Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL

Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL Course Overview

The Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL course covers the basics of the SQL language and more as implemented by Microsoft SQL Server. The course is designed to give delegates practical experience in writing Transact-SQL statements by hand using the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) development environment. The basic Transact-SQL statements, including the use of many built-in Transact-SQL functions will be covered along with more advanced coding techniques required by Database Administrators, Database Developers and BI professionals. This course covers Microsoft SQL Server up to version 2016.

The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:

• Writing SELECT queries
• Sorting and filtering data
• Using SQL aggregate functions
• Using SET operators
• Writing joins to query multiple tables
• Using built-in functions
• Using Subqueries
• Inserting, updating, deleting and merging rows
• Transaction control
• Creating and using views
• Using table expressions
• Enhanced Grouping and Pivoting data
• Using Windowing ranking, offset and ranking functions
• Creating and using Stored Procedures
• Controlling Program Flow
• Using Dynamic SQL
• Implementing Error Handling
• Improving Query Performance

Who will the Course Benefit?

Anyone who needs to access and work with a Microsoft SQL Server Database up to version 2016.

Course Objectives

To provide the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) coding skills needed to query and modify data held within a Microsoft SQL Server database.

Examinations

This course will cover some of the topics required for exams 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server and 70-761:Querying Data with Transact-SQLrespectively.

Before taking any exam, ensure you have the recommended experience. The Microsoft website lists all exam requirements and these are updated regularly.

Exams are not included as part of the course.

Requirements

There are no formal pre-requisites, although an understanding of databases and exposure to information technology in general would be useful.

Follow-On Courses

• Programming Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL

Notes:

• Course technical content is subject to change without notice.
• Course content is structured as sessions, this does not strictly map to course timings. Concepts, content and practicals often span sessions.

Course Contents - DAY 1Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: DATABASE CONCEPTS

• What is a database
• Database management systems
• Databases, Schemas, Tables, rows and columns
• Indexes, primary keys, unique constraints and foreign keys
• Supported data types
• System Tables

Session 2: USING SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT STUDIO

• Getting started with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
• Selecting a database
• Entering and executing SQL statements
• Creating, editing and executing SQL files

Session 3: WRITING SELECT QUERIES

• Writing simple SQL SELECT statement
• Using DISTINCT to remove duplicate data
• Filtering Data with Predicates
• Logical operators
• The ORDER BY clause
• Filtering with the TOP and OFFSET-FETCH
• Using Column aliases
• Arithmetic expressions
• Precedence of operators

Session 4: USING SET OPERATORS

• Writing Queries using the UNION operator
• Using the INTERSECT operator
• Using the EXCEPT operator
• Introducing the APPLY operator

Session 5: GROUPING AND AGGREGATING DATA

• Using aggregate functions
• Using the GROUP BY clause
• Using Rollup with GROUP BY
• Filtering grouped data with the HAVING clause

Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 2Session 6: QUERYING MULTIPLE TABLES

• Understanding JOINS
• CROSS Joins
• Using INNER Joins
• Using Table Aliases
• Using OUTER Joins: LEFT, RIGHT and FULL
• Using SELF JOINS

Session 7: NUMERIC AND CHARACTER FUNCTIONS

• Function types
• Testing functions
• Numeric functions
• Character functions

Session 8: DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS

• Date and time column types
• Date and time formats
• Functions to return Today’s date and time
• Functions to extract components of a date (Day, Month, Year)
• Date time arithmetic
• Displaying Dates in specific Date formats

Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 3Session 9: CONVERSION AND MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS

• Converting a string to a date
• Converting a string to a number
• Converting a number to a string
• Using Functions to work with NULL
• Using CASE expressions

Session 10: USING SUBQUERIES

• Using self contained subqueries
• Using correlated subqueries
• Using the EXISTS predicate with subqueries

Session 11: MANAGING DATA

• Inserting rows
• Updating rows
• Deleting rows
• Merging rows
• The truncate statement
• Transaction control

Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 4Session 12: USING TABLE EXPRESSIONS

• Creating and using Views
• Using Inline Table-Valued Functions
• Using Derived Tables
• Using Common Table Expressions

Session 13: ENHANCED GROUPING AND PIVOTING

• Working with GROUPING SETS
• Using ROLLUP, CUBE,GROUPING and GROUPING_ID
• Using PIVOT and UNPIVOT in Queries

Session 14: USING WINDOWING FUNCTIONS

• Using Window AGGREGATE functions in Queries
• Using Window RANK functions in Queries
• Using Window OFFSET functions in Queries

Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 5Session 15: IMPLEMENTING STORED PROCEDURES

• Overview of Stored Procedures
• Creating simple Stored Procedures
• Executing Stored Procedures
• Passing parameters to Stored Procedures

Session 16: PROGRAMMING WITH TRANSACT-SQL

• Using Programming Elements in Transact-SQL
• Controlling Program Flow with IF/ELSE
• Controlling Program Flow with WHILE
• Working with Dynamic SQL

Session 17: IMPLEMENTING ERROR HANDLING

• Structured error handling with TRY / CATCH block
• Unstructured error handling
• Generating error message using THROW and RAISEERROR
• Error handling in conjunction with Transaction Control

Session 18: IMPROVING QUERY PERFORMANCE

• Factors in Query Performance
• Displaying Query Performance Data