From 691609c07744298d1e334dd684c8a9aec7da5893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marty Oehme Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:52:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve introduction --- index.qmd | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.qmd b/index.qmd index c27af0f..8a6ec96 100644 --- a/index.qmd +++ b/index.qmd @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: "Select Star SQL" -subtitle: "SQL Introduction follow-along" -description: "SQL Introduction follow-along" +title: "SQL basics learn-along" +subtitle: "Follow me as I explore Select Star SQL" +description: "Follow me as I explore Select Star SQL" author: - Marty Oehme date: today @@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ Instead, they have the column names that the author gave the columns for the ful Perhaps, for a future version it might be an interesting data cleaning experiment to actually change them to the same names before following the book. +A last caveat before we begin. +In the following chapters you will learn what they are described by and pick up a few extra functions and ideas along the way. +You will not learn anything beyond *querying* data (table creation, modification), +nothing about windowing nor any of the specific more common table expressions. + +If you want to learn about those, there is a more reference-focused explanation available at [SQL Tutorial](https://www.sqltutorial.org/) which is a really nice next step when applying the mental maps passed along by the book this post is based on to new challenges and exploratory projects. +Finally and, without further ado, let's get started. + ## Chapter 1 - Individual operations {#sec-individual} For now, to test the database connection, we simply print three inmate names: