Advanced SQL Programming

Course Code IP0260

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This course teaches the student how to create stored procedures, manage distributed data and transactions.  The student will also learn the importance of locks and how to troubleshoot a deadlock.  Finally the student will learn how to optimize the query execution plan developed by SQL Server.  The Implementing SQL Server curriculum prepares the student for the Microsoft Exam 70-029.

Audience

This course is intended for technical managers and application developers who implement a database solution with Microsoft SQL Server client/server database management system.

Prerequisites

An understanding of Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 95/98.

Objective

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• describe the different types of stored procedures
• create stored procedures using T-SQL statements
• execute stored procedures
• query distributed data using remote stored procedures
• execute stored procedures on a linked server describe the OPENROWSET function
• create different types of triggers
• modify and remove triggers
• use triggers to enforce data integrity and implement business rules
• describe the different programming components supported by SQL Server
• describe the different programming constructs supported by SQL Server
• implement error handling using return codes and the RAISERROR statement
• describe different types of transactions
• manage explicit transactions using T-SQL statements
• handle transaction errors
• manage distributed transactions
• define the different types of locks
• describe the different types of locking hints
• manage deadlocks
• describe SQL Server 7.0 query execution plans
• describe SQL Server Query Analyzer
• optimize the performance of execution plans
• configure session-level settings using SET statements
• describe SQL Server Profiler
• create traces using SQL Server Profiler

Topics Include

Advanced Programming Features

• Stored Procedures
• Distributed Data
• Triggers

Manage Transactions using T SQL

• Programming Components
• Transactions
• Locks

Optimizing Execution Plans

• Execution Plan
• SQL Server Profiler

Duration

4 hrs

Minimum Requirements

Netscape or Internet Explorer (versions 4.0 or higher). Browsers should be capable of accepting cookies; SVGA Hi-color mode 800x600 resolution display. Macromedia Shockwave 6.02 or higher.

Media

Web Based Training