Querying Data with Transact-SQL (20761)

 

Course Overview

This course is designed to introduce students to Transact-SQL. It is designed in such a way that the first three days can be taught as a course to students requiring the knowledge for other courses in the SQL Server curriculum. Days 4 & 5 teach the remaining skills required to take exam 70-761.

Who should attend

The main purpose of the course is to give students a good understanding of the Transact-SQL language which is used by all SQL Server-related disciplines; namely, Database Administration, Database Development and Business Intelligence. As such, the primary target audience for this course is: Database Administrators, Database Developers and BI professionals.

Prerequisites

  • Working knowledge of relational databases.
  • Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe key capabilities and components of SQL Server 2016.
  • Describe T-SQL, sets, and predicate logic.
  • Write a single table SELECT statement.
  • Write a multi-table SELECT statement.
  • Write SELECT statements with filtering and sorting.
  • Describe how SQL Server uses data types.
  • Write DML statements.
  • Write queries that use built-in functions.
  • Write queries that aggregate data.
  • Write subqueries.
  • Create and implement views and table-valued functions.
  • Use set operators to combine query results.
  • Write queries that use window ranking, offset, and aggregate functions.
  • Transform data by implementing pivot, unpivot, rollup and cube.
  • Create and implement stored procedures.
  • Add programming constructs such as variables, conditions, and loops to T-SQL code.

Follow On Courses

Course Content

  • Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2016
  • Introduction to T-SQL Querying
  • Writing SELECT Queries
  • Querying Multiple Tables
  • Sorting and Filtering Data
  • Working with SQL Server 2016 Data Types
  • Using DML to Modify Data
  • Using Built-In Functions
  • Grouping and Aggregating Data
  • Using Subqueries
  • Using Table Expressions
  • Using Set Operators
  • Using Windows Ranking, Offset, and Aggregate Functions
  • Pivoting and Grouping Sets
  • Executing Stored Procedures
  • Programming with T-SQL
  • Implementing Error Handling
  • Implementing Transactions

Prices & Delivery methods

Online Training

Duration
5 days

Price
  • US$ 1,574
Classroom Training

Duration
5 days

Price
  • United Arab Emirates: US$ 1,574

Schedule

English

Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)

Online Training This is a FLEX course. Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Online Training This is a FLEX course. Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)

1 hour difference

Online Training This is a FLEX course. Time zone: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered both virtually and in the classroom.

United Arab Emirates

Dubai
Dubai
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered both virtually and in the classroom.