20761C - Querying Data with Transact-SQL
Overview
This course is designed to introduce students to Transact-SQL. It is designed in such a way that the first three days can be taught as a course to students requiring the knowledge for other courses in the SQL Server curriculum. Days 4 & 5 teach the remaining skills required to take exam 70-761.
Duration
5 Days
Target Audience
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.
Topics
Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server
Introduction to T-SQL Querying
Writing SELECT Queries
Querying Multiple Tables
Sorting and Filtering Data
Working with SQL Server Data Types
Using DML to Modify Data
Using Built-In Functions
Grouping and Aggregating Data
Using Subqueries
Using Table Expressions
Using Set Operators
Using Windows Ranking, Offset, and Aggregate Functions
Pivoting and Grouping Sets
Executing Stored Procedures
Programming with T-SQL
Implementing Error Handling
Implementing Transactions
A more comprehensive course outline is available in the Course Download section, to the right of this page.