Overview

This course teaches developers, database administrators, and system programmers various features of SQL, including column functions, grouping, unions, subqueries, and maintaining data.

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Audience

Developers, Database Administrators, System Programmers

Prerequisites

dashDB SQL for Basic Queries or equivalent experience or knowledge

Objective

Please refer to course overview

Course Outline

1. dashDB environment2. Column functions and grouping   • SQL functions   • Beware of NULLs   • GROUP BY and HAVING   • Important rule for column functions   • Restrictions   • Conceptual execution of a SELECT   • SQL challenges   • SQL challenges - solutions3. UNION   • Single report   • UNION rules   • UNION vs UNION ALL   • SQL challenges   • SQL challenges - solutions4. Using subqueries   • Subqueries   • Subquery predicates   • Restrictions and reminders   • SQL challenges   • SQL challenges - solutions5. Maintaining data   • Working data   • Views   • Working with the data   • Prototyping change SQL with a unit of work   • Reminders   • SQL challenges   • SQL challenges - solutions