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Intermediate SQL

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Accompanied at every step with hands-on practice queries, this course teaches you everything you need to know to analyze data using your own SQL code today!

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Course Description

SQL is the most popular language for turning raw data stored in a database into actionable insights. Using a database of films made around the world, this course covers:

✓ How to filter and compare data
✓ How to use aggregate functions to summarize data
✓ How to sort and group your data
✓ How to present your data cleanly using tools such as rounding and aliasing

Accompanied at every step with hands-on practice queries, this course teaches you everything you need to know to analyze data using your own SQL code today!
  1. 1

    Selecting Data

    Free

    In this first chapter, you’ll learn how to query a films database and select the data needed to answer questions about the movies and actors. You'll also understand how SQL code is executed and formatted.

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    Querying a database
    50 xp
    Learning to COUNT()
    50 xp
    Practice with COUNT()
    100 xp
    SELECT DISTINCT
    100 xp
    Query execution
    50 xp
    Order of execution
    100 xp
    Debugging errors
    100 xp
    SQL style
    50 xp
    SQL best practices
    100 xp
    Formatting
    100 xp
    Non-standard fields
    50 xp
  2. 2

    Filtering Records

    Learn about how you can filter numerical and textual data with SQL. Filtering is an important use for this language. You’ll learn how to use new keywords and operators to help you narrow down your query to get results that meet your desired criteria and gain a better understanding of NULL values and how to handle them.

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  3. 3

    Aggregate Functions

    SQL allows you to zoom in and out to better understand an entire dataset, its subsets, and its individual records. You'll learn to summarize data using aggregate functions and perform basic arithmetic calculations inside queries to gain insights into what makes a successful film.

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    Sorting and Grouping

    This final chapter teaches you how to sort and group data. These skills will take your analyses to a new level by helping you uncover critical business insights and identify trends and performance. You'll get hands-on experience to determine which films performed the best and how movie durations and budgets changed over time.

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Collaborators

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Izzy Weber
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Amy Peterson
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James Chapman

Prerequisites

Introduction to SQL
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Jasmin is a Content Developer at DataCamp. After ten years as a global marketing manager in the music industry, she recently changed careers to follow her curiosity for data. Her passion is value exchange and making data science accessible to all.
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  • Angela P.
    about 21 hours

    Information was presented at a good pace in a manner that was clearly understandable. Important concepts like the order of execution were explained and emphasized, which I appreciated. This was a class done well and absolutely worth the time to take.

  • Amogh N.
    3 days

    The content in the videos were crisp. I thought a little more deeper explanation would be good.

  • Aung H.
    4 days

    It’s quite interesting and I feel like I would like learn more about it.

  • Levi M.
    6 days

    Exactly what I'd expect as a follow up for the intro to SQL

  • Martin P.
    7 days

    I am well versed in SQL and joins but still managed to learn something from the course and will use it in my work.

"Information was presented at a good pace in a manner that was clearly understandable. Important concepts like the order of execution were explained and emphasized, which I appreciated. This was a class done well and absolutely worth the time to take."

Angela P.

"The content in the videos were crisp. I thought a little more deeper explanation would be good."

Amogh N.

"It’s quite interesting and I feel like I would like learn more about it."

Aung H.

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