SQL Server Tutorial

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If you are looking for an easy, fast, and efficient way to master SQL Server, you are in the right place.

Our SQL Server tutorials are practical and include numerous hands-on activities.

After completing the entire tutorials, you will be able to:

SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed and marketed by Microsoft. As a database server, the primary function of the SQL Server is to store and retrieve data used by other applications.

Getting Started with SQL Server

This section helps you get started with the SQL Server quickly. After completing this section, you will have a good understanding of the SQL Server and know how to install the SQL Server Developer Edition for practicing.

SQL Server Basics

The SQL server basics section shows you how to use the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) to interact with SQL Server databases. You will learn how to manipulate data from the database such as querying, inserting, updating, and deleting data.

SQL Server Views

This section introduces you to the SQL Server views and discusses the advantage and disadvantages of the database views. You will learn everything you need to know to manipulate views effectively in SQL Server.

SQL Server Indexes

In this section, you will learn everything you need to know about the SQL Server indexes to come up with a good index strategy and optimize your queries.

SQL Server Stored Procedures

This section introduces you to the SQL Server stored procedures. After completing the section, you will be able to develop complex stored procedures using Transact-SQL constructs.

SQL Server User-defined Functions

In this section, you will learn about SQL Server user-defined functions including scalar-valued functions and table-valued functions to simplify your development.

SQL Server Triggers

SQL Server triggers are special stored procedures that are executed automatically in response to the database object, database, and server events.

SQL Server Functions

This section provides you with the commonly used SQL Server functions, including aggregate functions, date functions, string functions, system functions, and window functions.

SQL Server Aggregate Functions

This tutorial introduces you to the SQL Server aggregate functions and shows you how to use them to calculate aggregates.

SQL Server Date Functions

This page lists the most commonly used SQL Server Date functions that allow you to handle date and time date effectively.

SQL Server String Functions

This tutorial provides with many useful SQL Server String functions that allow you to manipulate character string effectively.

SQL Server System Functions

This page provides you with the commonly used system functions in SQL Server that return objects, values, and settings in SQL Server.

SQL Server Window Functions

SQL Server Window Functions calculate an aggregate value based on a group of rows and return multiple rows for each group.