Practical Transact-SQL (T-SQL): Get your hands dirty

🌟 Course Title: Practical Transact-SQL (T-SQL): Get Your Hands Dirty! 🌟

Course Headline:

Master Advanced SQL Server Database Development and Querying with Hands-On, Interactive, and Drag & Drop Exercises! 🚀

Course Description:

SQL Server is a powerful database system, and to truly master it, there's no substitute for getting your hands dirty. This course is not for the casual user. It's designed for individuals who are serious about SQL Server as a core part of their career or daily operations. 🖥️

With over 90 exercises across three separate databases, this course will keep you engaged and learning at a deeper level than most SQL courses. Here's what you can expect:

1. Accounts Payable (AP) Database: This is the primary database for coding examples in our lectures. It provides real-world scenarios for your scripting practice. 📊

2. AcotexCollege Database: Spanning more than 90 exercises, this database allows you to apply what you've learned after each lesson directly in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). 👩‍🏫✍️

3. Hands-On Database: With 75 interactive exercises that can be performed using our custom user-interface or within SSMS, this database offers a unique and engaging way to practice your SQL skills. 🎮

What You Will Learn:

This comprehensive course covers everything you need to know for advanced SQL Server database development and querying:

✅ Master the Basics: Understand the key concepts, terms, and tools related to relational databases and SQL.

✅ Database Creation: Learn to create databases, tables, and manage data using SQL statements or through SSMS.

✅ Explore Management Studio: Get comfortable with the essential tools for working with databases in SQL Server.

✅ Advanced Features: Dive into views, scripts, stored procedures, functions, table-value parameters, triggers, transactions, locking, and security. 🛠️

✅ Effective Querying: Master writing SQL statements to retrieve and update data efficiently.

✅ Joins, Subqueries & More: Learn to work with inner and outer joins, summary queries, and subqueries to extract complex data patterns.

Course Structure:

🎥 Video-Based Learning: We use PowerPoint presentations combined with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) demonstrations to explain concepts clearly.

📄 Exercise Mode One: Each lesson comes with hands-on exercises in a word document format, which you can download and print. Solutions are provided for reference. 📎

👩‍⚖️ Exercise Mode Two: A set of interactive, Drag & Drop exercises are available within our custom user-interface, allowing you to write and execute SQL scripts without opening your SQL Server instance. It's a fun and innovative way to learn! ✨

Solutions to Exercises:

We provide SQL scripts (*.sql) containing solutions for the first set of exercises, which can be viewed or executed in SSMS. For the second set of exercises within our custom interface, instant solutions are just a click away with navigational buttons guiding your progress. 🤝

Good Luck! We're confident that with dedication and hands-on practice, you'll emerge as an advanced SQL Server professional. Let's embark on this learning journey together! 💪💻