Querying Data with Transact-SQL

The main purpose of the course is to give students a good understanding of the Transact-SQL language which is used by all SQL Server-related disciplines; namely, Database Administration, Database Development and Business Intelligence. As such, the primary target audience for this course is: Database Administrators, Database Developers and BI professionals.

• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.

Kursziel

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016.
• Describe T-SQL, sets, and predicate logic.
• Write a single table SELECT statement.
• Write a multi-table SELECT statement.
• Write SELECT statements with filtering and sorting.
• Describe how SQL Server uses data types.
• Write DML statements.
• Write queries that use built-in functions.
• Write queries that aggregate data.
• Write subqueries.
• Create and implement views and table-valued functions.
• Use set operators to combine query results.
• Write queries that use window ranking, offset, and aggregate functions.
• Transform data by implementing pivot, unpivot, rollup and cube.
• Create and implement stored procedures.
• Add programming constructs such as variables, conditions, and loops to T-SQL code.

Kursinhalt

• Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2016
• Introduction to T-SQL Querying
• Writing SELECT Queries
• Querying Multiple Tables
• Sorting and Filtering Data
• Working with SQL Server 2016 Data Types
• Using DML to Modify Data
• Using Built-In Functions
• Grouping and Aggregating Data
• Using Subqueries
• Using Table Expressions
• Using Set Operators
• Using Windows Ranking, Offset, and Aggregate Functions
• Pivoting and Grouping Sets
• Executing Stored Procedures
• Programming with T-SQL
• Implementing Error Handling
• Implementing Transactions