[Techtalk] SQL learning pointers

[Dan Richter]

Hi Meg,

Basic SQL is not very difficult to learn and is very useful. You're wise to 
learn it.

SQL is SQL; the database behind it has no effect on the syntax. (Table 
creation varies, but programs don't actually create tables, just use them.) 
This documentation, written for PostgreSQL, explains SQL at a very basic 
and intuitive level:
   http://www.ca.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html
I recommend reading the first few chapters even if you don't use 
PostgreSQL. Only the table creation syntax will change depending on which 
database you use; the rest is exactly the same.

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