SQL Server Training
3 days - please call for a quote
SQL Server is Microsoft's flagship relational database application. This three-day SQL Server training course
provides a grounding in relational database design methodology and in its practical application using SQL
Server.
SQL Server Course Objectives
This 3-day SQL Server training course provides clients with a good working knowledge of SQL
Server & Transact SQL.
Upon completion of this SQL Server training course, the delegate will be familiar with the usage of
SQL Server in the implementation of robust relational databases.
SQL Server Course Content
Principles of database design
A series of presentations and exercises exploring the major aspects of robust relational database design.
This section considers:
Requirements Capture methodology
Normalisation
Keys
Relationships
Business rules
Views
Data integrity
Database modelling
Introduction to SQL Server
This section explores the user interface. The menus, tools and wizards provided by SQL Server. Using
examples and exercises, this section considers:
Database, table and field creation
Security considerations
SQL Server Query Analyser
Stored Procedures
Indexes
Triggers
The T-SQL language
This section also includes an overview of Structured Query Language
Hands On
The theories and skills explored in the previous sections are put into practice. In this section, delegates will
design and build a relational database based upon a Case Study.
SQL Server Training Course Prerequisites
For this SQL server course delegates will need:
Experience of working with databases in a commercial environment e.g. VB – ActiveX or ASP/ADO
Good knowledge of at least one programming/scripting language, preferably Microsoft e.g. VBScript,
VBA, VB
SQL Server Training Course Recommended Reading
SQL Pocket Guide - Jonathan Gennick – buy from amazon
SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled by G; Dam, S Fritchey - buy from amazon