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Database Foundations: Core Concepts

• Understanding data storage models

• Building your server

• Understanding Data Definition Language (DDL)

• Understanding Data Manipulation Language (DML)

• Understanding relational database concepts

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Essential Training (beginner)

4h 24m / $35

Master the fundamentals of SQL Server 2019, the industry-leading database management platform from Microsoft. In this course, instructor Adam Wilbert equips beginners with the core skills they need to create and manage SQL Server databases. Adam begins with the basics, showing how to install SQL Server and log into a local database server. He then discusses how to create new databases, design tables, define relationships, write queries, and use stored procedures and built-in functions. Plus, he demonstrates how to perform crucial database administration tasks, such as backups and restores, security enhancements, and performance monitoring.

SQL Essential Training (beginner)

3h 0m / available only by monthly subscription

Completely updated for 2019, SQL Essential Training is designed to help users understand the most common language for database wrangling, SQL. All the lessons have been recorded in SQLiteStudio, an intuitive and easy-to-install database manager. Instructor Bill Weinman teaches all the major features of SQL: creating tables; defining relationships; manipulating strings, numbers, and dates; using triggers to automate actions; and using subselects and views. He offers a solid working knowledge of the language and shows how to retrieve and manage data efficiently. The final chapter includes a real-world example of building a simple application using SQL.

Learning Transact-SQL (beginner)

4h 46m / $35

Learn how to utilize Transact-SQL to address real business requirements and gain a solid understanding of your SQL Server database. Jeff Jones, an IT professional with over forty years of experience shows you how to use the tools available in Transact-SQL to discover the database definition, access tables, submit queries, and view the results.

SQL: Data Reporting and Analysis (intermediate)

2h 17m / $30

In this course, learn how to get the data you want by writing a bit of SQL code. You won't just be able to pull data out of the database; you'll be able to manipulate it: merging it, grouping it, and relabeling it to get just the report you want. Join Emma Saunders as she shows how to write simple SQL queries for data reporting and analysis. Learn how to filter, group, and sort data, using built-in SQL functions to format or calculate results. Discover how to perform more complex queries, such as joining data together from different database tables. Last but not least, she introduces views, procedures, functions, and variables.

Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (intermediate)

2h 41m / $40

Discover how to query data from SQL Server tables. In this course, Adam Wilbert covers how to retrieve information stored in a Microsoft SQL Server database using the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) language. Learn the fundamental structure of a query and see how to manipulate data through the use of built-in functions, operators, filters, and other language features to return a dataset that's formatted to meet a wide variety of needs and perspectives. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be equipped with the commands and keywords you need to know to effectively analyze your data.

SQL Server: Reporting Services (advanced)

3h 30m / $50

Discover how to build, edit, and publish interactive reports using Reporting Services in SQL Server. In this course, author Adam Wilbert shows how to create, format, and share reports that leverage a variety of data sources. First, he takes you through the setup process, followed by the step-by-step process of building a report. He covers interactive elements, formatting, charts, sorting, filtering, web viewing, and mobile viewing. Adam also shares best practices, tips, and tricks that you can use to ensure your reports are dynamic.