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title: "SQL Make Sure These in Your Course Curriculum"
description: "Source: It career coach.  SQL QUERY DEVELOPMENT. MODULE 1: THE SELECT STATEMENT. What is the SELECT statement? How to eliminate duplicate rows in SELECT statements. How to sort or order results in SEL..."
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date: 2012-06-26
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# SQL Make Sure These in Your Course Curriculum

*Source: [It career](https://srinimf.com/2019/05/07/top-ideas-for-you-to-switch-it-career-quickly/) coach*

##  SQL QUERY DEVELOPMENT

**MODULE 1: THE SELECT STATEMENT**

1. What is the SELECT statement?
2. How to eliminate duplicate rows in SELECT statements
3. How to sort or order results in SELECT statements
4. FROM clause
5. WHERE clause
6. GROUP BY clause
7. HAVING clause
8. WHERE clause
9. NULL, NOT NULL
10. AND, OR NOT
11. TOP clause
12. Identity / Auto-numbering fields

**MODULE 2: COMPLEX QUERIES**

1. What is a table join?
2. Inner Join, Left Outer Join, Right Outer Join, Cross Join, Self Join
3. UNION, UNION ALL
4. Aggregate Functions
5. Using the COUNT Function
6. Exploring the SUM, AVG Functions
7. Using the MIN, MAX Functions
8. INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, TRUNCATE queries
9. Working with Subqueries
10. Using EXISTS, NOT EXISTS , ANY in Subqueries
11. Using Correlated Subqueries, Nested Subqueries
12. Working with more T-SQL Functions:
13. Using IsNumeric , ROUND, LEFT , RIGHT SUBSTRING, LEN Functions
14. Using REPLACE, STUFF, LOWER, UPPER, the LTRIM, RTRIM Functions
15. Using the LTRIM, RTRIM, GETDATE , MONTH, DAY, YEAR Functions
16. Using the DATEPART, DATENAME, DATEADD, DATEDIFF Functions
17. Using the ISNULL, COALESCE Functions

Related[Ensure These 4 Steps Before You Run DB2 Load](https://srinimf.com/2015/12/23/4-different-steps-that-you-need-to-do-before-load-process-in-db2/)

## COURSE 3: DATABASE DEVELOPMENT

**MODULE 1: CREATING THE DATABASE**

1. Creating / dropping a database
2. Creating / dropping a table
3. Creating / dropping columns
4. Creating /dropping Primary keys & Foreign keys
5. Creating / dropping Indexes
6. Unique Indexes
7. Non-unique indexes
8. Creating / dropping Constraints
9. Unique constraints
10. Check constraints
11. Implementing Relationships
12. Creating / deleting relationships
13. Implementing Delete Rules, Update Rules

**MODULE 2: WORKING WITH VIEWS **

1. Implementing Views
2. Creating / dropping a view
3. Using Views to Secure Data
4. Modifying Data in a View
5. Modifying Views
6. Renaming Views
7. Deleting Views
8. Implementing Indexed Views
9. Implementing Clustered / Non-Clustered Views

**MODULE 3: WORKING WITH FUNCTIONS & TRIGGERS **

1. What is a Function?
2. Building and Working with User-Defined Functions
3. Scalar, Inline Table-Valued, Multi-Statement Table-Valued Functions
4. What is a Trigger?
5. Creating / deleting INSTEAD OF Triggers
6. When to use Triggers?

## COURSE 4: DATABASE DEVELOPMENT

**MODULE 1: STORED PROCEDURES**

1. Designing a Stored Procedure in the Query Editor
2. Using T-SQL to Create a Stored Procedure
3. Declaring and Working with Variables
4. Input Parameters
5. Output Parameters
6. Controlling the Flow of Execution
7. Using IF … ELSE
8. Working with BEGIN … END
9. Exploring GOTO, RETURN, and Labels
10. Working with the CASE Statement
11. Exploring the WHILE Statement
12. The SET NOCOUNT Statement
13. Using the @@RowCount System Variable
14. Using the @@TranCount System Variable
15. Using the @@Identity System Variable
16. Using the SCOPE_IDENTITY()
17. Using the @@Error System Variable
18. Handling Runtime Errors
19. Returning Success and Failure Information from a Stored Procedure
20. What is a Transaction?
21. Types of Transactions
22. Implementing Transactions
23. Stored Procedures and Temporary Tables
24. Stored Procedures and Security

**MODULE 2: SQL QUERY / STORED PROCEDURE OPTIMIZATION **

1. Analyzing SQL Execution Plans
2. Analyzing Database Statistics
3. Index Analysis and Tuning
4. Stored Procedure Recompilation
5. Handling Blocking and Deadlocks

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