Course Outline
Review of SQL Basics
- Recap of SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY
- Quick review of JOIN types
- Understanding query execution order
Data Manipulation Statements
- INSERT INTO
- UPDATE and DELETE
- Transaction control (BEGIN, COMMIT, ROLLBACK)
Advanced Joins and Set Operations
- FULL OUTER JOIN
- UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT
- SELF JOIN
Subqueries and Derived Tables
- Correlated vs. non-correlated subqueries
- Using subqueries in FROM
- CTEs (Common Table Expressions)
Window Functions
- ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK
- PARTITION BY and ORDER BY
- LEAD and LAG functions
Data Types and Functions
- String and date functions
- CASE and IF statements
- Type conversions and null handling
Query Optimization
- Understanding indexes
- Using EXPLAIN
- Best practices for writing efficient queries
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of SQL SELECT statements
- Experience with filtering, sorting, and simple joins
- Understanding of relational database concepts
Audience
- Data analysts
- Developers working with SQL databases
- Business intelligence professionals
Delivery Options
Private Group Training
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- Pre-course call with your trainer
- Customisation of the learning experience to achieve your goals -
- Bespoke outlines
- Practical hands-on exercises containing data / scenarios recognisable to the learners
- Training scheduled on a date of your choice
- Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience
Private Group Prices RRP from £3800 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, £1200 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.
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Testimonials (5)
Gunnar created a great rapport with the audience and was quick to identify our needs. He was engaging and highly knowledgeable throughout and we enjoyed his humour.
Kurt - Complete Coherence
Course - SQL For Data Science and Data Analysis
Philip was very kind, his style of explaining SQL concepts is outstanding. I liked that he give us information and answered to questions which were not part of this course.
Stefan
Course - SQL in SQL Server
analytical functions
khusboo dassani - Tech Northwest Skillnet
Course - SQL Advanced
The training materials.
Mona Dobre - DB Global Technology
Course - SQL Advanced level for Analysts
They way the instructor teaches is very informative and effective especially on the 2nd day when topics are a bit advanced.