This comprehensive course delivers practical techniques to transform messy data into clean, well-structured, and high-performance SQL solutions. You'll begin with essential data cleaning methods to handle inconsistencies and errors, then progress to organizing data through effective schema design and CRUD operations. The course culminates with powerful optimization strategies—including AI-assisted approaches—that dramatically improve query performance. Through hands-on labs, interactive discussions, and real-world challenges, you'll develop the skills to create SQL environments that are clean, well-organized, and lightning-fast.
Cleaning, Organizing, and Speeding Up SQL
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Beginner level
No prior experience required
9 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Skills you'll gain
- Development Environment
- Stored Procedure
- Git (Version Control System)
- Database Management
- SQL
- Database Development
- Data Manipulation
- Software Versioning
- Data Transformation
- Data Integrity
- Data Quality
- Relational Databases
- Data Processing
- Data Cleansing
- Database Design
- Prompt Engineering
- Query Languages
- Performance Tuning
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Assessments
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Taught in English
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There are 2 modules in this course
This module focuses on essential data quality and manipulation techniques that form the foundation of reliable data analysis. Through hands-on labs tackling real-world data cleaning challenges, you'll master methods for identifying and correcting common data quality issues. The module then advances to comprehensive CRUD operations, equipping you with the skills to create, read, update, and delete data while maintaining integrity. Interactive dialogues throughout the module reinforce best practices for both cleaning and manipulation processes in professional database environments.
What's included
2 readings1 assignment2 ungraded labs2 plugins
This module focuses on building and managing efficient database structures to support your SQL operations. Beginning with fundamental schema design principles, you'll progress through hands-on labs where you'll create optimized database structures, including leveraging AI-powered techniques for enhanced performance. The module expands to cover practical data integration through import/export operations and culminates in applying your skills to create professional-quality database tables from scratch, solidifying your ability to design and implement efficient data storage solutions.
What's included
3 readings2 assignments4 ungraded labs1 plugin
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