Learning Snowflake SQL and Scripting: Generate, Retrieve, and Automate Snowflake Data

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To help you on the path to becoming a Snowflake pro, this concise yet comprehensive guide reviews fundamentals and best practices for Snowflake's SQL and Scripting languages. Developers and data professionals will learn how to generate, modify, and query data in the Snowflake relational database management system as well as how to apply analytic functions for reporting.

Author Alan Beaulieu also shows you how to create scripts, stored functions, and stored procedures to return data sets using Snowflake Scripting. This book is ideal whether you're new to databases and need to run queries or reports against a Snowflake database, or transitioning from databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL to cloud-based platforms.

With this book, you will:

  • Generate and modify Snowflake data using INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
  • Query data in Snowflake using SELECT, including joining multiple tables, using subqueries, and grouping
  • Apply analytic functions for performing subtotals, grand totals, row comparisons, and other reporting functionality
  • Build scripts combining SQL statements with looping, if-then-else, and exception handling
  • Learn how to build stored procedures and functions
  • Use stored procedures to return data sets

Ratings and reviews

4.0
2 reviews
Kathe Friedrich
October 15, 2024
This book is a must-have for anyone working with Snowflake, the powerful cloud data warehouse. The author does a fantastic job of breaking down complex concepts into understandable terms, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced data professionals. The book covers everything from the basics of Snowflake SQL to advanced topics like scripting and automation. With plenty of practical examples and exercises, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to master Snowflake and un
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About the author

Alan Beaulieu has been designing, building, and implementing custom database applications for over 25 years. He is the author of Learning SQL and Mastering Oracle SQL, and has written an online course on SQL for the University of California. He currently runs his own consulting company that specializes in database design and development in the fields of Financial Services and Telecommunications. Alan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from the Cornell University School of Engineering.

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