Introduction to SQL STA_ISQL
Overview
Introduction to SQL Course Overview
The Introduction to SQL course is designed to give delegates practical experience in using ANSI standard SQL. As it is a generic course,some of the differences between different vendors’ implementations will be noted.
Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.
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COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction to SQL Training Course
Course Contents – DAY 1
Course Introduction
- • Administration and Course Materials
- • Course Structure and Agenda
- • Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: RELATIONAL DATABASE CONCEPTS
- • What is a Relational Database?
- • Relational Database Structures
- • Tables,Rows and Columns
- • Indexes,Primary Keys and Foreign Keys
- • Data Types
- • The Data Dictionary
Session 2: RETRIEVING DATA WITH THE SELECT STATEMENT
- • The SELECT Statement
- • The SELECT and FROM Clauses
- • Conditions and the WHERE Clause
- • Other Conditional Operators
- • Logical Operators
- • The ORDER BY Clause
- • Column Aliases
- • Arithmetic Operations
- • Precedence of Operators
Session 3: AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS
- • Overview of Built in Aggregate Functions
- • The GROUP BY Clause
- • The HAVING Clause
Session 4: JOINING TABLES
- • Overview of Table Joins
- • Inner Joins
- • Table Aliases
- • Outer Joins
- • Self Joins
- • ANSI Standard Joins
Session 5: BASIC SUBQUERIES AND SET OPERATORS
- • Overview of Subqueries
- • Basic Subqueries
- • Set Operators
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Who will the Course Benefit?
Anyone who needs to understand and use SQL to manipulate a database.
There are no formal pre-requisites for this Introduction to SQL course,although an understanding of databases and exposure to information technology in general would be useful.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Course Objectives
To provide the knowledge and skills needed to retrieve data held in a relational database.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Requirements
There are no formal pre-requisites for the Introduction to SQL course,although an understanding of databases and exposure to information technology in general would be useful. This knowledge can be gained by attendance on the Relational Databases & Data Modelling Overview course.
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
Further Learning
- Oracle SQL
- SQL for PostgreSQL
- Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL
- Introduction to MySQL
- Introduction to MariaDB
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