores SQL modes, locking reads, table locks, and permission management for data integrity.
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Data Import and Export
Data Import and Export
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
This introduces techniques for importing and exporting JSON and CSV data in MySQL.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course helps you prepare for advanced SQL interviews using MySQL 8.0 through hands-on, interview-style exercises.
Firstly, you’ll work with transaction-focused questions, covering topics such as concurrency and correctness, including transactions, savepoints, isolation behavior, and locking reads. Afterward, you will work with advanced SQL programming tasks using stored routines, variables, loops, and cursors. Next, you will solve analytical and reporting problems using CTEs and window functions. You will also focus on query optimization by analyzing execution plans and applying performance tuning techniques.
By the end of the course, you will be comfortable with practical topics employers expect at senior levels, including SQL modes, permissions, and reliable data import and export workflows.
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