Course description
The Advanced Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL course is designed to give delegates practical experience in using more complex Transact-SQL techniques.
Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.
Who will the Course Benefit?IT Professionals and non-technical 'power users' who are required to implement more complex Transact-SQL queries.
Course ObjectivesTo provide more advanced coding skills for those already familiar with using basic Transact-SQL or as a follow-on course for those who have previously attended the Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL course.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
A working knowledge of SQL is required along with practical experience in writing SQL statements. This can be obtained by attendance on the pre-requisite Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL course.
Experience to the level as demonstrated in this course is recommended:
- Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL
Training Course Content
Advanced Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
- Creating and using Views
- Using Inline Table-Valued Functions
- Using Derived Tables
- Using Common Table Expressions
- Using PIVOT and UNPIVOT in Queries
- Working with GROUPING SETS
- Using ROLLUP, CUBE,GROUPING and GROUPING_ID
- Using Window AGGREGATE functions in Queries
- Using Window RANK functions in Queries
- Using Window OFFSET functions in Queries
Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 4: CREATE AND MANAGE TABLES- Creating tables
- Datatypes and Constraints
- Altering and Dropping tables
- Creating temporary tables
- Copying tables
- Creating and using Sequences and Synonyms
- Obtaining metadata
- Index types
- Creating indexes
- Performance considerations
- Filtered indexes
- Indexes on View
- Indexes with INCLUDE
- Dropping indexes
- Obtaining metadata
- INFORMATION_SCHEMA views
- Sys views
- Comparison between INFORMATION_SCHEMA and sys views
- Obtaining metadata in SSMS
- Factors in Query Performance
- Displaying Query Performance Data
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Average rating 5
Brilliant course, lovely attitude from Kevin. Never felt silly for not knowing answers and felt able to keep trying without being afraid to ask questions when needed.
I really enjoyed the course and found it very helpful. My lecturer was very professional and helpful with great ability to explain complicated terms.
Continuing Studies
Further Learning
- Programming Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL
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