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SQL Practice Problems: 57 beginning, intermediate, and advanced challenges for you to solve using a "learn-by-doing" approach - Softcover
Synopsis
Do you need to learn SQL for your job?
The ability to work with data and write SQL is currently one of the most in-demand job skills. Are you prepared?
It's easy to find basic SQL syntax and keyword information online. What's hard to find is challenging, well-designed, real-world problems—the type of problems that come up all the time when you're dealing with data. Learning how to solve these problems will give you the skill and confidence to step up in your career.
With SQL Practice Problems, you can get that level of experience by solving sets of targeted problems. These aren't just problems designed to give an example of specific syntax. These are the most common problems you encounter when you deal with data.
You will get real world practice, with real world data. I'll teach you how to "think" in SQL, how to analyze data problems, figure out the fundamentals, and work towards a solution that you can be proud of. It contains challenging problems, which develop your ability to write high quality SQL code.
What do you get when you buy SQL Practice Problems?
- Setup instructions for MS SQL Server Express Edition 2016 and SQL Server Management Studio 2016 (Microsoft Windows required). Both are free downloads.
- A customized sample database, with a video walk-through on setting it up.
- Practice problems - 57 problems that you work through step-by-step. There are targeted hints if you need them, which help guide you through the question. For the more complex questions, there are multiple levels of hints.
- Answers and a short, targeted discussion section on each question, with alternative answers and tips on usage and good programming practice.
What does SQL Practice Problems not contain?
- Complex descriptions of syntax. There’s just what you need, and no more.
- A discussion of differences between every single SQL variant (MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL). That information takes just a few seconds to find online.
- Details on Insert, Update and Delete statements. That’s important to know eventually, but first you need experience writing intermediate and advanced Select statements to return the data you want from a relational database.
What kind of problems are there in SQL Practice Problems?
SQL Practice Problems has data analysis and reporting oriented challenges that are designed to step you through introductory, intermediate and advanced SQL Select statements, with a learn-by-doing technique.
Most textbooks and courses have some practice problems. But most often, they're used just to illustrate a particular syntax. There's no filtering on what's most useful, and what the most common issues are. What you'll get with SQL Practice Problems is the problems that illustrate some the most common challenges you'll run into with data, and the best, most useful techniques to solve them.
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From the Author
I've been working with data for more than 20 years, as a database programmer/architect and data scientist, working at organizations like Expedia, Microsoft, T-Mobile, and the Gates Foundation.
In 2015, I was teaching a SQL Server Certificate course at the University of Washington Continuing Education. It was a 10 week course, and my students paid more than $1000 for it. My students learned the basics of SQL, most of the keywords, and worked through practice problems every week of the course.
But because of the emphasis on getting a broad overview of all features of SQL, we didn't spend nearly enough time on the type of SQL that's used 95% of the time--intermediate and advanced Select statements. After the course was over, many of my students emailed me to ask where they could get more real-world problems. That's when I was inspired to start work on SQL Practice Problems.
Thank you so much to everyone who's contacted me with feedback. I've heard from so many people that working their way through SQL Practice Problems was what really made the difference in understanding SQL. Hearing from you is what keeps me motivated to continue updating and improving the content.
Review
Great book for any level! Straight to the point with excellent explanation. Questions start you off in beginner level and get more challenging towards the end. I was hoping for more after I reached the end. Her approach gets you started at the very start without any nonsense. I highly recommend this book and should be on every data analyst shelf (beginner to advanced levels).
Arnold, June 24, 2017
A fantastic book for those who want to get real hands-on experience with SQL. As the book suggests, you can only learn so much by viewing tutorials - actually grasping the concepts can only be done by doing problems. I wish there were more books like this! Sylvia, please make others like this!
Aagosh, August 22, 2017
Got this book for more practical examples to apply SQL in real world, this book is amazing! It guides you through very easy examples and gradually challenges you to auto study to solve more challenging problems. I will highly recommend this book to people that are starting in SQL or looking to apply SQL in more realistic day-to-day business problems. response from the author on questions or comments is really fast too!
By P.N. November 5, 2017
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1540422658
- ISBN 13 9781540422651
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages118
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