What you will Learn
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe key database concepts in the context of SQL Server 2016
- Describe database languages used in SQL Server 2016
- Describe data modelling techniques
- Describe normalization and denormalization techniques
- Describe relationship types and effects in database design
- Describe the effects of database design on performance
- Describe commonly used database objects
Audience
The primary audience for this course is people who are moving into a database role, or whose role has expanded to include database technologies.
Prerequisites
This is a foundation level course and therefore only requires general computer literacy.
Duration
3 Days
Outline for Introduction to SQL Databases Training
Module 1: Introduction to databases
This module introduces key database concepts in the context of SQL Server 2016.
Lessons
Introduction to relational databases
Other types of database
Data analysis
Database languages in SQL Server
Lab : Exploring and querying SQL Server databases
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe what a database is
Understand basic relational aspects
Describe database languages used in SQL Server
Describe data analytics
Module 2: Data Modelling
This module describes data modelling techniques.
Lessons
Data modelling
ANSI/SPARC database model
Entity relationship modelling
Lab : Identify components in entity relationship modelling
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Understand the common data modelling techniques
Describe the ANSI/SPARC database model
Describe entity relationship modelling
Module 3: Normalization
This module describes normalization and denormalization techniques.
Lessons
Fundamentals of Normalization
Normal form
Denormalization
Lab : Normalizing data
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe normalization benefits and notation
Describe important normalization terms
Describe the normalization levels
Describe the role of denormalization
Module 4: Relationships
This module describes relationship types and effects in database design.
Lessons
Introduction to relationships
Planning referential integrity
Lab : Planning and implementing referential integrity
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe relationship types
Describe the use, types, and effects of referential integrity
Module 5: Performance
This module introduces the effects of database design on performance.
Lessons
Indexing
Query performance
Concurrency
Lab : Performance issues
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Discuss the performance effects of indexing
Describe the performance effects of join and search types
Describe the performance effects of concurrency
Module 6: Database Objects
This module introduces commonly used database objects.
Lessons
Tables
Views
Stored procedures, triggers and functions
Lab : Using SQL server
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe the use of tables in SQL Server
Describe the use of views in SQL Server
Describe the use of stored procedures in SQL Server
Describe other database objects commonly used in SQL Server