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Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL

Description: This course provides you with the technical skills required to write basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.This course is a suggested prerequisite for the MCTS Implementing and Maintaining SQL Server 2008 program.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for SQL Server database administrators, implementers, system engineers, and developers who are responsible for writing queries.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, you will be able to: - Describe the uses of and ways to execute the Transact-SQL language. - Use querying tool. - Write SELECT queries to retrieve data. - Group and summarize data by using Transact-SQL. - Join data from multiple tables. - Write queries that retrieve and modify data by using sub queries. - Modify data in tables. - Query text fields with full-text search. - Describe how to create programming objects. - Use various techniques when working with complex queries.

Suggested Prerequisites:  Relational database design skills, programming skills, knowledge of data integrity concepts and core Windows Server skills  

Attend and You Will Learn
Lesson 1:
Getting Started with Databases and Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2008
Overview of SQL Server 2008

Overview of SQL Server Databases

Overview and Syntax Elements of T-SQL

Working with T-SQL Scripts

Using T-SQL Querying Tools

Lesson 2:
Querying and Filtering Data
Using the SELECT Statement

Filtering Data

Working with NULL Values

Formatting Result Sets

Performance Considerations for Writing Queries

Lesson 3:
Grouping and Summarizing Data
Summarizing Data by Using Aggregate Functions

Summarizing Grouped Data

Ranking Grouped Data

Creating Crosstab Queries

Lesson 4:
Joining Data from Multiple Tables
Querying Multiple Tables by Using Joins

Applying Joins for Typical Reporting Needs

Combining and Limiting Result Set

Lesson 5:
Working with Subqueries
Writing Basic Subqueries

Writing Correlated Subqueries

Comparing Subqueries with Joins and Temporary Tables

Using Common Table Expressions

Lesson 6:
Modifying Data in Tables
Inserting Data into Tables

Deleting Data from Tables

Updating Data in Tables

Overview of Transactions

Lesson 7:
Querying Metadata, XML, and Full-Text Indexes
Querying Metadata

Overview of XML

Querying XML Data

Overview of Full-Text Indexes

Querying Full-Text Indexes

Lesson 8:
Using Programming Objects for Data Retrieval
Overview of Views

Overview of User-Defined Functions

Overview of Stored Procedures

Overview of Triggers

Writing Distributed Queries

Lesson 9:
Using Advanced Querying Technique
Considerations for Querying Data

Working with Data Types

Cursors and Set-Based Queries

Dynamic SQL

Maintaining Query Files

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