Week 1. In Review

Now that you have finished Week 1, you should be limbering up and getting ready to tackle even more SQL concepts. Week 1 lays a foundation for SQL usage. The basic concepts and principles learned this week will help you move into more advanced SQL topics.

Day 1 covers basic concepts and terminology about the Structured Query Language (SQL). After Day 1, you should understand the basic concepts behind relational database technology.

Day 2 focuses on the SELECT statement, which is used to query the database. With every SELECT statement, you need a FROM clause. Now, you know how to select various columns from tables and how to specify tables to query.

On Day 3, you learned how to place conditions on the data returned by a query. ...

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