Introduction to SQL Using PostgreSQL Training in Vancouver

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Course Description

 

The Introduction to SQL with PostgreSQL course provides an in-depth introduction to SQL and relational databases, focusing on PostgreSQL as the database management system. The course covers essential topics such as querying and sorting data, filtering records with WHERE, advanced SELECT statements, subqueries, joins, unions, and conditional processing using CASE. Students will also learn to insert, update, and delete records, and create tables in PostgreSQL. Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, learners will gain the skills necessary to perform effective data analysis using SQL and PostgreSQL.

Course Length: 2 Days
Course Tuition: $790 (US)

Prerequisites

None

Course Outline

 
  1. Relational Database Basics
    1. Brief History of SQL
    2. Relational Databases
    3. PostgreSQL
  2. Simple SELECTs
    1. Introduction to the Jokes Database
    2. Some Basics
    3. SELECTing All Columns in All Rows
    4. Running Queries in pgAdmin
    5. Exploring the Tables (Exercise)
    6. SELECTing Specific Columns
    7. SELECTing Specific Columns (Exercise)
    8. Sorting Records
    9. Sorting Results (Exercise)
    10. The WHERE Clause and Logical Operator Symbols
    11. Using the WHERE Clause to Check for Equality or Inequality (Exercise)
    12. Checking for Greater or Less Than
    13. Using WHERE to Check for Greater or Less Than (Exercise)
    14. Checking for NULL
    15. Checking for NULL (Exercise)
    16. WHERE and ORDER BY
    17. Using WHERE and ORDER BY Together (Exercise)
    18. Checking Multiple Conditions with Boolean Operators
    19. Writing SELECTs with Multiple Conditions (Exercise)
    20. The WHERE Clause and Logical Operator Keywords
    21. More SELECTs with WHERE (Exercise)
  3. Advanced SELECTs
    1. LIMIT and OFFSET
    2. Calculated Fields
    3. Calculating Fields (Exercise)
    4. Aggregate Functions and Grouping
    5. Working with Aggregate Functions (Exercise)
    6. Selecting Distinct Records
    7. Built-in Data Manipulation Functions for Math and Strings
    8. Data Manipulation Functions for Math and Strings (Exercise)
    9. Date/Time Types, Operators, and Functions
    10. Date/Time Manipulation (Exercise)
  4. Subqueries, Joins and Unions
    1. Subqueries
    2. Subqueries (Exercise)
    3. Joins
    4. Using Joins (Exercise)
    5. Outer Joins
    6. Using Outer Joins (Exercise)
    7. Unions
    8. Working with Unions (Exercise)
  5. Conditional Processing with CASE
    1. Using CASE
    2. Working with CASE (Exercise)
  6. Inserting, Updating and Deleting Records
    1. INSERT
    2. Inserting Records (Exercise)
    3. UPDATE
    4. DELETE
    5. Updating and Deleting Records (Exercise)
  7. Creating Tables
    1. Creating a Database with pgAdmin
    2. How to Create Tables
    3. Creating Tables (Exercise)
    4. CASCADE and RESTRICT
    5. Using CASCADE (Exercise)

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