Learning SQL?

I currently work as Help Desk Support and am studying to eventually rise to MS admin. As I research and study, SQL is referenced quite a bit and seems like an extremely handy skill to have, even if I don't plan on making it the main focus of my career.

Would any of you kind folks happen to know of any websites, books or training videos that would help give a total beginner a solid foundation?

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DissonantData

You need to figure out which relational database language you want to use. MySQL is a common one. I suggest you look into Head First SQL. It teaches you SQL using MySQL. The language I used to learn SQL is PostgreSQL.

Nutsacjac

Murach's MySQL: Joel Murach: 9781890774684: Amazon.com: Books

I endorse Murach's MySQL.

ratbuddy

I learned a lot from SQLZOO

gbdavidx

So much stuff for system admin - right now I am trying to get my mcsa - home lab, i have ccent - eventually i want to get my CCNA - also trying to get VCP5 certified so I'm taking a course at my local community college for it

in addition it seems like we need to know a little of linux - sql - and some sort of programming language - pearl/python/java ect. - right now i'm just concentrating on VCP5 and MCSA 70-410

Jon_Cisco

gbdavidx wrote: »

So much stuff for system admin - right now I am trying to get my mcsa - home lab, i have ccent - eventually i want to get my CCNA - also trying to get VCP5 certified so I'm taking a course at my local community college for it

in addition it seems like we need to know a little of linux - sql - and some sort of programming language - pearl/python/java ect. - right now i'm just concentrating on VCP5 and MCSA 70-410

I feel myself pulled a dozen ways.

I'm working on my associates degree but as I try to decide my career path I just keep adding things to the list lol.
right now I set up a home lab with a few 2008 servers. My goal is to mess around to 2008 then follow a certification path for 2012 to get a better understanding.

LauraMalave

W3Schools's SQL Tutorial is also a great resource for learning SQL. The 'Try It Yourself' lets you run and edit/test the code directly in the browser.