SQL Fundamentals Part II
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This second course in our SQL course skill path is all about taking your SQL query skills to the next level. After learning the basics in our first SQL fundamentals course, you're ready to start doing more advanced querying, filtering, and analysis with SQL.
SQL skills are also valuable in any role that involves work with data or spreadsheets. If you spend some of your working hours in Excel, chances are you could benefit from learning SQL skills.
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Course Structure: Filtering and Sorting Data in SQL
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Datatypes and Column Operations
Learn about the different datatypes available in SQL columns and which operations work with which datatypes.
Functions
Learn about functions, nested functions, and what to do about missing values in SQL database tables.
Filtering I — Logical Operators
Learn more about expressions, conditions, and filtering data using WHERE in combination with operators NOT, AND, and OR.
Filtering II — Complex Expressions
Learn how to use comparison operators, master SQL's order of execution, and learn about the BETWEEN operator.
Filtering III — Special Comparison Operators
Learn about the LIKE operator, filtering by pattern, and checking if expressions are NULL (among other special topics).
Control Flow
Learn to create if/then rules in SQL, and start using the CASE expression while avoiding some of its common mistakes and pitfalls.
Ordering Results
Learn to get the results of your SQL query in whatever order you're looking for!
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