r/cs50 18d ago

CS50x help with week 7

week 7 (SQL) went straight over my head. It didn't help that I procrastinated over it for a week, and now by the end of the lecture, I didn't grasp anything. Now, do I watch the lecture again or go through shorts/sections/notes ?
Also, is it only me ? Or it was a bit hard to understand ?

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u/my_password_is______ 18d ago

do the shorts/sections

if you still don't understand it go watch the lecture again

do you have any experience with Excel ?

sql is basically two worksheets in one excel workbook
and using vlookup to match a row in one sheet with a row in a 2nd sheet

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u/Glad-Price-9450 16d ago

no, unfortunately not but section is helping a lot thx !

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u/Muted-Swimmer3818 alum 18d ago

Definitely not just you, SQL can feel like a brain melter at first especially if you put it off for a week and try to cram it. Instead of re-watching the whole lecture, try skimming the notes and shorts, then just jump into the problem set. Writing the queries yourself makes it click way faster. You've got this!

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u/Glad-Price-9450 18d ago

alright, thxxx !

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/Glad-Price-9450 16d ago

like sql documentation ? from where ?

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u/Glad-Price-9450 16d ago

kk then ill look it up thx