Introduction to SQL Training

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Class Description

Class Overview

Class 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

Class 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. Sorting Records
      1. Sorting By a Single Column
      2. Sorting By Multiple Columns
      3. Sorting By Column Position
      4. Ascending and Descending Sorts
   7. 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
   8. Using the WHERE clause to check for equality or inequality
   9. Using the WHERE clause to check for greater or less than
   10. Checking for NULL
   11. Using WHERE and ORDER BY Together
   12. The WHERE Clause and Operator Words
       1. The BETWEEN Operator
       2. The IN Operator
       3. The LIKE Operator
       4. The NOT Operator
   13. More SELECTs with WHERE
   14. Checking Multiple Conditions
       1. AND
       2. OR
       3. Order of Evaluation
   15. 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. Joins
      1. Table Aliases
      2. Multi-table Joins
   3. Using Joins
   4. Outer Joins
   5. Unions
      1. UNION ALL
      2. UNION Rules
   6. Working with Unions
5. Conditional Processing with CASE
   1. Working with CASE
6. Inserting, Updating and Deleting Records
   1. INSERT
   2. UPDATE
   3. DELETE
7. Creating and Modifying Tables
   1. Data Types
   2. Creating Tables
      1. NULL Values
      2. Primary Keys
      3. Foreign Keys
   3. Adding and Dropping Columns
   4. Renaming Tables
      1. SQL Server
      2. Oracle and MySQL
   5. 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

Class Materials

All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.

Students in private onsite classes will also receive:

• Technical Reference Library

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