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SQL Workshop: SQL Patterns Every Analyst Should Know w/ Ergest Xheblati

Census, a Fivetran company

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  • Presented by Ergest Xheblati, author of Minimum Viable SQL Patterns

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Databases and dataSQLDatabase internalsRefactoring and legacy code

Ergest Xheblati teaches SQL query composition, maintainability, and performance patterns to write cleaner and more robust queries.

Ergest Xheblati is the author of Minimum Viable SQL Patterns, and he's spent the last 15+ years mastering SQL. In this SQL workshop, hosted by The Operational Analytics Club & Census, Ergest teaches various SQL principles (patters) to help you take your SQL skills from intermediate to expert. More specifically, you'll learn about: - Query composition patterns - How to make your complex queries shorter, more legible, and more performant - Query maintainability patterns - Constructing CTEs that can be reused. In software engineering, it's called the DRY principle (don't repeat yourself) - Query robustness patterns - Constructing queries that don't break when the underlying data changes in unpredictable ways - Query performance patterns - Make your queries faster (and cheaper) regardless of specific database you’re using Toward the end of the workshop, Ergest answers over a dozen questions from SQL professionals all over the world. --- Ready to sharpen your data skills and expand your network of awesome data professionals? Join The Operational Analytics Club, an incubator program for the next gen of data leaders, at operationalanalytics.club ⬅️

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What people say. Recommended as a great workshop on writing clean, maintainable, and efficient SQL queries using CTEs and patterns.

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SQL Workshop recording: Making SQL more efficient, readable, and easier to debug Ergest Xheblati is the author of *Minimum Viable SQL Patterns*, and he's spent the last 15 years mastering SQL. In this SQL workshop, Ergest teaches various SQL principles (patters) to help you take your SQL skills from intermediate to expert. More specifically, you'll learn about: 🎯 Query composition patterns - How to make your complex queries shorter, more legible, and more performant 🎯 Query maintainability patterns - Constructing CTEs that can be reused. In software engineering, it's called the DRY principle (don't repeat yourself) 🎯 Query robustness patterns - Constructing queries that don'…