If you've only ever programmed in Python, SQL may feel odd at first, as the rules and syntax are very different.
We'll be going over the individual commands and keywords, but the following are some general differences from Python:
- SQL is (mostly) case-insensitive: Although it's conventional for readability purposes to type the SQL keywords in all-caps, most SQL implementations are not case-sensitive. There are a few small exceptions here and there, but, for the most part, you can type SQL in whatever case is easiest for you.
- Whitespace is not significant: In Python, new lines and indentation can change the meaning of a piece of code. In SQL, whitespace is not significant and statements are terminated with a ...
