Module 1: Getting Started with Transact-SQL

1. Introduction to Transact-SQL

2. Using the SELECT statement

3. Using a query tool to write and execute queries in Transact-SQL.

4. Understand the basic concepts of relational database and the T-SQL language.

5. Write SELECT statements to retrieve data from a relational database table.

6. Understand basic datatypes and how they are used.

7. Understand the basics of NULL values.

Module 2: Sorting and Filtering Query Results

1. Sorting Query Results

2. Filtering the Data

3. Use ORDER BY to sort results from a T-SQL SELECT statement.

4. Add a TOP clause to limit the ordered rows returned.

5. Page the sorted data with OFFSET-FET.

6. Write WHERE clauses to filter the rows returned.

7. Use DISTINCT to eliminate duplicate rows in the results.

Module 3: Using Joins and Subqueries

1. Using JOIN Operations

2. Using Subqueries

3. Write queries accessing data from multiple tables using JOIN operations.

4. Understand the differences between type of JOIN operations: INNER JOIN, OUTER JOIN, CROSS JOIN.

5. Write subqueries within a SELECT statement.

6. Understand the difference between scalar and multi-valued subqueries.

Module 4: Using Built-in Functions

1. Getting started with Scalar Functions

2. Grouping Aggregated Results

3. Write queries using scalar functions.

4. Write queries using aggregate functions.

5. Use GROUP BY to combine data into groups based on a common column value.

6. Understand how HAVING is used to filter groups of rows.

Module 5: Modifying Data

1. Inserting Data into Tables

2. Modifying and Deleting Data

3. Insert data into an existing table.

4. Specify that a column should be automatically populating with an IDENTITY or a SEQUENCE value.

5. Modify data using the UPDATE statement.

6. Delete data using the DELETE statement.

7. Modify data using MERGE to synchronize two tables.