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Course Content

Master the fundamentals of SQL Server technology.
Learn how to write better queries to return the exact data required.
Avoid slow iterative code by refactoring cursors into queries using user-defined functions and case expressions.
Develop stored procedures using T-SQL.
Understand how transactions affect performance, how to detect blocking transactions, and how to minimize the impact of locking and blocking.
Create triggers to build custom audit trails and enforce database rules.

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 and the areas covered
SQL Server tables, SQL Server data types, SQL Server computed and persisted columns.
SQL Server 2008 views, SQL Server WITH CHECK OPTION, SQL Server view encryption, SQL Server schema binding


SQL Server 2008 Selecting data, inserting, updating, transactions

SQL Server 2008 indexes, index hints, index types

SQL Server 2008 partitioned tables, partitioned indexes, managing partitions

SQL Server 2008 procedures, functions, managing procedures, managing functions, executing functions, executing procedures

SQL Server 2008 subqueries, common table expressions, merge statement, aggregate queries, combining datasets

SQL Server 2008 triggers, instead of triggers, DML triggers, DDL triggers, nested and recursive triggers

SQL Server 2008 XML syntax, XML data type, FOR XML clause, XPATH, XQuery functions

SQL Server 2008 advanced XML, parsing XML

SQL Server 2008 database mail. Email architecture, profiles, sending email, email logs

SQL Server 2008 execution plan, profiler, Database Engine Tuning Advisor, query hints, catalog views

SQL Server 2008 service broker, asynchronous messaging, transactional messaging, implementing service broker

SQL Server 2008 CLR, CLR vs. T-SQL, implementing CLR, Windows Power Shell

SQL Server 2008 international considerations, full text search, tracking data changes