Introduction to SQL
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Join this course to acquire the essential skills in SQL, empowering marketers, product managers, analytics and developers to efficiently collect and analyze data.
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What you'll learn
This project-free course will introduce you to the basics of the SQL query language. You do not need to know other programming languages to complete this course. However, it is useful for anyone who wants to learn how to work with data and how databases operate. And what's more, you can use this course as a guide and material for future reference.
You will:
- get to know how to request, update, and delete data using basic SQL operators;
- learn how to work with MySQL;
- discover how to extract data and process them using SQL;
- be able to make queries without using other programming languages;
- find out how to use SQL functions in real-life tasks.
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2 days ago
It was a very decent review of some nitty gritty SQL detail that one normally does not think about. As always some language issues in the problems but well worth the time.
3 weeks ago
Great course! It helped me learn the basics of SQL for my school projects.However, the course didn't include some essential topics for understanding the basics of SQL, so I had to take them from the other SQL courses on the platform. And, in my opinion, the course also contained a couple of unneces ...
4 weeks ago
This course helped me to better understand the fundamentals of SQL. The instructions were clear and the materials were well-organized. I would recommend this course to anyone looking for a solid introduction to the topic.
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Issue date November 28, 2025
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