SQL Server for Beginners | A Complete Guide | Theory, Set Up, Practice Datasets & Querying

A complete guide to SQL for beginners: this tutorial can act as a one stop shop for understanding SQL background, how to actually start writing SQL in a database management system, getting a huge array of free data that simulates real world datasets & data models and learning the core and most widely used SQL querying functionality, as well as creating your own tables.
The specific areas I cover in this ~3 hour tutorial are as follows:
What is SQL?
What is SQL Server?
Getting Started with SQL Server & SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Downloading & Importing the AdventureWorks sample database (over 50 tables)
Navigating SSMS
Functions for selecting, filtering and ordering data from your database
Sampling data, commenting your code and working with NULL values
Essential string functions
Mathematical Operators
Conditional logic using the CASE expression
Grouping, aggregating, subqueries
Creating tables and inserting & updating data
These concepts will be cemented with real world examples and commentary around applying this knowledge to data roles.
Enjoy!
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[@thatnumbersgirl]

Thank you James! Time stamps would be amazing for this video!

[@JimRohn-u8c]

This is amazing! I hope you make one of these for PostgreSQL too! It’s starting to get used a lot for many Applications.

[@MatadorSoftware]

Appreciate the feedback, I’ll add Postgres to my list of topics to cover!

[@alulahabesha7207]

Great! Thanks a lot🙏

[@alexrosen8762]

Amazing! Thanks a lot 🙏

[@MatadorSoftware]

Your comment made my night, thanks Alex! Hope it’s useful for you!

[@magdanalhamdan6528]

Fabulous

[@MatadorSoftware]

Thanks! Glad you find it helpful!

[@thabangkutumane2896]

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[@MatadorSoftware]

My pleasure, hope it’s useful for you!

[@thabangkutumane2896]

Well I’ll make sure 😅😅😅 yhooo so excited 😁😁😁