Querying Data with Transact-SQL

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.

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

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.