Business Intelligence training - Introduction to SQL

SQL Training

SQL for Beginners Training Course

£695 + VAT for most venues (£795 + VAT for London)

2 days

You can use SQL to retrieve information from your corporate database (providing, of course, that you understand its structure). This two-day introductory course will show you how to create tables in SQL Server, and then how to write SQL to extract information from them. You'll learn about the WHERE clause (for setting criteria); the ORDER BY clause; how to aggregate data using GROUP BY; and how to create inner, outer and full joins!

Course details

Locations:London, Manchester
Next course:Thu 27 February 2020
Time:09.30-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The content of this course are as follows:

Using SQL Server

Using Object Explorer
Hiding system objects

Creating databases - overview

Designing databases
Primary keys
Indexing fields

Working with tables

Creating tables
Allowing nulls or not
Identity fields

Database diagrams

Creating database diagrams
Joining tables with relationships

Simple Queries

Creating queries
Comments
Indentation and case

Setting criteria using WHERE

Wildcards (% and _)
Setting criteria for dates
Coping with nulls

Outputting to Excel

Results, text and grid options
Copying and pasting column headings
Exporting using SQL
Exporting using the menu

Calculations

Calculated columns
Using aliases
String functions and concatenation

Calculations using dates

GetDate
Converting dates
Useful date functions

Basic joins

Inner joins
Table aliases
Left and right outer joins

More exotic joins

Cross joins
Full outer joins
Self joins

Aggregation and grouping

SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX
Various ways to count
Grouping by fields
Using HAVING to filter results

Views

The view designer
Limitations of the designer
Scripting views

Covered if time allows If time

Subqueries

The concept of a subquery
Using ALL, ANY and IN
Using EXISTS
Correlated subqueries

Covered if time allows If time

Derived tables and CTEs

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

There aren't any pre-requisites for this course, although you'll find it easier if you've already seen a relational database (one with lots of tables joined together). The course uses SQL Server Management Studio, although if you're booking an onsite SQL course we will on request use Azure Data Studio instead.

Why Choose Us?

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

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Sample customer feedback

"Great course, will come back for others!"

Amy Thorpe (Retail Insight (RI))

"The trainer made the whole training easy to understand. He was very patient with me and explained things very clearly when required. Very friendly and fun."

Cristina Schmidt (Wiggins LLP)

"Very good course, paced correctly, full answers given. Like the memory stick; will be very, very useful."

Robert Stevenson (Cross Keys Homes)

"Good course, well run and lively trainer! Good to take completed work/exercises home on USB. "

Michelle Vandyke (NHS South, Central and West CSU)

"(Intro to SQL).100%. A+++. (Adv C#, Classes & LINQ). A++. Really enjoyed and very helpful course. No faults whatsoever. Will use Wise Owl again"

Tom Derbyshire (PAM Group)

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Scheduled Introduction to SQL training dates

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

Dates	Days	Venue	Price	Booking
Thu/Fri 27-28 February 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Fully booked
Tue/Wed 03-04 March 2020	2	London	£795	Fully booked
Mon/Tue 16-17 March 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Thu/Fri 02-03 April 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Mon/Tue 11-12 May 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Wed/Thu 27-28 May 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Thu/Fri 04-05 June 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Thu/Fri 25-26 June 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Tue/Wed 07-08 July 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Tue/Wed 28-29 July 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Thu/Fri 13-14 August 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Tue/Wed 15-16 September 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Tue/Wed 22-23 September 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Thu/Fri 15-16 October 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Thu/Fri 22-23 October 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Tue/Wed 17-18 November 2020	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Thu/Fri 26-27 November 2020	2	London	£795	Book places
Thu/Fri 17-18 December 2020	2	London	£795	Book places

Date(s)	Venue
27/02	Manchester
03/03	London
16/03	Manchester
02/04	London
11/05	Manchester
27/05	London
04/06	Manchester
25/06	London
07/07	Manchester
28/07	London
13/08	Manchester
15/09	Manchester
22/09	London
15/10	Manchester
22/10	London
17/11	Manchester
26/11	London
17/12	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).