Self Training in SQL Server

Hi All,
Is there a way to train myself in the SQL server?. If yes, can anyone please tell me what to do.
Regards,
Harish

Hi Harish,
I echo all the recommendations you have been given so far. All the recommendations you have been given have different strengths meaning the different recommendations compliment each other and are not either/ or choices.
You've not mentioned which version of SQL Server you need to get trained up in. I recommend that you focus on SQL 2005 and SQL 2008. Most live systems out there (certainly in the UK are running SQL 2005), most managers who line manage SQL Server professionals are
aware of some of the advantges of upgrading to SQL 2008 such as improved Business Intelligence support. However I find when moving from client to client site that there is too much fear based on the past experience of migrating from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005,
where in fact there is much less effort involved in migrating from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008. The end result is there will be live SQL 2005 systems out there for a while.
Decide which SQL Server job role emphasis you want to specialise in there are 3; - Database Administrator, Database Developer and Business Intelligence Developer (skill sets between these 3 roles over lap).
I recommend chipping away at
Certification the following is the first one for an SQL Developer; -
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-433): Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database Development ; -
http://www.amazon.com/MCTS-Self-Paced-Training-Exam-70-433/dp/0735626391/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277577799&sr=1-4
(this is much more than a book which of course covers all the basics such as stored procedures and much more)
Purchase a copy of the developer's edition to put on your personal laptop; - SQL Server 2008, Developer Edition; -
http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Server-2008-Developer-Edition/dp/B001B8EZR4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1277577956&sr=1-1
Install AdventureWorks 2008R2 RTM; -
http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/45907
Please also check out; - http://sqlserverfaq.com/
I hope the above helps,
Kind Regards,
Kieran.
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Bad query plan for self-referencing CTE view query and variable in WHERE clause. Is there way out or this is SQL Server defect?

Please help. Thank you for your time and expertise.
Prerequisites: sql query needs to be a view. Real view is more than recursion. It computes location path, is used in JOINs and returns this path.
Problem: no matter what I tried, sql server does not produce 'index seek' when using variable but does with literal.
See full reproduction code below.
I expect that query SELECT lcCode FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l WHERE l.lcID = @lcID will seek UNIQUE index but it does not.
I tried these:
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2. query OPTION(RECOMPILE)
3. FORCESEEK on view
4. SQL Server 2012/2014
5. Wrap it into function and CROSS APPLY. On large outer number of rows this just dies, no solution
but to no avail. This smells like a bug in SQL Server. I am seeking your confirmation.
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use tempdb
BEGIN TRAN
-- setup definition
CREATE TABLE dbo.LocationHierarchy(
lcID int NOT NULL ,
lcHID hierarchyid NOT NULL,
lcCode nvarchar(25) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
lcHIDParent AS lcHID.GetAncestor(1) PERSISTED,
CONSTRAINT PK_LocationHierarchy_lcID PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED (lcID ASC),
CONSTRAINT UX_LocationHierarchy_pltID_lcHID UNIQUE CLUSTERED (lcHID ASC)
-- add some data
INSERT INTO dbo.LocationHierarchy
VALUES
(1, '/', 'A')
,(2, '/1/', 'B')
,(3, '/1/1/', 'C')
,(4, '/1/1/1/', 'D')
--DROP VIEW dbo.vwLocationCodes
GO
CREATE VIEW dbo.vwLocationCodes
AS
WITH ru AS
SELECT
lh.lcID
,lh.lcCode
,lh.lcHID
,CAST('/' + lh.lcCode + '/' as varchar(8000)) as LocationPath
-- to support recursion
,lh.lcHIDParent
FROM dbo.LocationHierarchy lh
UNION ALL
SELECT
ru.lcID
,ru.lcCode
,ru.lcHID
,CAST('/' + lh.lcCode + ru.LocationPath as varchar(8000)) as LocationPath
,lh.lcHIDParent
FROM dbo.LocationHierarchy lh
JOIN ru ON ru.lcHIDParent = lh.lcHID
SELECT
lh.lcID
,lh.lcCode
,lh.LocationPath
,lh.lcHID
FROM ru lh
WHERE lh.lcHIDParent IS NULL
GO
-- get data via view
SELECT
CONCAT(SPACE(l.lcHID.GetLevel() * 4), lcCode) as LocationIndented
FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l
ORDER BY lcHID
GO
SET SHOWPLAN_XML ON
GO
DECLARE @lcID int = 2
-- I believe this produces bad plan and is defect in SQL Server optimizer.
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-- This does not happen.
SELECT lcCode FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l WHERE l.lcID = @lcID -- bad plan
-- this is a plan I expect.
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GO
SET SHOWPLAN_XML OFF
GO
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Here is more... note that I am creating table Items and these can be in Locations.
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use tempdb
BEGIN TRAN
-- setup definition
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lcID int NOT NULL ,
lcHID hierarchyid NOT NULL,
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lcHIDParent AS lcHID.GetAncestor(1) PERSISTED,
CONSTRAINT PK_LocationHierarchy_lcID PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED (lcID ASC),
CONSTRAINT UX_LocationHierarchy_pltID_lcHID UNIQUE CLUSTERED (lcHID ASC)
-- add some data
INSERT INTO dbo.LocationHierarchy
VALUES
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,(2, '/1/', 'B')
,(3, '/1/1/', 'C')
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--DROP VIEW dbo.vwLocationCodes
GO
--DECLARE @Count int = 10;
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VALUES(1, 1)
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CREATE VIEW dbo.vwLocationCodes
AS
WITH ru AS
SELECT
lh.lcID
,lh.lcCode
,lh.lcHID
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-- to support recursion
,lh.lcHIDParent
FROM dbo.LocationHierarchy lh
UNION ALL
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ru.lcID
,ru.lcCode
,ru.lcHID
,CAST('/' + lh.lcCode + ru.LocationPath as varchar(8000)) as LocationPath
,lh.lcHIDParent
FROM dbo.LocationHierarchy lh
JOIN ru ON ru.lcHIDParent = lh.lcHID
SELECT
lh.lcID
,lh.lcCode
,lh.LocationPath
,lh.lcHID
FROM ru lh
WHERE lh.lcHIDParent IS NULL
GO
-- get data via view
SELECT
CONCAT(SPACE(l.lcHID.GetLevel() * 4), lcCode) as LocationIndented
FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l
ORDER BY lcHID
GO
--SET SHOWPLAN_XML ON
GO
DECLARE @lcID int = 2
-- I believe this produces bad plan and is defect in SQL Server optimizer.
-- variable value cardinality is 1 and SQL Server should know that. Optiomal plan is to do index seek with key lookup.
-- This does not happen.
SELECT lcCode FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l WHERE l.lcID = @lcID-- OPTION(RECOMPILE) -- bad plan
-- this is a plan I expect.
SELECT lcCode FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l WHERE l.lcID = 2 -- good plan
SELECT *
FROM dbo.Items itm
LEFT JOIN dbo.vwLocationCodes l ON l.lcID = itm.lcID
OPTION(RECOMPILE)
SELECT *
FROM dbo.Items itm
OUTER APPLY
SELECT *
FROM dbo.vwLocationCodes l
WHERE l.lcID = itm.lcID
) l
-- I reviewed these but I need a view here, can't be SP
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When there is no user defined certificate available, SQL Server will generate a self-signed certificate when service starts, We have a tool scans and finds that in SQL 2005 the self-signed certificate is 1024bit, does someone know the default self-signed
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Thanks.
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Do you see anything in the Server Name at all?
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Hello,
I am about to start studying for the upgrade to SQ Lserver 2008 exam 70-453. i completed my MCITP SQL server 2005 cert last year.
I have read a few forums on the topic, and some have suggested reading the free ebook entitled "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008" (not to be confused with "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2")
Microsoft and other sites link the book here:-
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The book is linked here:
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Will I lose out by learning an earlier version of SQL Server?

At work we use SQL Server 2008 R2 from what I can tell and I use it to do many DB queries. I have been asked to select a course available through Skillport and notice that my only selections are for SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012. From what I can see
online, the latest version is 2014. Would I be at a disadvantage learning any previous version and would it be better to go for 2012 over 2008 R2 (even though that is what it appears we have where I work)? The course tracks have the titles of "SQL Server
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Hi Ben,
Why are you attending the training?
Are you attending it so that it should help you to do your day-to-day work? if yes then go for SQL 2008 R2.
Are you attending it so that you are better placed to work on the next version of SQL when your company upgrades or when you change jobs? Then go for 2012.
Which ever version you learn you wont lose anything. If you become an expert in one version of SQL then you can easily upgrade yourself by self-learning and with the help of wonderful SQL Community out there.
Note: Few months back I was forced to learn SQL 7.0 (Yes SQL 7.0) so there is nothing like if you learn 2008/r2/2012 you will lose something just because 2014 has released.
From Certification stand point AFAIK SQL MCSE certification now doest have different exams for 2012 & 2014. Its a combined exam which will certify you for both 2012 and 2014. So if you are to take MCSE certification you better learn 2012
and 2014 concepts.
http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2014/03/10/certification-update-sql-server-2014.aspx
Another option for you is to learn 2008 take certification then upgrade yourself to 2012/2014. Yes its a bit long certification path, but I bet you will never regret.
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Good afternoon everyone,
I have been working on a 2012 R2 server getting ready to move databases to new hardware. I had SQL Server Express 2008 R2 running on this server with no issues. I was handed another software package that ran SQL Express 2012 and had to for compatibility
reasons. I have had multiple versions run on Server 2012 before with no issues. This time, not so lucky. When the installer from the updated package put on SQL Express 2012 it completed with errors ( error log posted at the end of post) and
would not allow me to run software. I then tried the db that I had installed on 2008 R2 and it also gave the same error as the 2012 version. IN basic terms the required services attempted to start and shut back down again. I have received
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new with SQL anything so I know I am missing something. I also do not have an "E:" drive on this server (not sure why it is going there). Input would be very welcome as I am not certain where to go from here.
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2015-04-15 11:57:55.17 Server The service account is 'NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE'. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.17 Server Registry startup parameters:
-d C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf
-e C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG
-l C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
2015-04-15 11:57:55.17 Server Command Line Startup Parameters:
-s "SQLEXPRESS"
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server SQL Server detected 1 sockets with 6 cores per socket and 12 logical processors per socket, 12 total logical processors; using 8 logical processors based on SQL Server licensing. This is an informational message;
no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server SQL Server is starting at normal priority base (=7). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server Detected 8157 MB of RAM. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server Using conventional memory in the memory manager.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.68 Server This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 7840 at 4/15/2015 11:57:47 AM (local) 4/15/2015 3:57:47 PM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.68 Server Node configuration: node 0: CPU mask: 0x00000000000000ff:0 Active CPU mask: 0x00000000000000ff:0. This message provides a description of the NUMA configuration for this computer. This is an informational message
only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.69 Server Using dynamic lock allocation. Initial allocation of 2500 Lock blocks and 5000 Lock Owner blocks per node. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.72 Server Software Usage Metrics is disabled.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.73 spid5s Starting up database 'master'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.79 spid5s 20 transactions rolled forward in database 'master' (1:0). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.79 spid5s 0 transactions rolled back in database 'master' (1:0). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.80 Server CLR version v4.0.30319 loaded.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.86 spid5s Service Master Key could not be decrypted using one of its encryptions. See sys.key_encryptions for details.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.89 Server Common language runtime (CLR) functionality initialized using CLR version v4.0.30319 from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.91 spid5s SQL Server Audit is starting the audits. This is an informational message. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.91 spid5s SQL Server Audit has started the audits. This is an informational message. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.94 spid5s SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa".
2015-04-15 11:57:55.94 spid5s Server name is '********\SQLEXPRESS'. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Failed to verify Authenticode signature on DLL 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Binn\ftimport.dll'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Starting up database 'msdb'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid9s Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBData.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Unable to open the physical file "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBData.mdf". Operating system error 3: "3(The system cannot find the path specified.)".
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBLog.ldf'.
Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s File activation failure. The physical file name "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBLog.ldf" may be incorrect.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.99 spid9s The resource database build version is 11.00.3000. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.02 spid12s A self-generated certificate was successfully loaded for encryption.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv6> 53345].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv4> 53345].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server local connection provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\SQLLocal\SQLEXPRESS ].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server named pipe provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS\sql\query ].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 spid12s Dedicated administrator connection support was not started because it is disabled on this edition of SQL Server. If you want to use a dedicated administrator connection, restart SQL Server using the trace flag 7806.
This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 Server SQL Server is attempting to register a Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Kerberos authentication will not be possible until a SPN is registered for the SQL Server service. This is an informational
message. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 Server The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/********.****.local:SQLEXPRESS ] for the SQL Server service. Windows return code: 0xffffffff, state: 53.
Failure to register a SPN might cause integrated authentication to use NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies and if the SPN has not been
manually registered.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 Server The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/********.****.local:53345 ] for the SQL Server service. Windows return code: 0xffffffff, state: 53. Failure
to register a SPN might cause integrated authentication to use NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies and if the SPN has not been manually
registered.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.09 spid9s Starting up database 'model'.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\model.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Unable to open the physical file "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\model.mdf". Operating system error 3: "3(The system cannot find the path specified.)".
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\modellog.ldf'.
Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s File activation failure. The physical file name "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\modellog.ldf" may be incorrect.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 945, Severity: 14, State: 2.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Database 'model' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s SQL Trace was stopped due to server shutdown. Trace ID = '1'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.

Hi HMLunger,
Did you install the SQL Server instance successfully? If not, please help to post the summary and detail logs for analysis. By default, the logs can be found in: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log.
However, if you fail to start SQL Server Express service after successfully installing SQL Server,
you might have to change the paths of the files by running the following scripts from the command prompt. For more details, please review this similar
thread.
NET START MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS /f /T3608
SQLCMD -S .\SQLEXPRESS
ALTER DATABASE model MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
ALTER DATABASE model MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
go
exit;
ALTER DATABASE msdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
ALTER DATABASE msdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
NET STOP MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
In addition, you can follow the steps in this KB article to uninstall SQL Server.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
Lydia Zhang
TechNet Community Support

Self Training in SQL Server

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