Learn about the built-in functions in Microsoft SQL Server 2016, and how to work with them.
- [Instructor] In this section,…we're going to talk about another aspect…of the programmability features in SQL Server 2016.…Now we're talking about functions.…Functions are small pieces of code…we can put into our SELECT statements…to perform some calculation…on one of the columns we're working with.…If we open up Programmability then open up Functions…then open up System Functions,…we'll see several categories of different built-in functions…that are automatically included with SQL Server 2016.…
If we look at some of these,…for example, Mathematical Functions,…we see different functions for working with trigonometry,…working with logarithms…and working with exponents.…There's quite a number of these built-in functions.…In my opinion, the most useful ones…are MAX for finding the maximum value in a column,…MIN for finding the minimum value in a column,…and AVG for finding the average value of a column.…So I've staged some code…that will demonstrate this for us in the example files.…
So if you want to copy all of that to a new query,…
Author
Martin Guidry
Released
11/16/2016- Installing SQL Management Studio
- Using SQL Server Configuration Monitor
- Creating a database
- Creating tables with SMS and T-SQL
- Creating relationships between tables
- Creating views
- Writing queries to return XML
- Working with XML and JSON
- Backing up and restoring SQL Server
- Monitoring and management
- Security
- Performance
- Integrating SQL Server with cloud services like Azure
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m
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1. Overview of SQL Server 2016
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SQL Server editions2m 22s
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2. Installing SQL Server 2016
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Basic installation6m 22s
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3. Working with Tools
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Activity Monitor3m 31s
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Profiler4m 20s
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4. Creating and Configuring Databases
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Create a database3m 16s
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Install a sample database3m 12s
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5. Creating Tables in a Database
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Create a table using T-SQL1m 41s
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In-memory tables3m 34s
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Temporal tables5m 19s
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6. Creating Views in Databases
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Create a view3m 17s
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7. Understanding Programmability
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Stored procedures3m 23s
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Built-in functions1m 50s
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Scalar functions2m 10s
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8. Working with XML
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Introduction to XML1m 29s
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Write queries to return XML2m 38s
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Shred XML2m 23s
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Working with XML schemas1m 48s
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Storing XML3m 38s
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9. Working with JSON
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Working with JSON2m 29s
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Storing JSON2m 19s
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10. Backup and Restore
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Basic backups2m 32s
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Basic restore2m 48s
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11. Monitoring and Management
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Audit logins2m 35s
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12. Security
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Instance-level logins2m 47s
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Database-level users2m 24s
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Encrypt data5m 24s
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13. Performance
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Basics of indexes3m 4s
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Create an index6m 18s
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Columnstore index3m 12s
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Explore execution plans5m 1s
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Overview of Query Store3m 18s
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14. Cloud
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Back up to Azure3m 9s
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Set up Stretch Database4m 46s
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Monitor Stretch Database1m 24s
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Conclusion
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Next steps33s
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