SQL applications

Just wanting to get started on learning SQL, and wondering what people
consider the best application to use to learn. I was thinking the Oracle
SQL Developer.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html

Anyone else ever use this, and if so, thoughts on how to install, ease
of use, etc.?

Thanks in advance


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grglsn wrote:
> Just wanting to get started on learning SQL, and wondering what people
> consider the best application to use to learn. I was thinking the Oracle
> SQL Developer.
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html
>
> Anyone else ever use this, and if so, thoughts on how to install, ease
> of use, etc.?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
you can learn basic sql using firefox/SeaMonkey and sql-lite manager
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/sqlite-manager

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Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

grglsn wrote:
> Just wanting to get started on learning SQL, and wondering what people
> consider the best application to use to learn. I was thinking the Oracle
> SQL Developer.
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html
>
> Anyone else ever use this, and if so, thoughts on how to install, ease
> of use, etc.?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
If you want to learn sql/oralce then you should install oracle server
and then use “developer”(client) to “work”/run sql scripts ect with the
database

A better alternative is to use sql-lite to learn basics and then proceed
to mariadb/workbench which is available in the repos

Oracle server is pretty heavy weight and will bog down your machine.


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vazhavandan wrote:
> grglsn wrote:
>> Just wanting to get started on learning SQL,

http://www.mooc-list.com/tags/sql

The is https://kb.askmonty.org/en/a-mariadb-primer/ which will introduce you to the SQL program you are most likely to use with openSUSE (and a lot more documentation at https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-documentation/)

On 08/10/2013 05:36 AM, john hudson wrote:
>
> The is https://kb.askmonty.org/en/a-mariadb-primer/ which will introduce
> you to the SQL program you are most likely to use with openSUSE (and a
> lot more documentation at
> https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-documentation/)
>
>

Great, thank you all for the suggestions!


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