Part 1: Querying Data with Transact-SQL
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  Lecture 1: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server
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This Lecture introduces SQL Server, the versions of SQL Server, including cloud versions, and how to connect to SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio.

·         Lessons

·         The Basic Architecture of SQL Server

·         SQL Server Editions and Versions

·         Getting Started with SQL Server Management Studio

·         Lab : Working with SQL Server Tools

·         Working with SQL Server Management Studio

·         Creating and Organizing T-SQL Scripts

·         Using Books Online

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe relational databases and Transact-SQL queries.

·         Describe the on-premise & cloud-based editions & versions of

       SQL Server.

·         Describe how to use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to

       connect to an instance of SQL Server.

·         Explore the databases contained in the instance.

·         Work with script files that contain T-SQL queries.

  Lecture 2: Introduction to T-SQL Querying
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This Lecture describes the elements of T-SQL and their role in writing queries. Describe the use of sets in SQL Server. Describe the use of predicate logic in SQL Server. Describe the logical order of operations in SELECT statements.

·         Lessons

·         Introducing T-SQL

·         Understanding Sets

·         Understanding Predicate Logic

·         Understanding the Logical Order of Operations in SELECT

       statements

·         Lab : Introduction to T-SQL Querying

·         Executing Basic SELECT Statements

·         Executing Queries that Filter Data using Predicates

·         Executing Queries That Sort Data Using ORDER BY

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the role of T-SQL in writing SELECT statements.

·         Describe the elements of the T-SQL language

·         Describe Which elements will be useful in writing queries.

·         Describe the concepts of the set theory, one of the mathematical

       underpinnings of relational databases, and to help you apply it to

       how you think about querying SQL Server.

·         Describe predicate logic and examine its application to querying

       SQL Server.

·         Explain the elements of a SELECT statement, delineate the order in

       which the elements are evaluated, and then apply this

            understanding to a practical approach to writing queries.

  Lecture 3: Writing SELECT Queries
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This Lecture introduces the fundamentals of the SELECT statement, focusing on queries against a single table.

·         Lessons

·         Writing Simple SELECT Statements

·         Eliminating Duplicates with DISTINCT

·         Using Column and Table Aliases

·         Writing Simple CASE Expressions

·         Lab : Writing Basic SELECT Statements

·         Writing Simple SELECT Statements

·         Eliminating Duplicates Using DISTINCT

·         Using Column and Table Aliases

·         Using a Simple CASE Expression

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the structure and format of the SELECT statement

·         Describe the enhancements that will add functionality 

·         Describe the readability to your queries

·         Describe how to eliminate duplicates using the DISTINCT clause

·         Describe the use of column and table aliases

·         Understand and use CASE expressions

  Lecture 4: Querying Multiple Tables
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This Lecture describes how to write queries that combine data from multiple sources in Microsoft SQL Server.

·         Lessons

·         Understanding Joins

·         Querying with Inner Joins

·         Querying with Outer Joins

·         Querying with Cross Joins and Self Joins

·         Lab : Querying Multiple Tables

·         Writing Queries that use Inner Joins

·         Writing Queries that use Multiple-Table Inner Joins

·         Writing Queries that use Self-Joins

·         Writing Queries that use Outer Joins

·         Writing Queries that use Cross Joins

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Explain the fundamentals of joins in SQL Server

·         Write inner join queries

·         Write queries that use outer joins

·         Use additional join types

  Lecture 5: Sorting and Filtering Data
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·         This Lecture describes how to implement sorting and filtering.

·         Lessons

·         Sorting Data

·         Filtering Data with Predicates

·         Filtering Data with TOP and OFFSET-FETCH

·         Working with Unknown Values

·         Lab : Sorting and Filtering Data

·         Writing Queries that Filter Data using a WHERE Clause

·         Writing Queries that Sort Data Using an ORDER BY Clause

·         Writing Queries that Filter Data Using the TOP Option

·         Write Queries that filter data using the OFFSET-FETCH clause

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Explain how to add an ORDER BY clause to your queries to control

       the order of rows displayed in your query's output

·         Explain how to construct WHERE clauses to filter out rows that do

       not match the predicate.

·         Explain how to limit ranges of rows in the SELECT clause using a

       TOP option.

·         Explain how to limit ranges of rows using the OFFSET-FETCH option

       of an ORDER BY clause.

·         Explain how three-valued logic accounts for unknown & missing

            values, how SQL Server uses NULL to mark missing values, and 

       how to test for NULL in your queries.

  Lecture 6: Working with SQL Server Data Types
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This Lecture introduces the data types SQL Server uses to store data.

·         Lessons

·         Introducing SQL Server Data Types

·         Working with Character Data

·         Working with Date and Time Data

·         Lab : Working with SQL Server Data Types

·         Writing Queries that Return Date and Time Data

·         Writing Queries that use Date and Time Functions

·         Writing Queries That Return Character Data

·         Writing Queries That Return Character Functions

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Explore many of the data types SQL Server uses to store data

       and how data types are converted between types

·         Explain the SQL Server character-based data types

·         Explain how character comparisons work, and some common

       functions you may find useful in your queries

·         Describe data types that are used to store temporal data

·         Describe how to enter dates and times so they will be properly

       parsed by SQL Server, and how to manipulate dates and times

       with built-in functions.

  Lecture 7: Using DML to Modify Data
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This Lecture describes how to create DML queries, and why you would want to.

·         Lessons

·         Adding Data to Tables

·         Modifying and Removing Data

·         Generating automatic column values

·         Lab : Using DML to Modify Data

·         Inserting Records with DML

·         Updating and Deleting Records Using DML

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Use INSERT and SELECT INTO statements

·         Use UPDATE, MERGE, DELETE, and TRUNCATE.

  Lecture 8: Using Built-In Functions
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This Lecture introduces some of the many built in functions in SQL Server.

·         Lessons

·         Writing Queries with Built-In Functions

·         Using Conversion Functions

·         Using Logical Functions

·         Using Functions to Work with NULL

·         Lab : Using Built-In Functions

·         Writing Queries That Use Conversion Functions

·         Writing Queries that use Logical Functions

·         Writing Queries that Test for Nullability

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the types of functions provided by SQL Server

·         Focus on working with scalar functions

·         Explain how to explicitly convert data 

·         Describe how to use logical functions that evaluate an expression

       and return a scalar result.

·         Describe additional functions for working with NULL

  Lecture 9: Grouping and Aggregating Data
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This Lecture describes how to use aggregate functions.

·         Lessons

·         Using Aggregate Functions

·         Using the GROUP BY Clause

·         Filtering Groups with HAVING

·         Lab : Grouping and Aggregating Data

·         Writing Queries That Use the GROUP BY Clause

·         Writing Queries that Use Aggregate Functions

·         Writing Queries that Use Distinct Aggregate Functions

·         Writing Queries that Filter Groups with the HAVING Clause

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the built-in aggregate function in SQL Server 

·         Write queries that separate rows using the GROUP BY clause.

·         Write queries that use the HAVING clause to filter groups.

  Lecture 10: Using Subqueries
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This Lecture describes several types of subquery and how and when to use them.

·         Lessons

·         Writing Self-Contained Subqueries

·         Writing Correlated Subqueries

·         Using the EXISTS Predicate with Subqueries

·         Lab : Using Subqueries

·         Writing Queries That Use Self-Contained Subqueries

·         Writing Queries That Use Scalar and Multi-Result Subqueries

·         Writing Queries That Use Correlated Subqueries & an EXISTS

       Clause

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe where subqueries may be used in a SELECT statement.

·         Write queries that use correlated subqueries in a SELECT

        statement

·         Write queries that use EXISTS predicates in a WHERE clause

        to test for the existence of qualifying rows

·         Use the EXISTS predicate to efficiently check for the existence

       of rows in a subquery.

  Lecture 11: Using Table Expressions
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Previously in this course, you learned about using subqueries as an expression that returned results to an outer calling query. Like subqueries, table expressions are query expressions, but table expressions extend this idea by allowing you to name them and to work with their results as you would work with data in any valid relational table. Microsoft SQL Server supports four types of table expressions: derived tables, common table expression (CTEs), views, and inline table-valued functions (TVFs). In this Lecture, you will learn to work with these forms of table expressions and learn how to use them to help create a modular approach to writing queries.

·         Lessons

·         Using Views

·         Using Inline Table-Valued Functions

·         Using Derived Tables

·         Using Common Table Expressions

·         Lab : Using Table Expressions

·         Writing Queries That Use Views

·         Writing Queries That Use Derived Tables

·         Writing Queries That Use Common Table Expressions 

·         Writing Queries That Use Inline Table-Valued Expressions

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Write queries that return results from views.

·         Use the CREATE FUNCTION statement to create simple

       inline TVFs.

·         Write queries that create and retrieve results from derived tables.

·         Write queries that create CTEs and return results from the table

       expression.

  Lecture 12: Using Set Operators
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This Lecture introduces how to use the set operators UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT to compare rows between two input sets.

·         Lessons

·         Writing Queries with the UNION operator

·         Using EXCEPT and INTERSECT

·         Using APPLY

·         Lab : Using Set Operators

·         Writing Queries That Use UNION Set Operators and UNION ALL

·         Writing Queries That Use CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY

       Operators

·         Writing Queries That Use the EXCEPT and INTERSECT

       Operators

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Write queries that use UNION to combine input sets.

·         Write queries that use UNION ALL to combine input sets

·         Write queries that use the EXCEPT operator to return only

       rows in one set but not another.

·         Write queries that use the INTERSECT operator to return only

       rows that are present in both sets

·         Write queries using the CROSS APPLY operator.

  Lecture 13: Using Windows Ranking, Offset & Aggregate Functions
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This Lecture describes the benefits to using window functions. Restrict window functions to rows defined in an OVER clause, including partitions and frames. Write queries that use window functions to operate on a window of rows and return ranking, aggregation, and offset comparison results.

·         Lessons

·         Creating Windows with OVER

·         Exploring Window Functions

·         Lab : Using Windows Ranking, Offset, and Aggregate Functions

·         Writing Queries that use Ranking Functions

·         Writing Queries that use Offset Functions

·         Writing Queries that use Window Aggregate Functions

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Describe the T-SQL components used to define windows, and

       the relationships between them.

·         Write queries that use the OVER clause, with partitioning,

       ordering, and framing to define windows

·         Write queries that use window aggregate functions.

·         Write queries that use window ranking functions.

·         Write queries that use window offset functions

  Lecture 14: Pivoting and Grouping Sets
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This Lecture describes write queries that pivot and unpivot result sets. Write queries that specify multiple groupings with grouping sets

·         Lessons

·         Writing Queries with PIVOT and UNPIVOT

·         Working with Grouping Sets

·         Lab : Pivoting and Grouping Sets

·         Writing Queries that use the PIVOT Operator

·         Writing Queries that use the UNPIVOT Operator

·         Writing Queries that use the GROUPING SETS CUBE

       and ROLLUP Subclauses

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Describe how pivoting data can be used in T-SQL queries.

·         Write queries that pivot data from rows to columns using the

       PIVOT operator.

·         Write queries that unpivot data from columns back to rows

       using the UNPIVOT operator.

·         Write queries using the GROUPING SETS subclause.

·         Write queries that use ROLLUP AND CUBE.

·         Write queries that use the GROUPING_ID function.

  Lecture 15: Executing Stored Procedures
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This Lecture describes how to return results by executing stored procedures. Pass parameters to procedures. Create simple stored procedures that encapsulate a SELECT statement. Construct and execute dynamic SQL with EXEC and sp_executesql.

·         Lessons

·         Querying Data with Stored Procedures

·         Passing Parameters to Stored procedures

·         Creating Simple Stored Procedures

·         Working with Dynamic SQL

·         Lab : Executing Stored Procedures

·         Using the EXECUTE statement to Invoke Stored Procedure

·         Passing Parameters to Stored procedures

·         Executing System Stored Procedures

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Describe stored procedures and their use.

·         Write T-SQL statements that execute stored procedures to

       return data.

·         Write EXECUTE statements that pass input parameters to

       stored procedures.

·         Write T-SQL batches that prepare output parameters and

       execute stored procedures.

·         Use the CREATE PROCEDURE statement to write a stored

       procedure.

·         Create a stored procedure that accepts input parameters.

·         Describe how T-SQL can be dynamically constructed.

·         Write queries that use dynamic SQL.

  Lecture 16: Programming with T-SQL
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This Lecture describes how to enhance your T-SQL code with programming elements.

·         Lessons

·         T-SQL Programming Elements

·         Controlling Program Flow

·         Lab : Programming with T-SQL

·         Declaring Variables and Delimiting Batches

·         Using Control-Of-Flow Elements

·         Using Variables in a Dynamic SQL Statement

·         Using Synonyms

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Describe how Microsoft SQL Server treats collections of

      statements as batches.

·         Create and submit batches of T-SQL code for execution by

       SQL Server.

·         Describe how SQL Server stores temporary objects as variables.

·         Write code that declares and assigns variables.

·         Create and invoke synonyms

·         Describe the control-of-flow elements in T-SQL.

·         Write T-SQL code using IF...ELSE blocks.

·         Write T-SQL code that uses WHILE.

  Lecture 17: Implementing Error Handling
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This Lecture introduces error handling for T-SQL.

·         Lessons

·         Implementing T-SQL error handling

·         Implementing structured exception handling

·         Lab : Implementing Error Handling

·         Redirecting errors with TRY/CATCH

·         Using THROW to pass an error message back to a client

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Implement T-SQL error handling.

·         Implement structured exception handling.

  Lecture 18: Implementing Transactions
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This Lecture describes how to implement transactions.

·         Lessons

·         Transactions and the database engines

·         Controlling transactions

·         Lab : Implementing Transactions

·         Controlling transactions with BEGIN, COMMIT, and ROLLBACK

·         Adding error handling to a CATCH block

·         After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·         Describe transactions

·         Describe Differences between batches and transactions.

·         Describe batches and how they are handled by SQL Server.

·         Create and manage transactions with transaction control

       language statements.

·         Use SET XACT_ABORT to define SQL Servers handling of

       transactions outside TRY/CATCH blocks.

  Part 2: Developing SQL Databases
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  Lecture 19: Introduction to Database Development
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Before beginning to work with Microsoft SQL Server in either a development or an administration role, it is important to understand the scope of the SQL Server platform. In particular, it is useful to understand that SQL Server is not just a database engine—it is a complete platform for managing enterprise data.SQL Server provides a strong data platform for all sizes of organizations, in addition to a comprehensive set of tools to make development easier, and more robust.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to the SQL Server Platform

·         SQL Server Database Development Tasks

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the SQL Server platform.

·         Use SQL Server administration tools.

  Lecture 20: Designing and Implementing Tables
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In a relational database management system (RDBMS), user and system data is stored in tables. Each table consists of a set of rows that describe entities and a set of columns that hold the attributes of an entity. For example, a Customer table might have columns such as CustomerName and CreditLimit, and a row for each customer. In Microsoft SQL Server data management software tables are contained within schemas that are very similar in concept to folders that contain files in the operating system. Designing tables is one of the most important tasks that a database developer undertakes, because incorrect table design leads to the inability to query the data efficiently.After an appropriate design has been created, it is important to know how to correctly implement the design.

·         Lessons

·         Designing Tables

·         Data Types

·         Working with Schemas

·         Creating and Altering Tables

·         Lab : Designing and Implementing Tables

·         Designing Tables

·         Creating Schemas

·         Creating Tables

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Design tables using normalization, primary & foreign keys.

·         Work with identity columns.

·         Understand built-in and user data types.

·         Use schemas in your database designs to organize data, and

      manage object security.

·         Work with computed columns and temporary tables.

  Lecture 21: Advanced Table Designs
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The physical design of a database can have a significant impact on the ability of the database to meet the storage and performance requirements set out by the stakeholders. Designing a physical database implementation includes planning the file groups, how to use partitioning to manage large tables, and using compression to improve storage and performance. Temporal tables are a new feature in SQL Server and offer a straightforward solution to collecting changes to your data.

 

·         Lessons

·         Partitioning Data

·         Compressing Data

·         Temporal Tables

·         Lab : Using Advanced Table Designs

·         Partitioning Data

·         Compressing Data

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the considerations for using partitioned tables in

       a SQL Server database.

·         Plan for using data compression in a SQL Server database.

·         Use temporal tables to store and query changes to your data.

  Lecture 22: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
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The quality of data in your database largely determines the usefulness and effectiveness of applications that rely on it—the success or failure of an organization or a business venture could depend on it. Ensuring data integrity is a critical step in maintaining high-quality data. You should enforce data integrity at all levels of an application from first entry or collection through storage. Microsoft SQL Server data management software provides a range of features to simplify the job.

·         Lessons

·         Enforcing Data Integrity

·         Implementing Data Domain Integrity

·         Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity

·         Lab : Using Data Integrity Through Constraints

·         Add Constraints

·         Test the Constraints

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the options for enforcing data integrity

·         Describe the levels at which they should be applied.

·         Implement domain integrity through options such as check,

       unique, and default constraints.

·         Implement referential integrity through primary and foreign

       key constraints.

  Lecture 23: Introduction to Indexes
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An index is a collection of pages associated with a table. Indexes are used to improve the performance of queries or enforce uniqueness. Before learning to implement indexes, it is helpful to understand how they work, how effective different data types are when used within indexes, and how indexes can be constructed from multiple columns. This Lecture discusses table structures that do not have indexes, and the different index types available in Microsoft SQL Server.

·         Lessons

·         Core Indexing Concepts

·         Data Types and Indexes

·         Heaps, Clustered, and Nonclustered Indexes

·         Single Column and Composite Indexes

·         Lab : Implementing Indexes

·         Creating a Heap

·         Creating a Clustered Index

·         Creating a Covered Index

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Explain core indexing concepts.

·         Evaluate which index to use for different data types.

·         Describe the difference between single and composite

       column indexes.

  Lecture 24: Designing Optimized Index Strategies
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Indexes play an important role in enabling SQL Server to retrieve data from a database quickly and efficiently. This Lecture discusses advanced index topics including covering indexes, the INCLUDE clause, query hints, padding and fill factor, statistics, using DMOs, the Database Tuning Advisor, and Query Store.

·         Lessons

·         Index Strategies

·         Managing Indexes

·         Execution Plans

·         The Database Engine Tuning Advisor

·         Query Store

·         Lab : Optimizing Indexes

·         Using Query Store

·         Heaps and Clustered Indexes

·         Creating a Covered Index

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         What a covering index is, and when to use one.

·         The issues involved in managing indexes.

·         Actual and estimated execution plans.

·         How to use Database Tuning Advisor to improve the

       performance of queries.

·         How to use Query Store to improve query performance.

  Lecture 25: Columnstore Indexes
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Introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes are used in large data warehouse solutions by many organizations. This Lecture highlights the benefits of using these indexes on large datasets; the improvements made to columnstore indexes in SQL Server 2016; and the considerations needed to use columnstore indexes effectively in your solutions.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to Columnstore Indexes

·         Creating Columnstore Indexes

·         Working with Columnstore Indexes

·         Lab : Using Columnstore Indexes

·         Creating a Columnstore Index

·         Create a Memory Optimized Columnstore Table

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe columnstore indexes.

·         Create clustered and nonclustered columnstore indexes.

·         Describe considerations for using columnstore indexes.

  Lecture 26: Designing and Implementing Views
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This Lecture describes the design and implementation of views. A view is a special type of query—one that is stored and can be used in other queries—just like a table. With a view, only the query definition is stored on disk; not the result set. The only exception to this is indexed views, when the result set is also stored on disk, just like a table.Views simplify the design of a database by providing a layer of abstraction, and hiding the complexity of table joins. Views are also a way of securing your data by giving users permissions to use a view, without giving them permissions to the underlying objects. This means data can be kept private, and can only be viewed by appropriate users.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to Views

·         Creating and Managing Views

·         Performance Considerations for Views

·         Lab : Designing and Implementing Views

·         Creating Standard Views

·         Creating an Updateable view

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Understand the role of views in database design.

·         Create and manage views.

·         Understand the performance considerations with views.

  Lecture 27: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
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This Lecture describes the design and implementation of stored procedures.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to Stored Procedures

·         Working with Stored Procedures

·         Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures

·         Controlling Execution Context

·         Lab : Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures

·         Create Stored procedures

·         Create Parameterized Stored procedures

·         Changes Stored Procedure Execution Context

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Understand what stored procedures are, and what benefits

       they have.

·         Design, create, and alter stored procedures.

·         Control the execution context of stored procedures.

·         Implement stored procedures that use parameters.

  Lecture 28: Designing &Implementing User-Defined Functions
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Functions are routines that you use to encapsulate frequently performed logic. Rather than having to repeat the function logic in many places, code can call the function. This makes code more maintainable, and easier to debug. In this Lecture, you will learn to design and implement user-defined functions (UDFs) that enforce business rules or data consistency. You will also learn how to modify and maintain existing functions.

·         Lessons

·         Overview of Functions

·         Designing and Implementing Scalar Functions

·         Designing and Implementing Table-Valued Functions

·         Considerations for Implementing Functions

·         Alternatives to Functions

·         Lab : Designing and Implementing User-Defined Functions

·         Format Phone numbers

·         Modify an Existing Function

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe different types of functions.

·         Design and implement scalar functions.

·         Design and implement table-valued functions (TVFs).

·         Describe considerations for implementing functions.

·         Describe alternatives to functions.

  Lecture 29: Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers
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Data Manipulation Language (DML) triggers are powerful tools that you can use to enforce domain, entity, referential data integrity and business logic. The enforcement of integrity helps you to build reliable applications. In this Lecture, you will learn what DML triggers are, how they enforce data integrity, the different types of trigger that are available to you, and how to define them in your database.

·         Lessons

·         Designing DML Triggers

·         Implementing DML Triggers

·         Advanced Trigger Concepts

·         Lab : Responding to Data Manipulation by Using Triggers

·         Create and Test the Audit Trigger

·         Improve the Audit Trigger

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Design DML triggers

·         Implement DML triggers

·         Explain advanced DML trigger concepts, such as nesting

          and recursion.

  Lecture 30: Using In-Memory Tables
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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 data management software introduced in-memory online transaction processing (OLTP) functionality features to improve the performance of OLTP workloads. SQL Server adds several enhancements, such as the ability to alter a memory-optimized table without recreating it. Memory-optimized tables are primarily stored in memory, which provides the improved performance by reducing hard disk access. Natively compiled stored procedures further improve performance over traditional interpreted Transact-SQL.

·         Lessons

·         Memory-Optimized Tables

·         Natively Compiled Stored Procedures

·         Lab : Using In-Memory Database Capabilities

·         Using Memory-Optimized Tables

·         Using Natively Compiled Stored procedures

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Use memory-optimized tables to improve performance

            for latch-bound workloads.

·         Use natively compiled stored procedures.

  Lecture 31: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
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As a SQL Server professional, you are likely to be asked to create databases that meet business needs. Most requirements can be met using Transact-SQL. However, occasionally you may need additional capabilities that can only be met by using common language runtime (CLR) code. As functionality is added to SQL Server with each new release, the necessity to use managed code decreases. However, there are times when you might need to create aggregates, stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions, or user-defined types. You can use any .NET Framework language to develop these objects. In this Lecture, you will learn how to use CLR managed code to create user-defined database objects for SQL Server.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to CLR Integration in SQL Server

·         Implementing and Publishing CLR Assemblies

·         Lab : Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server

·         Assessing Proposed CLR Code

·         Creating a Scalar-Valued CLR Function

·         Creating a Table Valued CLR Function

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Explain the importance of CLR integration in SQL Server.

·         Implement and publish CLR assemblies using SQL Server

       Data Tools (SSDT).

  Lecture 32: Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server
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XML provides rules for encoding documents in a machine-readable form. It has become a widely adopted standard for representing data structures, rather than sending unstructured documents. Servers that are running Microsoft SQL Server data management software often need to use XML to interchange data with other systems; many SQL Server tools provide an XML-based interface. SQL Server offers extensive handling of XML, both for storage and querying. This Lecture introduces XML, shows how to store XML data within SQL Server, and shows how to query the XML data. The ability to query XML data directly avoids the need to extract data into a relational format before executing Structured Query Language (SQL) queries. To effectively process XML, you need to be able to query XML data in several ways: returning existing relational data as XML, and querying data that is already XML.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to XML and XML Schemas

·         Storing XML Data and Schemas in SQL Server

·         Implementing the XML Data Type

·         Using the Transact-SQL FOR XML Statement

·         Getting Started with XQuery

·         Shredding XML

·         Lab : Storing and Querying XML Data in SQL Server

·         Determining when to use XML

·         Testing XML Data Storage in Variables

·         Using XML Schemas

·         Using FOR XML Queries

·         Creating a Stored Procedure to Return XML

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe XML and XML schemas.

·         Store XML data and associated XML schemas in SQL Server.

·         Implement XML indexes within SQL Server.

·         Use the Transact-SQL FOR XML statement.

·         Work with basic XQuery queries.

  Lecture 33: Storing and Querying Spatial Data in SQL Server
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This Lecture describes spatial data and how this data can be implemented within SQL Server.

·         Lessons

·         Introduction to Spatial Data

·         Working with SQL Server Spatial Data Types

·         Using Spatial Data in Applications

·         Lab : Working with SQL Server Spatial Data

·         Become Familiar with the Geometry Data Type

·         Add Spatial Data to an Existing Table

·         Find Nearby Locations

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe how spatial data can be stored in SQL Server

·         Use basic methods of the GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY

       data types

·         Query databases containing spatial data

  Lecture 34: Storing & Querying BLOBs in SQL Server
Live Lecture 
Traditionally, databases have been used to store information in the form of simple values—such as integers, dates, and strings—that contrast with more complex data formats, such as documents, spreadsheets, image files, and video files. As the systems that databases support have become more complex, administrators have found it necessary to integrate this more complex file data with the structured data in database tables. For example, in a product database, it can be helpful to associate a product record with the service manual or instructional videos for that product. SQL Server provides several ways to integrate these files—that are often known as Binary Large Objects (BLOBs)—and enable their content to be indexed and included in search results. In this Lecture, you will learn how to design and optimize a database that includes BLOBs.

·         Lessons

·         Considerations for BLOB Data

·         Working with FILESTREAM

·         Using Full-Text Search

·         Lab : Storing and Querying BLOBs and Text Documents

       in SQL Server

·         Enabling and Using FILESTREAM Columns

·         Enabling and Using File Tables

·         Using a Full-Text Index

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe the considerations for designing databases that

       incorporate BLOB data.

·         Describe the benefits and design considerations for using

       FILESTREAM to store BLOB data on a Windows file system.

·         Describe the benefits of using full-text indexing and Semantic

       Search, and explain how to use these features to search SQL

       Server data, including unstructured data

  Lecture 35: SQL Server Concurrency
Live Lecture 
This Lecture explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. Concurrency control is a critical feature of multiuser database systems; it allows data to remain consistent when many users are modifying data at the same time. This Lecture covers the implementation of concurrency in Microsoft SQL Server. You will learn about how SQL Server implements concurrency controls, and the different ways you can configure and work with concurrency settings.

·         Lessons

·         Concurrency and Transactions

·         Locking Internals

·         Lab : SQL Server Concurrency

·         Implement Snapshot Isolation

·         Implement Partition Level Locking

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Describe concurrency and transactions in SQL Server.

·         Describe SQL Server locking.

  Lecture 36: Performance and Monitoring
Live Lecture 
This Lecture explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. This Lecture looks at how to measure and monitor the performance of your SQL Server databases. The first two lessons look at SQL Server Extended Events, a flexible, lightweight event-handling system built into the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine. These lessons focus on the architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategies and usage scenarios.

·         Lessons

·         Extended Events

·         Working with extended Events

·         Live Query Statistics

·         Optimize Database File Configuration

·         Metrics

·         Lab : Monitoring, Tracing, and Baselining

·         Collecting and Analyzing Data Using Extended Events

·         Implementing Baseline Methodology

·         After completing this Lecture, you will be able to:

·         Understand Extended Events and how to use them.

·         Work with Extended Events.

·         Understand Live Query Statistics.

·         Optimize the file configuration of your databases.

·         Use DMVs and Performance Monitor to create baselines

       and gather performance metrics.