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SQL Training

Advanced SQL Training Course

£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

Locations:Manchester, London
Next course:Tue 21 August 2018
Time:09.30-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

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

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

Cursors

Syntax of fetching rows
Why not to use cursors!

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 the generated tables (eg INSERTED)
Using INSTEAD OF

Why Choose Us?

No more than 6 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
531 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

"Excellent communication. Recommended by colleague."

Will Ridge (Leeds City Council)

"The content is fantastic and the small class sizes allow for more personal learning experience. Location and price are good."

Lisa Sorrell (University of Leeds)

"Excellent courses which covered everything I wanted to learn and then some. The exercises challenging and interesting. The subject data is a very good idea and appeals to users from any background. This will be my last course for now – I’ve got used to the Minshull Street site! I can’t recommend the courses enough, great site, great trainers, great content. Hopefully my colleagues will be coming to you in the future."

David Bell-Hartley (UHSM NHS Foundation Trust)

"Really useful content - particularly like being able to use USB to take data/saved queries to practice at home."

Lydia Vye (Cifas)

"Lovely venue with everything provided. Trainer took us through some stuff which wasn't on the list. Gave possible solutions about some problems we have with data. Very good price and came recommended."

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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.

Scheduled Advanced SQL training dates

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

Dates	Days	Venue	Price	Booking
Tue/Wed 21-22 August 2018	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Tue/Wed 04-05 September 2018	2	London	£895	Book places
Thu/Fri 04-05 October 2018	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Tue/Wed 30-31 October 2018	2	London	£895	Book places
Thu/Fri 22-23 November 2018	2	Manchester	£750	Book places
Thu/Fri 06-07 December 2018	2	London	£895	Book places

Date(s)	Venue
21/08	Manchester
04/09	London
04/10	Manchester
30/10	London
22/11	Manchester
06/12	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).