Use SQL to get the data you need in no time at all! Learn to read and write basic queries, troubleshoot common problems, and control your own business data in just 24 short lessons–no programming experience required! This book is designed for all SQL beginners, including those who are not necessarily software developers. It emphasizes practical ways to use SQL, rather than theoretical, helping you quickly assimilate the basics needed to begin implementing what you’ve learned. If you know how to use Windows or MacOS and have experience using spreadsheet applications, then you absolutely are ready to start learning how to use SQL to read and manipulate data, create database objects, and more. Each chapter of this book is short enough to complete within an hour, whether that be during lunchtime or some other part of your day. Month of Lunches books are also designed to help you be immediately effective, so by the second chapter you will already have written your first SQL statement and examined its core components. Subsequent chapters will focus on teaching skills that you can apply to real-life scenarios and will include plenty of exercises to help you reinforce what you have learned.