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Practical SQL, 2nd Edition by Anthony DeBarros is a beginner-oriented technical guide to using SQL for investigation, analysis, and clear evidence-based reporting. Rather than presenting database commands as isolated syntax to memorize, it frames querying as a way to ask progressively sharper questions of structured data. The book uses PostgreSQL and its pgAdmin interface for its hands-on work, while explaining principles that transfer broadly to other relational database systems. Its examples draw on public, recognizable datasets, including demographic information from the US Census, New York City taxi trips, and US Geological Survey earthquake records. The second edition updates the learning environment and expands coverage of newer practical needs, notably more advanced data-wrangling queries and PostgreSQL support for JSON. It moves from database construction and core query logic toward cleaning, statistical functions, spatial analysis, and more sophisticated query structures. The purpose is not merely to make readers capable of retrieving rows, but to help them evaluate data quality, identify patterns, and turn results into defensible findings.