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Video: Pt. 7 - Column Aliases, TOP, and ORDER BY

  • ·Skill level: 100 (Beginner)
  • ·Run Time: 11:00
  • ·Instructor: Scott Whigham

Description:

This video focuses on a review of the ORDER BY clause and the TOP Operator using the Northwind database. Top Trainer, Scott Whigham, properly teaches us in detail about all of the following topics within this video:
  • Default order when utilizing ORDER BY
  • Difference between ASC and DESC
  • Introduction to column aliases (AS)
  • Real world examples using column aliases
  • Limitions of using column aliases
  • Real life environment examples when using ORDER BY
  • Examples containing alternative uses for ORDER BY
  • Introduction to relative positions when using ORDER BY statements
  • The Dos and Don''ts when using the ORDER BY statement
  • Definition of using the TOP clause
  • Real life examples using the TOP clause
  • Common production environment error when using the TOP clause
  • Rectifying a common production error when using the TOP clause
  • Single table processing sequence
  • Processing steps when using SELECT, FROM, WHERE and ORDER BY
  • Step by step instructions for using the TOP clause
  • Simplistic and complex TOP clause examples
This video brings the whole section together and finishes it off with a bang. If you are looking for a new outlook and how to properly work ith ORDER BY and TOP clauses this video is for you.
Everyone should benefit from this video whether you are a beginner, an intermediate user or an advanced user looking to better your understanding of the ORDER BY and/or TOP clause. This video
was reviewed and this description was written by Wayne Leiser.

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Chapter 4: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE - Data Manipulation Language
1 How to Add In a Row Number Column That Numbers the Rows of Your Result Set
2 What Is Modulo? When Would I Use It?
3 Pt. 1 - An Overview of the SELECT Statement: Clauses and Sequence
4 Pt. 2 - Using the SELECT Statement With and Without a FROM Clause
5 Pt. 3 - Writing WHERE Clauses and Filtering Your Data
6 Pt. 4 - Complex WHERE Clauses Using AND, OR, and Parentheses
7 Pt. 5 - When to Use GROUP BY, DISTINCT, and An Overview of Aggregates in SQL
8 Pt. 6 - Using HAVING and GROUP BY
Pt. 7 - Column Aliases, TOP, and ORDER BY
10 Pt. 1 - An Overview of the INSERT Statement in Transact SQL
11 Pt. 2 - Discussion of the Various Syntaxes for the INSERT Statement
12 Pt. 3 - Inserting Data Into Tables With Constraints
13 Pt. 4 - INSERTs and Identity Columns: An Overview
14 Pt. 1 - An Introduction to the UPDATE Statement and Modifying Data With Transact SQL
15 Pt. 2 - How Transactions and Locks Affect UPDATE and SELECT Statements
16 Pt. 3 - Writing UPDATE Statements That Reference Multiple Tables (Subqueries)
17 Pt. 4 - Writing UPDATE Statements That Reference Multiple Tables (FROM Clause)
18 Pt. 1 - An Intro to the DELETE Statement
19 Pt. 2 - How Transactions and Locks Work With the DELETE Statement
20 Pt. 3 - How to Use Subqueries in the DELETE Statement
21 Pt. 4 - How to Use the FROM Clause in the DELETE Statement
22 Pt. 5 - How to Use TRUNCATE TABLE and the Differences Between It and the DELETE Statement
23 Pt. 1 - Using the OUTPUT Clause with the INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE Statements
24 Pt. 2 - Using the INPUT Clause with the OUTPUT Clause
25 Part 1 - An Overview of the Three Types of Aliases You Can Use in a SQL Query
26 Part 2 - Column and Table Aliases
27 Part 3 - Using Aliases for Derived Tables

NOTE: This video is part of our SQL Server Programming (SQL Server 2005/2000): Transact SQL course.
This video is from Chapter 4: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE - Data Manipulation Language

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