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Course: Outline
Module 1: Discovering the Database
Lessons:
- Basic Table Metadata
- Foundations of Relationships of Data Modeling
- Relationships in Data Modeling
- Database Diagramming
- Preparing to Write SQL
Module 2: Accessing Tables
Lessons:
- The Basic SELECT
- Introducing Joins: Single Join Queries
- Multiple Join Queries
Module 3: Filtering the Data
Lessons:
- Basic Filtering
- Complex Filtering
- Advanced Filtering
Module 4: Displaying Data
Lessons:
- Defining the Result Set
- Manipulating Numbers and Data Types
- Controlling Output Rows
Module 5: Aggregating Data
Lessons:
- Grouping Data
Module 6: Modifying the Data
Lessons:
- Inserting Data
- Deleting Data
- Updating Data
Audience
This course is intended for Business Analysts, System Administrators, Database Administrators and other professionals with no programming or SQL experience. This course is valuable for anyone who needs to learn how to write a SELECT statement to access SQL Server databases.
Prerequisites
- Ability to work with the Windows operating system
- Windows login, startup of applications and programs, menu and toolbar manipulation skills
- Basic knowledge of the purpose of a database
What You Will Learn
- Use the SQL Server Management Studio tool to browse the definition of the database, find necessary object names, create database diagrams, and execute a SQL query to return data rows.
- Write a simple SELECT statement, returning all the columns and rows and formulate meaningful join strategy to bring together all necessary data.
- Write a WHERE clause to filter the rows based on equality, a list of values, a range of values and a wildcard character condition.
- Understand the impact on filtering based on implicit data conversions using data type precedence and how to create a proper search argument.
- Control the display of data in a SQL SELECT including renaming columns, using simple expressions with function to change output values, conditionally change the output values using CASE expressions, sort the result set, eliminate duplicate rows and control the number of rows returned.
- Write Transact-SQL queries that aggregate values across rows based a group and filter the result set based on aggregated values.