📚 SQL Server – Course Content

1. Introduction to Databases & SQL Server

• What is a database & DBMS
• RDBMS concepts
• SQL Server architecture
• Installing SQL Server & SSMS
• Connecting to database

2. Database Design Basics

• Tables, rows & columns
• Primary key & foreign key
• Data types in SQL Server
• Normalization basics
• Creating & modifying tables

3. SQL Commands – Basics

• DDL commands (CREATE, ALTER, DROP, TRUNCATE)
• DML commands (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)
• DQL command (SELECT)
• WHERE clause & filtering

4. Data Retrieval Using SELECT

• SELECT with conditions
• ORDER BY, DISTINCT
• TOP & OFFSET-FETCH
• Aliases
• Working with NULL values

5. SQL Functions

• Aggregate functions (SUM, COUNT, AVG, MIN, MAX)
• String functions
• Date & time functions
• Numeric functions

6. Joins & Relationships

• INNER JOIN
• LEFT JOIN
• RIGHT JOIN
• FULL JOIN
• Self join
• Subqueries

7. Constraints & Indexes

• NOT NULL, UNIQUE
• PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY
• CHECK & DEFAULT
• Indexes & performance basics

8. Views

• Creating & modifying views
• Simple & complex views
• Using views for reporting
• View security basics

9. Stored Procedures

• What is a stored procedure
• Creating & executing procedures
• Input & output parameters
• Advantages of stored procedures

10. Functions & Triggers

• Scalar & table-valued functions
• User-defined functions
• Triggers (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)
• Real-world trigger examples

11. Transactions & Error Handling

• Transactions (BEGIN, COMMIT, ROLLBACK)
• ACID properties
• TRY…CATCH error handling

12. SQL Server Security & Backup

• Users & roles
• Permissions management
• Database backup & restore
• Import & export data

13. Performance & Optimization Basics

• Index usage
• Query optimization basics
• Execution plan overview

14. Real-Time Use Cases & Practice

• Employee management database
• Sales & billing database
• MIS & reporting queries
• Analytics-ready datasets

🛠 Skills You Will Gain

• Strong SQL querying skills
• Database design & management
• Working with joins, procedures & functions
• Data analysis using SQL
• Backend & analytics database foundation

💼 Career Opportunities After Course

• SQL Developer
• Database Executive
• MIS Executive
• Data Analyst (with tools like Power BI / Excel)
• Backend Developer (Java / .NET / Python)
• Database Support Engineer