What does this course cover?

Developed in-house by SolidQ, this T-SQL Fundamentals course is intended for T-SQL developers, DBAs, data scientists and SQL Server power users who work with SQL Server and need to write queries and develop code using Transact-SQL—SQL Server’s dialect of the standard ANSI-SQL language. The course covers querying, including retrieving and modifying data, and also provides an overview of programmable objects supported by SQL Server.

This course is intended both for people who just started working with SQL Server, as well as those with some experience. If you are self-taught, and gained your knowledge “by the seat of your pants,” this course can fill the gaps in your knowledge and teach you how to think correctly in SQL terms. This course doesn’t get into performance discussions and advanced problems* rather focuses on the logical aspects of T-SQL. Note though that it is not merely a step-by-step course. It doesn’t just focus on syntactical elements of T-SQL, rather explains the logic behind the language and its elements.

There are many aspects of SQL that are very different than other programming languages. This course will help students adopt the right state of mind and get a true understanding of the language elements. Students will learn how to think in terms of sets and follow good SQL programming practices.

The course is not version specific; it does, however, cover language elements that were introduced in recent versions of SQL Server. Throughout the course the instructor will specify the version in which the elements were introduced.

The topics covered in the course include: Background to T-SQL Querying and Programming; Single-Table Queries; Joins; Subqueries; Table Expressions; Set Operators; Window Functions, Pivot, Unpivot and Grouping Sets; Data Modification; Temporal Tables; Transactions; Overview of Programmable Objects.

To complement the learning experience, students will be provided with exercises that will enable them to practice what they’ve learned.

* Note: If you are a very experienced T-SQL practitioner and are looking for an Advanced T-SQL course that dives deeply into the complexities of T-SQL Querying and Programming including coverage of query and index tuning, please see the course Advanced T-SQL Querying Programming and Tuning for SQL Server .