Advanced SQL II Training Course
This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at database administrators, SQL developers, and data analysts who wish to deepen their expertise in SQL. It covers advanced topics in database management, optimization, and performance tuning.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Optimize database performance through effective preparation of databases and DBO.
- Utilize and manage user-defined data types (UDDT) and user-defined types (UDT).
- Effectively handle spatial data types, including Geography and Geometry.
- Enhance hierarchical data management, including structure elements, storage methods, and indexing strategies.
- Improve query performance through advanced techniques such as data indexing, query execution plan analysis, and control of SQL query execution.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Lots of exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
1. Preparation of the database and DBO
2. Custom data types
- UDDT (User-Defined Data Types)
- UDT (User-Defined Types)
3. Spatial data
- Geography
- Geometry
4. Hierarchical data type
- Elementy structures
- Storage methods
- Indexing strategies
- Methods
5. Data type XML
- Creating variables
- Standard OPENXML
- FOR clause XML
- Data type conversion
- WITH XMLNAMESPACES clause
- Namespaces
- XQUERY language
- XPATH language
- FLWOR expressions
- Methods
- Document indexing XML
- Examples of using data type XML
6. APPLY operator
- CROSS APPLY
- OUTER APPLY
7. Ranking and analytical functions
- OVER clause
- Window functions
- Frame clauses
- Operators: GROUPING SETS, GROUPING_ID, ROLLUP, CUBE, PIVOT, UNPIVOT
8. Temporary data
- Temporary tables
- Differences and similarities in the use of array variables and temporary tables
- Other temporary facilities
9. Improve query performance by indexing data
- Row indexes,
- Advantages and disadvantages of using indexes
- Types of indexes
- Index selectivity index
- Server suggestions for missing indexes
- HEAP tables (heap)
- Hints (tips, hints for the server)
- Measuring the execution time of operations with and without indexes
- Column indexes (COLUMNSTORE INDEX)
10. Maintenance and maintenance of indexes
- Index fragmentation
- Index reconstruction: REBUILD
- Reorganizing indexes: REORGANIZE
- Index fragmentation level
11. Creating and maintaining statistics
- The construction of statistics and the principle of their operation
- Monitoring and maintaining statistics
- Cardinality estimation errors and statistics update
12. Analysis of query execution plans
- Query optimizer
- CASE: obtaining information for a specific query
- Principles of operation of the query optimizer
- Query plans: QUERY EXECUTION PLAN
- Types of query execution plans
- Running and reading query plans
- CASE: INDEX SCAN and INDEX SEEK operations
- SNIFFING PARAMETER
- Code recompilations
13. Query execution control SQL
- Hints (tips, hints for the server)
- SQL Server Profiler - (SSP)
- Extended Events - (EE)
- Database Engine Tuning Advisor - (DTA)
- Data Collector - (DC)
- Query Store - (QS)
Requirements
- Intermediate-level understanding of SQL
- Experience with database design and management
- Familiarity with basic indexing concepts
Audience
- Database Administrators
- SQL Developers
- Data Analysts
Open Training Courses require 5+ participants.
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Testimonials (5)
Small group, in-person for 3 days,
Annina - Ricardo AG
Course - SQL: Basics to Intermediate
Real-time exercises with a trainer.
Weronika - Urzad Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego
Machine Translated
analytical functions
khusboo dassani - Tech Northwest Skillnet
Course - SQL Advanced
They way the instructor teaches is very informative and effective especially on the 2nd day when topics are a bit advanced.
Aynanie Kiram - Aarki, Inc.
Course - SQL DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN - Bespoke
The Trainer Subject Knowledge
Rares Serea - eMAG IT Research
Course - Which data storage to choose - from flat files, through SQL, NoSQL to massive distributed systems
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