Learn 12 Basic SQL Concepts in 15 Minutes (project files included!)

SQL is a skill that every data professional should have in the arsenal.

And the best part? ANYONE can start learning SQL in just a matter of minutes – for free!

In this video, we'll cover 12 basic SQL concepts for the complete beginner:
✔ Relational databases
✔ Queries
✔ SELECT
✔ FROM
✔ WHERE
✔ GROUP BY
✔ HAVING
✔ ORDER BY
✔ LIMIT
✔ COUNT
✔ DISTINCT
✔ LEFT JOIN

…all in less than 15 minutes!

We use MySQL Workbench in this tutorial, but the code will run in any SQL editor.


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🔗 Helpful links:

👉 Download project files: https://maven-datasets.s3.amazonaws.c...

👉 Download MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

👉 Download MySQL Workbench: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workb...

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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00: Intro
0:47: What is SQL?
0:56: What is a relational database?
2:08: SQL editors
2:23: Demo data
2:37: SELECT & FROM
3:51: WHERE
4:50: ORDER BY
5:38: GROUP BY
7:44: HAVING
9:29: The Big 6
10:50: LIMIT
11:15: COUNT
12:00: DISTINCT
13:05: LEFT JOIN
16:10: Practice problems
16:23: Outro

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DETAILED SETUP STEPS:

1. Download MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
Download the installer for your operating system, go through the setup steps and accept the default options. When asked to pick a root password, choose a password that you'll remember because you'll need it for a later step in the installation process.

2. Download MySQL Workbench: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workb...
Download the installer for your operating system, go through the setup steps and accept the default options.

3. Connect MySQL Workbench and MySQL
Open up MySQL Workbench and double click on the icon below the text "MySQL Connections". Enter in the root password you chose in step 1. You are now ready to use MySQL Workbench.

4. Download project files: https://maven-datasets.s3.amazonaws.c...
Unzip the project files and open up the create_student_grades_db.sql script in MySQL Workbench. Go to the Query drop down, and click Execute All to create the students table. You should now be able to follow along with the demo.

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