Microsoft SQL Server: Advanced Queries & Transact SQL Programming

Course Overview

The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the advanced use of structured query language (SQL) for Microsoft SQL Server and the advanced use of Transact-SQL.

The course will provide delegates with the ability to carry out advanced, complex Data Manipulation Statements (DML) to query on, and change the contents of a relational database and extends this to programming in the Transact-SQL language to create SQL scripts, Stored Procedures and Triggers.

On completion of this Microsoft training course, delegates will be more proficient in SQL Server skills

Related Courses

• Microsoft SQL Server: Optimisation / Performance Tuning - Advanced, Optimization
• Microsoft SQL Server: Analysis Services: Hands-On
• Microsoft SQL Server: Introduction to SQL Server Business Intelligence
• Microsoft SQL Server: Advanced SQL, Stored Procedures & Triggers for Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft SQL Server: Introduction to Transact SQL
• Microsoft: Introduction to Microsoft Tools (SQL Server, Excel SharePoint) for Business Intelligence: Hands-On
• Microsoft SQL Server: SQL Introduction For SQL Server
• Microsoft SQL: Level 1 Fundamentals of Querying
• Microsoft SQL: Level 2 Advanced Querying
• Microsoft SQL Server on NetApp Storage Systems

Audience

Delegates should be familiar with the Microsoft SQL Server SQL Language to the level of the SQL for SQL Server course.

Course Outline

Review of Structured Query Language

• SELECT
• UPDATE
• INSERT
• DELETE

Advanced Select Statements

• The GROUP BY Clause
• The HAVING Clause
• Sub-queries
• Correlated Sub-queries

Advanced Update & Delete Statements

• Sub-queries
• Correlated Sub-queries

Programmability

• Variables
• Control-Of-Flow Statements
• IF
• WHILE
• CASE
• GOTO
• RETURN

Managing Errors

• Responding To Errors
• RAISERROR
• PRINT

Using Transactions

• Introduction To Transactions
• Transaction Isolation Levels
• Deadlocks
• Transactional Error Handling

Implementing Cursors

• Declaring Cursors
• OPEN
• FETCH
• CLOSE
• DEALLOCATE
• CURRENT OF

Stored Procedures

• Introduction To Stored Procedures
• Creating Stored Procedures
• Passing values into a Stored Procedure
• Returning Information From Stored Procedures
• Altering Stored Procedures

Triggers

• Introduction To Triggers
• Creating Triggers
• Transactional Error Handling
• Using Inserted and Deleted Tables