Learn SQL for Free: Beginner SQL Course

Free SQL course curriculum

A practical path from first query to capstone.

Learn SQL from scratch through a course sequence that moves from tables and SELECT to joins, GROUP BY, subqueries, data changes, transactions, and performance basics.

Course focus

Beginner-friendly, but built around real query habits

Short lessons plus practice

Each lesson introduces a concept, shows examples, and then sends you into matching practice.

One realistic schema

The GreenCart database keeps tables and relationships consistent across modules.

Module exams

Each module ends with a check of SQL theory, syntax, and practical query writing.

Final exam path

The final exam pulls together SELECT, joins, aggregation, subqueries, data changes, and performance basics.

M00

Module 0: Orientation and SQL Thinking

Learn SQL purpose, result sets, row grain, GreenCart schema reasoning, SQLite sandbox basics, output order, and beginner debugging without course-navigation filler.

M01

Module 1: Database Foundations and the GreenCart Schema

Learn database purpose, table-shaped data, GreenCart entities, SQLite types, keys, relationships, constraints, metadata inspection, and first query-planning habits.

M02

Module 2: Creating Tables and Loading Data

Build a small GreenCart SQLite schema: data types, CREATE TABLE, keys, constraints, INSERT seed rows, load order, reset scripts, and validation queries.

M03

Module 3: SELECT Fundamentals and Result Shaping

Learn to shape one-table result sets with explicit columns, aliases, DISTINCT, sorting, limits, offsets, and calculated columns.

M04

Module 4: Filtering Rows and Handling Missing Data

Learn WHERE filters, comparisons, Boolean logic, ranges, IN, LIKE, NULL predicates, COALESCE fallbacks, exclusions, and filtering debug habits.

M05

Module 5: Functions, Text, Dates, Numbers, and CASE

Transform result values with text functions, concatenation, extraction, rounding, date formatting, duration calculations, and CASE labels.

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Module 6: Aggregation and Business Reporting

Turn row-level GreenCart data into counts, totals, averages, grouped reports, HAVING filters, conditional KPIs, and joined business dashboards.

M07

Module 7: Joins and Relationship Queries

Combine related GreenCart tables with inner joins, left joins, anti-joins, self-joins, cross joins, and multi-table relationship paths.

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Module 8: Subqueries and Set Operations

Answer layered GreenCart questions with scalar subqueries, IN, EXISTS, derived tables, NULL-safe anti-checks, UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT.

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Module 9: Data Changes, Integrity, Views, and Transactions

Move from read-only querying into safe INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, constraints, foreign keys, schema changes, views, transactions, and savepoints.

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Module 10: Performance, Metadata, and Capstone SQL

Close the core course with indexes, query plans, metadata inspection, sargable predicates, debugging, workload thinking, and integrated capstone reporting on the canonical GreenCart schema.

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Module 11: Window Functions and Ranking

Window functions calculate across a set of rows while keeping every row visible. They answer the questions GROUP BY cannot: rank within a group, compare a row to the previous one, and accumulate a running total.

Course questions

A beginner SQL course with a practical next step

Is this SQL course good for beginners?

Yes. It starts with tables, rows, columns, SELECT, and filtering before moving to joins, aggregation, subqueries, data changes, transactions, and performance basics.

How is the course different from reading a SQL tutorial?

Each module combines short theory, examples, hands-on practice, result checks, a module exam, and progress tracking.

Can experienced users use it as a SQL refresher?

Yes. You can move directly to practice, module exams, the SQL sandbox, or Daily Challenge sets to refresh query-writing fluency.

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