Advanced SQL Roadmap with Checklist
1. SQL Basics
[ ] SELECT, FROM, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT
[ ] Aggregate functions: SUM, AVG, COUNT, MIN, MAX
[ ] GROUP BY and HAVING
2. Joins
[ ] INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL JOIN
[ ] SELF JOIN and CROSS JOIN
[ ] Multiple condition joins
3. Subqueries & CTEs
[ ] Scalar, correlated, and nested subqueries
[ ] CTEs using WITH
[ ] Recursive CTEs
4. Window Functions
[ ] ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK
[ ] LEAD, LAG, FIRST_VALUE, LAST_VALUE
[ ] PARTITION BY vs GROUP BY, running totals
5. Advanced Filtering & Logic
[ ] CASE WHEN logic and nested CASE
[ ] COALESCE, NULLIF, ISNULL, IFNULL
[ ] EXISTS, IN, NOT IN filtering
6. Set Operations
[ ] UNION, UNION ALL
[ ] INTERSECT, EXCEPT
[ ] Handling duplicates
7. String & Date Functions
Advanced SQL Roadmap with Checklist
[ ] CONCAT, SUBSTRING, REPLACE, TRIM, LOWER, UPPER
[ ] LIKE, REGEXP, ILIKE pattern matching
[ ] DATEDIFF, DATE_TRUNC, NOW, CURRENT_DATE
8. Performance Optimization
[ ] Indexing basics: clustered vs non-clustered
[ ] Using EXPLAIN or EXPLAIN ANALYZE
[ ] Query tuning and performance tips
9. Views, Procedures & Functions
[ ] Creating and using Views
[ ] Stored Procedures for automation
[ ] User-defined functions (UDFs)
[ ] Using Triggers
10. Data Modeling Concepts
[ ] Understanding ER diagrams
[ ] Star vs Snowflake schema
[ ] OLTP vs OLAP
11. SQL for BI
[ ] KPIs, metrics, percentage growth logic
[ ] Cohort and funnel analysis
[ ] Dynamic dashboards with SQL
[ ] SQL integration with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau)
12. Real-World Projects
[ ] Sales trend analysis using window functions
[ ] Customer churn report using CTEs
[ ] Data pipeline using views and procedures
[ ] User growth trends using date logic