From the course: Learning SQL Programming

Learning SQL programming - SQL Tutorial

From the course: Learning SQL Programming

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Learning SQL programming

- [Scott] Our world is driven by data, and a lot of that data is stored in databases. In order to unlock the information and insights stored in databases, we need a way of asking for data. One common language for asking about and modifying data in databases is SQL. In this course, I'll explain what SQL is, and I'll take you through an introduction to the language. You'll see how to ask questions of databases in a structured way to get the information you need. We'll focus on the language itself, not any particular tool. And the amount of setup you'll need to do in order to get started is minimal. The goal of this course is to get you comfortable working with the basics of the language using a database that already exists. We'll look at how to get information from more than one database table, and I'll introduce some more features and functions of SQL. After that, we'll take a look at adding and modifying data in tables that already exist in a database. We'll end with a quick look at overcoming some common pitfalls in working with SQL. This course will help prepare you to work with SQL in programming, data science, or data reporting applications. And it will provide a foundation for deeper learning about database administration, advanced SQL, and developing with data. Let's go.

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