Get Started with Lakebase
This course introduces Databricks Lakebase, a fully managed PostgreSQL service built into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform that brings operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads closer together.
The course begins with a conceptual lecture that compares OLTP and OLAP systems, explaining their different performance characteristics, storage models, and typical use cases. You will also explore the challenges organizations face when maintaining separate transactional databases and analytical platforms, including data movement, latency, and architectural complexity.
You will then learn how Databricks Lakebase helps address these challenges by providing a PostgreSQL-compatible operational database that integrates directly with the Databricks Lakehouse, enabling operational applications and analytics to work together within a unified platform.
This is a Get Started course, so the focus is on understanding the core concepts and basic workflows for working with Lakebase. Building full production applications on top of Lakebase is outside the scope of this course.
Note: Databricks Academy is transitioning to a notebook-based format for classroom sessions within the Databricks environment, discontinuing the use of slide decks for lectures.
In this course, the content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities:
• Access to a Databricks workspace with the Lakebase Database feature enabled
• An available All-purpose-compute OR Serverless cluster and a SQL Warehouse (2X-Small is sufficient).
• Create permissions for catalogs in your workspace.
• Intermediate SQL skills - Able to write and understand SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.
• Intermediate Python knowledge - Comfortable with Python functions, exceptions, and working with dictionaries/lists.
• Familiarity with OLTP fundamentals - Understands client-server relationships, ACID properties, database authentication, and concurrent access.
Upcoming Public Classes
Date | Time | Your Local Time | Language | Price |
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May 15 | 12 PM - 02 PM (Asia/Singapore) | - | English | Free |
May 21 | 03 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London) | - | English | Free |
May 27 | 09 AM - 11 AM (America/Los_Angeles) | - | English | Free |
Jun 24 | 12 PM - 02 PM (Asia/Singapore) | - | English | Free |
Jun 26 | 03 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London) | - | English | Free |
Jul 10 | 09 AM - 11 AM (America/Los_Angeles) | - | English | Free |
Jul 10 | 09 AM - 11 AM (America/Los_Angeles) | - | English | Free |
Jul 23 | 03 PM - 05 PM (Europe/London) | - | English | Free |
Jul 30 | 12 PM - 02 PM (Asia/Singapore) | - | English | Free |
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