Any SSMS 2014 Folks Out There?

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad

TonyL

Member
Joined
Mar 9, 2014
Messages
9,082
Location
Georgia
I just loaded SQL Server Management Studio. I am an Excel expert, but just learning SQL. Is there a specific course and/or books that you like for beginners? Thank you for reading.
 
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Go to MURACH.com and get a copy of their SQL Server 2008 R2. It is a very good book to learn how to use SQL Server.

If you are going to be at the group meeting next month I can talk with you about SQL Server since that is what I do for a living.

I have been doing IT work for over 30 years and doing SQL Server over the last 6 years.
 
I haven't personally tried this, but I've heard positive things and I like their math course:
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/sql

There are a few things in SQL that can be hard to wrap your head around. Once you understand joins, things start to fall into place.

StackExchange can be a good place to search on specific questions.

You can cover a lot of ground just loading a sample data set and practicing writing queries.
 
Thank you both. Does it matter that I am using 2014?

Nope. SQL is pretty consistent across vendors and versions. The differences between 2008 and 2014 will be in advanced features like replication and access control. Your SQL will run fine under either.

In fact 99% of the SQL I write for Mysql will run fine under MSSQL and vice versa.
 
Thank you. I subscribe to several Udemy courses for VBA, and advanced dashboarding (even a cursive writing course) including an SQL course which I just returned after completing 50% I like their coures, but we're not vert strong in the SSMS area. I viewed several Khan lectures which were pretty good. Thank you.
 
Back
Top Bottom