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.
This course is intended for IT Professionals who want to become skilled on SQL Server 2008 R2 product features and technologies for implementing a database. To be successful in this course, the student should have knowledge of basic relational database concepts and writing T-SQL queries.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Understand the product, its components, and basic configuration.
Work with the data types supported by SQL Server.
Design and implement tables and work with schemas.
Design and implement views and partitioned views.
Describe the concept of an index and determine the appropriate data type for indexes and composite index structures.
Identify the appropriate table structures and implement clustered indexes and heaps.
Describe and capture execution plans.
Design and implement non-clustered indexes, covering indexes, and included columns.
Design and implement stored procedures.
Implement table types, table valued parameters, and the MERGE statement.
Describe transactions, transaction isolation levels, and application design patterns for highly-concurrent applications.
Design and implement T-SQL error handling and structured exception handling.
Design and implement scalar and table-valued functions.
Design and implement constraints.
Design and implement triggers.
Describe and implement target use cases of SQL CLR integration.
Describe and implement XML data and schema in SQL Server.
Use FOR XML and XPath queries.
Describe and use spatial data types in SQL Server.
Implement and query full-text indexes.
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.
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.
Introduction to SQL Server Platform
Working with SQL Server Tools
Configuring SQL Server Services
Verifying SQL Server Component Installation
Altering Service Accounts for New Instance
Enabling Named Pipes Protocol for Both Instances
Creating Aliases for AdventureWorks and Proseware
Ensuring SQL Browser is Disabled and Configure a Fixed TCP/IP Port
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the SQL Server Platform.
Work with SQL Server Tools.
Module 2: Working with Data Types
This module describes the data types supported by SQL Server and how to work with them.
Using Data Types
Working with Character Data
Converting Data Types
Working with Specialized Data Types
Choosing Appropriate Data Types
Writing Queries With Data Type Conversions
Designing and Creating Alias Data Types
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Work with data types.
Work with character data.
Convert between data types.
Use specialized data types.
Module 3: Designing and Implementing Tables
This module describes the design and implementation of tables.
Designing Tables
Working with Schemas
Creating and Altering Tables
Improving the Design of Tables
Creating a Schema
Creating the Tables
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design tables.
Work with schemas.
Create and alter tables.
Module 4: Designing and Implementing Views
This module describes the design and implementation of views.
Introduction to Views
Creating and Managing Views
Performance Considerations for Views
Designing, Implementing and Testing the WebStock Views
Designing and Implementing the Contacts View
Modifying the AvailableModels View
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the role of views in database development.
Implement views.
Describe the performance related impacts of 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.
Core Indexing Concepts
Data Types and Indexes
Single Column and Composite Indexes
Exploring Existing Index Statistics
Designing Column Orders for Indexes
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain core indexing concepts.
Describe the effectiveness of each data type common used in indexes.
Plan for single column and composite indexes.
Module 6: Implementing Table Structures in SQL Server
This module covers clustered indexes and heaps.
SQL Server Table Structures
Working with Clustered Indexes
Designing Effective Clustered Indexes
Creating Tables as Heaps
Creating Tables with Clustered Indexes
Comparing the Performance of Clustered Indexes vs. Heaps
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain how tables can be structured in SQL Server databases.
Work with clustered indexes.
Design effective clustered indexes
Module 7: Reading SQL Server Execution Plans
This module introduces the concept of reading execution plans.
Execution Plan Core Concepts
Common Execution Plan Elements
Working with Execution Plans
Actual vs. Estimated Plans
Identify Common Plan Elements
Query Cost Comparison
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the core concepts related to the use of execution plans.
Describe the role of the most common execution plan elements.
Work with execution plans.
Module 8: Improving Performance through Nonclustered Indexes
This module explains nonclustered indexes, covering indexes and included columns.
Designing Effective Nonclustered Indexes
Implementing Nonclustered Indexes
Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Reviewing Nonclustered Index Usage
Improving Nonclustered Index Designs
Using SQL Server Profiler and Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Nonclustered Index Design
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design effective nonclustered indexes.
Implement nonclustered indexes.
Use the Database Engine Tuning Advisor to design indexes.
Module 9: Designing and Implementing Stored Procedures
This module describes the design and implementation of stored procedures.
Introduction to Stored Procedures
Working With Stored Procedures
Implementing Parameterized Stored Procedures
Controlling Execution Context
Creating Stored Procedures
Creating a Parameterized Stored Procedure
Altering the Execution Context of Stored Procedures
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the role of stored procedures and the potential benefits of using them.
Work with stored procedures.
Implement parameterized stored procedures.
Control the execution context of a stored procedure.
Module 10: Merging Data and Passing Tables
This module covers table types, table valued parameters and the MERGE statement as used in stored procedures.
Using the MERGE Statement
Implementing Table Types
Using Table Types as Parameters
Creating a Table Type
Using a Table Type Parameter
Using a Table Type with MERGE
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use the MERGE statement.
Implement table types.
Use TABLE types as parameters.
Module 11: Creating Highly Concurrent SQL Server Applications
This module covers transactions, isolation levels, and designing for concurrency.
Introduction to Transactions
Introduction to Locks
Management of Locking
Transaction Isolation Levels
Detecting Deadlocks
Investigating Transaction Isolation Levels
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the role of transactions.
Explain the role of locks.
Manage locking.
Work with 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.
Designing T-SQL Error Handling
Implementing T-SQL Error Handling
Implementing Structured Exception Handling
Replacing @@ERROR Based Error Handling With Structured Exception Handling
Adding Deadlock Retry Logic to the Stored Procedure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design T-SQL error handling.
Implement T-SQL error handling.
Implement 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.
Designing and Implementing Scalar Functions
Designing and Implementing Table-valued Functions
Implementation Considerations for Functions
Alternatives To Functions
Formatting Phone Numbers
Modifying an Existing Function
Resolving a Function-related Performance Issue
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design and implement scalar functions.
Design and implement table-valued functions.
Describe implementation considerations for functions.
Describe alternatives to functions.
Module 14: Ensuring Data Integrity through Constraints
This module describes the design and implementation of constraints.
Enforcing Data Integrity
Implementing Domain Integrity
Implementing Entity and Referential Integrity
Designing Constraint
Testing the Constraints
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the available options for enforcing data integrity and the levels at which they should be applied.
Describe how domain integrity can be maintained.
Describe how entity and referential integrity can be maintained.
Module 15: Responding to Data Manipulation via Triggers
This module describes the design and implementation of triggers.
Designing DML Triggers
Implementing DML Triggers
Advanced Trigger Concepts
Creating the Audit Trigger
Improving the Audit Trigger
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Design DML triggers.
Implement DML triggers.
Explain advanced DML trigger concepts.
Module 16: Implementing Managed Code in SQL Server
This module describes the implementation of and target use-cases for SQL CLR integration.
Introduction to SQL CLR Integration
Importing and Configuring Assemblies
Implementing SQL CLR Integration
Assessing Proposed CLR Code
Implementing a CLR Assembly
Implementing a CLR User-defined Aggregate and User-defined Type
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the importance of SQL Server CLR Integration.
Import and configure assemblies.
Implement objects that have been created within .NET assemblies.
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.
Introduction to XML and XML Schemas
Storing XML Data and Schemas in SQL Server
Implementing the XML Data Type
Appropriate Usage of XML Data Storage in SQL Server
Investigating the Storage of XML Data in Variables
Investigating the Use of XML Schema Collections
Investigating the Creation of Database Columns Based on XML
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe XML and XML schemas.
Store XML data and associated XML schemas in SQL Server.
Implement the XML data type within SQL Server
Module 18: Querying XML Data in SQL Server
This module covers the basics of FOR XML and XPath Queries.
Using the T-SQL FOR XML Statement
Getting Started with XQuery
Shredding XML
Learning to Query SQL Server Data as XML
Writing a Stored Procedure Returning XML
Writing a Stored Procedure that Updates Using XML
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use the T-SQL FOR XML statement.
Work with basic XQuery queries.
Shred XML to a relational form.
Module 19: Working with SQL Server Spatial Data
This module describes spatial data and how this data can be implemented within SQL Server.
Introduction to Spatial Data
Working with SQL Server Spatial Data Types
Using Spatial Data in Applications
Familiarity With Geometry Data Type
Adding Spatial Data to an Existing Table
Business Application of Spatial Data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the importance of spatial data and the industry standards related to it.
Explain how to store spatial data in SQL Server.
Perform calculations on and query SQL Server spatial data.
Module 20: Working with Full-Text Indexes and Queries
This module covers full text indexes and queries.
Introduction to Full-Text Indexing
Implementing Full-Text Indexes in SQL Server
Working with Full-Text Queries
Implementing a Full-Text Index
Implementing a Stoplist
Creating a Stored Procedure to Implement a Full-Text Search
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe why user interfaces in existing applications are not sufficient for end user search needs.
Implement full-text indexes in SQL Server.
Query SQL Server using full-text queries.