Overview
5 Days $4,050 or FREE WITH SATVs (?)
This five-day instructor-led course is intended for Microsoft SQL Server database developers who are responsible for implementing a database on SQL Server 2008 R2. In this course, students learn the skills and best practices on how to use SQL Server 2008 R2 product features and tools related to implementing a database server.
- Introduction to SQL Server Platform
- Working with SQL Server Tools
- Configuring SQL Server Services
- Verifying SQL Server Component Installation
- Altering Service Accounts for New Instance
- Enabling Named Pipes Protocol for Both Instances
- Creating Aliases for AdventureWorks and Proseware
- Ensuring SQL Browser is Disabled and Configure a Fixed TCP/IP Port
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the SQL Server Platform.
- Work with SQL Server Tools.
- Configure SQL Server Services
- Using Data Types
- Working with Character Data
- Converting Data Types
- Working with Specialised Data Types
- Choosing Appropriate Data Types
- Writing Queries With Data Type Conversions
- Designing and Creating Alias Data Types
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Work with data types.
- Work with character data.
- Convert between data types.
- Use specialised data types.
- Designing Tables
- Working with Schemas
- Creating and Altering Tables
- Improving the Design of Tables
- Creating a Schema
- Creating the Tables
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Design tables.
- Work with schemas.
- Create and alter tables.
- Introduction to Views
- Creating and Managing Views
- Performance Considerations for Views
- Designing, Implementing and Testing the WebStock Views
- Designing and Implementing the Contacts View
- Modifying the AvailableModels View
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the role of views in database development.
- Implement views.
- Describe the performance related impacts of views.
- Core Indexing Concepts
- Data Types and Indexes
- Single Column and Composite Indexes
- Exploring Existing Index Statistics
- Designing Column Orders for Indexes
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain core indexing concepts.
- Describe the effectiveness of each data type common used in indexes.
- Plan for single column and composite indexes.
- SQL Server Table Structures
- Working with Clustered Indexes
- Designing Effective Clustered Indexes
- Creating Tables as Heaps
- Creating Tables with Clustered Indexes
- Comparing the Performance of Clustered Indexes vs. Heaps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain how tables can be structured in SQL Server databases.
- Work with clustered indexes.
- Design effective clustered indexes
- Execution Plan Core Concepts
- Common Execution Plan Elements
- Working with Execution Plans
- Actual vs. Estimated Plans
- Identify Common Plan Elements
- Query Cost Comparison
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the core concepts related to the use of execution plans.
- Describe the role of the most common execution plan elements.
- Work with execution plans.
- Designing Effective Nonclustered Indexes
- Implementing Nonclustered Indexes
- Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor
- Reviewing Nonclustered Index Usage
- Improving Nonclustered Index Designs
- Using SQL Server Profiler and Database Engine Tuning Advisor
- Nonclustered Index Design
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Design effective nonclustered indexes.
- Implement nonclustered indexes.
- Use the Database Engine Tuning Advisor to design indexes.
- Introduction to Stored Procedures
- Working With Stored Procedures
- Implementing Parameterised Stored Procedures
- Controlling Execution Context
- Creating Stored Procedures
- Creating a Parameterised Stored Procedure
- Altering the Execution Context of Stored Procedures
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the role of stored procedures and the potential benefits of using them.
- Work with stored procedures.
- Implement parameterised stored procedures.
- Control the execution context of a stored procedure.
- Using the MERGE Statement
- Implementing Table Types
- Using Table Types as Parameters
- Creating a Table Type
- Using a Table Type Parameter
- Using a Table Type with MERGE
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Use the MERGE statement.
- Implement table types.
- Use TABLE types as parameters.
- Introduction to Transactions
- Introduction to Locks
- Management of Locking
- Transaction Isolation Levels
- Detecting Deadlocks
- Investigating Transaction Isolation Levels
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the role of transactions.
- Explain the role of locks.
- Manage locking.
- Work with transaction isolation levels.
- Designing T-SQL Error Handling
- Implementing T-SQL Error Handling
- Implementing Structured Exception Handling
- Replacing @@ERROR Based Error Handling With Structured Exception Handling
- Adding Deadlock Retry Logic to the Stored Procedure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Design T-SQL error handling.
- Implement T-SQL error handling.
- Implement structured exception handling.
- Designing and Implementing Scalar Functions
- Designing and Implementing Table-valued Functions
- Implementation Considerations for Functions
- Alternatives To Functions
- Formatting Phone Numbers
- Modifying an Existing Function
- Resolving a Function-related Performance Issue
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Design and implement scalar functions.
- Design and implement table-valued functions.
- Describe implementation considerations for functions.
- Describe alternatives to functions.
- Enforcing Data Integrity
- Implementing Domain Integrity
- Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity
- Designing Constraint
- Testing the Constraints
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the available options for enforcing data integrity and the levels at which they should be applied.
- Describe how domain integrity can be maintained.
- Describe how entity and referential integrity can be maintained.
- Designing DML Triggers
- Implementing DML Triggers
- Advanced Trigger Concepts
- Creating the Audit Trigger
- Improving the Audit Trigger
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Design DML triggers.
- Implement DML triggers.
- Explain advanced DML trigger concepts.
- Introduction to SQL CLR Integration
- Importing and Configuring Assemblies
- Implementing SQL CLR Integration
- Assessing Proposed CLR Code
- Implementing a CLR Assembly
- Implementing a CLR User-defined Aggregate and User-defined Type
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the importance of SQL Server CLR Integration.
- Import and configure assemblies.
- Implement objects that have been created within .NET assemblies.
- Introduction to XML and XML Schemas
- Storing XML Data and Schemas in SQL Server
- Implementing the XML Data Type
- Appropriate Usage of XML Data Storage in SQL Server
- Investigating the Storage of XML Data in Variables
- Investigating the Use of XML Schema Collections
- Investigating the Creation of Database Columns Based on XML
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe XML and XML schemas.
- Store XML data and associated XML schemas in SQL Server.
- Implement the XML data type within SQL Server
- Using the T-SQL FOR XML Statement
- Getting Started with XQuery
- Shredding XML
- Learning to Query SQL Server Data as XML
- Writing a Stored Procedure Returning XML
- Writing a Stored Procedure that Updates Using XML
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Use the T-SQL FOR XML statement.
- Work with basic XQuery queries.
- Shred XML to a relational form.
- Introduction to Spatial Data
- Working with SQL Server Spatial Data Types
- Using Spatial Data in Applications
- Familiarity With Geometry Data Type
- Adding Spatial Data to an Existing Table
- Business Application of Spatial Data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the importance of spatial data and the industry standards related to it.
- Explain how to store spatial data in SQL Server.
- Perform calculations on and query SQL Server spatial data.
- Introduction to Full-Text Indexing
- Implementing Full-Text Indexes in SQL Server
- Working with Full-Text Queries
- Implementing a Full-Text Index
- Implementing a Stoplist
- Creating a Stored Procedure to Implement a Full-Text Search
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe why user interfaces in existing applications are not sufficient for end user search needs.
- Implement full-text indexes in SQL Server.
- Query SQL Server using full-text queries.
- Working knowledge of Transact-SQL (ability to write Transact-SQL queries) or Course 2778A: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL
- Working knowledge of relational databases (database design skills).
- Core Windows Server skills.
- Basic programming language.
Instructors
Adam Keats
With over 24 years of real-world and training experience, Adam is ...