Databases in Ruby on Rails: Advanced Concepts
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Overview/Description
This course covers how to use advanced features to work with Ruby on Rails databases. It covers star schemas, lists and calendar tables, multi-valued dimensions as well as columnar databases. It also covers working with the InnoDB engine as well as managing deadlocks, scan locks and concurrency.
Target Audience
Programmers who want to learn to use advanced features available for working with databases in Ruby on Rails
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.1
Lesson Objectives Databases in Ruby on Rails: Advanced Concepts
start the course
demonstrates the uses of Star Schemas and explain an example showing Fact and Dimension tables
up a range of models through the use of a Star Schema
use a star schema in a Ruby on Rails application for warehouse type queries
represent a child table of objects as an ordered list in Ruby on Rails
use Ruby on Rails to build a Calendar table with multiple fields, and use code to insert data into the table
create a table for multi-valued dimensions in Ruby on Rails
write a query for data stored as multi-valued dimensions in a database in Ruby on Rails
work with a columnar database using Ruby on Rails.
set up the InnoDB engine in Ruby on Rails to support transactions that the default MySQL storage engine otherwise doesn't support
work with InnoDB locking in Rails using a transaction and a controller
resolve deadlocks when working with databases in Ruby on Rails
uses various tools and ways to avoid table scans and negate table locks in Ruby on Rails databases
outline ways to efficiently deploy multi-threaded Ruby on Rails applications on a multi-threaded server and a multi-process server.
fine tune your application to effectively deal with concurrent requests in Ruby on Rails
a unique key constraint and then have the Ruby on Rails model validate it with a couple of simple commands
index a Ruby on Rails database variable as a foreign key
create and use a Star Schema
Course Number: pg_rubr_a05_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate