SQL Roadmap-Updated

Week-1

BASIC SQL- Introduction

First week learn basics of SQL: what is SQL, application, database, tables, data types,

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create, update, delete, filter, operators and sort values

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SQL Topics Resources
Database Concepts (Database, DBMS, Data https://youtu.be/pVKT4N-Cgb8?si=L399JHfwFAU4PbVW
Models, RDBMS and SQL)

Data Types, Primary-Foreign Keys &

Constraints

Install sql: postgre sql and pgadmin4

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CREATE Database & CREATE Table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-2cIUgx_jw
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INSERT UPDATE, DELETE & ALTER Table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YAAgrm8_ZI

SELECT Statement & WHERE Clause + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YAAgrm8_ZI

Operators + Order By + Limit

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W3schools website to learn SQL https://www.w3schools.com/sql/

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Sample Questions
● What is SQL and Database, example primary key vs foreign key, types of operators,
etc. ● SELECT list of employees whose salary ranges between 2L to 3L.
● Write a query to retrieve the list of employees from the same city.
● Query to find the null values in the Employee table.

Practice SQL
After completing week-1 topics,

● Go to HackerRank and solve SQL questions

-https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/sql

Week - 2
INTERMEDIATE SQL

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Second week : Import file, SQL functions & types, String functions, Aggregate functions,

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Group By, Having clause and date time functions

SQL Topics Resources

Import Excel (CSV) File

Functions in SQL + String Functions

Aggregate Functions
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Group By and Having Clause https://youtu.be/jk6_L0k8VPg?si=6vsmXWMja0T46eDa

Date Time Function + Extract Clause https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqn4Sxz2c50

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W3schools website to learn SQL https://www.w3schools.com/sql/

Sample Questions
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● What is a Function in SQL, types of functions, user-defined function, how to import files,
explain String/Aggregate functions, what is group by and its use, where vs having, etc. ●
Find the male and female employees’ ratio; fetch 50% of records from the Employee
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table.
● Query to fetch the employee’s salary but replace the LAST 2 digits with
‘XX’. ● Query to find all the Employee names whose name
starts/ends/contains. ● Write a query to find and remove duplicate records
from a table.

Practice SQL
After completing week-2 topics,
 ● Group by interview question (learnsql.com website): https://learnsql.com/
● Go to HackerRank & solve SQL, use filter Skills= SQL (Basic), Difficulty=
Medium -https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/sql-

Week - 3
Advanced SQL ( Very Important )
Third week : SQL Joins, types of joins, Union, Union all, Sub query (with operators) and
window functions with examples (Rank, Row Number, Lead/Lag, etc)

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SQL Topics Resources
Complete SQL JOINS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQJDd3QqQM

Union & Union ALL + SELF JOIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQJDd3QqQM

Sub Query

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W3schools website to learn SQL https://www.w3schools.com/sql/
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Sample Questions
● What is a SQL JOIN, types of JOINS, UNION vs UNION ALL, SELF JOIN, CROSS
JOIN, Sub-query, window functions, and examples?
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● Explain row number, rank, dense_rank, and ntile functions.

● Find the cumulative sum of employees' salaries; fetch even & odd rows from the Emp
table.
● Find the Nth highest salary from the Emp table without using the TOP/LIMIT
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keywords. ● Find the total count of employees joined each year in the company/find
monthly sales.

Practice SQL
After completing week-3 topics,

● SQL window functions QnA (learnsql website): - Click here

● Solve all questions (SQLPractice website): - Click here
 ● Go to HackerRank & solve all SQL questions: - Click here
Week - 4
PRO SQL
Fourth week : Case Statement/Expressions, Common table Expression (CTEs), WITH
Clause, Recursive CTE, Store Procedure, Triggers. Now practice as much as you can!
SQL Topics Resources
Case Statement/Expression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twusw__OzA8

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Common Tables Exp CTEs in SQL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfnuK-1YYY&t=329s

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Recursive Queries/CTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hZYh9qXxe4

Stored Procedure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLR1w4tZ36I

Triggers in SQL https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sql-trigger-student-database/

Sample Questions
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● Explain CTE and its use cases. What is a WITH clause? What is a recursive CTE?
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Explain CASE expressions and stored procedures along with their use cases. Explain
triggers, etc
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● Find the 2nd & 3rd highest salary for each project from the Emp table. ● Create groups
based on the salary column (low, med, high) according to the salary range.
● Query to pivot the data in the Employee table and retrieve the total salary for each city.
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● Find the total monthly salary based on the team/project they are working on. ● Write a
stored procedure to retrieve the name of the employee based on their ID using the output
parameter as @Name.
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Practice SQL
After completing week-4 topics,

● SQL CTEs QnA (learnsql website): Click here

● Stored Procedure QnA (dotnettutorials website): Click here
● Go to HackerRank & try to solve all questions - Click here

FREE SQL RESOURCES

To Learn & Practice Online
 SQL Topics Resources
W3schools https://www.w3schools.com/sql/

SQL Practice https://www.sql-practice.com/

HackerRank https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/sql

leetcode https://leetcode.com/studyplan/top-sql-50/

SQL Zoo https://sqlzoo.net/wiki/SQL_Tutorial

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Datalemur https://datalemur.com/

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8 week sql https://8weeksqlchallenge.com/
Challenge by
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Related Resources:

● Complete SQL in One Video: Click Here

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● A-Z SQL Tutorial: Click here
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