Get Started Querying with Transact-SQL

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Free Online Course: Get Started Querying with Transact-SQL provided by Microsoft Learn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5-6 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge.

Overview
    • Module 1: Introduction to Transact-SQL
    • After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Understand what SQL is for
      • Identify database objects in schemas
      • Identify SQL statement types
      • Use the SELECT statement
      • Work with data types
      • Handle NULLs
    • Module 2: Sort and filter results in T-SQL
    • After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Sort your results
      • Limit the sorted results
      • Return paged results
      • Remove duplicates
      • Filter data with predicates
    • Module 3: Combine multiple tables with JOINs in T-SQL
    • After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Describe join concepts and syntax
      • Write queries that use inner and outer joins
      • Write queries that use cross joins
      • Write queries that use self joins
    • Module 4: Write Subqueries in T-SQL
    • After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Understand what subqueries are
      • Use scalar or multi-valued subqueries
      • Use self-contained or correlated subqueries
    • Module 5: Use built-in functions and GROUP BY in Transact-SQL
    • After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Categorize built-in functions
      • Use scalar functions
      • Use ranking and rowset functions
      • Use aggregate functions
      • Summarize data with GROUP BY
      • Filter groups with HAVING
    • Module 6: Modify data with T-SQL
    • After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Insert data into a table
      • Generate automatic values
      • Update data in a table
      • Delete data from a table
      • Merge data based on multiple tables

Syllabus
    • Module 1: Introduction to Transact-SQL
      • Introduction
      • Work with schemas
      • Explore the structure of SQL statements
      • Examine the SELECT statement
      • Work with data types
      • Handle NULLs
      • Exercise - Work with SELECT statements
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 2: Sort and filter results in T-SQL
      • Introduction
      • Sort your results
      • Limit the sorted results
      • Page results
      • Remove duplicates
      • Filter data with predicates
      • Exercise - Sort and filter query results
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 3: Combine multiple tables with JOINs in T-SQL
      • Introduction
      • Understand joins concepts and syntax
      • Use inner joins
      • Use outer joins
      • Use cross joins
      • Use self joins
      • Exercise - Query multiple tables with joins
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 4: Write Subqueries in T-SQL
      • Introduction
      • Understand subqueries
      • Use scalar or multi-valued subqueries
      • Use self-contained or correlated subqueries
      • Exercise - Use subqueries
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 5: Use built-in functions and GROUP BY in Transact-SQL
      • Introduction
      • Categorize built-in functions
      • Use scalar functions
      • Use ranking and rowset functions
      • Use aggregate functions
      • Summarize data with GROUP BY
      • Filter groups with HAVING
      • Exercise - Use built-in functions
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary
    • Module 6: Modify data with T-SQL
      • Introduction
      • Insert data
      • Generate automatic values
      • Update data
      • Delete data
      • Merge data based on multiple tables
      • Exercise - Modify data
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary