ICT-cursus CertKit – 70-761 (Querying Data with Transact-SQL) | De inhoud

• Start the course
• Recognize features of SQL Server 2016
• List SQL Server 2016 editions and components
• Identify SQL Server 2016 functions and capabilities
• List features of SQL Server Management Studio
• Configure T-SQL statements in SQL Server 2016
• Work with T-SQL Language functions in SQL Server 2016
• Create T-SQL Variables in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to implement T-SQL expressions in SQL Server 2016
• Work with T-SQL control of flow, errors, and transactions in SQL Server 2016
• Use T-SQL comments in SQL Server 2016
• Work with T-SQL batch separators
• Describe:
  • The characteristics of sets in SQL Server 2016
  • The set theory and how it relates to SQL Server 2015
  • Applying set theory to SQL server queries
• Define predicate logic in SQL Server 2016
• Recognize the elements of a SELECT statement in SQL Server 2016
• Define the logical order of operations
• Demonstrate the logical order of operations when writing SELECT statements
• Demonstrate querying data in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• Recognize elements of simple SQL Server 2016 SELECT queries
• Demonstrate how to write simple SELECT statements in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to use calculations in the SELECT clause
• Describe the purpose of DISTINCT in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to execute a SELECT DISTINCT
• Demonstrate how to eliminate duplicates using DISTINCT
• Describe how to refer to columns using aliases
• Specify how to refer to tables using aliases
• Describe SQL Server 2016 CASE expressions
• Demonstrate how to use simple CASE expressions
• Recognize how and when to use joins in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate the proper usage of:
  • Inner joins in SQL Server 2016
  • Outer joins in SQL Server 2016
  • Cross and self joins
• demonstrate:
  • The use of multiple join operators
  • How to write queries with NULLs on joins
  • How to query and manipulate data in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• Describe the ORDER BY clause in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to sort data in SQL Server 2016 using the ORDER BY clause
• Recognize how to filter data in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to filter data in SQL Server 2016 using the WHERE clause
• Describe how to use predicates and operators in SQL Server 2016
• Describe three-valued logic in SQL Server 2016
• Work with NULL in Queries in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to test for NULL in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how SQL Server 2016 uses data types
• Recognize when data type conversions occur in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate implicit and explicit conversions
• Describe different types of character data in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to manipulate character data in SQL Server 2016
• List the benefits of using data manipulation language (DML) in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to populate tables in SQL Server 2016 using the SELECT INTO statement
• Demonstrate how to add data using INSERT statement
• Describe how to use UPDATE and MERGE statements to modify data
• Describe how to use DELETE and TRUNCATE statements to remove data
• Demonstrate how to use the OUTPUT clause to monitor data in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to filter and modify data in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• List the built-in function types used in SQL Server 2016
• Work with scalar functions in SQL Server 2016
• Describe aggregate functions in SQL Server 2016
• List Windows functions in SQL Server 2016
• Describe rowset functions in SQL Server 2016
• Work with implicit and explicit data type conversions in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to convert a value using the CAST function
• Demonstrate how to convert a value using the CONVERT function
• Describe how to convert a value using the PARSE function
• Demonstrate how to convert a value using the TRY_Parse function
• Describe how to convert a value using the TRY_Convert function
• Demonstrate how to validate data types using the ISNUMERIC function
• Work the IIF logical function in SQL Server
• Work with the CHOOSE function in SQL Server 2016
• Describe the NULL value in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to use ISNULL to replace NULL
• Work with the COALESCE function in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to use the NULLIF function in SQL Server 2016
• Use functions in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• Recognize the aggregate functions available using Transact-SQL
• Describe the built-in aggregate function SUM in SQL Server 2016
• Describe the built-in aggregate function AVG in SQL Server 2016
• List the built-in aggregate function:
  • In MIN Server 2016
  • MAX in SQL Server 2016
  • COUNT in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to aggregate distinct values using DISTINCT
• Demonstrate how to use aggregate functions with NULL
• Recognize when and where to use the GROUP BY clause
• Demonstrate how to group and rank the results of a query using the windowing functions in SQL Server 2016
• Describe:
  • How to process queries using the logical order of operations
  • The GROUP BY workflow process
  • How to use GROUP BY with aggregate functions in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate using complex GROUP BY clauses using GROUPING sets
• Recognize how to filter groups using the HAVING clause
• Recognize how to use PIVOT and UNPIVOT relational operators in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to use PIVOT in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to use UNPIVOT in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to determine the impact on NULL values in PIVOT and UNPIVOT queries
• Use aggregate functions in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• Recognize when and where to use subqueries in SQL Server 2016
• Describe the benefits of using scalar subqueries
• Demonstrate how to write scalar subqueries in SQL Server 2016
• Recognize how to write multi-valued subqueries in SQL Server 2016
• Work with correlated subqueries in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to write correlated subqueries
• Recognize how to write correlated subqueries with aliases
• Describe how:
  • To write correlated subqueries with aliases
  • To write correlated subqueries in a HAVING clause
  • The EXISTS predicate evaluates data in SQL Server 2016
  • To write queries using EXISTS with subqueries
• Demonstrate how to use EXISTS and NULLs in SQL Server 2016
• Describe how to use EXISTS and INNER JOINS in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to use NOT EXISTS with OUTER JOINs
• Use subqueries in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• Distinguish when to use the UNION and UNION All operators in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to:
  • Write SQL Server 2016 queries that use the UNION operator
  • Write SQL Server 2016 queries that use the UNION ALL operator
  • Use the UNION and UNION ALL operators together
• Recognize when to use the EXCEPT operator in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to use the EXCEPT and INTERSECT operators in SQL Server 2016
• Determine the results of reversing the order of input with the EXCEPT operator
• Determine the effect of NULL values on the INTERSECT operator
• Recognize when to use the APPLY operator in SQL Server 2016
• Use:
  • APPLY statements that return given data based on supplied data in SQL Server 2016
  • CROSS APPLY operators in SQL Server 2016
  • OUTER APPLY operators in SQL Server 2016
• Recognize the basic components of table expressions in SQL Server 2016
• Describe the difference between table expressions and temporary tables
• Create recursive table expressions in SQL Server 2016
• Use operators in SQL Server 2016

• Start the course
• Describe stored procedures in SQL Server 2016
• Use and create stored procedures in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to input parameters in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to output parameters in SQL Server 2016
• Recognize table-valued functions in SQL Server 2016
• Describe scalar-valued user-defined functions in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate TRY…CATCH error handling
• Demonstrate how to use RAISERROR in SQL 2016
• Describe temporal data types in SQL Server 2016
• Work with temporal tables in SQL Server 2016
• Describe XML data
• Describe JSON data
• Demonstrate how to query and output JSON data in SQL Server 2016
• Demonstrate how to query and output XML data in SQL Server 2016
• Use database programmability objects in SQL Server 2016

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