Beginning SQL the SEQUEL: Working with Advanced SQL Statements on Home Services

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Beginning SQL the SEQUEL: Working with Advanced SQL Statements

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So you made it through the first tutorial and now you are back for more. Well buckle up for the ride, because this episode teaches you the glories of advanced SQL statements. By the end of this article you’ll be able to sort data, join data, you name it.

That’s right, hordes of rows and columns will be at your mercy. You won’t only know SQL — you’ll be SQL. So slap on your cool shades and trench coat and get ready to dodge bullets in slow motion. And prepare to become the one.

Disclaimer: You won’t actually be able to dodge bullets after reading this article. You will however be able to avoid being shot at by your boss when you show him your l33t programming skillz.

Before I became a big, illustrious writer with oodles of fans, I worked for a boss who liked to sort everything. Even if it couldn’t be sorted, he wanted me to sort it. Hours on end he would call me into his office imploring me to sort by name, date, value. And off I would scurry to do his bidding. Then one day he began to ask me to sort things around his office. Like his garbage can and the stapler. Last I heard he was in a small room with a white jacket. They say when the nurses come to bring him his pills, he whispers softly, “Can you sort those for me?”