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Querying Data with Transact-SQL 55366

his course will give you the practical skills to retrieve, manipulate, and manage data using Transac

  • 5 days
  • 3 upcoming dates 3 open for booking
  • $2,995 per seat

Upcoming dates

Dates Where Status Seat Book
Feb 1–5 2027 Live Online 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM PT Confirmed to run Partner led $2,995
Jun 7–11 2027 Live Online 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM PT Confirmed to run Partner led $2,995
Oct 11–15 2027 Live Online 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM PT Confirmed to run Partner led $2,995

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About this class

How many bad business decisions could be avoided if your data was accurate, timely, and easy to query? Nearly 82% of organizations admit to basing decisions on out-of-date data, leading to costly mistakes. The Querying Data with Transact-SQL training course builds the skills you need to work confidently with Microsoft SQL Server.

Through hands-on, instructor-led training, you’ll learn to query single and multiple tables, filter and sort results, join related data, use built-in functions, and work with stored procedures and transactions. You’ll also master subqueries, table expressions, aggregations, and error handling, ensuring you can retrieve and manage data accurately, securely, and efficiently.

This course will give you the practical skills to retrieve, manipulate, and manage data using Transact-SQL in Microsoft SQL Server. You’ll gain experience in writing efficient queries, combining data from multiple sources, and applying advanced features for accuracy and performance.

Who this is for

This course is intended for novice database developers, database administrators, Business Intelligence developers, report creators, and application developers who have an understanding of relational database concepts and have basic Windows navigation skills.

What you'll be able to do

  • Write single-table and multi-table SELECT queries with filtering and sorting
  • Use JOINs, subqueries, and table expressions to combine and structure data
  • Apply built-in, aggregate, and window functions for analysis
  • Work with stored procedures, parameters, and transactions
  • Implement error handling and best practices for reliable query execution

Before you attend

  • Working knowledge of relational databases.
  • Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.

Course outline

  1. Module 1Introduction to Transact-SQL

    • What is Transact-SQL
    • The SELECT statement
    • The WHERE clause
    • Sorting results
    • Calculations and CASE expressions
  2. Module 2Joining Tables

    • The JOIN clause
    • Inner, outer, self, and cross joins
  3. Module 3Filtering and Sorting Results

    • ORDER BY clause
    • WHERE clause filtering
    • Limiting rows returned
    • NULL handling
  4. Module 4SQL Server Data Types

    • String and temporal data types
    • Data type usage best practices
  5. Module 5Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Data

    • Insert new records
    • Update existing data
    • Delete data safely
  6. Module 6Using SQL Server Functions

    • Function types in SQL Server
    • Data conversion functions
    • Logical functions
    • Handling NULLs
  7. Module 7Aggregating Data

    • Aggregation methods
    • GROUP BY and HAVING clauses
    • Filtering aggregated results
  8. Module 8Subqueries

    • Scalar, multi-valued, and correlated subqueries
    • Using EXISTS with subqueries
  9. Module 9Table Expressions

    • Views
    • Table-valued functions
    • Derived tables
    • Common table expressions (CTEs)
  10. Module 10Combining Data Sets

    • UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT
    • APPLY operator
  11. Module 11Window Functions

    • Understanding and implementing window functions
  12. Module 12PIVOT and Grouping Sets

    • Data pivoting
    • Grouping sets for advanced aggregations
  13. Module 13Stored Procedures

    • Executing stored procedures
    • Input/output parameters
    • Creating simple procedures
    • Using dynamic SQL
  14. Module 14Programming Features in T-SQL

    • Loops and conditions
  15. Module 15Error Handling

    • SQL Server error handling methods
    • Structured exception handling
  16. Module 16Transactions

    • Transaction concepts
    • Implementing transactions in T-SQL

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