Hit the ground running by learning the basics of SELECT  statements to retrieve data from one or more columns. 
You'll also learn how to apply filters to both numeric and text data, and sort the results. 

Welcome

Simple selections

More selections

Ordering and filtering

Order by

Where

Where again

Working with NULL values

WHERE the wild things are

Exploring classic rock songs

Exploring classic rock songs - AND/OR

Using parentheses in your queries

SELECTion Box

Herein, you'll learn how to use important SQL Server aggregate functions such as SUM, COUNT, MIN, MAX, and AVG. Following that, you'll learn how to manipulate text fields. To round out the chapter, you'll power up your queries using GROUP BY and HAVING, which will enable you to perform more meaningful aggregations.

Aggregating Data

Summing

Counting

MIN, MAX and AVG

Strings

LEN'gth of a string

Left and right

Stuck in the middle with you

Grouping and Having

GROUP BY

Having

Grouping together

Groups, strings, and counting things

This chapter covers the basics of joining tables, using INNER, LEFT, and RIGHT joins,  so that you can confidently retrieve data from multiple sources.

Joining tables

Inner Joins - a perfect match

Inner Joins (II)

Inner Join (III) - Join 3 tables

LEFT & RIGHT JOIN

LEFT join

RIGHT JOIN

UNION & UNION ALL

UNION ALL Check

Join the UNION

In this final chapter,  you'll get really hands on! You've worked with existing tables, but in this chapter, you'll get to CREATE and INSERT data into them.  You'll also UPDATE existing records and practice DELETE  statements in a safe environment. This chapter ensures the course gives you a thorough introduction to the key aspects of working with data in SQL Server.

Creator

CRUD operations

Create tables

Insert, Update, Delete

Insert

Update

Delete

Declare yourself

DECLARE and SET a variable

Declare multiple variables

Ultimate Power

Congratulations!

You've  got the power

Eurovision Song Contest

Power outages in USA

Classic rock radio station songs

Chinook Database as zipped CSV files

Master the basics of Microsoft SQL Server—one of the world's most popular database systems. 
 
This course covers: 
✓ How to use SELECT statements to retrieve data 
✓ How to use SQL Server aggregate functions 
✓ How to manipulate text fields 
✓ How to retrieve data from multiple sources 
✓ All of the key aspects of working with data in SQL Server 
 
Each time you're introduced to a new concept or function, you'll have the opportunity to test your knowledge and build your confidence. You'll work with a digital media database to review the sales of various artists and tracks, Eurovision datasets, and review trends in US power outages to explore a number of different data types and scenarios.

Learn how to use SQL Server to do common data manipulation tasks, like insert data, joining tables,  group and aggregate results, and work with strings.

Introduction to SQL Server

Learn to use SQL Server to perform common data manipulation tasks and master common data manipulation tasks using this database system.

SQL Server Developer

SQL Server Fundamentals

Exploring classic rock songs

Introduction to SQL Server

Hands-on interactive exercise