SQL Practice Problems: 57 beginning, intermediate, and advanced challenges for you to solve using a “learn-by-doing” approach

Great Book! I wish I had come across it when I was just starting with SQL, as it is, even though I had little trouble with the "beginner" section it still highlighted alternate approaches to things I do differently and I am learning on the "intermediate" section and looking forward to "advanced". I obtained the Pro package from the book website to get additional problems (and got a discount from the author by providing the amazon purchase details). I highly recommend to anyone dealing with SQL, especially those that have not had day-to-day immersion in it.

I really enjoyed this. I did almost all the problems in a couple days and it was great to just practice things that don’t come up in my job. It gets you going right away and having the live database with it made it feel very practical.

This is okay. For a few dollars more you can get the very thorough and comprehensive SQL Cookbook by Anthony Molinaro, which also covers advanced Select statements, but then a whole lot more.The explanations there are considerably more detailed as well, and cover PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MSSQL.The author is an Österreicher. For her betrayal, I deduct one star.

Worked with SQL years ago, but have gotten beyond rusty. Looking at possible job interview that requires some SQL, using this book along with the fifth edition of Sam's Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes to refresh my memories.Both books would also be good for beginners. I pretty much taught myself SQL using the printed 2nd Edition of Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes and the internet. I bought the kindle versions of both books because its much easier to study and solve practice problems when you can have the book up on one screen and the interface to a RDBMS to work the problems on another.

Kudos to Ms. Vasilik for developing a valuable product. My SQL querying skill prior to purchasing this book was, at best, intermediate. I also was not familiar with some newer SQL Server functions (e.g. CTE, Windows functions), having not used the SQL language for several years. As a result, I was forced to perform a bit of on-line research to solve the problems. That was OK; Google is your friend. To benefit from this book, effort is definitely required. It is not a SQL manual that one occasionally references for syntax or examples. Rather, it is the closest substitute for taking a SQL querying class. I learned quite a bit. Repetition is the key. One can know SQL syntax, but still not know how to methodically approach and resolve a problem. I felt this book enhanced my skill in answering various types of real world data questions by forcing me to think rather than feeding me the solutions. I recommend this book to anyone who is willing to expend effort toward enhancing their SQL querying aptitude. It is a valuable tool and I thank Ms. Vasilik for publishing it.

I just finished all 57 problems in this book in my spare time over the past week. I cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed learning from this book. If you are like me and find that you grasp concepts easier by using the hands-on, learn-by-doing techniques, then this book is for you. I love how the author gives real world scenario problems, and just enough information to figure out the solution, or at least enough information to do some research to solve the problem. I find this approach extremely effective. I already purchased the next book, More SQL Practice Problems, and feel guilty for using the 50% discount code provided at the end of this book because even at full price the book is well worth the money.

If you would like to improve your SQL queries take the time to work through these 50 plus problems. Try hard to not look at the solutions, instead try to solve problems yourself. Do a little online searching to help you as you go. When you are happy with your solution or frustrated check your solution against the answers at the back of the book. If you have beginner to intermediate SQL skills, it is well worth the effort and time. I used this book to refresh my skills after years away from working with SQL.

This book is pretty good. I like the fact that it doesn't have a bunch of words to go through and it makes you look outside the book for resources. I've learned some new stuff already, especially about the set up of SSME. The book doesn't teach it, but because I had to go outside the book I found something about SSME I didn't know. I like the book so well, I ordered a Kindle version for my new Fire HD 8.