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Introduction To SQL - GoSkills Course Syllabus

This document provides an introduction to SQL course syllabus that includes 33 lessons over 16.5 hours. The course is aimed at beginners and does not require any prerequisites. It covers topics such as intro to databases and SQL, installing and using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio, creating and managing databases and tables, inserting, updating, deleting and filtering data using SQL statements like SELECT, WHERE, and JOIN, and other concepts like functions, indexing, and primary keys. The instructor is listed as John Elder and the estimated study time is provided to complete all materials.

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Introduction To SQL - GoSkills Course Syllabus

This document provides an introduction to SQL course syllabus that includes 33 lessons over 16.5 hours. The course is aimed at beginners and does not require any prerequisites. It covers topics such as intro to databases and SQL, installing and using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio, creating and managing databases and tables, inserting, updating, deleting and filtering data using SQL statements like SELECT, WHERE, and JOIN, and other concepts like functions, indexing, and primary keys. The instructor is listed as John Elder and the estimated study time is provided to complete all materials.

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Introduction to SQL

GoSkills online course syllabus


Saturday, November 25, 2023

Skill level Lessons Pre-requisites


Beginner 33 None

Video duration Estimated study time Instructor


2h 01m 16h 30m for all materials John Elder

Intro to Databases & SQL

1 What is a database?
We will discuss what a database is, the different types of databases and what they are used for

2 An Overview of SQL
We will discuss what SQL(Structured Query Language) is, what it is used for and some of the different
systems that use SQL

3 RDBMS Concepts
We will look at the core concepts and structure of a relational database such as tables, columns, rows,
etc

4 Working With Data Types


We will discuss some of the important data types that may be used in a relational database, including
Integer, varchar, text and much more

Microsoft SQL Server & Management Studio Setup

5 Setting Up Microsoft SQL Server


We will install and setup Microsoft SQL Server

6 Setting Up Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio


We will install and setup SQL Server Management Studio.

7 Connecting to a Server
We will connect to a server and look at the Object Explorer

8 System Databases
We will take a look at the master and model databases as well as the msdb and tempdb Databases
Creating a New Database
9 We will create a new database within MS SQL Server 2016, and create a new table

10 Adding Data to a Table


We will add data to our Table

11 Backing Up & Restoring a Database


You will learn how to backup a database and how to restore a backup

Selecting & Filtering Data 1

12 Simple SELECT Statements


Here we will start to write SQL statements and queries, starting with basic SELECT statements

13 WHERE Clause
We can target specific columns using the WHERE clause along with a SELECT statement

14 AND & OR Clause


We can select data based on multiple conditions using the AND & OR clause

15 ORDER BY Clause
We will look at how we can sort returned data using the ORDER BY clause

16 GROUP BY Clause
We will look at how we can sort returned data using the GROUP_BY clause

Selecting & Filtering Data 2

17 HAVING Clause
The HAVING clause is similar to a WHERE clause but can use aggregation

18 TOP Clause
The TOP clause is used to limit the number of records that will be returned from a SELECT statement

19 SELECT DISTINCT
We can use DISTINCT to only return distinct or different values in a SELECT statement
UNION
20 The UNION operator is used to combine the result-set of two or more SELECT statements

21 Functions
We will look at some built in functions for performing calculations on data

Inserting, Updating & Deleting Data

22 INSERT Statement
We will insert our own records into a database using INSERT INTO

23 UPDATE Statement
The UPDATE statement can be used to change data that already exists in the SQL database

24 DELETE Statement
We can use DELETE FROM to remove data from the SQL database

25 ALTER TABLE
With ALTER TABLE, we can add, remove or change columns, data types and just about anything else

Combining & Joining Multiple Tables

26 Aliases
Aliases can be used to temporary rename columns and tables

27 INNER JOIN
We will discuss and write inner joins to combine more than one table in a specific way

28 OUTER JOIN
We will discuss and write outer joins to combine more than one table in a specific way

29 LEFT JOIN
We will discuss and write left joins to combine more than one table in a specific way

30 RIGHT JOIN
We will discuss and write right joins to combine more than one table in a specific way
Other SQL Concepts

31 Subqueries
We will discuss combining queries together in a subquery

32 Indexing
We will talk about what indexing is and how to do it within MS SQL Server

33 Primary Key
We will discuss the Primary Key and why it's so important

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