Overview
This three-day instructor-led course provides students who wish to develop and maintain SQL Server databases Additionally, it will be of use to individuals who administer applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.
Target Audience
The primary audience for this course is individuals who will develop and maintain SQL Server databases as their primary area of responsibility, or work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job.
Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
Essential:
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Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
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Working knowledge of Transact-SQL. (equivalent knowledge to QATSQL and QATSQLPLUS)
Nice to have:
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Working knowledge of relational databases.
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Some experience with database design.
Virtual Classroom
For learners attending remotely via any virtual classroom, an additional screen is required for this course to work through remote desktop labs and view training information. A remote Desktop will be provided using GoToMyPC or LearnOnDemand.
The additional screen must have a minimum screen size of 19 inch and minimum resolution of 1280x1024, with the vertical resolution (1024) being the most critical.
If you have questions,contact our Virtual team.
Delegates will learn how to
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Design and Implement Tables.
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Describe advanced table designs
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Ensure Data Integrity through Constraints.
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Describe indexes, including Optimized and Columnstore indexes
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Design and Implement Views.
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Design and Implement Stored Procedures.
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Design and Implement User Defined Functions.
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Respond to data manipulation using triggers.
Outline
Module 1 : SQL Development Overview
- Lab 1:
- Exercise 1 – Create an empty database using the graphical interface
- Exercise 2 – Create an empty database using T-SQL
Module 2: Designing and Implementing tables
- Lab 2:
- Exercise 1 – Review and plan client requirements
- Lab 3:
- Exercise 1 – Refine the column names
- Exercise 2 – Data types, nullability, and identity settings
Module 3: Advanced table design
- Lab 4 – Creating tables and schemas
- Exercise 1 – Create two schemas
- Exercise 2 – Create the tables
- Challenge exercise one (if time permits) – change an object’s schema
- Challenge exercise two (if time permits) – table with computed column
- Lab 5 – Partitioning
- Exercise 1 – Create a new database for partitioning
- Exercise 2 – Create a partition function and partition scheme
- Exercise 3 – Create a table using the partition scheme
- Challenge exercise (if time permits) – switching partitions
- Lab 6 – Temporal tables
- Exercise 1 – Create a new database for temporal tables
- Exercise 2 – Create a Stock table with history
- Exercise 3 – Load test data
- Exercise 4 – Temporal queries
Module 4: Constraints
- Lab 7 – Primary key, default, and check constraints
- Exercise 1 – Add primary keys
- Exercise 2 – Add the default constraints
- Exercise 3 – Add the check constraint
- Exercise 4 – Testing constraints
- Challenge (if time permits) – Email check
- Lab 8 – Unique constraints and foreign keys
- Exercise 1 – Add the unique constraint
- Exercise 2 – Add the foreign keys
- Exercise 3 – Testing
Module 5: Indexes
- Lab 9 – Rowstore Indexes
- Exercise 1 – Questions
- Exercise 2 – Analyse common queries
- Exercise 3 – Adding data
- Exercise 4 – Trial queries without indexes
- Exercise 5 – Create indexes
- Exercise 6 – Trial queries with indexes
- Lab 10 – Columnstore indexes
- Exercise 1 – Create a new database
- Exercise 2 – Create sample and populate tables
Module 6: Views
- Lab 11 – Creating views
- Exercise 1 – Creating views
- Exercise 2 – Testing the views
- Exercise 3 – Editing rows through views
- Lab 12 – Modifying views
- Exercise 1 – Altering views
- Exercise 2 – Testing the views
Module 7: Stored procedures
- Lab 13 – Stored procedures
- Exercise 1 – Creating simple procedures
- Exercise 2 – Testing procedures
- Lab 14 – Stored procedures and parameters
- Exercise 1 – Creating parameterised procedures
- Exercise 2 – Testing procedures
Module 8: User defined functions
- Lab 15 – Scalar functions
- Exercise 1 – Creating scalar functions
- Exercise 2 – Testing scalar functions
- Lab 16 – Inline table-valued functions
- Exercise 1 – Creating inline table valued functions
- Exercise 2 – Testing in-line table valued functions
- Exercise 3 – Using CROSS APPLY
- Lab 17 – Multi-statement table-valued functions
- Exercise 1 – Creating multi-statement table valued function
Module 9: Triggers
- Lab 18 – DML FOR / AFTER trigger
- Exercise 1 – Create a DML FOR or AFTER trigger
- Lab 19 – DML INSTEAD OF trigger
- Exercise 1 – Creating a DML INSTEAD OF trigger
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