MCSA Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Exam 70-461) LiveLessons: Required Knowledge for SQL Server 2012 and 2014
- By Marilyn White
- Published Jan 12, 2015 by Pearson IT Certification. Part of the LiveLessons series.
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- Copyright 2015
- Edition: 1st
- Downloadable Video
- ISBN-10: 0-7897-5398-7
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5398-4
10 hours of video instruction
More than 10 hours of video instruction on Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to help you pass the MCSA Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (70-461) exam.
Description
Learn the ins and outs of SQL Server in this practical video tutorial. MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-461 Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 LiveLessons is a unique video product that provides a solid understanding of querying SQL Server 2012, a necessity for database administrators and developers and required knowledge for certifications on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and 2014. Transact-SQL (T-SQL) is the main language used to manage data on Microsoft SQL Server. Understanding T-SQL is foremost in writing performance-based queries. The product takes the student from the basics of the language to the structures that will create optimal results. The student learns, step by step, creating database objects, working with data, modifying data, and troubleshooting and optimizing queries for a comprehensive study of querying.
This video course contains an initial overview video and 4 modules with 17 videos lessons, subdivided into 129 sub lessons, for a total of 10 hours of instruction. The videos consist of audio instruction, animations, and video screen casts. Each video lab presents detailed objectives, lab diagrams, and video captures. Audio instruction throughout offers detailed explanations, tips, and configuration verifications.
Skill Level
- Beginning
What You Will Learn
- How to create database objects, including:
o Creating and altering tables using T-SQL syntax
o Designing, creating, and altering views
o Creating and modifying constraints
o Creating and altering DML triggers
- Working with data
o Querying data by using SELECT statements
o Implementing sub-queries
o Implementing data types
o Implementing aggregate queries
o Querying and managing XML data
- Modifying data
o Modifying data by using INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements
o Combining datasets
o Creating and altering stored procedures
o Working with functions
- Troubleshooting and optimizing
o Optimizing queries
o Managing transactions
o Evaluating the Use of Row-Based Operations vs. Set-Based Operations
o Implementing error handling
Who Should Take This Course
Primary Audience: The target audience for this course are administrators, developers, and power-users in the database world that want to expand their knowledge of Transact-SQL querying, as well as candidates considering taking the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Administrator and Developer Certifications.
Course Requirements
Users should have a working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012, experience using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), as well as some experience writing Transact-SQL code. Access to a SQL Server 2012 instance including a sample database is also highly recommended.
The modules and video lessons cover the following topics:
Module 1: Create Database Objects
Lesson 1: Create and Alter Tables Using T-SQL Syntax
1.1: Creating Tables Using the CREATE Statement
1.2: Specifying Schema in Database, Table, and Column Names
1.3: Choosing Column Data Types
1.4: Altering Tables and Columns
1.5: Dropping Tables
1.6: Demo – Examining the Syntax of the CREATE TABLE Statement and Comparing with a Sample
1.7: Demo – Best Practices in Naming Tables and Columns
1.8: Demo – Guideline Samples for Selecting Column Data Types
1.9: Demo – Using ALTER TABLE to Add and Modify Columns
1.10: Demo – Using DROP TABLE and Noting Consequences
Lesson 2: Design, Create, and Alter Views
2.1: Analyzing the CREATE VIEW Statement and Options
2.2: Demo – Comparing the CREATE VIEW Syntax with a Sample VIEW Statement and Options
2.3: Creating and Implementing Indexed Views
2.4: Using ALTER VIEW and DROP VIEW
2.5: Using a View to Modify Data
2.6: Demo – Altering a View Using ORDER BY
2.7: Demo – Updating a Table Using a View
Lesson 3: Create and Modify Constraints
3.1: Creating a Primary Key Constraint
3.2: Demo – Defining a Primary Key Constraint Using CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE
3.3: Defining and Creating Unique Constraints
3.4: Defining and Creating Foreign Key Constraints
3.5: Defining and Creating Check Constraints
3.6: Defining and Creating Default Constraints
3.7: Demo – Working with Constraints to Enforce Data Integrity
Lesson 4: Create and Alter DML Triggers
4.1: Using DML Triggers
4.2: Creating and Using AFTER Triggers
4.3: Demo – Using AFTER Trigger
4.4: Defining Nested AFTER Triggers
4.5: Creating and Using INSTEAD OF Triggers
4.6: Using Trigger Update Functions
4.7: Handling Multiple Rows in a Session
4.8: Understanding the Performance Implications of Triggers
4.9: Demo – Understanding Inserted and Deleted Tables When Using an AFTER Trigger
Module 2: Work With Data
Lesson 5: Query Data by Using SELECT Statements
5.1: Creating Queries That Filter Data Using Predicates
5.2: Creating Queries to Correctly Handle NULLs
5.3: Writing Queries That Combine Predicates
5.4: Demo – Reviewing Non-Efficient and Efficient Sample Queries
5.5: Controlling the Order of the Query Result Using Best Practices
5.6: Demo – Using ORDER BY, DISTINCT, and Aliases
5.7: Creating Deterministic Query Results
5.8: Ranking Query Results Using TOP(x) and OFFSET – FETCH
5.9: Demo – Use TOP(x) and OFFSET – FETCH to Filter Data
5.10: Using Joins to Query Data over Multiple Tables
5.11: Writing Complex Queries – Joins versus Derived Tables
5.12: Demo – Using Joins to Access Data
5.13: Accessing Data Using CASE, COALESCE, and ISNULL
5.14: Using Statements That Load a Table – INSERT VALUES, INSERT SELECT, INSERT EXEC, and SELECT INTO
5.15: Demo – Using Statements That Load or Create Tables
Lesson 6: Implement Subqueries
6.1: Using Self-Contained and Correlated Subqueries
6.2: Using Table Expressions – Derived Tables and Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
6.3: Using the APPLY Operator
6.4: Demo – Using Subqueries and Table Expressions in Queries
6.5: Pivoting and Unpivoting Data
6.6: Demo – Using PIVOT and UNPIVOT Operators in Queries
Lesson 7: Implement Data Types
7.1: Understanding the Uses and Limitations of Each Data Type
7.2: Using Data Types for Columns and Keys
7.3: Using Numeric Data Types
7.4: Using Date and Time Functions
7.5: Demo – Using Data Types for Columns, Keys, and Dates
7.6: Using Binary and String Data Types
7.7: Working with Other Data Types such as Uniqueidentifier and XML
7.8: Demo – Using Binary String and Other Data Types
Lesson 8: Implement Aggregate Queries
8.1: Using a Single Grouping Set
8.2: Using Group Functions
8.3: Defining Multiple Grouping Sets
8.4: Demo – Grouping Data in Queries
8.5: Using Window Aggregate Functions
8.6: Applying Ranking and Offset Functions
8.7: Demo – Using Window Functions in Queries
Lesson 9: Query and Manage XML Data
9.1: Returning Results as XML
9.2: Demo – Using FOR XML RAW, FOR XML AUTO, and FOR XML PATH
9.3: Querying XML Data Using XQUERY
9.4: Demo – Using XQUERY to Extract Data
9.5: Applying Best Practices to Use the XML Data Type
9.6: Creating XML Indexes
9.7: Demo – Using XML Data Type Methods
Module 3: Modify Data
Lesson 10: Modify Data by Using INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE Statements
10.1: Understanding Methods Used to Insert Data
10.2: Demo – Using the INSERT SELECT and SELECT INTO Statements
10.3: Understanding Methods Used to Update Data
10.4: Demo – Using the UPDATE Statement with Constraints
10.5: Understanding Methods Used to Delete Data
10.6: Demo – Using the DELETE and TRUNCATE Statements
Lesson 11: Combine Datasets
11.1: Using the CASE Expression versus ISNULL versus COALESCE
11.2: Understanding the Difference Between UNION and UNION ALL Set Operators
11.3: Demo – Using UNION and UNION ALL to Combine Datasets
11.4: Understanding the MERGE Statement
11.5: Demo – Using the MERGE Statement to Merge Source Data to a Target
Lesson 12: Create and Alter Stored Procedures
12.1: Creating a Stored Procedure
12.2: Writing a Stored Procedure to Meet a Given Set of Requirements
12.3: Demo – Creating and Executing Stored Procedures with Input and Output Parameters
12.4: Using Branching Logic in a Stored Procedure
12.5: Demo – Using IF/ELSE, WHILE, WAITFOR, GOTO, and RETURN Statements to Control the Procedure Flow
12.6: Implementing a Stored Procedure Used for Data Access Layer
Lesson 13: Work with Functions
13.1: Understanding Deterministic and Non-Deterministic Functions
13.2: Applying Built-In Scalar Functions
13.3: Creating and Altering User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
13.4: Demo - Creating and Altering User-Defined Functions
13.5: Demo – Implementing Scalar and Table-Valued UDFs
Module 4: Troubleshoot and Optimize
Lesson 14: Optimize Queries
14.1: Understanding Query Optimizer
14.2: Reading and Analyzing Query Plans
14.3: Understanding Statistics
14.4: Using SET Options
14.5: Demo – Analyzing Queries Using SET Options
14.6: Using Dynamic Management Objects (DMOs) for Query Tuning
14.7: Demo – Using Dynamic Management Objects
14.8: Using Optimizer Hints and Plan Guides
14.9: Describing Joins and Their Applications
14.10: Demo – Applying Optimizer Hints
Lesson 15: Manage Transactions
15.1: Applying Transaction Commands and Syntax Including Implicit and Explicit Transactions
15.2: Using WITH MARK Statement
15.3: Demo – Controlling Transactions Using BEGIN TRANSACTION, COMMIT TRANSACTION, ROLLBACK TRANSACTION, and @@TRANCOUNT
15.4: Understanding Locking Protocols Including Shared Locks and Exclusive Locks
15.5: Understanding the Isolation Levels in SQL Server 2012 to Control Locking and Row Versioning Behavior
15.6: Demo - Working with Locking Protocols and Transaction Isolation Levels
Lesson 16: Evaluate the Use of Row-Based Operations vs. Set-Based Operations
16.1: Implementing Row-Based Cursor Commands – DECLARE, OPEN, FETCH, DECLARE, and DEALLOCATE
16.2: Demo - Using Cursors to Perform Row Operations
16.3: Built-In Cursor Functions
16.4: Impact of Cursors in Scalar User-Defined Functions
16.5: Implementing Row-Based Operations Without Cursors
16.6: Demo - Computing an Aggregate Using a Cursor and Compute an Aggregate Using a Set-Based Solution
Lesson 17: Implement Error Handling
17.1: Implementing Try and Catch Blocks to Redirect Errors
17.2: Demo – Using Try and Catch Blocks
17.3: Using the Error Object Function to Return Detailed Error Information
17.4: Implementing THROW
17.5: Demo – Using THROW to Raise an Exception
17.6: Implementing XACT_ABORT
17.7: Demo – Using XACT_ABORT
17.8: Evaluating Set-Based Solutions versus Row-Based Cursor Solutions
17.9: Demo – Using a Set-Based Solution
Who Should Take This Course
Primary Audience: The target audience for this course are administrators, developers, and power-users in the database world that want to expand their knowledge of Transact-SQL querying, as well as candidates considering taking the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Administrator and Developer Certifications.
Course Requirements
Users should have a working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012, experience using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), as well as some experience writing Transact-SQL code. Access to a SQL Server 2012 instance including a sample database is also highly recommended.
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