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Classroom training - Advanced SQL

Classroom Training

Advanced SQL

Classroom training course - online version also available

£750 + VAT for most venues (£895 + VAT for London)

2 days

If you already know how to write SELECT statements in SQL, maybe it's time to find out how to program in SQL with our advanced course! Learn how to create stored procedures (including passing parameters to them), write your own user-defined functions, work with temporary tables and table variables and much more.

Course details

Possible locations:London, Manchester, Online
Next classroom course:Mon 13 July 2020
Time:09.30-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The contents of this course are as follows:

Stored procedures

Creating stored procedures
Executing stored procedures
System stored procedures

Variables

Declaring variables
SET versus SELECT
Tricks with variables
So-called global variables

Parameters and return values

Passing parameters
Default values / WHERE clauses
Output parameters
Using RETURN

Scalar functions

What they are
Writing user-defined functions
Worked examples
Pros and cons of scalar functions

Testing conditions

IF / ELSE statement
Using CASE where possible

Looping

Syntax of WHILE
Breaking out of a loop

Error-handling

Using TRY / CATCH
System error functions
Custom error messages

Deleting using SQL

Ways to drop tables
DELETE versus TRUNCATE

Updating data in SQL

The UPDATE statement
Updating using joins

Inserting data

Making tables (SELECT INTO)
Appending data (INSERT INTO)
Inserting individual rows

Creating tables

Creating tables in SQL
Primary keys and indexes
Adding relationships

Transactions

Beginning a transaction
Committing / rolling back

Temporary tables and table variables

Scope (local versus global)
Using temporary tables
Creating table variables
Pros and cons of each approach

Covered if time allows If time

Table-valued functions

In-line table-valued functions
Mult-statement table-valued functions

Derived tables and CTEs

Using derived tables
Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
Multiple CTEs in a single query

Covered if time allows If time

Debugging

Debugging queries and procedures
Setting breakpoints

Covered if time allows If time

Dynamic SQL

Building up dynamic SQL
Executing dynamic SQL
Disadvantages of dynamic SQL

Covered if time allows If time

Pivots

Assembling data for pivoting
Using PIVOT
Dynamic column headers

Covered if time allows If time

Triggers

Insert, update and delete triggers
Using generated tables (eg INSERTED)
Using INSTEAD OF

You should only attend this course if you have either attended our two-day introduction to SQL course or if you are comfortable creating queries using SQL. The course shows how to write the dialect of SQL used by Microsoft (called T-SQL), using SQL Server Management Studio as a development environment.

Why Choose Us?

No more than 5 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
533 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts (note that some of these reviews may be for our online courses).

"Loved the course and the content, it was carried out at a good pace and was interesting. Wise Owl has previously been used by the business for training courses."

Victoria Hardy (Argos Ltd)

"Trainer is very knowledgeable and is able to relate many examples to the various specific industries/organisations. Recommended by colleagues."

Matthew Norman (NHS Leeds CCG)

"We had a great trainer, very patient and excellent at explaining the content of the course. The course venue and equipment provided was of a very high standard, especially the in-depth instruction manual and memory stick (meaning we could take the code we’d wrote home with us). We were also taken out for lunch each day which was a really nice touch. Would highly recommend. "

Claire Leonard (Barbican Insurance Group)

"(Intro Power BI course) Excellent pace for 2 days. Plenty of interaction and humour. Great lunch breaks. (DAX course) Excellent course. Very well delivered on a "tricky" topic which could have sent me slightly mad. Great pace of delivery. This is the first time I felt I could do the same course again! (Advanced Power BI course) Excellent delivery of a new course. Quick measures were very useful after the DAX course (a good compliment)."

John Pelan (Coloplast Ltd)

"Excellent as always."

Lisa De Prudhoe (DataQ Ltd)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

Scheduled Advanced SQL training dates

Here are the classroom Advanced SQL courses we have scheduled for the next 3 months:

Dates	Days	Venue	Price	Booking
Mon/Tue 13-14 July 2020	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Thu/Fri 06-07 August 2020	2	London	£895	Book places
Thu/Fri 03-04 September 2020	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Thu/Fri 10-11 September 2020	2	London	£895	Book places
Tue/Wed 13-14 October 2020	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Tue/Wed 20-21 October 2020	2	London	£895	Book places
Tue/Wed 24-25 November 2020	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Tue/Wed 08-09 December 2020	2	London	£895	Book places

Date(s)	Venue
13/07	Manchester
06/08	London
03/09	Manchester
10/09	London
13/10	Manchester
20/10	London
24/11	Manchester
08/12	London

All prices exclude VAT. If you can't see the dates you want, ask us about running onsite SQL training at your offices (we'll even provide and set up the computers).

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