# What if you could learn SQL while investigating a murder?

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What if you could learn SQL while investigating a murder?
🎭🔍 SQLNoir is one of the coolest sites I've come across lately:
 Instead of just reading boring documentation or memorizing commands, you step into the shoes of a private investigator who has to solve a murder mystery... using SQL queries!

How does it work?
 1️⃣ You get a mysterious case and a set of data.
 2️⃣ Your task is to pull clues from the data - using SQL commands like SELECT, JOIN, WHERE.
 3️⃣ Every correct solution brings you closer to uncovering the truth.

👀 It's not only an experience, it's also super effective:
 💡 Instead of learning dryly - you investigate data intuitively.
 💡 Each step reveals another useful SQL tool, without you noticing that you're actually learning.

So if you always wanted to understand how to work with databases but without being bored to death, go in here: https://www.sqlnoir.com 👉

Original: https://ofershap.github.io/posts/learn-sql-by-solving-a-murder-mystery/
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Published: 2025-03-27T09:45:01.341000+02:00