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SQL - Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL 2778



     

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This outline is available as a private course. Please contact us to arrange this course at a venue and date of your choice.
Private courses can be held at your site or one of our training venues, and can be customised to fit your requirements.

You can choose to have a private course based on an existing outline or you can choose the most applicable lessons from a number of different outlines and consolidate them into one course.

We can also write bespoke courses to fit your specific requirements, whether you require training on a standard application or a bespoke inhouse system.

Please contact us to discuss this further on 0191 377 8377.

Course Overview

This course is intended to provide students with the technical skills required to write basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. It is a very hands on course that covers SQL query writing from the basics to advanced queries.

Prerequisites

Objectives

Course Content

Getting Started with Databases and Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2008

    Overview and Syntax Elements of T-SQL
    Overview of SQL Server Databases
    Overview of SQL Server 2008
    Using T-SQL Querying Tools
    Working with T-SQL Scripts

Querying and Filtering Data

    Performance Considerations for Writing Queries
    Using the SELECT Statement
    Filtering Data
    Working with NULL Values
    Formatting Result Sets

Grouping and Summarizing Data

    Creating Crosstab Queries
    Summarizing Data by Using Aggregate Functions
    Summarizing Grouped Data
    Ranking Grouped Data

Joining Multiple Tables

    Querying Multiple Tables by Using Joins
    Applying Joins for Typical Reporting Needs
    Combining and Limiting Result Set

Working with Subqueries

    Comparing Subqueries with Joins and Temporary Tables
    Writing Basic Subqueries
    Using Common Table Expressions
    Writing Correlated Subqueries

Modifying Data in Tables

    Deleting Data from Tables
    Updating Data in Tables
    Inserting Data into Tables
    Overview of Transactions

Querying Metadata, XML, and Full-Text Indexes

    Querying Full-Text Indexes
    Querying Metadata
    Overview of XML
    Querying XML Data
    Overview of Full-Text Indexes

Using Programming Objects for Data Retrieval

    Overview of Triggers
    Overview of Views
    Overview of Stored Procedures
    Overview of User-Defined Functions
    Writing Distributed Queries

Using Advanced Querying Techniques

    Maintaining Query Files
    Considerations for Querying Data
    Working with Data Types
    Cursors and Set-Based Queries
    Dynamic SQL

Training Options

  • Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at one of our training venues (Durham, Newcastle or Washington) or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • Bespoke course written to your specific needs, at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • For further information please contact us on 0191 377 8377

What's Included

  • 1 delegate per computer
  • Relaxed refreshment area at our training venues
  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venue
  • Comprehensive course manual and exercises
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SQL Server training courses in North East England, Durham, Washington, SQL Server 2005 Querying Using Transact Newcastle, North East


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