SQL SERVER – 5 Videos from Joes 2 Pros Series Exam Prep Series 70-433 – SQL in Sixty Seconds

Joes 2 Pros SQL Server series is a five part series is written with keeping SQL Server Exam 70-433. It is written with the focus on beginners and who wants to build expertise for SQL Server programming and development from fundamental. Exam is major focus but this series goes beyond exams and keep on focusing on learning the important concepts thoroughly. This book no way takes the short cut to explain any concepts and at times. The best part is that all the books have many companion videos explaining the concepts and videos.

Introduction to SQL Server Security

Let’s get some basic definitions down first. Take the workplace example where “Tom” needs “Read” access to the “Financial Folder”. A Securable is a resource that someone might want to access (like the Financial Folder). A Principal is anything that might want to gain access to the securable (like Tom). A Permission is the level of access a principal has to a securable (like Read). [Detailed Blog Post]

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Introduction to Hierarchical Query

A CTE can be thought of as a temporary result set and are similar to a derived table in that it is not stored as an object and lasts only for the duration of the query. A CTE is generally considered to be more readable than a derived table and does not require the extra effort of declaring a Temp Table while providing the same benefits to the user. However; a CTE is more powerful than a derived table as it can also be self-referencing, or even referenced multiple times in the same query. [Detailed Blog Post]

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Introduction to Basics of a Query Hint

Query hints specify that the indicated hints should be used throughout the query. Query hints affect all operators in the statement and are implemented using the OPTION clause. Cautionary Note: Because the SQL Server Query Optimizer typically selects the best execution plan for a query, it is highly recommended that hints be used as a last resort for experienced developers and database administrators to achieve the desired results. [Detailed Blog Post]

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Introduction to SQL Error Actions

Most people believe that when SQL Server encounters an error severity level 11 or higher the remaining SQL statements will not get executed. In addition, people also believe that if any error severity level of 11 or higher is hit inside an explicit transaction, then the whole statement will fail as a unit. While both of these beliefs are true 99% of the time, they are not true in all cases. It is these outlying cases that frequently cause unexpected results in your SQL code. [Detailed Blog Post]

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Introduction to XML Data Type Methods

The XML data type was first introduced with SQL Server 2005. This data type continues with SQL Server 2008 where expanded XML features are available, most notably is the power of the XQuery language to analyze and query the values contained in your XML instance. [Detailed Blog Post] 

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Please leave a comment to explain which one was your favorite video as that will help me understand what works and what needs improvement.

Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)