Description
Description
Organisations typically store their most critical information, the information used to manage day-to-day operations, within a database. The ability to retrieve and analyse this information is essential to the functioning of the organization. Structured Query Language (SQL) is the primary language used to accomplish such tasks. Essentially, SQL is the language you use to interact with a database.
The ability to write SQL is an essential job skill for those who need to manage large volumes of data, produce reports, mine data, or combine data from multiple sources. Even if someone else on your team creates reports for you, having a fundamental understanding of SQL querying will help you ask the right questions and know what you’re looking for in your data analysis tools.
This course, SQL Querying: Fundamentals, will teach you to use SQL as a tool to retrieve the information you need from databases.
Training Objectives
- In this course you will compose SQL queries to retrieve desired information from a database. You will:
- Connect to the SQL Server database and execute a simple query.
- Include a search condition in a simple query.
- Use various functions to perform calculations on data.
- Organise the data obtained from a query before it is displayed onscreen.
- Retrieve data from multiple tables.
- Export the results of a query.
Course Outline
- Basic end-user computer skills and some familiarity with database terminology and structure are required. To fulfill the first requirement, consider taking one of the following Logical Operations courses:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 11 (with Copilot)
- Microsoft® Windows® 11: Transition from Windows® 10
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Second Edition)
- To fulfill the second requirement, consider taking the following Logical Operations course:
- Database Design: A Modern Approach
