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SQL Server Tutorial. SQL Server is a relational database technology developed by Microsoft. Transact-SQL (T-SQL) is an extension of SQL that is used in SQL Server. Transact-SQL is closely integrated into the SQL language, yet it adds programming constructs that are not native to SQL. This SQL Server 2012 tutorial is for those people who see themselves as becoming either developers, database administrators, or a mixture of both but have yet to tread that path with SQL Server 2012. The course takes you through each of the topics that you will need to master in order to pass the SQL Server 2012 70-461 exam. Throughout this video tutorial, you will learn how to setup the interface, create and alter tables using T-SQL, and understand SQL queries. These are services. Example: SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, SQL browser, SQL Server full text search etc. Instance of SQL Server. An instance is an installation of SQL Server. An instance is an exact copy of the same software. If we install 'n' times, then 'n' instances will be created. There are two types of instances in SQL.
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This tutorial teaches you how to use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to connect to your SQL Server instance and run some basic Transact-SQL (T-SQL) commands. The article demonstrates how to follow the below steps:
- Connect to a SQL Server instance
- Create a database ('TutorialDB')
- Create a table ('Customers') in your new database
- Insert rows into your new table
- Query the new table and view the results
- Use the query window table to verify your connection properties
- Change the server that your query window is connected to
Prerequisites
To complete this tutorial, you need SQL Server Management Studio and access to a SQL Server instance.
- Install SQL Server Management Studio.
If you don't have access to a SQL Server instance, select your platform from the following links. If you choose SQL Authentication, use your SQL Server login credentials.
- Windows: Download SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition.
- macOS: Download SQL Server 2017 on Docker.
Connect to a SQL Server instance
- Start SQL Server Management Studio. The first time you run SSMS, the Connect to Server window opens. If it doesn't open, you can open it manually by selecting Object Explorer > Connect > Database Engine.
- In the Connect to Server window, follow the list below:
- For Server type, select Database Engine (usually the default option).
- For Server name, enter the name of your SQL Server instance. (This article uses the instance name SQL2016ST on the hostname NODE5 [NODE5SQL2016ST].) If you're unsure how to determine your SQL Server instance name, see Additional tips and tricks for using SSMS.
- For Authentication, select Windows Authentication. This article uses Windows Authentication, but SQL Server login is also supported. If you select SQL Login, you're prompted for a username and password. For more information about authentication types, see Connect to the server (database engine).
You can also modify additional connection options by selecting Options. Examples of connection options are the database you're connecting to, the connection timeout value, and the network protocol. This article uses the default values for all the options. - After you've completed all the fields, select Connect.
Examples of successful connections
To verify that your SQL Server connection succeeded, expand and explore the objects within Object Explorer. These objects are different depending on the type of server you choose to connect.
- Connecting to an on-premises SQL server - in this case NODE5SQL2016ST:
- Connecting to SQL Azure DB - in this case msftestserver.database.windows.net:NoteIn this tutorial, you previously used Windows Authentication to connect to your on-premises SQL server, but this method is not supported for SQL Azure DB. As such, this image shows using SQL Authentication to connect to the SQL Azure DB. For more information, see SQL on-premises authentication and SQL Azure authentication.
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Create a database
Create a database named TutorialDB by following the below steps:
- Right-click your server instance in Object Explorer, and then select New Query:
- Into the query window, paste the following T-SQL code snippet:
- To execute the query, select Execute (or select F5 on your keyboard).After the query is complete, the new TutorialDB database appears in the list of databases in Object Explorer. If it isn't displayed, right-click the Databases node, and then select Refresh.
Create a table in the new database
In this section, you create a table in the newly created TutorialDB database. Because the query editor is still in the context of the master database, switch the connection context to the TutorialDB database by doing the following steps:
- In the database drop-down list, select the database that you want, as shown here:
- Paste the following T-SQL code snippet into the query window, select it, and then select Execute (or select F5 on your keyboard).
You can either replace the existing text in the query window or append it to the end. To execute everything in the query window, select Execute. If you've appended the text, you will want to execute just the portion of the text, so highlight that portion, and then select Execute.
After the query is complete, the new Customers table is displayed in the list of tables in Object Explorer. If the table isn't displayed, right-click the TutorialDB > Tables node in Object Explorer, and then select Refresh.
Insert rows into the new table
Insert some rows into the Customers table that you created previously. To do so, paste the following T-SQL code snippet into the query window, and then select Execute:
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Query the table and view the results
The results of a query are visible below the query text window. To query the Customers table and view the rows that were previously inserted, follow these steps:
- Paste the following T-SQL code snippet into the query window, and then select Execute:The results of the query are displayed under the area where the text was entered:
- Modify the way results are presented by selecting one of the following options:
- The middle button displays the results in Grid View, which is the default option.
- The first button displays the results in Text View, as shown in the image in the next section.
- The third button lets you save the results to a file whose extension is .rpt by default.
Verify your connection properties by using the query window table
You can find information about the connection properties under the results of your query. After you run the previously mentioned query in the preceding step, review the connection properties at the bottom of the query window.
- You can determine which server and database you're connected to, and the username that you use.
- You can also view the query duration and the number of rows that are returned by the previously executed query.NoteIn the image, the results are displayed in Text View.
Change the server based on the query window
You can change the server that your current query window is connected to by following the steps below:
- Right-click in the query window, and then select Connection > Change connection. The Connect to Server window opens again.
- Change the server that your query uses.NoteThis action changes only the server that the query window is connected to, not the server that Object Explorer uses.
Next steps
The best way to get acquainted with SSMS is through hands-on practice. These articles help you with various features available within SSMS. These articles teach you how to manage the components of SSMS and how to find the features that you use regularly.
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