In the modern business landscape, information represents the most valuable resource for organizations, with the majority of this critical data housed within digital relational database systems.
Introduction to SQL and relational databases
Introduction to SQL and relational databases
Instructor: Nacho Despujol
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Basic concepts of databases and relational databases such as table, record, field, relation, primary key or secondary key.
Use of the SELECT command with the WHERE clause and various tools such as IN, BETWEEN or LIKE to query databases using string and range patterns.
The SQL commands for creating, changing and deleting tables and databases: CREATE, ALTER and DROP and to modify tables: INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE.
How to group, summarize and sort with ORDER BY, GROUP BY, SUM, AVG, MAX or MIN and how to make queries from several tables with JOIN and UNION
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Assessments
35 assignments
Taught in English
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September 2025
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