Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012/14/16 Course

Course Details:

Length: 5 days

Price: Private Group Training Only

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Course Features:

Live Instructor Teaching

Certificate of Completion

Digital Badge

Courseware: Print

Free 6 Month Online Retake

Hands-On Learning?: Yes

Software Lab Included?: Yes

Delivery Methods:

Live Online

Individuals and Groups
@ Your Location

Onsite for Teams

Group Teams
@ Your Organization

This is an instructor-led course. It is taught by an instructor live online or at organizations for groups.
For team training, we can teach onsite at your office or private live online.

Course Overview

Managing required information by storing and retrieving data is part of Database Administrators day-to-day activities. One of the most effective ways to manage required information is by using databases. You may need to manipulate and modify your table data based on changing business requirements. The course, Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Database Querying will help you use SQL Server 2012 as a tool to manage organizational data.

In today's competitive environment, information plays a vital role in determining the success of an organization. If you are able to effectively manage information, you can provide a competitive edge to your organization. Familiarizing yourself with database querying concepts will enable you to effectively manage your organizational data.

In this course, you will create queries to retrieve, add, update, and maintain your database data. You will also work with data sorting, built-in functions, stored procedures, subqueries, table operators, set operators, conditional operators, views, indexes, and error handling features of SQL Server 2012.

Register Early: Registration Deadline is 2 Weeks Prior to Class Start.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to write Transact-SQL queries in Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
You will:

Identify the SQL Server Platform and Tools
Examine the fundamentals of SQL Server 2012.
Work with Transact-SQL.
Write SELECT queries.
Work with SQL data types.
Sort and filter data.
Query data from multiple tables.
Modify data.
Work with SQL Server built-in functions.
Write programs in T-SQL.
Implement stored procedures.
Work with subqueries and table expressions.
Work with set operators, conditional operators, and window functions.
Work with PIVOT, UNPIVOT, and Grouping Sets.
Manage error handling and transactions.
Query SQL Server system metadata.
Optimize query performance.
Work with SQL Azure.

Course Notes

Course Taught With: 2012 software
SQL Server Versions That Can Attend: 2016, 2014, and 2012

Target Audience

TThis course is designed for Database Administrators, Database Developers and Business Intelligence professionals. This course will be attended by report writers, business analysts, and client application developers who wish to upgrade their skills and knowledge in SQL Server 2012.

Course Topics

Lesson 1: Getting Started with SQL Server 2012
Topic A: Overview of SQL Server 2012
Topic B: Work with SSMS

Lesson 2: Working with T-SQL
Topic A: Overview of T-SQL
Topic B: Work with T-SQL Statements
Topic C: Manage SQL Server Constraints

Lesson 3: Writing SELECT Queries
Topic A: Write SELECT Statements
Topic B: Assign Aliases Using Queries
Topic C: Write CASE Expressions

Lesson 4: Working with SQL Data Types
Topic A: Work with String and Numeric Data Types
Topic B: Work with Date and Time Data Types
Topic C: Work with Binary Data Types
Topic D: Work with the XML Data Type

Lesson 5: Sorting and Filtering Data
Topic A: Sort the Queried Data
Topic B: Filter the Queried Results
Topic C: Work with Predicates
Topic D: Perform Advanced Filtering

Lesson 6: Querying Data from Multiple Tables
Topic A: Combine Data Using Simple Joins
Topic B: Create Queries Using Join Algorithms

Lesson 7: Modifying Data
Topic A: Insert Data
Topic B: Update Data
Topic C: Delete Data
Topic D: Merge Data

Lesson 8: Working with SQL Server Built-in Functions
Topic A: Create Queries Using Built-in Functions
Topic B: Create Queries to Test Nullability
Topic C: Group and Aggregate Data

Lesson 9: Programming in T-SQL
Topic A: Work with Variables and Batches
Topic B: Control Program Flow
Topic C: Manage Triggers
Topic D: Work with Data Access Technologies

Lesson 10: Implementing Stored Procedures
Topic A: Manage Stored Procedures
Topic B: Work with Dynamic SQL

Lesson 11: Working with Subqueries and Table Expressions
Topic A: Work with Subqueries
Topic B: Work with Table Expressions

Lesson 12: Working with Set Operators, Conditional Operators, and Window Functions
Topic A: Work with Set Operators
Topic B: Work with Window Functions
Topic C: Configure User-Defined Functions (UDF)
Topic D: Work with Advanced Functions

Lesson 13: Working with PIVOT, UNPIVOT, and Grouping Sets
Topic A: Work with PIVOT and UNPIVOT
Topic B: Work with Grouping Sets

Lesson 14: Managing Error Handling and Transactions
Topic A: Implement Error Handling
Topic B: Manage Transactions

Lesson 15: Querying SQL Server System Metadata
Topic A: Work with System Databases
Topic B: Work with SSPs and SMOs
Topic C: Work with System Catalog Views

Lesson 16: Optimizing Query Performance
Topic A: Manage Query Plans
Topic B: Configure Indexes
Topic C: Manage Views
Topic D: Analyze Data from Query Plans

Lesson 17: Working with Windows Azure SQL Database
Topic A: Overview of WASD
Topic B: Work with WASD

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