Businesses are gathering data today at exponential rates & yet few people know how to access it meaningfully If you're a business or IT professional this short hands-on guide teaches you how to pull & transform data with SQL in significant ways You will quickly master the fundamentals of SQL & learn how to create your own databases Author Thomas Nield provides exercises throughout the book to help you practice your newfound SQL skills at home without having to use a database server environment Not only will you learn how to use key SQL statements to find & manipulate your data but you'll also discover how to efficiently design & manage databases to meet your needs You'll also learn how to Explore relational databases including lightweight & centralized models Use SQLite & SQLite Studio to create lightweight databases in minutes Query & transform data in meaningful ways by using SELECT WHERE GROUP BY & ORDER BY Join tables to get a more complete view of your business data Build your own tables & centralized databases by using normalized design principles Manage data by learning how to INSERT DELETE & UPDATE records