JP
Apr 5, 2020
This course has really helped with optimizing queries that I work with everyday, enhancing my understanding of RDBMS, joins, analyzing and structuring exactly what you need and yielding those results.
JG
Aug 22, 2021
I thought this course was great! Great introduction to Relational Databases and SQLite. Highly reccomend for anyone new to SQL, Databases, or someone looking to get started with a data science career.
By Atharva M
•Aug 3, 2023
SQLite limits the use of math and string functions.
The subset of the Yelp dataset should have contained more data entries.
The peer review process should only be limited to Part-2 of the final assignment as it can be a bit time-consuming for the reviewer.
By Harsh K V
•Jul 11, 2020
The course was very interesting and the assignments were also engaging. However, it would have been even better if Sadie would code in SQL while giving the lectures. This would have provided a better understanding of how to approach a particular problem.
By Stephen F
•Apr 14, 2020
It's a great beginner level class. It only covers SQLite, which means you don't get some basic statements like WITH, which I use regularly. But I did get introduced to a few new ideas, and Sadie does a fine job emphasizing working in a thoughtful manner.
By Prabesh D
•Jan 19, 2020
As someone who's completely new to SQL, I learned a lot.
However, Week 3's content on Subqueries could have been better explained.
Overall, I recommend you the course if you are new to SQL like me. If you know a bit already, this might be too easy for you.
By Kirstin H
•Apr 8, 2024
I really enjoyed this course, but the peer-review assignment in week 4 was *rough*. I couldn't easily find the sandbox with the Yelp ER diagram, and part 3 of the assignment was quite tough! Please add more instructional support for this assignment.
By Lauren B
•Mar 9, 2022
I found this course really good. It was well paced for a beginner and the assignments were really useful in understanding the materials. I did listen to it at 2x speed because I found the lecturer spoke quite slow. But overall it was really beneficial
By Hassan s
•Aug 17, 2020
The exercises in the course helped give me practice for which I am giving this a 4 star.
Teaching SQL on video without real time practice was weird. Found myself going to websites like w3 schools so keep that in mind if you're considering this course.
By Mehrshad E
•Feb 1, 2018
Generally a helpful course. The biggest problem I think is providing enough examples. There are many examples in the slides but the results are not provided. I think showing both codes and the results will help people to grasp the concept more easily.
By Luan B
•Jan 17, 2021
I liked all the content, but It could have some more examples in the classes, and, in the examples given, the teacher could show us the tables we're working with, so we can see clearly what we're doing...
it's very important when learning the sintax!!
By Yunlin H
•Oct 3, 2020
I learnt coursera of Managing Big Data with SQL at Duke before. This course needs more practices in real cases compared with Duke. It only has basic statements on using SQLlite and simple real cases. I recommend Duke's course first then this course.
By Quang Đ
•Mar 18, 2022
It is super fun while practicing SQL with the data. One thing to improve is to about the instruction in the assignment. It should give clearer vision of the purpose of the task. Sometimes the explanation is not related to the query and desired data
By Ken H
•Oct 9, 2020
The course was good. It enhanced my knowledge of sequel.
My only disappointment was there was no immediate feedback or instruction when attempting to write scripts. Perhaps a pop up which noted common mistakes when attempting to write the script.
By RAGHAVENDRA. L H
•Sep 17, 2018
Nicely instructed by Sadie St. Lawrence.
Way the things are explained with examples helped me to understand the topics better.
I felt a little more explanation on Normalization and understanding the ER diagrams would have been could have been better
By Mary S
•Jan 16, 2020
Sadie is a great teacher. This course is strong on theory. I would have liked to have had direct access to the data sets that I could use with other SQL tools but did not find this limiting in learning what was taught. A good foundation.
By Michael M
•Nov 25, 2021
This course has been good for getting some of the sql basics but I found that many of the examples required me to look outside the course to find answers which isn't in itself bad but this course will need a self starter to make this work.
By Cameron W
•May 24, 2021
Great course to get you introduced to SQL. The lessons focused on actual SQL code and statements was very good. The parts of the course that addressed practical data management and database theory were less helpful, but still informative.
By ivan o
•Oct 20, 2019
Very useful for me at my career moment. This is a good SQL course if you're a beginner to intermediate SQL user wanting to update or learn some SQL. But if your are already a advanced SQL user I feel the course might be too basic for you.
By Jens P
•Mar 6, 2018
The videos are aweomse. I would have loved a little bit more material, e.g. a short summary of all the SQL entries discussed in the course. In addition, I think there was quite big jump of difficulty between week 4 and the peer assigment.
By Alex B
•Dec 17, 2019
some quizes or coding tasks were worded pretty badly and were confusing to many students. It needs to be reviewed and edited. Also, more practice tasks between the videos would be a lot more helpful rather than giving 10 videos in a row.
By Maureen G
•Aug 10, 2022
The instructor is kind of like a robot, but the content is reasonably informative. Sometimes the reasons why you are doing something the way you are doing it aren't explained well - I prefer learning the "why" rather than the "how".
By Aditya P
•Sep 4, 2021
If the instructor would've run the SQL queries it would have been more understandable overall good course .Just if the instructor actually write query on a system and run it it will be more beneficial for students. Nice course Overall
By Anubhav N
•Aug 21, 2018
The course structure is so very well laid out that on reaching the final week, I am hungry to learn more and more concepts and practical uses of SQL. I also feel that there should be more examples and coding assignments to practice.
By Prateek G
•Apr 5, 2020
I think i lreant quite a lot more from really googling. The course is an excellent framework, but you will need to reference a lot of external sources, for clarity, and for really understanding and aplpying the concepts you learn.
By KRISTIN C
•Oct 21, 2022
Good for beginngers, but could use additional practice and better exmaples in the tutorials. Many times the instructor verbally covers something important, but shows no example and simply moves on which can get rather confusing.
By Şeyma
•Aug 12, 2021
This is a great SQL course! I would love to see more case examples in each videos of the week? In some videos, it felt a bit confusing to understand the spesific cases in which we should use the joins, unions or other statements.