Provides a default value for a column when no value is specified.
✔️ Helps in avoiding NULL values in columns where default values make sense.

✅ Example of DEFAULT Constraint

CREATE TABLE Orders (
    OrderID INT PRIMARY KEY,
    CustomerName VARCHAR(50),
    OrderDate DATE DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE
);

✔️ If OrderDate is not provided, it automatically gets the current date.

✅ Inserting Data (Valid Cases)

INSERT INTO Orders (OrderID, CustomerName) VALUES (1, 'Alice'); -- ✅ OrderDate is set to today's date
INSERT INTO Orders (OrderID, CustomerName, OrderDate) VALUES (2, 'Bob', '2025-01-01'); -- ✅ Valid, custom date given

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🔹 Summary of SQL Constraints

| Constraint | Ensures | Can Be NULL? | Allows Multiple in a Table? |
|--------------|---------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| PRIMARY KEY | Uniqueness & Non-null values | ❌ No | ❌ No (Only One) |
| FOREIGN KEY | Referential Integrity | ✅ Yes (If NULL allowed) | ✅ Yes |
| UNIQUE | Uniqueness (without Primary Key) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| CHECK | Enforces condition on values | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| DEFAULT | Provides a default value | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

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🔹 Your Task for Today
✅ Create a Students & Courses database using all the constraints.
✅ Try inserting valid & invalid values to see how constraints work.
✅ Comment below if you have any questions! 💬

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🔹 What’s Next?
Tomorrow, we will learn Creating and Managing Indexes! Stay tuned! 🚀

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Day 24: Creating and Managing Indexes & Understanding Query Execution Plans 🚀

Welcome to Day 24 of your SQL learning journey! Today, we will dive into two crucial topics that help in improving database performance:

✔️ Indexes – How to create and manage them for faster queries.
✔️ Query Execution Plans – How SQL processes queries behind the scenes.

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🔹 What is an Index in SQL?

An index is like a table of contents in a book. It helps SQL quickly find the required data instead of searching the entire table row by row.

👉 Without an index, SQL scans every row in the table (Full Table Scan).
👉 With an index, SQL jumps to the required rows faster, improving query performance.

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🔹 Types of Indexes in SQL

There are 5 main types of indexes:

| Index Type | Description |
|--------------|----------------|
| Primary Index | Automatically created when a PRIMARY KEY is defined. |
| Unique Index | Ensures that values in a column are unique. |
| Clustered Index | Sorts and stores table data physically based on the index column. |
| Non-Clustered Index | Creates a separate structure for faster lookups, without changing the table's physical order. |
| Full-Text Index | Used for searching large text fields like documents, blogs, etc. |

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🔹 How to Create an Index?
✅ 1. Creating a Simple Index

CREATE INDEX idx_customer_name ON Customers(Name);

✔️ This index helps SQL search for customer names faster.

✅ 2. Creating a Unique Index

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_unique_email ON Employees(Email);

✔️ Ensures that Email values are unique and speeds up searches.

✅ 3. Creating a Composite Index (Multiple Columns)

CREATE INDEX idx_order ON Orders(CustomerID, OrderDate);

✔️ This speeds up searches involving CustomerID and OrderDate together.

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🔹 How to Drop (Remove) an Index?
If an index is not improving performance, you can delete it:

DROP INDEX idx_customer_name ON Customers;

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🔹 Clustered vs. Non-Clustered Index

| Feature | Clustered Index | Non-Clustered Index |
|------------|------------------|--------------------|
| Storage | Physically reorders table data | Creates a separate structure |
| Speed | Faster for retrieving ranges of data | Faster for searching specific values |
| Number per Table | Only one per table | Multiple allowed |

✅ Example: Clustered vs. Non-Clustered Index

CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX idx_emp_id ON Employees(EmployeeID); -- Clustered Index
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX idx_emp_name ON Employees(Name); -- Non-Clustered Index

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🔹 Understanding Query Execution Plans

A Query Execution Plan shows how SQL runs a query step by step.

🔹 Why Check Execution Plans?
✔️ Helps find slow-running queries.
✔️ Shows index usage (or missing indexes).
✔️ Suggests performance improvements.

✅ Viewing an Execution Plan in SQL Server

EXPLAIN ANALYZE
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Name = 'Alice';

✔️ This command displays the execution plan and shows if indexes are used.

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🔹 How to Optimize Queries Using Indexes?

✅ Example of a Slow Query (Without Index)

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Name = 'John';

🔴 Problem: If Employees table has millions of records, SQL will scan the entire table, making it slow.

✅ Optimized Query Using Index

CREATE INDEX idx_emp_name ON Employees(Name);
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Name = 'John';

✔️ Now, SQL can directly use the index, making the search much faster!

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🔹 When NOT to Use Indexes?

🔴 Indexes are powerful, but they should NOT be overused. Too many indexes can slow down INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE operations.

⚡️ Avoid indexes when:
❌ The table has very few records (scanning is faster than using an index).
❌ The column has many duplicate values (e.g., "Gender" with only 'Male' & 'Female').
❌ The table is frequently updated (indexes slow down modifications).

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🔹 Summary of Today's Topics

| Concept | Key Takeaways |
|------------|-------------------|
| Indexes | Speed up search queries by organizing data efficiently. |
| Types of Indexes | Clustered, Non-Clustered, Unique, Composite, Full-Text. |
| Execution Plan | Helps analyze SQL performance and optimize queries. |
| Best Practices | Use indexes wisely to balance speed and performance. |

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🔹 Your Task for Today

✅ Create a table and add indexes to test query speeds.
✅ Check the execution plan of queries before and after adding indexes.
✅ Drop an index and observe performance changes.

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💡 What’s Next?
Tomorrow, we will learn SQL Backup and Restore Strategies and Role-Based Permissions. Stay tuned! 🚀

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Day 25: Backup and Restore Strategies in SQL & Role-Based Permissions 🚀

Welcome to Day 25 of your SQL learning journey! Today, we’ll explore two important topics:

✔️ Backup and Restore Strategies – How to protect and recover your database.
✔️ Role-Based Permissions – How to manage user access in SQL.

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🔹 Part 1: Backup and Restore Strategies in SQL

Imagine you are working on a critical database with customer information. What if:
🔴 The server crashes?
🔴 Someone accidentally deletes data?
🔴 A cyber-attack corrupts your data?

⚡️ Solution: Always take regular backups so you can restore data when needed!

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🔹 Why Are Backups Important?
✔️ Data Protection – Prevents data loss due to failures.
✔️ Disaster Recovery – Restores data if something goes wrong.
✔️ Version Control – Helps retrieve past data when required.

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🔹 Types of Backups in SQL

| Backup Type | Description |
|--------------|----------------|
| Full Backup | Copies the entire database (all tables, indexes, views, etc.). |
| Differential Backup | Saves only the changes made since the last full backup. |
| Transaction Log Backup | Captures all changes (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) since the last backup. |

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🔹 How to Take a Backup in SQL?

✅ 1. Full Backup (Recommended for complete database protection)

BACKUP DATABASE MyDatabase  
TO DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Full.bak'
WITH FORMAT;

✔️ This saves the entire database as a .bak file.

✅ 2. Differential Backup (Stores only changes after the last full backup)

BACKUP DATABASE MyDatabase  
TO DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Diff.bak'
WITH DIFFERENTIAL;

✔️ Faster than full backup and reduces storage space.

✅ 3. Transaction Log Backup (Captures ongoing changes)

BACKUP LOG MyDatabase  
TO DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Log.bak';

✔️ Useful for point-in-time recovery.

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🔹 How to Restore a Database from Backup?

✅ 1. Restore Full Backup

RESTORE DATABASE MyDatabase  
FROM DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Full.bak'
WITH REPLACE;

✔️ Restores the database to its last full backup state.

✅ 2. Restore Differential Backup (After Full Backup)

RESTORE DATABASE MyDatabase  
FROM DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Full.bak'  
WITH NORECOVERY;

RESTORE DATABASE MyDatabase  
FROM DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Diff.bak'  
WITH RECOVERY;

✔️ This applies the latest differential backup on top of the full backup.

✅ 3. Restore Transaction Log Backup (Point-in-Time Recovery)

RESTORE LOG MyDatabase  
FROM DISK = 'C:\Backup\MyDatabase_Log.bak'  
WITH RECOVERY;

✔️ This restores the latest transactions after a backup.

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🔹 Best Practices for SQL Backups

✔️ Schedule backups regularly (Daily full, hourly differential, frequent transaction logs).
✔️ Store backups in multiple locations (Cloud, external drives, etc.).
✔️ Automate backups using SQL Jobs to prevent manual errors.
✔️ Test restore process regularly to ensure recovery works correctly.

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🔹 Part 2: Role-Based Permissions in SQL

In a real-world database, not everyone should have the same level of access.

👨‍💼 Admins should have full access.
👩‍💻 Developers may need read and write access.
📊 Analysts may only need read access.

⚡️ Solution: SQL Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) allows assigning permissions based on user roles.

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🔹 Common SQL Roles and Permissions

| Role | Description |
|---------|---------------|
| Admin | Full control over the database (CREATE, DELETE, UPDATE). |
| Developer | Can INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE data but not modify structure. |
| Analyst | Read-only access (SELECT). |
| Guest | Limited access to specific tables. |

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🔹 How to Create a New User in SQL?

✅ 1. Creating a User

CREATE LOGIN dev_user WITH PASSWORD = 'StrongPassword123';
CREATE USER dev_user FOR LOGIN dev_user;

✔️ This creates a new SQL user.

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🔹 Granting Permissions to Users

✅ 2. Grant Read-Only Access

GRANT SELECT ON Customers TO dev_user;

✔️ The user can only read data but not modify it.

✅ 3. Grant Read & Write Access

GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON Customers TO dev_user;

✔️ Now, the user can modify data but cannot delete tables.

✅ 4. Grant Full Control

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Customers TO dev_user;

✔️ The user has full access to the table.

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🔹 Revoking Permissions

If a user no longer needs access, you can revoke their permissions.

✅ 5. Revoke Read Access

REVOKE SELECT ON Customers FROM dev_user;

✔️ Now, the user cannot view customer data.

✅ 6. Remove a User

DROP USER dev_user;
DROP LOGIN dev_user;

✔️ This completely removes the user from the database.

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🔹 Best Practices for Role-Based Permissions

✔️ Follow the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) – Give users only the necessary access.
✔️ Use predefined roles like db_owner, db_datareader, and db_datawriter in SQL Server.
✔️ Regularly review user access to ensure security.
✔️ Use stored procedures instead of granting direct access to tables.

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🔹 Summary of Today's Topics

| Concept | Key Takeaways |
|------------|-------------------|
| Backups | Protect data from accidental loss and corruption. |
| Restore | Recovers database from full, differential, and transaction log backups. |
| User Permissions | Control database access for different users. |
| Best Practices | Automate backups, store in multiple locations, follow least privilege for security. |

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🔹 Your Task for Today

✅ Take a full backup of a sample database.
✅ Restore the database from the backup.
✅ Create a new user and assign permissions.
✅ Practice granting and revoking permissions for better security.

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💡 What’s Next?
Tomorrow, we will learn Pivoting & Unpivoting Data and Working with JSON & XML in SQL. Stay tuned! 🚀

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Day 26: Pivoting and Unpivoting Data & Working with JSON and XML in SQL 🚀

Welcome to Day 26 of your SQL learning journey! Today, we will cover two important advanced topics:

✔️ Pivoting and Unpivoting Data – How to transform rows into columns and vice versa.
✔️ Working with JSON and XML in SQL – How to store, query, and manipulate structured data formats.

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🔹 Part 1: Pivoting and Unpivoting Data in SQL

In many real-world scenarios, we need to reshape data for better analysis and reporting.

👉 Pivoting: Converting rows into columns (Summarizing data in a more readable format).
👉 Unpivoting: Converting columns back into rows (Making data easier to process).

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🔹 Understanding Pivoting with an Example

Imagine we have a Sales Table like this:

| SalesPerson | Month | SalesAmount |
|------------|--------|------------|
| John | Jan | 1000 |
| John | Feb | 1200 |
| Jane | Jan | 1500 |
| Jane | Feb | 1300 |

Goal: Convert it into this format using PIVOT:

| SalesPerson | Jan | Feb |
|------------|------|------|
| John | 1000 | 1200 |
| Jane | 1500 | 1300 |

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✅ How to Use PIVOT in SQL?

SELECT SalesPerson, [Jan], [Feb]
FROM 
(
    SELECT SalesPerson, Month, SalesAmount  
    FROM Sales
) AS SourceTable  
PIVOT  
(
    SUM(SalesAmount)  
    FOR Month IN ([Jan], [Feb])  
) AS PivotTable;

🔹 Explanation:
✔️ SourceTable – Selects the raw data.
✔️ PIVOT – Converts rows into columns.
✔️ SUM(SalesAmount) – Aggregates values per salesperson.
✔️ FOR Month IN ([Jan], [Feb]) – Defines new columns.

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🔹 Understanding Unpivoting with an Example

Now, let’s take our pivoted table and transform it back to rows.

| SalesPerson | Jan | Feb |
|------------|------|------|
| John | 1000 | 1200 |
| Jane | 1500 | 1300 |

Goal: Convert it into this format using UNPIVOT:

| SalesPerson | Month | SalesAmount |
|------------|-------|------------|
| John | Jan | 1000 |
| John | Feb | 1200 |
| Jane | Jan | 1500 |
| Jane | Feb | 1300 |

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✅ How to Use UNPIVOT in SQL?

SELECT SalesPerson, Month, SalesAmount  
FROM  
(
    SELECT SalesPerson, [Jan], [Feb]  
    FROM SalesPivotTable
) AS PivotedTable  
UNPIVOT  
(
    SalesAmount  
    FOR Month IN ([Jan], [Feb])  
) AS UnpivotTable;

🔹 Explanation:
✔️ PivotedTable – Selects the table with columns that need to be transformed.
✔️ UNPIVOT – Converts columns back into rows.
✔️ FOR Month IN ([Jan], [Feb]) – Specifies which columns to unpivot.

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🔹 When to Use Pivot and Unpivot?

| Scenario | Use |
|-------------|--------|
| Need to create summary reports | PIVOT |
| Need to normalize data for processing | UNPIVOT |

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🔹 Part 2: Working with JSON and XML in SQL

Modern applications often store data in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and XML (Extensible Markup Language). SQL supports querying and manipulating both formats.

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🔹 Working with JSON in SQL

✅ Storing JSON in SQL

SQL Server provides the NVARCHAR data type to store JSON.

CREATE TABLE Customers (
    ID INT PRIMARY KEY,
    Name NVARCHAR(50),
    OrderDetails NVARCHAR(MAX) -- Stores JSON data
);

Now, insert JSON data into the table:

INSERT INTO Customers (ID, Name, OrderDetails)
VALUES (1, 'John', '{"Product": "Laptop", "Price": 1000, "Quantity": 2}');

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🔹 Querying JSON Data

To retrieve JSON fields, use the JSON_VALUE() function:

SELECT Name, JSON_VALUE(OrderDetails, '$.Product') AS Product
FROM Customers;

✔️ $.Product extracts the Product value from JSON.

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🔹 Parsing Complex JSON with OPENJSON

If JSON contains nested arrays, OPENJSON helps extract data into tabular format.

SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON('[
    {"Product": "Laptop", "Price": 1000},
    {"Product": "Phone", "Price": 500}
]')  
WITH (Product NVARCHAR(50), Price INT);

✔️ Converts JSON into rows and columns.

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🔹 Working with XML in SQL

Similar to JSON, we can store and query XML data in SQL.

✅ Storing XML Data

CREATE TABLE Orders (
    ID INT PRIMARY KEY,
    OrderDetails XML
);

Now, insert XML data:

INSERT INTO Orders (ID, OrderDetails)
VALUES (1, '<Order><Product>Laptop</Product><Price>1000</Price></Order>');

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🔹 Querying XML Data

To extract XML values, use the .value() function:

SELECT OrderDetails.value('(/Order/Product)[1]', 'NVARCHAR(50)') AS Product  
FROM Orders;

✔️ Extracts the Product name from XML.

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## 🔹 Converting Table Data to JSON & XML

✅ Convert Table to JSON

SELECT ID, Name FROM Customers  
FOR JSON AUTO;

✔️ Converts table rows into JSON format.

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✅ Convert Table to XML

SELECT ID, Name FROM Customers  
FOR XML AUTO;

✔️ Converts table rows into XML format.

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🔹 Summary of Today's Topics

| Concept | Key Takeaways |
|------------|-------------------|
| PIVOT | Converts rows into columns for summary reports. |
| UNPIVOT | Converts columns back into rows for data normalization. |
| JSON in SQL | Stores and queries structured data in JSON format. |
| XML in SQL | Stores and retrieves hierarchical data using XML. |

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🔹 Your Task for Today

✅ Practice pivoting and unpivoting a sample dataset.
✅ Store and query JSON data in a SQL table.
✅ Store and query XML data in a SQL table.

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💡 What’s Next?
Tomorrow, we will learn Stored Procedures, Functions, and Triggers in SQL. Stay tuned! 🚀

💬 Comment below if you have questions! Like ❤️ & Share if you're enjoying this SQL series! 😊

Day 27: Writing Stored Procedures and Functions & Automating Processes with Triggers 🚀

Welcome to Day 27 of your SQL journey! Today, we will learn:

✔️ Stored Procedures – Predefined SQL code that can be executed multiple times.
✔️ Functions – SQL code that returns a single value or table.
✔️ Triggers – Automated actions that execute when a certain event occurs.

Let’s break these down step by step! 👇

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🔹 Part 1: Writing Stored Procedures

✅ What is a Stored Procedure?

A Stored Procedure is a set of SQL statements stored in the database that can be executed whenever needed.

🔹 Why Use Stored Procedures?
✔️ Reusability – Write once, use multiple times.
✔️ Security – Prevent SQL injection.
✔️ Performance – Optimized query execution.

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🔹 Creating a Simple Stored Procedure

Let’s create a stored procedure to retrieve all customers from a Customers table.

CREATE PROCEDURE GetAllCustomers  
AS  
BEGIN  
    SELECT * FROM Customers;  
END;

🔹 How to Execute a Stored Procedure?

EXEC GetAllCustomers;

✔️ The procedure fetches all customer records when executed.

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🔹 Stored Procedure with Parameters

Let’s create a procedure to get customers from a specific country.

CREATE PROCEDURE GetCustomersByCountry  
@Country NVARCHAR(50)  
AS  
BEGIN  
    SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country = @Country;  
END;

🔹 Execute with a Parameter

EXEC GetCustomersByCountry 'USA';

✔️ This retrieves all customers from the USA.

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🔹 Stored Procedure with Output Parameter

Stored procedures can return values using output parameters.

CREATE PROCEDURE GetTotalCustomers  
@Total INT OUTPUT  
AS  
BEGIN  
    SELECT @Total = COUNT(*) FROM Customers;  
END;

🔹 Execute and Get the Output

DECLARE @TotalCustomers INT;
EXEC GetTotalCustomers @TotalCustomers OUTPUT;
PRINT @TotalCustomers;

✔️ This counts and prints the total number of customers.

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🔹 Part 2: Writing Functions in SQL

✅ What is a Function?

A Function in SQL is a reusable block of code that returns a value.

🔹 Types of Functions in SQL:
1️⃣ Scalar Functions – Return a single value.
2️⃣ Table-Valued Functions – Return a table.

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🔹 Creating a Scalar Function

Let’s create a function that calculates the total price after tax for a given price.

CREATE FUNCTION CalculateTax(@Price DECIMAL(10,2))  
RETURNS DECIMAL(10,2)  
AS  
BEGIN  
    RETURN @Price * 1.10;  -- Adding 10% tax  
END;

🔹 Using the Function

SELECT dbo.CalculateTax(100) AS PriceWithTax;

✔️ If the input is 100, the output will be 110.

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🔹 Creating a Table-Valued Function

Let’s create a function that returns customers from a given country.

CREATE FUNCTION GetCustomersFromCountry(@Country NVARCHAR(50))  
RETURNS TABLE  
AS  
RETURN  
(
    SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country = @Country  
);

🔹 Using the Function

SELECT * FROM dbo.GetCustomersFromCountry('USA');

✔️ This retrieves all USA customers in a tabular format.

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🔹 Part 3: Automating Processes with Triggers

✅ What is a Trigger?

A Trigger is a special type of stored procedure that executes automatically when a specific action occurs in the database.

🔹 Why Use Triggers?
✔️ Enforce Business Rules – Prevent invalid data entry.
✔️ Maintain Audit Logs – Track changes automatically.
✔️ Automate Actions – Example: Send a notification when a new record is inserted.

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🔹 Types of Triggers in SQL

1️⃣ AFTER Triggers – Execute after an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operation.
2️⃣ INSTEAD OF Triggers – Replace an operation with custom logic.

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🔹 Creating an AFTER INSERT Trigger

Let’s create a trigger that logs new customer entries in an audit table.

CREATE TABLE CustomerLog (
    LogID INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
    CustomerID INT,
    ActionTaken NVARCHAR(50),
    ActionDate DATETIME DEFAULT GETDATE()
);

Now, let’s create the trigger:

CREATE TRIGGER trg_AfterCustomerInsert  
ON Customers  
AFTER INSERT  
AS  
BEGIN  
    INSERT INTO CustomerLog (CustomerID, ActionTaken)  
    SELECT ID, 'Inserted' FROM INSERTED;  
END;

🔹 How it Works?
✔️ When a new customer is added, an entry is automatically made in CustomerLog.

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🔹 Creating an AFTER UPDATE Trigger

Let’s create a trigger to track salary changes in an Employees table.

CREATE TRIGGER trg_AfterSalaryUpdate  
ON Employees  
AFTER UPDATE  
AS  
BEGIN  
    IF UPDATE(Salary)  
    BEGIN  
        INSERT INTO SalaryAudit (EmployeeID, OldSalary, NewSalary, ChangeDate)  
        SELECT i.ID, d.Salary, i.Salary, GETDATE()  
        FROM INSERTED i  
        JOIN DELETED d ON i.ID = d.ID;  
    END  
END;

✔️ INSERTED Table – Holds new data after an update.
✔️ DELETED Table – Holds old data before the update.

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🔹 Creating an INSTEAD OF DELETE Trigger

Let’s prevent accidental deletion of employees by marking them as "Inactive" instead of deleting.

CREATE TRIGGER trg_InsteadOfDelete  
ON Employees  
INSTEAD OF DELETE  
AS  
BEGIN  
    UPDATE Employees  
    SET IsActive = 0  
    WHERE ID IN (SELECT ID FROM DELETED);  
END;

✔️ Now, when someone tries to delete an employee, they are just marked as inactive instead.

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🔹 Summary of Today’s Topics

| Concept | Key Takeaways |
|------------|-------------------|
| Stored Procedures | Predefined SQL queries that execute on demand. |
| Functions | Return a single value (scalar) or table (table-valued). |
| Triggers | Execute automatically when an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE happens. |

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🔹 Your Task for Today

✅ Create a stored procedure to get customer orders.
✅ Write a function to calculate discounts.
✅ Create a trigger to track changes in a table.

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💡 What’s Next?
Tomorrow, we will explore Integrating SQL with Python, Power BI, and Tableau & SQL in Big Data (NoSQL). 🚀

💬 Comment below if you have questions! Like ❤️ & Share if you're enjoying this SQL series! 😊

Day 28: Integrating SQL with Other Tools & SQL in Big Data (NoSQL) 🚀

Welcome to Day 28 of your SQL journey! Today, we will cover:

✔️ How SQL integrates with other tools like Python, Power BI, and Tableau.
✔️ SQL in Big Data – Introduction to NoSQL databases.

Let’s break everything down step by step! 👇

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🔹 Part 1: Integrating SQL with Other Tools

SQL is often used in combination with other tools for data analysis, reporting, and visualization.

🔹 Why Integrate SQL with Other Tools?
✔️ Automate Data Extraction 📥
✔️ Analyze Data in Python 🐍
✔️ Visualize Data in Power BI & Tableau 📊

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🔹 SQL with Python

Python is widely used for data analysis, machine learning, and automation. To connect Python with SQL, we use libraries like:
✔️ sqlite3 – For SQLite databases
✔️ pyodbc – For MS SQL Server
✔️ mysql-connector-python – For MySQL
✔️ psycopg2 – For PostgreSQL

🔹 Connecting Python to SQL (Example: MySQL)

1️⃣ Install MySQL Connector

pip install mysql-connector-python

2️⃣ Connect Python to MySQL Database

import mysql.connector  

# Connect to database
conn = mysql.connector.connect(
    host="localhost",
    user="root",
    password="password",
    database="company"
)

cursor = conn.cursor()

# Execute a query
cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM Employees")

# Fetch and display data
for row in cursor.fetchall():
    print(row)

# Close the connection
conn.close()

✔️ This connects Python to MySQL and fetches employee data.

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🔹 SQL with Power BI

Power BI is a powerful tool for data visualization and business intelligence.

### 🔹 Steps to Connect SQL with Power BI
1️⃣ Open Power BI
2️⃣ Click on “Get Data” → Select “SQL Server”
3️⃣ Enter Server Name & Database Name
4️⃣ Load the Data and start creating reports!

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🔹 SQL with Tableau

Tableau is another great tool for data visualization.

🔹 Steps to Connect SQL with Tableau
1️⃣ Open Tableau
2️⃣ Click on “Connect” → Choose your SQL Database
3️⃣ Enter Server Credentials & Connect
4️⃣ Drag & Drop Tables to build interactive reports!

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🔹 Part 2: SQL in Big Data & Introduction to NoSQL

🔹 What is Big Data?

Big Data refers to huge volumes of structured and unstructured data that traditional SQL databases cannot handle efficiently.

🔹 SQL vs NoSQL

| Feature | SQL (Relational DB) | NoSQL (Non-Relational DB) |
|---------|------------------|----------------------|
| Data Structure | Tables (Rows & Columns) | Documents, Key-Value, Graphs, etc. |
| Schema | Fixed Schema | Flexible Schema |
| Scalability | Vertical Scaling | Horizontal Scaling |
| Transactions | Follows ACID | BASE (Eventual Consistency) |
| Example DBs | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server | MongoDB, Firebase, Cassandra |

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🔹 NoSQL Databases Overview

There are four types of NoSQL databases:

1️⃣ Document Databases (MongoDB, CouchDB) – Store data as JSON-like documents.
2️⃣ Key-Value Stores (Redis, DynamoDB) – Store data as key-value pairs.
3️⃣ Column-Family Stores (Cassandra, HBase) – Store data in columns instead of rows.
4️⃣ Graph Databases (Neo4j) – Store relationships between data nodes.

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🔹 SQL vs NoSQL: When to Use What?

✔️ Use SQL when:
- Your data has a structured format.
- You need ACID transactions (Banking, ERP).

✔️ Use NoSQL when:
- Your data is unstructured (JSON, images, logs).
- You need high-speed scaling (Social Media, IoT).

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🔹 Summary of Today’s Topics

| Concept | Key Takeaways |
|------------|-------------------|
| SQL with Python | Automates data analysis and machine learning. |
| SQL with Power BI & Tableau | Helps create business reports and dashboards. |
| NoSQL Databases | Handle Big Data and flexible schema structures. |
| SQL vs NoSQL | SQL is structured; NoSQL is flexible and scalable. |

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🔹 Your Task for Today

✅ Connect SQL with Python & Fetch Data
✅ Load SQL Data in Power BI or Tableau
✅ Explore NoSQL by installing MongoDB & running basic queries

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💡 What’s Next?
Tomorrow, we will focus on Query Performance Tuning & SQL Optimization Techniques! 🚀

💬 Comment below if you have questions! Like ❤️ & Share if you're enjoying this SQL series! 😊

Day 29: Query Performance Tuning – Optimize Your SQL Queries 🚀

Welcome to Day 29 of your SQL journey! Today, we’ll cover:

✔️ How to optimize SQL queries for faster execution.
✔️ Common performance tuning techniques to improve efficiency.
✔️ Best practices for writing optimized SQL queries.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to write SQL queries that run faster and handle large datasets efficiently!

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🔹 Why is Query Performance Tuning Important?

When working with databases, slow queries can affect application performance. Optimizing queries helps:

✔️ Reduce execution time ⏳
✔️ Handle large amounts of data efficiently 📊
✔️ Improve database performance 🚀

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🔹 1. Use SELECT Only What You Need

❌ Bad Query: Selecting All Columns

SELECT * FROM Employees;

✔️ This fetches all columns from the table, even if you need only a few.

✅ Optimized Query: Select Specific Columns

SELECT EmployeeID, Name, Salary FROM Employees;

✔️ This improves performance by fetching only the required data.

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🔹 2. Use Proper Indexing

Indexes speed up searches by allowing the database to locate data faster.

How to Create an Index?

CREATE INDEX idx_employee_name ON Employees(Name);

✔️ This index speeds up queries filtering by Name.

Using Index in Query

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Name = 'John Doe';

✔️ The database will use the index instead of scanning the entire table.

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🔹 3. Avoid Using Functions on Indexed Columns

Using functions prevents indexes from working efficiently.

❌ Bad Query: Function on Indexed Column

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE LOWER(Name) = 'john doe';

✔️ The database has to apply LOWER() on every row, making it slow.

✅ Optimized Query: Avoid Functions on Indexed Column

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Name = 'John Doe';

✔️ This allows the index to be used directly, improving speed.

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🔹 4. Use Joins Efficiently

When joining tables, use INNER JOIN instead of CROSS JOIN if possible.

❌ Bad Query: CROSS JOIN (Slow)

SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName  
FROM Orders, Customers  
WHERE Orders.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID;

✔️ CROSS JOIN generates all possible combinations, leading to performance issues.

✅ Optimized Query: Use INNER JOIN

SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName  
FROM Orders  
INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID;

✔️ INNER JOIN fetches only matching rows, reducing unnecessary computations.

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🔹 5. Use EXISTS Instead of IN for Subqueries

When checking if a record exists in another table, EXISTS is usually faster than IN.

❌ Bad Query: Using IN (Slow for Large Data)

SELECT * FROM Employees  
WHERE EmployeeID IN (SELECT EmployeeID FROM Salaries WHERE Salary > 50000);

✔️ IN executes the subquery multiple times, making it slower.

✅ Optimized Query: Using EXISTS

SELECT * FROM Employees  
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM Salaries WHERE Salaries.EmployeeID = Employees.EmployeeID AND Salary > 50000);

✔️ EXISTS stops checking once a match is found, making it more efficient.

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🔹 6. Optimize ORDER BY with Indexing

Sorting large datasets can be slow. Adding an index on the ORDER BY column improves performance.

Creating an Index on Sorted Column

CREATE INDEX idx_salary ON Employees(Salary);

Optimized Query

SELECT * FROM Employees ORDER BY Salary;

✔️ The database uses the index instead of sorting all rows manually.

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# 🔹 7. Limit Data Retrieval Using LIMIT or TOP

Fetching too much data slows down performance. Use LIMIT (MySQL, PostgreSQL) or TOP (SQL Server) to limit results.

Optimized Query: Fetch Only First 10 Records

SELECT * FROM Employees LIMIT 10; -- MySQL, PostgreSQL  
SELECT TOP 10 * FROM Employees; -- SQL Server

✔️ This ensures only required rows are fetched, making queries faster.

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🔹 8. Use Proper Data Types

Choosing the right data type saves storage and speeds up queries.

❌ Bad Practice: Using Large Data Types

CREATE TABLE Users (  
    UserID BIGINT,  
    Name VARCHAR(500),  
    Age INT  
);

✔️ VARCHAR(500) is too large for names.

✅ Optimized Table: Use Smaller Data Types

CREATE TABLE Users (  
    UserID INT,  
    Name VARCHAR(100),  
    Age TINYINT  
);

✔️ TINYINT (1 byte) instead of INT (4 bytes) for Age saves space.

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🔹 9. Use Partitioning for Large Tables

Partitioning splits a large table into smaller parts for faster queries.
Example: Partitioning a Sales Table by Year

CREATE TABLE Sales (  
    SaleID INT,  
    SaleDate DATE,  
    Amount DECIMAL(10,2)  
) PARTITION BY RANGE (YEAR(SaleDate));  

✔️ This makes it faster to search for specific years.

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🔹 10. Use Query Execution Plan for Optimization

EXPLAIN (MySQL, PostgreSQL) or EXECUTION PLAN (SQL Server) helps analyze how a query runs.

How to Use EXPLAIN?

EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Name = 'John Doe';

✔️ It shows if indexes are used and where the query is slow.

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🔹 Summary of SQL Performance Tuning Techniques

| Technique | Benefit |
|--------------|------------|
| Select Only Needed Columns | Reduces memory usage |
| Use Indexing | Speeds up searches |
| Avoid Functions on Indexed Columns | Allows index usage |
| Optimize Joins | Reduces unnecessary computations |
| Use EXISTS Instead of IN | Faster subqueries |
| Optimize ORDER BY | Uses indexes for sorting |
| Use LIMIT/TOP | Fetches only required rows |
| Choose Proper Data Types | Saves storage space |
| Use Partitioning | Speeds up queries on large tables |
| Analyze Execution Plan | Finds slow queries |

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🔹 Your Task for Today

✅ Optimize a slow query using indexing or LIMIT.
✅ Use EXPLAIN to analyze your query performance.
✅ Try EXISTS instead of IN for a subquery.

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💡 What’s Next?
Tomorrow is the final day – Day 30: Final Review & SQL Projects! 🚀

💬 Comment below if you have questions! Like ❤️ & Share if this helped you! 😊

Day 30: Final Review & SQL Projects – Apply Your Knowledge! 🚀

🎉 Congratulations! You've reached the final day of your 30-day SQL journey. Today, we’ll:

✅ Review all key SQL concepts learned over the past 30 days.
✅ Work on real-world SQL projects to apply your skills.
✅ Solve case studies & challenges to test your knowledge.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be confident in writing SQL queries and solving real-world data problems!

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🔹 Quick Recap: Key SQL Concepts You Learned

| Topic | Key Learnings |
|-----------|------------------|
| Day 1-5: Basics | SQL syntax, SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, HAVING, Aggregate Functions |
| Day 6-10: Joins & Subqueries | INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL JOIN, Subqueries |
| Day 11-15: Advanced Queries | Common Table Expressions (CTEs), Window Functions, Case Statements |
| Day 16-20: Views, Transactions, Indexing | Creating Views, Indexing, Transactions & ACID properties, Error Handling |
| Day 21-25: Database Design & Security | Normalization (1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF), Constraints, Backup & Restore, Role-Based Permissions |
| Day 26-29: Performance Optimization | Pivoting, JSON/XML in SQL, Stored Procedures, Triggers, Query Performance Tuning |

If you’ve completed all the lessons, you now have a solid SQL foundation! 🏆

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🔹 Real-World SQL Projects & Case Studies

Now, let’s apply what you’ve learned by working on SQL projects.

Project 1: Analyzing Sales Data 📊

Scenario: You work for an e-commerce company, and management wants to analyze sales performance.

Dataset: Sales Table
| SaleID | Date | CustomerID | ProductID | Quantity | Price | TotalAmount |
|--------|------|------------|------------|---------|------|------------|
| 101 | 2024-01-10 | 1 | 1001 | 2 | 500 | 1000 |
| 102 | 2024-01-11 | 2 | 1002 | 1 | 300 | 300 |
| 103 | 2024-01-12 | 1 | 1003 | 5 | 200 | 1000 |

Tasks:
✔️ Find total sales per customer

SELECT CustomerID, SUM(TotalAmount) AS TotalSpent  
FROM Sales  
GROUP BY CustomerID  
ORDER BY TotalSpent DESC;

✔️ Get the top 5 products by sales revenue

SELECT ProductID, SUM(TotalAmount) AS Revenue  
FROM Sales  
GROUP BY ProductID  
ORDER BY Revenue DESC  
LIMIT 5;

✔️ Find the total revenue for each month

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(Date, '%Y-%m') AS Month, SUM(TotalAmount) AS Revenue  
FROM Sales  
GROUP BY Month  
ORDER BY Month;

✔️ Find customers who made purchases in January but not in February

SELECT DISTINCT CustomerID  
FROM Sales  
WHERE DATE_FORMAT(Date, '%Y-%m') = '2024-01'  
AND CustomerID NOT IN (  
    SELECT DISTINCT CustomerID FROM Sales  
    WHERE DATE_FORMAT(Date, '%Y-%m') = '2024-02'  
);

🎯 Objective: Gain hands-on experience analyzing business sales data.

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Project 2: Building a Reporting Dashboard 📊

🔹 Tools: Use SQL with Power BI, Tableau, or Python (Pandas & Matplotlib)

✔️ Step 1: Write SQL queries to extract data from your database.
✔️ Step 2: Connect SQL with Power BI/Tableau to create reports.
✔️ Step 3: Build visualizations (e.g., bar charts, trend lines, KPIs).

🎯 Objective: Convert raw data into actionable insights for decision-making.

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Project 3: Employee Management System

Scenario: HR wants to track employee performance and salaries.

Dataset: Employees Table
| EmpID | Name | Department | Salary | JoinDate |
|--------|------|------------|--------|---------|
| 1 | Alice | IT | 80000 | 2021-05-10 |
| 2 | Bob | HR | 60000 | 2022-08-15 |
| 3 | Charlie | IT | 90000 | 2019-12-01 |

Tasks:
✔️ Find average salary by department

SELECT Department, AVG(Salary) AS AvgSalary  
FROM Employees  
GROUP BY Department;

✔️ List employees who have been with the company for more than 3 years

SELECT Name, JoinDate  
FROM Employees  
WHERE JoinDate <= DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 3 YEAR);

✔️ Create a stored procedure to update salaries based on department

DELIMITER //  
CREATE PROCEDURE UpdateSalaries()  
BEGIN  
    UPDATE Employees SET Salary = Salary * 1.10 WHERE Department = 'IT';  
END //  
DELIMITER ;

🎯 Objective: Learn how to manage employee data using SQL.

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🔹 Final Challenge: Solve an Advanced SQL Problem

Problem Statement:
You have a table with user transactions. Find the second highest transaction amount for each user.

Dataset: Transactions Table
| TransactionID | UserID | Amount |
|--------------|--------|--------|
| 1 | 101 | 500 |
| 2 | 101 | 700 |
| 3 | 102 | 900 |
| 4 | 101 | 800 |
| 5 | 102 | 1000 |

Solution Using Window Function

SELECT UserID, Amount  
FROM (  
    SELECT UserID, Amount,  
           RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY UserID ORDER BY Amount DESC) AS rnk  
    FROM Transactions  
) Ranked  
WHERE rnk = 2;

✔️ This finds the second highest transaction for each user using RANK().

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🔹 Next Steps: What to Do After Completing This Course?

🚀 1. Keep Practicing SQL
- Use LeetCode (SQL section) for solving challenges.
- Try HackerRank SQL challenges to strengthen your skills.

📂 2. Build More Projects
- Create a Portfolio Website showcasing your SQL projects.
- Work on real-world datasets (Kaggle, Google BigQuery).

🎓 3. Learn Advanced Topics
- Data Warehousing (OLAP, Snowflake Schema)
- ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) Concepts
- NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Firebase)

🎯 4. Get Certified
- Microsoft SQL Server Certification
- Google Data Analytics Certificate
- IBM Data Science Professional Certificate

💼 5. Apply for Jobs & Freelance Work
- Look for SQL-related job roles (Data Analyst, Data Engineer).
- Offer SQL consulting services on platforms like Upwork & Fiverr.

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🔹 Final Thoughts: Congratulations on Finishing 30 Days of SQL! 🎉

👏 You’ve mastered SQL fundamentals & real-world applications!
✔️ You can now write complex queries, optimize performance, and analyze data.
✔️ You’re ready to work with databases professionally!

💬 Drop a comment if you completed this 30-day challenge!
🔥 Like & Share if this journey helped you!

🚀 Next Stop: Data Science, Python, or MAchine LEarning? What’s your next goal? Let me know! 😊

Hello everyone!!
I hope this 30 day sql series helped you all.

Looking forward to your feedback for future series!! 😍

SQL books won’t teach you this.

Natural Keys vs. Autoincrement IDs vs. Public IDs. (or maybe all together)


𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀

Natural keys carry intrinsic meaning because they are part of the domain.

They are directly related to the data, making them intuitive and easy to understand. Examples include email addresses or employee IDs.

The problem is that they are usually not good for performance, but they can also be a security risk if you expose them.


𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗗𝘀

Autoincrement IDs automatically generate unique integers to identify rows within a table.

They are often used as primary keys.

Simple integers are fast for the database to index and query. They provide optimal performance.

However, they are vulnerable to enumeration attacks since predicting the next or previous record is easy.


𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗗𝘀 (𝗨𝗨𝗜𝗗𝘀)

UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers) are 128-bit identifiers used to uniquely identify information without relying on a centralized authority.

They are difficult to guess, making them suitable for public exposure in APIs.

The problem is they are larger and more complex than integers. This can impact performance, particularly in indexing and storage.


𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁: 𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵

Combining different types of keys can offer a balanced solution:

• InternalID: Used for internal operations and relationships between tables.

• PublicID: Used in API responses and endpoints to securely reference user records.

• Email (Natural Key): Used to ensure unique identification of users within the business logic.


The mixed approach keeps your system fast, secure, and easy to understand.

Are you done with watching 𝐒𝐐𝐋 tutorials but don't know where to practice it?

Check out these top 11 online sources that provide practical exercises and challenges to help you master SQL:

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

2. SQLBolt : https://sqlbolt.com/

3. SQLPad: https://sqlpad.io/

4. Mode: https://mode.com/

5. Strata Scratch: https://www.stratascratch.com/

6. LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/problemset/all/

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

8. W3 Schools: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp

9. SQL Roadmap: https://t.me/sqlspecialist/386

10. Learnsql: https://learnsql.com/?ref=analyst