SQL Server Fundamentals

SQL Server is a vital skill for data analysts. It is the most widely used database in the world. This course will show you how to create simple SQL statements, and refine your queries with ORDER BY and WHERE clauses. Learn how to combine, aggregate, and work with strings. This course will show you how to create tables, as well as the most common ways to join them. You'll also learn how to insert or update data. Your main tool will be the Chinook digital media database. It also includes artist and track sales. The Eurovision and old music databases can be used to continue the music theme. We will also be looking at trends in American power outages. SQL Server will allow you to perform data manipulation tasks. This will prepare for the DataCamp T-SQL courses!

Once you've completed the Introduction to SQL course and have a good understanding of the basics of SQL, it's time to improve your queries with joins or relational set theory. This course will teach you about the power and benefits of joining tables, as well as the unique characteristics of cities around the world. Learn inner and outer joins as well as self, semi, and anti joins. Cross joins are a vital tool in any PostgreSQL wizards' toolbox. After you've mastered intersections, exception clauses, and unions using simple diagrams and examples you won't have to worry about setting it up theory. You will also learn about subqueries. These ideas can also be visualized using Venn diagrams or other linking illustrations.

Databases hold the vast majority of data. These databases are crucial for data cleaning and analysis. This course will be focused on T-SQL, which is the version that Microsoft SQL Server uses to perform data analysis. This course will show you how to handle missing dates and how advanced queries can be used for summary statistics. This course will give you the skills and knowledge to analyze data quickly and provide insights.

SQL Server provides many tools that enable you to create, aggregate, and query time series data. This course will show you how to manipulate dates, parse strings and deal with invalid strings. It also shows you how dates are formatted in reports. Learn how SQL Server's built-in aggregation operators and window functions can help you solve business problems like calculating running totals, finding averages and showing month-tomonth variations using real data. You will see how a different view can solve complex problems.

This course focuses on teaching you how to leverage SQL Server's key functions to manipulate data effectively. By utilizing these functions, you will gain the ability to transform and process data in order to achieve desired results. The course covers a wide range of topics, including importing databases into SQL Server, understanding different data types in SQL, and exploring various SQL features. Additionally, you will learn how to work with data on the server, as well as explore the functionalities of SQL functions. The course is designed for individuals interested in data science and those looking to enhance their SQL skills for data science purposes. Whether you are a beginner or have some prior experience with SQL, this course offers valuable insights and knowledge to help you master SQL Server's functions for manipulating data effectively.