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Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and 2017 Relational Database Design and Querying Fundamentals
This 2 day course provides a foundation for designing, building and working with relational databases, enabling students to effectively develop and use relational databases in a business environment.
The training will focus on the fundamentals of relational database design to facilitate a better understanding of how data is stored, queried, and manipulated. That said, sufficient material will be covered to enable delegates to create meaningful and usable databases in the workplace. The course will be useful to anyone wanting to know the basics of relational database design concepts, and will include coverage of such concepts as primary and foreign keys, constraints, entity relationships, data normalisation, creating databases, creating and managing tables, and native SQL Server datatypes.
To facilitate the learning process and augment the theory, students will get the opportunity to design a practical working database, with plenty of hands-on exercises to implement the design.
In the latter sections of the course, students will also get the chance to write some basic queries to acquaint them with the foundations of the Structured Query Language (SQL). No previous knowledge of the SQL language is assumed.
This course serves as an ideal precursor to any of following courses.
Students should be familiar with working in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment. Additionally, knowledge of basic programming concepts would be helpful, but not essential.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Defining the Objectives for the Course
The Sample Database Project
Analysing Current Business Data
Identifying New Client Requirements
Determine the Required Data Fields
Group Fields into Tables
Identify Key Fields
Create a Preliminary Entity Relationship Diagram
Describe Relationships
Resolving Many-to-Many Relationships
Implementing First, Second, and Third Normal Form
Higher Normal Forms
Refining the Design
Overview of Microsoft SQL Server
Introducing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Creating the Sample Database
Native SQL Server Data Types
Creating Tables and Columns
Implementing Key Fields and Constraints
Examining other Column Properties
Creating a Database Diagram
Managing Tables
Introduction to SQL Server Indexes
ANSI and ISO SQL Standards
Categories of SQL Statements
Querying Data with the SELECT Statement
Filtering Rows of Data with a WHERE Clause
Examining Basic Table Joins
Adding Rows of Data with the INSERT Statement
Modifying Rows of Data with the UPDATE Statement
Deleting Rows of Data with the DELETE Statement
