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SQL Server training - Introduction to SQL

SQL Training

Introduction to SQL (2 days)

£625 + VAT for most venues (£750 + VAT for London)

You can use SQL to retrieve information from your corporate database (providing, of course, that you understand its structure). This two-day 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 for Introduction to SQL coursesLocations:London, Manchester
  • Next Introduction to SQL course locationNext course:Thu 05 October 2017
  • Introduction to SQL course timesTime:09.30-16.30

Course Contents

Using SQL Server

  • Training topicUsing Object Explorer
  • Training topicHiding system objects

Creating databases - overview

  • Training topicDesigning databases
  • Training topicPrimary keys
  • Training topicIndexing fields

Working with tables

  • Training topicCreating tables
  • Training topicAllowing nulls or not
  • Training topicIdentity fields

Database diagrams

  • Training topicCreating database diagrams
  • Training topicJoining tables with relationships

Simple Queries

  • Training topicCreating queries
  • Training topicComments
  • Training topicIndentation and case

Setting criteria using WHERE

  • Training topicWildcards (% and _)
  • Training topicSetting criteria for dates
  • Training topicCoping with nulls

Outputting to Excel

  • Training topicResults, text and grid options
  • Training topicCopying and pasting column headings
  • Training topicExporting using SQL
  • Training topicExporting using the menu

Calculations

  • Training topicCalculated columns
  • Training topicUsing aliases
  • Training topicString functions and concatenation

Calculations using dates

  • Training topicGetDate
  • Training topicConverting dates
  • Training topicUseful date functions

Basic joins

  • Training topicInner joins
  • Training topicTable aliases
  • Training topicLeft and right outer joins

More exotic joins

  • Training topicCross joins
  • Training topicFull outer joins
  • Training topicSelf joins

Aggregation and grouping

  • Training topicSUM, AVG, MIN, MAX
  • Training topicVarious ways to count
  • Training topicGrouping by fields
  • Training topicUsing HAVING to filter results

Views

  • Training topicThe view designer
  • Training topicLimitations of the designer
  • Training topicScripting views

Covered if time allows If time

Subqueries

  • Training topicThe concept of a subquery
  • Training topicUsing ALL, ANY and IN
  • Training topicUsing EXISTS
  • Training topicCorrelated subqueries

Covered if time allows If time

Derived tables and CTEs

  • Training topicUsing derived tables
  • Training topicCommon Table Expressions (CTEs)
  • Training topicMultiple CTEs in a single query

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Sample customer feedback

"Good content, really useful and the speed was just right."

Marcus Tillbrook (Swinton Insurance)

"Great course, really useful. Excellent presentation and good resources."

Richard Baines (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

"Really enjoyed the course and content. Perhaps have some more exercise examples to take away to work on our own. I'm just being greedy - haha!"

David Johnston (D M J Business Consulting)

"Really enjoyed the course, which provided a good grounding. I'm hoping to come back and do the next level!"

Philip Wood (Macquarie Energy Leasing)

"Really valued learning about joins. The instructor made sure everyone understood before moving on."

Andrew Palmer (London South Bank University)

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You will get more out of the course if you are already familiar with at least one relational database, whether built in Access or SQL Server.

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