Understand core
database concepts
Create
Database Objects
Manipulate
data
Understand
data storage
Administer a
database
Understand core database concepts
Understand how data is stored in tables
Understand
what a table is and how it relates to the data that will be stored in the
database; columns/fields, rows/records
Understand relational database
concepts
Understand
what a relational database is, the need for relational database management
systems (RDBMS), and how relations are established
Understand data manipulation
language (DML)
Understand
what DML is and its role in databases
Understand data definition language
(DDL)
Understand
how T-SQL can be used to create database objects, such as tables and views
Create Database Objects
Choose data types
Understand
what data types are, why they are important, and how they affect storage
requirements
Understand tables and how to create
them
Purpose of
tables; create tables in a database by using proper ANSI SQL syntax
Create views
Understand when
to use views and how to create a view by using T-SQL or a graphical designer
Create stored procedures and functions
Select,
insert, update, or delete data
Manipulate data
Select data
Utilize
SELECT queries to extract data from one table, extract data by using joins,
combine result sets by using UNION and INTERSECT
Insert data
Understand
how data is inserted into a database, how to use INSERT statements
Update data
Understand
how data is updated in a database and how to write the updated data to the database
by using the appropriate UPDATE statements, update by using a table
Delete data
Delete data
from single or multiple tables, ensure data and referential integrity by using
transactions
Understanding data storage
Understand normalization
Understand
the reasons for normalization, the five most common levels of normalization,
how to normalize a database to third normal form
Understand primary, foreign, and composite keys
Understand
the reason for keys in a database, choose appropriate primary keys, select
appropriate data type for keys, select appropriate fields for composite keys,
understand the relationship between foreign and primary keys
Understand indexes
Understand
clustered and non-clustered indexes and their purpose in a database
Administer a database
Understand database security concepts
Understand
the need to secure a database, what objects can be secured, what objects should
be secured, user accounts, and roles
Understand database backups and restore
Understand
various backup types, such as full and incremental, importance of backups, how
to restore a database
