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Querying Databases Using Transact-SQL

Gain insights into T-SQL syntax, table creation, data manipulation, and relationships. Delve into advanced constructs like stored procedures, functions, and triggers to enhance your database development skills.

Intermediate

51 Lessons

15h

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2 Assessments

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7 Quizzes

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Course Overview

T-SQL is a dialect of SQL that is used in Microsoft SQL Server. The popularity of Microsoft's database management system sustains high market demand for people well versed in T-SQL. This course teaches the core concepts and syntax of T-SQL. First, you will learn how to create tables, insert data, update existing records, and create relationships between tables. Then, you will be exposed to more advanced constructs of T-SQL, like stored procedures, functions, and triggers. By the end of the course, you w...Show More

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with T-SQL’s role in database development

Ability to read data from and write data to Microsoft SQL Server databases

A hands-on experience with T-SQL core syntax

A working knowledge of database development using functions, stored procedures, and other programmability objects.

Familiarity with T-SQL’s role in database development

Course Content

Before We Start

2 Lessons

Get familiar with T-SQL fundamentals, operations, and procedures for Microsoft SQL Server.

Introduction to the Course

Course Structure

T-SQL Basics

9 Lessons

Unpack the core of T-SQL, databases, tables, data manipulation, querying, filtering, and data modification.

Introduction to T-SQL

Databases: Creating and Removing

Tables: Creating and Removing

Inserting Data in Tables

Retrieving Data from Tables

Filtering the Data from Tables

Query Limits, and Distinct and Ordered Data

Updating and Deleting Data from Tables

Quiz Yourself: T-SQL Basics

Querying Multiple Tables

5 Lessons

Work your way through table relationships, foreign key constraints, and various SQL joins.

Table Relationships

Foreign Key Constraints: Inserting Data into Dependent Tables

Querying with Joins

Types of SQL Joins

Quiz Yourself: Querying Multiple Tables

Grouping and Aggregation

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of aggregate functions, GROUP BY, window functions, and the PARTITION BY clause in T-SQL.

Aggregate Functions

Uses of the GROUP BY Function

Window Functions

The PARTITION BY Clause

Quiz Yourself: Grouping and Aggregation

Subqueries

5 Lessons

Dig deeper into efficient data retrieval using subqueries, versatile use cases, and comparison operators.

Introduction to Subqueries

Use Cases for Subqueries

Comparing Values

Operators: EXISTS and IN

Quiz Yourself: Subqueries

T-SQL Fundamentals Assessment

Assessment

Built-in Functions

5 Lessons

Investigate T-SQL's string manipulation, date and time management, casting, and handling NULL values.

Working with String Values

Date and Time Functions

Casting and Conversion

Handling NULL

Quiz Yourself: Built-in Functions

T-SQL Programming Basics

9 Lessons

Build on T-SQL basics with views, variables, temporary tables, functions, and stored procedures.

Views

Variables

Temporary Tables

Scalar-Valued Functions

Table-Valued Functions

Stored Procedures

Stored Procedures: Input Parameters

Stored Procedures: Output Parameters

Quiz Yourself: T-SQL Programming Basics

Additional Programming Constructs

10 Lessons

Step through advanced T-SQL programming constructs for robust database management and control.

Raising and Throwing Errors

Transactions

Transaction Rollbacks

Transaction Isolation

Quiz Yourself: Additional Programming Constructs

Course Comprehension Assessment

Assessment

11.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Look at the next steps in advancing your MS SQL Server and T-SQL skills.

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