Opleiding: English Delivery Only: Introduction to SQL [STA_ISQL]

OVERVIEW

*** Course delivered in English (UK - (GMT)) ***

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 t

OBJECTIVES

Course Objectives

To provide the knowledge and skills needed to retrieve data held in a relational database.

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.

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Further Learning

• Oracle SQL
• SQL for PostgreSQL
• Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL
• Introduction to MySQL
• Introduction to MariaDB

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