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Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Database
The Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Database training course is available at our Cardiff training centre in Wales, which is also within easy reach of Newport, Bristol and South Wales
Overview
This five-day instructor-led course is intended for Microsoft SQL Server database developers who are responsible for implementing a database on SQL Server 2008 R2. In this course, students learn the skills and best practices on how to use SQL Server 2008 R2 product features and tools related to implementing a database server.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
•Working knowledge of Transact-SQL (ability to write Transact-SQL
queries) or Course 2778A: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 Transact-SQL
•Working knowledge of relational databases (database design
skills).
•Core Windows Server skills.
•Basic programming language.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to SQL Server and its
Toolset
This module introduces you to the entire SQL Server
platform and its major tools. This module also covers editions,
versions, basics of network listeners, and concepts of services and
service accounts.
Lessons
•Introduction to SQL Server Platform
•Working with SQL Server Tools
•Configuring SQL Server Services
Module 2: Working with Data Types
This module describes the data types supported by SQL
Server and how to work with them.
Lessons
•Using Data Types
•Working with Character Data
•Converting Data Types
•Working with Specialized Data Types
Module 3: Designing and Implementing Tables
This module describes the design and implementation of
tables.
Lessons
•Designing Tables
•Working with Schemas
•Creating and Altering Tables
Module 4: Designing and Implementing Views
This module describes the design and implementation of
views.
Lessons
•Introduction to Views
•Creating and Managing Views
•Performance Considerations for Views
Module 5: Planning for SQL Server Indexing
This module describes the concept of an index and
discusses selectivity, density, and statistics. It covers
appropriate data type choices and choices around composite index
structures.
Lessons
•Core Indexing Concepts
•Data Types and Indexes
•Single Column and Composite Indexes
Module 6: Implementing Table Structures in SQL
Server
This module covers clustered indexes and heaps.
Lessons
•SQL Server Table Structures
•Working with Clustered Indexes
•Designing Effective Clustered Indexes
Module 7: Reading SQL Server Execution Plans
This module introduces the concept of reading execution
plans.
Lessons
•Execution Plan Core Concepts
•Common Execution Plan Elements
•Working with Execution Plans
Module 8: Improving Performance through Nonclustered
Indexes
This module explains nonclustered indexes, covering
indexes and included columns.
Lessons
•Designing Effective Nonclustered Indexes
•Implementing Nonclustered Indexes
•Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Module 9: Designing and Implementing Stored
Procedures
This module describes the design and implementation of
stored procedures.
Lessons
•Introduction to Stored Procedures
•Working With Stored Procedures
•Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures
•Controlling Execution Context
Module 10: Merging Data and Passing Tables
This module covers table types, table valued parameters
and the MERGE statement as used in stored procedures.
Lessons
•Using the MERGE Statement
•Implementing Table Types
•Using Table Types as Parameters
Lab : Merging Data and Passing Tables
Module 11: Creating Highly Concurrent SQL Server
Applications
This module covers transactions, isolation levels, and
designing for concurrency.
Lessons
•Introduction to Transactions
•Introduction to Locks
•Management of Locking
•Transaction Isolation Levels
Module 12: Handling Errors in T-SQL Code
This module describes structured exception handling and
gives solid examples of its use within the design of stored
procedures.
Lessons
•Designing T-SQL Error Handling
•Implementing T-SQL Error Handling
•Implementing Structured Exception Handling
Module 13: Designing and Implementing User-Defined
Functions
This module describes the design and implementation of
functions, both scalar and table-valued.
Lessons
•Designing and Implementing Scalar Functions
•Designing and Implementing Table-valued Functions
•Implementation Considerations for Functions
•Alternatives To Functions
Module 14: Ensuring Data Integrity through
Constraints
This module describes the design and implementation of
constraints.
Lessons
•Enforcing Data Integrity
•Implementing Domain Integrity
•Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity
Module 15: Responding to Data Manipulation via
Triggers
This module describes the design and implementation of
triggers.
Lessons
•Designing DML Triggers
•Implementing DML Triggers
•Advanced Trigger Concepts
Module 16: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
This module describes the implementation of and target
use-cases for SQL CLR integration.
Lessons
•Introduction to SQL CLR Integration
•Importing and Configuring Assemblies
•Implementing SQL CLR Integration
Module 17: Storing XML Data in SQL Server
This module covers the XML data type, schema collections,
typed and untyped columns and appropriate use cases for XML in SQL
Server.
Lessons
•Introduction to XML and XML Schemas
•Storing XML Data and Schemas in SQL Server
•Implementing the XML Data Type
Module 18: Querying XML Data in SQL Server
This module covers the basics of FOR XML and XPath
Queries.
Lessons
•Using the T-SQL FOR XML Statement
•Getting Started with XQuery
•Shredding XML
Lab : Querying XML Data in SQL Server
Module 19: Working with SQL Server Spatial Data
This module describes spatial data and how this data can
be implemented within SQL Server.
Lessons
•Introduction to Spatial Data
•Working with SQL Server Spatial Data Types
•Using Spatial Data in Applications
Module 20: Working with Full-Text Indexes and
Queries
This module covers full text indexes and queries.
Lessons
•Introduction to Full-Text Indexing
•Implementing Full-Text Indexes in SQL Server
•Working with Full-Text Queries
Lab : Working with Full-Text Indexes and Queries
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