Reddit reviews SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (4th Edition)

I’d have to say these were a great combo in my SQL class last year:

SQL Queries For Mere Mortals

and

Murach’s MySQL

Jon Duckett also has a MySQL & PHP book coming out next month that I’m looking forward to. Loved his books on HTML/CSS and Javascript/JQuery

PHP & MySQL: Server Side Web Development

Re-iterating what the previous posters said: the fundamentals are the same regardless of system. Learning how to get data out of a SQL system is all about learning how to write SQL.

To effectively learn how to write SQL for data engineering, I highly recommend grabbing a book like one of these*:

1. SQL Quickstart Guide
   
2. SQL Queries
   
3. If you're an experience programmer maybe T-SQL Fundamentals (Microsoft flavor SQL)
   
   and grabbing a sample database for the system of your choice:
   
   
4. MySQL sample Employee db
   
5. PostgreSQL sample dbs
   
6. SQL Server - stackoverflow db
   
   and then practice some of your chosen book on the sample db.
   
   Notes and words of warning:
   
   

• Writing SQL for data engineering or programming is really different than "database administration." A lot of resources on the web are geared towards DBAs and it probably won't help you out much.
  
• University courses on databases tend to be more theoretical than practical, for the sake of learning how to write SQL. University isn't a super efficient method of learning to write SQL.
  
  ^((*I'm not affiliated w/ any of those books))

I recommend this one for people new to SQL. It's good to learn from and keep as a reference manual.

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (4th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0134858336/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_DbC4CbV7QTS0Y

I started with this book: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (4th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0134858336/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_UIWLBbJZF1KBH

It’s very through but a bit slow at the start. I go back and reference it from time to time still.