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6 Jan 2021
LearnSQL.com Team
Winter 2021 Track of the Season: Creating Database Structure
New year, new challenges, and ... a new SQL Track of the Season! Start 2021 by learning SQL and data engineering. In this article, we answer frequently asked questions about our Creating Database Structure track. Maybe you haven't noticed yet that there’s an order to many LearnSQL.com courses; you can learn SQL by doing them in the right order. We call this option our ‘SQL tracks’. These are logically structured and well-thought-out learning paths that will help you take the next steps towards becoming an SQL expert.
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5 Jan 2021
LearnSQL.com Team
SQL Course of the Month – Standard SQL Functions
Are you dreaming of becoming a data analyst? Or maybe you just want to work effectively with your company’s databases? You can – with SQL functions. We’ve selected Standard SQL Functions to be our January 2021 SQL Course of the Month. What will you find inside? I asked Agnieszka Kozubek-Krycuń, Vertabelo's Chief Content Officer, about it. Here's what she said. What are SQL functions? The term reminds me of SELECT or JOIN.
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1 Jan 2021
LearnSQL.com Team
New Monthly Challenge for January 2021!
This month’s LearnSQL.com Monthly Challenge is now available! In January, you can test your SQL skills in window functions by solving problems for Jeremy, the manager of the clothing retailer, Edward. Is this the first time you’ve come across our Monthly Challenge? LearnSQL.com delivers one SQL Challenge each month to our users. Starting in January 2021, we have monthly challenges separately for beginners and for advanced users. Each challenge contains 5 to 10 SQL exercises, prepared for those who want to practice their skills.
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1 Jan 2021
Tihomir Babic
SQL JOIN Tips for Beginners
If you’re a beginner and want to know how to start using SQL JOINs in your queries, you’ve come to the right place. Using the SQL JOIN clause is necessary if you want to query multiple tables. Sooner or later, you’ll have to use more than one table in a query. It’s the nature of relational databases in general – they consist of data that’s usually saved in multiple tables; in turn, these form a database.
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31 Dec 2020
LearnSQL.com Team
Why Learn SQL This New Year?
In answering this question, we’ll take a look at the idea behind New Year’s resolutions, explore what SQL is, and see why learning it should be your goal for 2021. We’ve all heard of New Year’s resolutions, and we all have personal experience of how difficult it can be to see them through to a successful conclusion. We’ll examine the history of New Year’s resolutions, why they often fail, and how to ensure your resolution for learning SQL in 2021 doesn’t meet with the same fate as so many others that never made it past the end of January.
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29 Dec 2020
Jakub Romanowski
2020’s Best LearnSQL.com Articles
We published a whole lot of interesting SQL articles this year. I had a difficult task – choosing the best LearnSQL.com articles of 2020. And here they are. The crazy year of 2020 is coming to an end. How will we remember it? Probably by the COVID-19 pandemic; we stayed home and fought the virus. It was a difficult time. However, many of us did not give up and kept trying to achieve our professional goals.
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25 Dec 2020
Ignacio L. Bisso
What Is a Database Index?
Database indexes are critical to query speed and efficiency. Learn when, why, and how to use them – and when not to – in this post. Indexes are very important database objects; they optimize data access and improve database performance by helping the database execute SQL queries faster. Why not take this opportunity to learn how indexes work and how to create them? What Is a Database Index? Indexes are data structures that can increase a database’s efficiency in accessing tables.
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23 Dec 2020
Dorota Wdzięczna
What Is an SQL INNER JOIN?
How do you combine data from different tables in one query? An SQL feature called JOIN is the most common operator used to create complex queries. Learn the basics in this article. SQL allows us to select data from more than one table. In fact, the whole idea of using relational databases is selecting data from related tables. And we can use SQL’s JOIN operator to do this. There are many types of JOINs in SQL.
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18 Dec 2020
Marija Ilic
SQL Window Functions for Managers: Who Gets a Raise?
Window functions are one of the most powerful features in modern SQL. In this article, you will learn why window functions are so great. I will list you the most useful window functions and briefly explain when and how you can use them. Simple SELECT statements, in combination with WHERE, GROUP BY, and HAVING, are sufficient for many analyses at work. I used standard SQL for many years before I realized there is something more.
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17 Dec 2020
Jakub Romanowski
The Best SQL Lectures on YouTube
YouTube contains a vast amount of information. The trick is to know how to find what’s valuable. If you type “SQL lectures” in the YouTube search engine, you will probably get a list of boring or unhelpful clips. However, there are hidden gems, and I’ve compiled a list of the best SQL talks I’ve found on YouTube so far. First, let's establish one thing. I didn't choose any YouTube SQL tutorials when making this list.
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