Use Transact SQL tutorials in 'Microsoft Transact SQL CD Training (CBT)' to learn quickly/cost-effectively.

Duration: 8 hrs

In this training course, you will not only learn about this data definition, manipulation, and control language, but you will also become better prepared for the MCDBA certification, particularly Exam #70-229.

Transact SQL Training tutorial is authored by Microsoft certified Systems Engineer and Database administrator Mark Long. It will also help you become a much improved Database Administrator. Mark Long starts off by introducing you to the origins and capabilities of Transact SQL. He gives a brief history of databases and covers some language basics, including scripts, functions, batches, and views. He then moves onto more advanced ideas by teaching you about TSQL tools, such as the Query Analyzer and the Enterprise Manager an then then goes into great depth explaining the 4 main commands: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE. Other topics covered iclude: indexes, variables, and stored procedures. He even touches on XML.

Course Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
What Is Transact SQL?
A Few Words About TSQL
History of Databases
History of SQL
What Flavor Would You Like?
SQL Terminology/Acronyms
Course Overview
Course Overview and Description
General Database Information
What Is A Database?
Two Main Types of Databases
Normalization
Denormalization
Database Relationships
Database Design Concerns
Language Basics
SQL Statement Types
Transact SQL Elements
Data Types Overview
SQL 2000 Data Types
Wildcards & Escape Characters
Logic Flow
Scripts
Batches
Transactions
Functions
Stored Procedures
Views
Triggers
Debugging
Transact SQL Tools
Query Analyzer part 1
Query Analyzer part 2
Enterprise Manager
QA vs. EM
ISQL / OSQL
ISQL / OSQL Examples
Notepad
Third Party Apps
More Than A Query Language
Creating Databases in Transact SQL
A Word About NULLS
Creating Tables
Creating Constraints in Transact SQL
Creating Defaults
Creating Relationships
SELECT
Basic SELECT
Column Aliasing
SELECT INTO Clause
SELECT FROM Clause
Using JOINS
JOIN Examples
Table Aliasing
SELECT WHERE Clause
Looking For NULLS
SELECT GROUP BY Clause
SELECT HAVING Clause
SELECT ORDER BY Clause
SELECT COMPUTE Clause
UNION
INSERT
Basic INSERT Syntax
Using INSERT
Advanced INSERT
UPDATE
Basic UPDATE Syntax
Using UPDATE
Advanced UPDATE
DELETE
Basic DELETE Syntax
Using DELETE
DELETE or TRUNCATE TABLE?
Indexes
What is it?
Types Of Indexes
Determining Indexes(Guidelines)
Creating Indexes
Views in Transact SQL
What Is A View?
Creating Views
Advantages of Views
System Tables
Overview of System Tables
Querying System Tables
Variables in Transact SQL
Overview Of Variables
Declaring Variables
Using Variables
Variables As Object Names
System Variables
Stored Procedures
What Is A Stored Procedure?
Creating A Stored Procedure
Using Input Variables
Using Output Variables
Extended Stored Procedures
Cursors
What Are Cursors?
Functions
What Are Functions?
Partial List Of Functions
User Defined Functions
Scalar UDF
Multi-Statement UDF
InLine UDF
Triggers
What Are Triggers?
Creating A Trigger
How Triggers Work
Nesting and Recursive Triggers
XML
What Is XML?
FOR XML
Misc XML Info
Optimising Your TSQL
Limiting your Results
Utilising Indexes
Graphical Exec Plan/Profiler