Introduction to SQL Training (2 days)

Introduction to SQL Training Overview

This SQL training course is designed for students new to writing SQL queries. A typical student will need to learn SQL to build applications or to generate business reports. For the most part, the SQL learned in the course is applicable to all major databases. In the few cases in which there are differences between the databases, these differences will be pointed out.

Introduction to SQL Training Course Goals

• Understand how relational databases work
• Learn to use SQL to output reports
• Learn to modify database data with SQL
• Learn to create simple work with Views and Stored Procedures
• Learn to create tables

Introduction to SQL Training Course Outline

1. Relational Database Basics
   1. Brief History of SQL
   2. Relational Databases
      1. Tables
      2. Rows
      3. Columns
      4. Relationships
      5. Datatypes
      6. Primary Keys
      7. Foreign Keys
      8. Relational Database Management System
   3. Popular Databases
      1. Commercial Databases
      2. Popular Open Source Databases
      3. Valid Object References
   4. SQL Statements
      1. Database Manipulation Language (DML)
      2. Database Definition Language (DDL)
      3. Database Control Language (DCL)
2. Simple SELECTs
   1. Introduction to the Northwind Database
   2. Some Basics
      1. Comments
      2. Whitespace and Semi-colons
      3. Case Sensitivity
   3. SELECTing All Columns in All Rows
   4. Exploring the Tables
   5. SELECTing Specific Columns
   6. SELECTing Specific Columns
   7. Sorting Records
      1. Sorting By a Single Column
      2. Sorting By Multiple Columns
      3. Sorting By Column Position
      4. Ascending and Descending Sorts
   8. Sorting Results
   9. The WHERE Clause and Operator Symbols
      1. Checking for Equality
      2. Checking for Inequality
      3. Checking for Greater or Less Than
      4. Checking for NULL
      5. WHERE and ORDER BY
   10. Using the WHERE clause to check for equality or inequality
   11. Using the WHERE clause to check for greater or less than
   12. Checking for NULL
   13. Using WHERE and ORDER BY Together
   14. The WHERE Clause and Operator Words
       1. The BETWEEN Operator
       2. The IN Operator
       3. The LIKE Operator
       4. The NOT Operator
   15. More SELECTs with WHERE
   16. Checking Multiple Conditions
       1. AND
       2. OR
       3. Order of Evaluation
   17. Writing SELECTs with Multiple Conditions
3. Advanced SELECTs
   1. Calculated Fields
      1. Concatenation
      2. Mathematical Calculations
      3. Aliases
   2. Calculating Fields
   3. Aggregate Functions and Grouping
      1. Aggregate Functions
      2. Grouping Data
      3. Selecting Distinct Records
   4. Working with Aggregate Functions
   5. Built-in Data Manipulation Functions
      1. Common Math Functions
      2. Common String Functions
      3. Common Date Functions
   6. Data Manipulation Functions
4. Subqueries, Joins and Unions
   1. Subqueries
   2. Subqueries
   3. Joins
      1. Table Aliases
      2. Multi-table Joins
   4. Using Joins
   5. Outer Joins
   6. Unions
      1. UNION ALL
      2. UNION Rules
   7. Working with Unions
5. Conditional Processing with CASE
   1. Using CASE
   2. Working with CASE
6. Inserting, Updating and Deleting Records
   1. INSERT
   2. Inserting Records
   3. UPDATE
   4. DELETE
   5. Updating and Deleting Records
7. Creating and Modifying Tables
   1. Data Types
   2. Creating Tables
      1. NULL Values
      2. Primary Keys
      3. Foreign Keys
   3. Creating Tables
   4. Adding and Dropping Columns
   5. Renaming Tables
      1. SQL Server
      2. Oracle and MySQL
   6. Dropping Tables
8. Views
   1. Creating Views
   2. Dropping Views
   3. Benefits of Views
   4. Creating a View
9. Stored Procedures
   1. Creating Stored Procedures
   2. Dropping Stored Procedures
   3. Creating a Stored Procedure
   4. Benefits of Stored Procedures

Introduction to SQL Training Course Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

Introduction to SQL Training Technical Requirements

Please click on the database technology you would like to use in class to find the technical requirements, class files, and setup instructions:

Please note that if you use a Macintosh for this class, Webucator will not be able to provide setup support.

1. SQL Server
2. Oracle
3. MySQL