SQL Practice: University

This SQL practice online course is for beginners who understand the basics of SQL and would like to practice writing SQL queries on examples from a real database.

Unlock your potential with our online SQL practice problems! The exercises are based on a simple database for a university. You’ll work with tables that contain student, lecturer, and course information. Sharpen your skills as you write queries and perform data analysis to uncover key insights. From discovering the curriculum for a specific degree and determining which courses a particular student has attended to creating a list of the courses a given lecturer has taught, our hands-on interactive tasks provide a comprehensive learning experience that enhances your expertise in no time.

There are 156 exercises in this online SQL course. They are grouped into sections by SQL topic: selecting from one table, JOINs, ORDER B, GROUP BY, subqueries, and set operations. Each section of the course starts with a brief review of the SQL syntax needed to solve the exercises. This is followed by hands-on, real-world tasks specially designed to strengthen your SQL skills.

To take full advantage of this course, you should know how to write simple SELECT queries, how to use the WHERE clause, what an SQL JOIN is, and how GROUP BY and HAVING work. You can learn all this in our SQL Basics course. After you finish it, come back here to practice what you learn.

Tailor your learning experience to your unique needs with the flexibility to choose the topics to focus on. By completing all the exercises, you master the basics of SQL and gain the confidence to tackle more advanced projects. We have selected topics that are challenging for beginners and that often appear in exams or job interviews to give you the most comprehensive basic SQL query practice possible.

This course is interactive. You practice writing real SQL queries to solve exercises on your web browser. Our web-based platform runs your command and verifies your solution. You don’t need to install anything on your computer, so you can start practicing right away.

What's in it for me?

• A great set of 156 interactive SQL exercises. You practice the basics of SQL at your own pace, from anywhere and anytime.
• Lifetime access to this course. When you purchase it, you get instant access to all of its content.
• Certificate of completion. You get a downloadable PDF certificate to showcase your accomplishment or to publish on social media.
• 30-day, money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied with the quality of the course, you can get a refund within 30 days of your purchase.
• Hints and support. You can ask questions and share insights with other members of the community through the Discuss tab. You may also drop us a line at contact@learnsql.com, and we'll be more than happy to answer!

What are the requirements?

• Basic SQL skills (take this awesome SQL Basics course).
• A web browser.

What will I practice in this course?

• Writing simple SELECT queries to get data from a single table.
• Filtering data with WHERE by using different number comparison operators, text patterns, and Boolean conditions, while combining these with AND, OR, and NOT.
• Sorting query results with ORDER BY, using ASCending and DESCending order.
• Combining data from multiple tables using JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, and FULL JOIN.
• Writing challenging queries with JOIN, such as multiple JOIN, self-join, and non-equi JOIN.
• Grouping data with GROUP BY and computing statistics using aggregate functions COUNT(), AVG(), SUM(), MIN(), and MAX().
• Using mathematical functions to perform simple calculations in SQL.
• Working with NULL in SQL queries using IS NULL and IS NOT NULL operators.
• Writing subqueries, including correlated subqueries.
• Merging query results using set operations UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT.
• Combining all basic SQL features in a challenging advanced queries section.

Who should take this course?

• Beginners who need some good SQL practice.
• People preparing for job interviews that require SQL skills.
• Students taking database or computer science exams.
• Entrepreneurs who want to start using SQL to grow their businesses.
• You!