Learning curve for new database program with Python?

[Greg Lindstrom]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:31 AM, John Nagle <nagle at animats.com> wrote:
>
>     Basic SQL isn't that hard.  Learn CREATE, SELECT, INSERT,
>  UPDATE, and DELETE syntax.  That's enough for most simple
>  applications.

And then learn more advanced SQL: joins, nested selects, pivot tables and
stored procedures.  You can do a lot of processing "inside" the database
which cuts down on data running over the wire.

SQL is one of the areas I wish I had mastered (much) earlier in my career
--greg.
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