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1. What Is SQL and Why Analysts Need It

1.4 What Is a Database File (SQLite) vs a Database Server

Why. Beginners fear installing a server. SQLite removes that fear.

What. SQLite stores a whole database in one file (.db). A database server (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) runs as a service and many apps connect to it.

How. This course starts with a .db file you open in DB Browser. Same SQL ideas transfer to servers later.

Steps

  1. Download raja_coffee.db from the datasets page.
  2. Open it in DB Browser for SQLite.
  3. You are connected — no password, no port.

Ravindra Bagale's Tip

One .db file is enough to learn SELECT, WHERE, JOIN and GROUP BY.