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How to best attain knowledge or skill.

The act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill.

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Where are some useful SQL puzzles to teach SQL in a workplace?

I'm looking for beginner and intermediate level SQL puzzles, that I can point trainees at for practice. I'm aware of http://sqlzoo.net/ which is a great resource - is there anything else out there that you could suggest?
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Must-read Books for DBA

This question is almost mandatory in any SE site for basic reference. Please post only books with permanently value for DBAs in general. The post should be a must read book, the classical ones, the foundation books, not books for specific products…
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What learning resources are there for part-time DBAs?

Luckily, this isn't a current issue for me, as in my current workplace we're pretty well supplied with DBA knowledge in the team. However, in small development teams, it's not uncommon in my experience for one of the team to be nominated as the…
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Teradata learning resources

I'm moving from SQL Server to Teradata, therefore could someone recommend any good (preferably online) resources about Teradata? I'm not looking for information about basics, but rather about new features and concepts that are in Teradata.
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books for aspiring DBA

Possible Duplicate: Must-read Books for DBA What books do you recommend for the aspiring DBA? Update: I'm particularly looking for sql-server and PostgreSQL books (though books geared towards other DB's might be helpful to keep in one place).
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Getting to know SQL via the "short questions/simple answers style of learning"

Looking for a incremental SQL course that would likely be similar to the this Ruby Koan course; which is in fact inspired by the book, "The Little Lisper", which uses a short questions/simple answers style of learning. Basically the format is short…
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Where can I find good literature for beginners?

I am trying to find some database tutorials,books and similar, since I have started this course in college, and received some material, but it is really hard to manage through all the info on the net. I searched through the questions on the site but…
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Good book on databases for beginners

Possible Duplicate: Must-read Books for DBA I'm already reading a book on Introduction to SQL (RDMS). But that only teaches SQL and commands and I feel like my knowledge lacks in database management. Can you recommend me a good book to Database…
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MCSE: Data Management and Analytics requirements overlap with MCSA: SQL Server 2016 Database Development

I've been reviewing the requirements to get the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics certification, and was thinking of going the path of the MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development pre-req. The thing is there's an overlap in the requirements. The MCSA…
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Is there a free/web-based game that requires knowledge of SQL to win?

Looking for an alternative way of teaching SQL, and wondering if there is a free/web-based game that requires knowledge of SQL to win. If possible, the game should not only be fun, but also track how much SQL the player knows.
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Where can I get best resources to learn sql?

I am very new to the databases just have basic knowledge about it. I want to learn sql language and dont know where to start. Please help me to start with it. And what is the difference between sql and PostgreSQL? What are the different languages…
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