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An Introduction to SQL

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Modern society is driven by data. Whether it is at a personal level, like a notebook containing scribbled notes; or at a countrywide level like Census data, it has permeated all our workflows. There is always a growing need to efficiently store and organize it so that meaningful information can be extracted out of raw data.

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Batra, R. (2018). An Introduction to SQL. In: SQL Primer. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3576-8_1

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