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SQL For Non-Technical Users
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SQL For Non-Technical Users

What You Need to Know to Get Started
Created byBigger Brains
Last updated 8/2025
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What you'll learn

  • Define basic SQL terminology and list the seven types of clauses in an SQL statement.
  • Write an SQL query that retrieves data from one table.
  • Clean your query results by sorting, filtering, and adding column aliases.
  • Use the WHERE clause to filter results based on comparisons to numbers and strings.
  • Write an SQL query that retrieves data from multiple tables using inner joins and WHERE clause joins.
  • Use outer joins to retrieve results where one of the tables does not have matching records.
  • Use date functions to format dates in your results (DATEPART, DATENAME) and to calculate the difference between two dates (DATEDIFF).
  • Concatenate columns using string functions (+, TRIM) and summarize a column using aggregate functions (SUM, AVG).
  • Collect data across multiple records and group the results using the GROUP BY clause and filter based on grouped data using the HAVING clause.
  • Use subqueries to retrieve more complex results that cannot be achieved with a single SQL query.

Course content

4 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 15m total length

  • Introduction1:22

    Learn to read and write simple SQL queries, understand basic terminology, and use joins, functions, and subqueries to retrieve data from multiple tables for non-technical professionals.

  • Fundamentals and Terminology6:25

    Discover SQL fundamentals and terminology, focusing on data retrieval with a SELECT query. Learn how to join related tables and apply clauses: FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY.

  • Knowledge Check

Requirements

  • There are no prerequisites for this course.

Description

Learn to write simple queries to get the information you need to do your job

Do you often have to ask others to write SQL queries for you? Are you intimidated by the idea of writing your own SQL query? It’s time to take matters into your own hands.

In this course, you’ll learn how to write a basic SQL query from start to finish. This course will quickly teach you what you need to know to get started. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to retrieve data from multiple tables, sort and filter query results, and use simple calculations. We’ll cover commonly used functions, so you can format dates and text as well as calculate sums and averages.

These lessons will help you learn the fundamentals of the SQL language while also introducing you to some of the more advanced topics. If you’re ready to stop waiting on someone else to pull data for you, this course is for you.

Note: This course uses SQL Server Management Studio, but the language of an SQL query is not specific to any one tool.

Topics covered include:

  • Retrieving data from one or multiple tables

  • Using aliases to simplify your queries

  • Filtering data with the WHERE clause

  • Using Outer Joins

  • Working with functions: DATEPART, DATENAME, DATEDIFF, TRIM, SUM, AVG

  • Using the GROUP BY and HAVING clauses to retrieve and filter summarized data

  • Writing subqueries including nested subqueries

Enjoy seventy-five minutes of high-quality HD content in the “Uniquely Engaging”TM Bigger Brains Teacher-Learner style!

Who this course is for:

  • Business users with little to no experience writing SQL queries who want to be able to use SQL to pull information from their organization’s databases.

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