Now that you have database access let’s discuss some tips for writing and organizing your research and queries.
This one comes from a Data Analyst colleague of mine. I noticed that the first filter in all of his queries is always 1 = 1
(which is always TRUE
and doesn’t affect query results):
SELECT * FROM users WHERE 1 = 1 AND country = 'us' AND status = 'customer'
The idea is that when you’re researching something you often look at different slices of data by commenting filters out like so:
SELECT * FROM users WHERE 1 = 1 AND country = 'us' --...
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About SQL Habit
Hi, it’s Anatoli, the author of SQL Habit. 
SQL Habit is a course (or, as some of the students say, “business simulator”). It’s based on a story of a fictional startup called Bindle. You’ll play a role of their Data Analyst
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