[Tutor] Sorting Data in Databases

[Che M]

Ken,



I would also recommend trying out databases, if you have an interest. 
I found them a fun new aspect of using Python.  I would recommend using
SQLite, which very conveniently comes with Python.  Alan Gauld's
tutorial that you've read part of has a nice section on Working with Databases, and it uses
SQLite as the example database management system.  

Understanding a bit
about how to use SQL (the Structured Query Language that most databases
use, but which is surprisingly close to English) is also a good thing
to learn as you learn about programming generally.  I thought it was going to be harder than it turned out to be.  It's not bad.  Another good helper is http://sqlzoo.net/.  What you will want to "Google up on" once you are ready to try to sort your database is "ORDER BY" in the context of SQLite.



Good luck,

Che 		 	   		  
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