🚀 SQL Roadmap: Beginner to Master
📌 1. Introduction to SQL (Beginner Level)
🔹 1.1 What is SQL?**: Databases, SQL vs NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL
Server, Oracle, SQL Commands (DDL, DML, DQL, DCL, TCL).
📌 2. Data Retrieval and Filtering (DQL)
🔹 2.1 Selecting Data**: `SELECT`, `DISTINCT`, `AS` (Aliasing).
🔹 2.2 Filtering Data**: `WHERE`, `AND`, `OR`, `NOT`, `=`, `!=`, `>`, `<`, `>=`,
`<=`, `LIKE`, `IS NULL`.
🔹 2.3 Sorting Data**: `ORDER BY`.
🔹 2.4 Limiting & Offsetting**: `LIMIT`, `OFFSET`.
📌 3. SQL Functions (String, Math, Date, Aggregate)**
3.1 String Functions**: `LOWER()`, `UPPER()`, `LENGTH()`, `TRIM()`, `SUBSTRING()`,
`CONCAT()`, `REPLACE()`.
3.2 Math Functions**: `ROUND()`, `FLOOR()`, `CEIL()`, `ABS()`, `POWER()`, `SQRT()`.
🔹3.3 Date & Time Functions**: `NOW()`, `CURDATE()`, `YEAR()`, `MONTH()`, `DAY()`,
`DATE_ADD()`, `DATE_SUB()`.
🔹3.4 Aggregate Functions**: `COUNT()`, `SUM()`, `AVG()`, `MIN()`, `MAX()`, `GROUP
BY`, `HAVING`.
📌 4. SQL Constraints & Data Integrity**
🔹4.1 SQL Constraints**: `NOT NULL`, `UNIQUE`, `PRIMARY KEY`, `FOREIGN KEY`,
`CHECK`, `DEFAULT`.
🔹4.2 SQL Data Types**: Numeric (`INT`, `DECIMAL`, `FLOAT`), String (`CHAR`,
`VARCHAR`), Date & Time (`DATE`, `TIMESTAMP`), Boolean.
📌 5. SQL Joins & Relationships (Intermediate Level)**
🔹5.1 Joins**: `INNER JOIN`, `LEFT JOIN`, `RIGHT JOIN`, `FULL OUTER JOIN`, `SELF
JOIN`, `CROSS JOIN`.
🔹5.2 Advanced Joins**: `NATURAL JOIN`, `USING()`, `ON` vs `USING`.
📌 6. Subqueries, CTEs, and Derived Tables**
🔹 6.1 Subqueries**: Single-Row, Multi-Row (`IN`, `EXISTS`), Correlated Subqueries.
🔹 6.2 Common Table Expressions (CTEs)**: `WITH` Clause.
📌 7. Data Modification (DML)**
🔹7.1 Modifying Data**: `INSERT INTO`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, `MERGE`.
🔹7.2 Transactions (TCL)**: `COMMIT`, `ROLLBACK`, `SAVEPOINT`.
📌 8. SQL Views, Indexing & Optimization**
🔹8.1 Views**: `CREATE VIEW`, `ALTER VIEW`, `DROP VIEW`.
🔹8.2 Indexing**: `CREATE INDEX`, `DROP INDEX`, Clustered vs Non-Clustered Indexes.
🔹8.3 Query Optimization**: `EXPLAIN`, `EXPLAIN ANALYZE`, Index Optimization.
📌 9. Advanced SQL Features (Master Level)**
🔹9.1 Set Operations**: `UNION`, `UNION ALL`, `INTERSECT`, `EXCEPT`.
🔹9.2 Stored Procedures & Functions**: `CREATE PROCEDURE`, `CREATE FUNCTION`,
`TRIGGER`.
🔹9.3 Advanced Window Functions**: `ROW_NUMBER()`, `RANK()`, `DENSE_RANK()`,
`LEAD()`, `LAG()`, `NTILE()`.
📌 10. NoSQL & SQL Integration**
🔹 10.1 SQL with JSON & XML**: `JSON_EXTRACT()`, `JSONB` (PostgreSQL).
🔹 10.2 SQL for Big Data**: Partitioning (`PARTITION BY`).
📌 11. SQL in Data Science & Analytics**
🔹11.1 SQL with Python**: Using `pandas`, `SQLAlchemy`, `sqlite3`.
🔹11.2 Data Analysis Projects**: Sales Data Analysis, Customer Segmentation, Trend
Analysis.