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Resources to Learn Programming #3

Database Administration Fundamentals (WS17SQL1007) – Day 10

We have finished our five-week adventure into the land of SQL (WS17SQL1007). Thank you for joining us.

By the way, try to figure out what the following prints. You might not need to go to http: //ascii.cl/.

DECLARE @yourNAME VARCHAR(50),
        @yourCRSE VARCHAR(11);

SET @yourNAME = '#space_holder_for_your_name#';
                                -- your name in this param
SET @yourCRSE = 'WS17SQL1007';  -- this class ending today

PRINT   CHAR(84) +CHAR(104)+CHAR(97) +CHAR(110)+CHAR(107)+
        CHAR(32) +CHAR(121)+CHAR(111)+CHAR(117)+CHAR(44) +
        CHAR(32) +@yourNAME+CHAR(44) +CHAR(32) +CHAR(102)+
        CHAR(111)+CHAR(114)+CHAR(32) +CHAR(116)+CHAR(97) +
        CHAR(107)+CHAR(105)+CHAR(110)+CHAR(103)+CHAR(32) +
        CHAR(99) +CHAR(108)+CHAR(97) +CHAR(115)+CHAR(115)+
        CHAR(32) +@yourCRSE+CHAR(46) +CHAR(13) +CHAR(83) +
        CHAR(101)+CHAR(101)+CHAR(32) +CHAR(121)+CHAR(111)+
        CHAR(117)+CHAR(32) +CHAR(105)+CHAR(110)+CHAR(32) +
        CHAR(116)+CHAR(104)+CHAR(101)+CHAR(32) +CHAR(105)+
        CHAR(110)+CHAR(116)+CHAR(101)+CHAR(114)+CHAR(109)+
        CHAR(101)+CHAR(100)+CHAR(105)+CHAR(97) +CHAR(116)+
        CHAR(101)+CHAR(32) +CHAR(99) +CHAR(108)+CHAR(97) +
        CHAR(115)+CHAR(115)+CHAR(46) +CHAR(13) +CHAR(13) +
        CHAR(70) +CHAR(46) +CHAR(79) +CHAR(108)+CHAR(118)+
        CHAR(101)+CHAR(114)+CHAR(97) +CHAR(13) +CHAR(102)+
        CHAR(111)+CHAR(108)+CHAR(118)+CHAR(101)+CHAR(114)+
        CHAR(97) +CHAR(64) +CHAR(98) +CHAR(109)+CHAR(99) +
        CHAR(99) +CHAR(46) +CHAR(99) +CHAR(117)+CHAR(110)+
        CHAR(121)+CHAR(46) +CHAR(101)+CHAR(100)+CHAR(117)+
        CHAR(13) +CHAR(104)+CHAR(116)+CHAR(116)+CHAR(112)+
        CHAR(58) +CHAR(47) +CHAR(47) +CHAR(102)+CHAR(111)+
        CHAR(108)+CHAR(118)+CHAR(101)+CHAR(114)+CHAR(97) +
        CHAR(46) +CHAR(99) +CHAR(111)+CHAR(109)+CHAR(109)+
        CHAR(111)+CHAR(110)+CHAR(115)+CHAR(46) +CHAR(103)+
        CHAR(99) +CHAR(46) +CHAR(99) +CHAR(117)+CHAR(110)+
        CHAR(121)+CHAR(46) +CHAR(101)+CHAR(100)+CHAR(117)+
        CHAR(47) ;          -- calling characters in ASCII

Download the class notes for day 10.

Top (Best) Programming Languages to Learn in 2017

According to IBM developerWorks, the top languages are the following.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has its own list.

Every site has different list, but IBM developerWorks and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are respectable sources.

Database Administration Fundamentals (WS17SQL1007) – Day 6

I have emailed all students a one-time invitation to my Slack channel (https://sqlhq.slack.com/) where you can post any question/comment and get answers/response by your fellow students.

Last night we worked on a long lab covering all material that we have covered so far. Next week we will start to CREATE data objects, INSERT data into tables and DROP data objects.

Download the class notes for day 6.

Database Administration Fundamentals (WS17SQL1007) – Day 5

We are half-way done (fifth class of ten). We will stop covering new material in order to review all the material we have covered so far. You need to understand and know the syntax well as this is the foundation of SQL. We will then continue and cover how to CREATE and ALTER database objects.

Download the class notes for day 5.