Free Course of the Month: 2024 Monthly SQL Practice Sets – Advanced

Ready to take your SQL skills to the next level? This June, you can access our most hands-on advanced course – 2024 Advanced SQL Practice Challenges – completely free.

Whether you're preparing for a job interview, handling complex data at work, or just want to challenge yourself with real SQL tasks, this course offers exactly what you need. It's packed with high-level exercises based on realistic business problems that will sharpen your thinking and test your skills.

And the best part? You can try it all, for free, through June 2025!

How to Practice Advanced SQL Skills for Free

Want to get better at SQL without spending a dime? The  2024 Monthly SQL Practice Sets - Advanced course is totally free for all of June, and it’s full of real-world tasks that’ll help you feel more confident writing queries. No fluff, just focused practice.

It’s the kind of hands-on, practical learning that actually sticks. Each challenge is short enough to fit into your day but meaningful enough to teach you something new. Curious? Here’s how to get started:

• Create a free LearnSQL.com account or log in if you already have one.
• Start the course. You have free access to its content until the end of the month.

Why we Offer a Free SQL Course Every Month

We know experienced SQL users want more than just the basics  –  you want real challenges. That’s why each month, we offer one of our more advanced, interactive courses for free. This June, it’s the 2024 Advanced SQL Practice Challenges.

It’s not about learning syntax  –  it’s about improving your ability to think in SQL. You’ll face realistic, business-focused tasks designed to stretch your logic and efficiency. If you’ve already spent time in production databases or dashboards, this is your chance to sharpen your edge.

Try the course and see how rewarding real SQL practice can be.

Why SQL Practice is so Crucial

SQL (Structured Query Language) is more than just a foundational language – it’s a core asset for advanced data professionals. Whether you’re building a complex reporting pipeline, optimizing queries in production, or writing analytical logic that drives decisions, SQL is at the heart of it.

But let’s be honest: reading about SQL is no longer enough once you’re past the basics. Real growth comes from applying your skills in unfamiliar and demanding situations – where you need to think through logic, spot inefficiencies, and fix issues on your own.

The 2024 Advanced SQL Practice Challenges were created exactly for that purpose. You won’t find filler here. Instead, you’ll face exercises that simulate the kind of advanced, layered problems you’d encounter in real business environments.

You’ll sharpen your ability to:

• Write and troubleshoot complex joins and subqueries.
• Build efficient recursive queries and window functions.
• Create dynamic groupings and aggregations under business constraints.
• Think analytically under time pressure.

Each task is designed to stretch your thinking and train you to perform SQL at a higher level. This is the kind of practice that improves your day-to-day workflow and sets you apart in interviews or promotions.

Want to give it a try for free this June?

What Will you Learn in This Free SQL Practice Course?

The 2024 Monthly SQL Practice Sets – Advanced course brings you 90 bite-sized, interactive exercises,designed to level up your SQL step by step. You’ll start with simple queries and gradually work your way up to more advanced tasks like joins, aggregates, and subqueries.

It’s not just about syntax – it’s about using SQL to solve real problems. Each exercise puts you in a practical scenario, so you’re always learning in context.

Ready to boost your skills and build your confidence? Dive in this June while it’s completely free!

Throughout these courses, you'll practice:

• Retrieving and filtering data: Use SELECT statements combined with WHERE clauses to extract specific information from single tables.
• Organizing results: Apply ORDER BY to sort data based on one or more columns.
• Combining datasets: Master various types of joins – including INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, and FULL JOIN – to merge data from multiple tables effectively.
• Performing aggregate calculations: Utilize functions like COUNT(), AVG(), SUM(), MIN(), and MAX() to compute summary statistics.
• Generating grouped reports: Implement GROUP BY and HAVING clauses to create aggregated data reports based on specific conditions.
• Crafting complex subqueries: Develop and integrate subqueries to solve intricate data retrieval challenges.

Our set is divided into six themed sections, each inspired by a different real-world business scenario. These monthly segments give you the chance to tackle data challenges in unique industries, helping you apply SQL in practical, relatable ways:

• January 2024 SQL Challenge – Julie owns and manages an online crochet shop and needs help gathering data to improve her business. Are you ready to help with your SQL skills?

1. March 2024 SQL Challenge – Lilia, who owns a genetic testing clinic, needs your help expanding her business. Are you ready to test your skills and help her out?
2. May 2024 SQL Challenge – Jason owns a company that makes riding lawn mowers. He would like to run his business more efficiently. Can you use your SQL skills to help him gather important insight?
3. July 2024 SQL Challenge – Practice your SQL skills using the Chinook digital music store database!
4. September 2024 SQL Challenge – Test your skills by analyzing the data from the database of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City!
5. November 2024 SQL Challenge – Nolan Roots is the owner of a local landscaping company and needs help expanding his business. Use your SQL knowledge to extract and present important data!

You'll step into the shoes of professionals from industries like e-commerce, biotech, manufacturing, music, art, and landscaping. Each challenge is grounded in a real-world scenario, asking you to analyze complex datasets, uncover trends, and generate insights that help these businesses make data-driven decisions.

From optimizing customer retention to tracking inventory and understanding performance metrics, these exercises train you to approach problems like a senior analyst. You’ll refine your logic, write better queries, and improve your ability to think critically with SQL.

By the end of the course, you won’t just be using SQL  –  you’ll be solving business problems with it. And like all LearnSQL.com courses, it’s fully interactive, accessible anytime, and built for users who want practical, professional-level growth.

Who Should Take This Course?

Our free SQL course for June is a great fit for:

1.    Experienced SQL Users Seeking Real-World Challenges

If you already know SQL basics and use it regularly, this course will push you further. The exercises are designed to simulate real business scenarios and deepen your problem-solving skills. You'll work with layered data, edge cases, and performance-oriented logic that reflects what advanced users face in the workplace.

2.    Analysts, Engineers, and BI Professionals

Already working in a data-heavy role? This is your opportunity to sharpen your skills in areas like window functions, recursive queries, and subqueries  –  techniques that make a difference in performance and clarity. It’s hands-on, job-relevant training without fluff.

3.    Advanced SQL Interview Preparation

Expecting technical interviews or SQL tests as part of your hiring process? These exercises align with the advanced types of challenges you’ll see, such as optimizing joins, writing nested logic, and analyzing complex datasets.

Get additional prep from:

• How to Prepare for an Advanced SQL Interview
• SQL Window Functions Interview Questions
• Top 9 SQL GROUP BY Interview Questions
  

4.    Developers and Data Scientists Looking to Expand Their SQL Toolkit

If you're coding in other languages or building ML pipelines, this course helps you use SQL to efficiently extract and manipulate data – skills you’ll need in real deployments. The scenarios will help you write better queries faster, even under pressure.

5.    Anyone Looking for Serious SQL Practice

No theory, no slides – just advanced, focused exercises. Whether you want a daily challenge or a weekend deep dive, this course helps you stay sharp and ready to tackle any SQL task that comes your way.

Get Better at SQL This June With our Free Practice Course

Want a serious way to challenge your SQL skills? This June, you can take the 2024 Advanced SQL Practice Challenges course for free. It's packed with advanced exercises drawn from real business use cases  –  ideal for those who already know SQL and want to take it further.

You don’t need a subscription or a credit card. Just create an account, log in, and dive into the challenges.

It’s a smart way to sharpen your SQL thinking, deepen your analytical skills, and get more confident working with complex queries in real-world situations.