Transact-SQL Online Training Course Content

  • Relational Database Basics
    • Brief History of SQL
    • Relational Databases [may be compressed due to attendee experience]
      • Tables
      • Rows
      • Columns
      • Relationships
      • Datatypes
      • Primary Keys
      • Foreign Keys
      • Relational Database Management System
    • SQL Server Objects
      • Valid Object References
    • SQL Statements
      • Database Manipulation Language (DML)
      • Database Definition Language (DDL)
      • Database Control Language (DCL)
  • Simple SELECTs with SQL Server
    • Introduction to the Northwind Database
    • Some Basics
      • Comments
      • Whitespace and Semi-colons
      • Case Sensitivity
    • SELECTing All Columns in All Rows
    • Exploring the Tables
    • SELECTing Specific Columns
    • Sorting Records
      • Sorting By a Single Column
      • Sorting By Multiple Columns
      • Sorting By Column Position
      • Ascending and Descending Sorts
    • The WHERE Clause and Operator Symbols
      • Checking for Equality
      • Checking for Inequality
      • Checking for Greater or Less Than
      • Checking for NULL
      • WHERE and ORDER BY
    • The WHERE Clause and Operator Words
      • The BETWEEN Operator
      • The IN Operator
      • The LIKE Operator
      • The NOT Operator
    • Checking Multiple Conditions
      • AND
      • OR
      • Order of Evaluation
    • Writing SELECTs with Multiple Conditions
  • Advanced SELECTs with SQL Server
    • Calculated Fields
      • Concatenation
      • Mathematical Calculations
      • Aliases
    • Aggregate Functions and Grouping
      • Aggregate Functions
      • Grouping Data
    • Built-in Data Manipulation Functions
      • Common Math Functions
      • Common String Functions
      • Common Date Functions
  • Subqueries, Joins, and Unions with SQL Server
    • Subqueries
    • Joins
      • Table Aliases
      • Multi-table Joins
    • Outer Joins
    • Unions
      • UNION ALL
      • UNION Rules
  • Inserting, Updating and Deleting Records with SQL Server
    • INSERT
    • UPDATE
    • DELETE
  • Creating and Modifying Tables with SQL Server
    • Creating Tables
    • Datatypes
    • Altering Tables
      • Adding a Column
      • Dropping a Column
    • Renaming Tables
    • Dropping Tables
  • Views and Stored Procedures in SQL Server
    • Creating Views
    • Dropping Views
    • Creating Stored Procedures
      • Designing a stored procedure
      • Specifying input parameters
      • Returning a recordset
      • Returning output parameters
    • Testing stored procedures
  • Conclusion