SQL Server 101 : Microsoft SQL Server for Absolute Beginners

SQL Server 101 : Microsoft SQL Server for Absolute Beginners

In this course you will learn:

· Start from scratch by installing Microsoft SQL Server Express edition

· Requirements for installing Microsoft SQL Server

· Core concepts of RDBMS

· Comparison of MS SQL Server with Oracle, IBM etc.

· Getting around SQL Server Management Studio

· Details of System databases

· Constructing SELECT statement starting with literals

· Using FROM clause

· Working with columns specified in the SELECT LIST

· Using WHERE clause

· Using ORDER BY clause

· Using BETWEEN / NOT BETWEEN operator

· Using IN / NOT IN operator

· Pattern matching using LIKE operator and wild card characters

· Working with NULL

· Using string functions including concatenation

· Using Date functions

· SQL Server System functions

· Working with JOINS – INNER / LEFT OUTER / RIGHT OUTER / FULL OUTER / CROSS JOIN

· Working with UNION / UNION ALL

· A look at sub queries

· Duplicate rows – DISTINCT / ALL predicates

· Aggregate functions

· Using GROUP BY clause

· Using HAVING clause

What you'll learn

· At the completion of the course, you will know how to install SQL Server and create a practice environment for yourself.

· You will be familiarized with some of the core concepts of RDBMS / SQL Server.

· You will learn the ins and outs of SQL Server Management studio.

· You will start constructing your SELECT statement to retrieve data from SQL Server.

· You will know how to filter out unwanted data by using WHERE clause as well as, you would know how to order your result set by using ORDER BY clause.

· You will also know about some of the string functions, date functions, and system functions.

· You will see how to get data out of multiple tables using JOIN ( INNER / LEFT OUTER / RIGHT OUTER / FULL OUTER / CROSS JOINS).

· You will also see how to use UNION / UNION ALL operators and as to how they differ from JOINS.

· You will see how to group and summarize your data by using , GROUP BY clause, HAVING clause and Aggregate functions.

An absolute beginner’s tutorial to quickly learn Microsoft SQL Server from scratch using Management Studio and T SQL.

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What you will learn

• At the completion of the course, you will know how to install SQL Server and create a practice environment for yourself.
• You will be familiarized with some of the core concepts of RDBMS / SQL Server.
• You will learn the ins and outs of SQL Server Management studio.

Rating: 4.65

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 4 hours

Instructor: Rashid Khan