SQL Server 101: Microsoft SQL for Beginners

SQL Server 101 : Microsoft SQL Server for Absolute Beginners

An absolute beginnerâ€™s tutorial to quickly learn Microsoft SQL Server from scratch using Management Studio and T SQL.

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Last Updated: 2024-11-20 07:11:02 English Course Type: Self Learning

At the completion of the course, you will know how to install SQL Server and create a practice environment for yourself.
You will be familiarized with some of the core concepts of RDBMS / SQL Server.
You will learn the ins and outs of SQL Server Management studio.
You will start constructing your SELECT statement to retrieve data from SQL Server.
You will know how to filter out unwanted data by using WHERE clause as well as, you would know how to order your result set by using ORDER BY clause.
You will also know about some of the string functions, date functions, and system functions.
You will see how to get data out of multiple tables using JOIN ( INNER / LEFT OUTER / RIGHT OUTER / FULL OUTER / CROSS JOINS).
You will also see how to use UNION / UNION ALL operators and as to how they differ from JOINS.
You will see how to group and summarize your data by using , GROUP BY clause, HAVING clause and Aggregate functions.

What you'll learn

At the completion of the course, you will know how to install SQL Server and create a practice environment for yourself.

You will be familiarized with some of the core concepts of RDBMS / SQL Server.
You will learn the ins and outs of SQL Server Management studio.
You will start constructing your SELECT statement to retrieve data from SQL Server.
You will know how to filter out unwanted data by using WHERE clause as well as, you would know how to order your result set by using ORDER BY clause.
You will also know about some of the string functions, date functions, and system functions.
You will see how to get data out of multiple tables using JOIN ( INNER / LEFT OUTER / RIGHT OUTER / FULL OUTER / CROSS JOINS).
You will also see how to use UNION / UNION ALL operators and as to how they differ from JOINS.
You will see how to group and summarize your data by using , GROUP BY clause, HAVING clause and Aggregate functions.

NO PRIOR DATABASE OR SQL experience is required.
You need High speed Internet connection with a PC.

Anyone who is just starting out on their database career.
Information workers who work with database.
Healthcare professionals who need to understand the working of database in order to make sure that their PHI data remains HIPAA compliant.
Finance professionals who need to understand how their data is stored in database and as to how SQL Server provides a better data storing mechanism in strict regulatory environments, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Dodd-Frank, Basel II etc.
Anyone looking for their first stepping stone to start working on their Microsoft Certification 70-461
Quality Analyst people who need to understand the workings of a database while they do their software testing.
Managers who need to understand as to how their data is handled by the database while they try to adopt agile development methodology.
Business Professional
Accountants
Software Developers
Programming Students
Financial Analysts

Section 1 : Course and Instructor Introduction 1 Lectures 00:05:04
Lecture 1 :
Course and Instructor Introduction Preview
Section 2 : Laying out the foundation - Overview & Installation 6 Lectures 00:33:10
Lecture 1 :
Pre-requisites & Different Editions of SQL Server
Lecture 2 :
Learn SQL Server : New location for Adventure Works Database download
******** Learn SQL Server : New location for Adventure Works Database download ********** (1)Please go to the following Link:Â https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/releases/tag/adventureworks2012 (2)Please download the file: â€œadventure-works-2012-oltp-data-file.mdfâ€ (3)Then follow the instruction of â€œattaching a database MDF fileâ€ as outlined in video â€œInstalling the Downloads & Configuration â€œunder section 2. Thank you !
Lecture 3 :
Downloading Express Edition & sample database
Lecture 4 :
Installing the downloads & Configuration
Lecture 5 :
The sa Login
Lecture 6 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 3 : Core concepts - Taming the RDBMS beast ! 5 Lectures 00:35:11
Lecture 1 :
What is RDBMS ?
Lecture 2 :
Where does SQL Server fit in ?
Lecture 3 :
Basic database objects
Lecture 4 :
Different Files that got installed - MDF & LDF
Lecture 5 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 4 : Tool of the trade - SQL Server Management Studio 5 Lectures 00:23:05
Lecture 1 :
Getting started with SSMS
Lecture 2 :
Getting around Object Explorer
Lecture 3 :
Query Window
Lecture 4 :
Pre built DB - system database
Lecture 5 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 5 : Simple SELECT 5 Lectures 00:15:49
Lecture 1 :
Bare Minimum : SELECTING a literal
Lecture 2 :
Retrieving / Querying data from a table - using FROM clause
Lecture 3 :
Playing with Column Names
Lecture 4 :
Rearranging columns to your liking
Lecture 5 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 6 : Filtering out unwanted data 5 Lectures 00:42:27
Lecture 1 :
Narrowing down and ordering result set - WHERE and ORDER clause
Lecture 2 :
Narrowing down result set - BETWEEN / NOT BETWEEN
Lecture 3 :
Narrowing down result set - IN and NOT IN operator
Lecture 4 :
Narrowing down result set - Pattern Matching : LIKE and Wildcards
Lecture 5 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 7 : Expressions and Functions 5 Lectures 00:34:59
Lecture 1 :
Dealing with nothing : NULL
Lecture 2 :
Working with strings : Concatenation and other string functions
Lecture 3 :
Working with dates : Date Functions
Lecture 4 :
Some System Functions
Lecture 5 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 8 : Getting data out of multiple tables 6 Lectures 00:27:47
Lecture 1 :
Joining multiple tables - INNER JOIN
Lecture 2 :
Join types - OUTER JOIN - LEFT / RIGHT / FULL
Lecture 3 :
Join types - CROSS JOIN
Lecture 4 :
Holy UNION !
Lecture 5 :
A bite of Subâ€¦â€¦.queries
Lecture 6 :
Wrap up - what we went over !
Section 9 : Summarizing and Grouping data 5 Lectures 00:10:10
Lecture 1 :
DISTINCT and ALL Predicates
Lecture 2 :
Aggregate Functions
Lecture 3 :
GROUP BY clause / HAVING clause
Lecture 4 :
WHERE and ORDER BY in aggregate queries
Lecture 5 :
Wrap up - what we went over !

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