[ddj] SQL learning resources

Wed Oct 12 21:47:27 UTC 2011

Here's another tutorial on SQL that might be useful:
https://github.com/tthibo/SQL-Tutorial#readme.

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On 10 October 2011 18:28, Nicola Hughes <nicola at scraperwiki.com> wrote:

> For a good and easy resource to learn SQL, try
> http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_quickref.asp
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> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Mirko <mirko.lorenz at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> Not that sure whether this should go here, but anyway: Tim McNamara
>> has posted an article describing how (and why) to use SQL when asking
>> journalistic questions. While the coding itself goes beyond my current
>> understanding the structure of the article provides a bit of a
>> blueprint how setting up a database, filling it with data from a
>> source and then executing queries makes sense and reveals patterns.
>> Maybe you'll find this helpful, too:
>>
>>
>> http://notebook.okfn.org/2011/10/08/introducing-sql-for-lightweight-data-manipulation/
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>> On Oct 8, 8:06 am, Mirko <mirko.lor... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > So, the number of people enrolled is now up to 58.000, with people
>> > from all over the world. I find it notable that there seems to be such
>> > a big, hidden demand for knowledge about DBMS, plus that so far such a
>> > distant learning training has not been tried.
>> >
>> > Looking forward to working with all of you, helping each other. Let's
>> > try to get an "A" and not just fade away (which is the biggest concern
>> > that I have about myself).
>>
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