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Here are some comments we've received about our SQL Server + training. You can see all of our 471 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.
"An excellent trainer, efficient and knowledgeable. If someone dropped from the session he'd get them up to speed quickly and without disrupting the flow of the course. The course was well designed and the exercises helped to cement lessons. I also have the physical course manual and exercises, which will be a great resource for me going forward."
Angus Wood
Liberty Speciality Markets / Global
"A really enjoyable course, very well led by the trainer. Course materials very comprehension. Would recommend WiseOwl to others as a great provider. "
Jo Whiteside
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
"Good structure to the course, with a good teacher. We had some good rapport too, this helped by being a 1-1 session. There is quite a lot to cover, however having the physical copy of the course content along with the files that we worked on will help me practice topics that could not be covered in depth, in my personal time. My colleague took this course several years ago and recommended it to me."
James Twigg
Sepura plc
"A really helpful course, the content was just right in terms of a mix of more simple and more advanced tasks. I learned loads of new stuff. Our trainer was great and I'd recommend the company again."
Jenny Bowman
University of Lincoln
"It was a great introductory course at a good pace. I had no prior SQL knowledge and found it really useful. It's good that we could copy over the exercises at the end of the course to enable us to practice in our own time. Our trainer was very friendly and approachable"
Cheryl Walker
APSE Manchester
"The course instructor was very knowledgeable, engaging and enthusiastic to keep everyone involved. The course was not overwhelming and I came away feeling I've learned quite a bit more about SQL."
John Payne
Liquid Logic (System C)
SQL Server is Microsoft's flagship database. Simplifying slightly, you can divide it into the following parts:
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Database development | The first thing to do in SQL Server is to create a database, consisting of a number of different related tables. We don't run formal training courses in this as everyone's needs are different, but we can lend you our 30+ yeras of experience of building systems in the form of SQL Server consultancy. |
Database querying | Most SQL Server users already have a database; what they want to do is to write queries to get the data out using Transact SQL, Microsoft's dialect of SQL (Structured Query Language). We run a two-day course showing how to select data from a database, and an advanced two-day course showing how to write stored procedures and program in SQL. |
Database reporting | SQL queries just output data in tabular format. SQL Server Reporting Services (often abbreviated to SSRS) allows you to create paginated reports based on the tables in your database for printing, converting to Excel or emailing out to interested parties (Report Builder is a version of SSRS which allows you to create one report at a time - you can see the differences between SSRS and Report Builder here). |
ETL | SQL Server Integration Services (often abbreviated to SSIS) allows you to Extract, Transform and Load data (so SSIS is often referred to as an ETL package). SSIS one of Wise Owl's favourite products, letting you draw pretty pictures showing how your data is moving around! |
Data warehousing | A SQL Server database is called an OLTP (getting weary of these acronyms yet?) or online transaction processing database, but SQL Server also allows you to create an OLAP (online analytical processing) database using something called SQL Server Analysis Services (or SSAS for short). Past versions of SSAS required you to build something called cubes, but for many years now you have been able to use the SSAS tabular model to produce a database containing aggregated data for quick reporting. |
If you're not sure where to start with all this, please get in touch and ask!
You can see a further guide to the various parts of SQL Server - and the courses we run in them - here.
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