r/SQL is a subreddit with 285k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses sql, struggling, struggles, struggle, and help, and they frequently recommend/review database, toolset, and ide.
The goal of /r/SQL is to provide a place for interesting and informative SQL content and discussions.
Popular Themes in r/SQL
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is using 3-letter status codes outdated?"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I am an IC for a legacy .NET MVC app in the process of refactoring it and I need to know more about performance tuning and optimizing DBs."
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Hard Time Importing❗️"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Its an IDE for Postgres -- what do you think of my project"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/SQL
#1
Sql
: "Need advice: Understanding complex Sql scripts written by others"
109 posts
#2
Struggling
60 posts
#3
Struggles
31 posts
#4
Struggle
20 posts
#5
Help
19 posts
#6
Query
14 posts
#7
Learn
13 posts
#8
Database
: "A tool I built - An IDE for Postgres - Cursor x Dbdiagram for supabase deployment"
10 posts
#9
Tool
: "A Tool I built - An IDE for Postgres - Cursor x Dbdiagram for supabase deployment"
8 posts
#10
Join
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/SQL
Flair Used in r/SQL
#1
Discussion
: "Is using 3-letter status codes outdated?"
23 posts
#2
MySQL
: "PAWQL #2: WHERE"
17 posts
#3
SQL Server
: "SQL Indentation"
17 posts
#4
PostgreSQL
: "If the log is the database, and you externalize it, do transactions and analytics end up reading the same copy?"
13 posts
#5
Oracle
: "Does SQL have a LeetCode equivalent?"
5 posts
#6
SQLite
: "Can you answer the SQL question that came up in a Google data analyst interview?"
2 posts
#7
Spark SQL/Databricks
: "I watched 4 hours of Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 so you don't have to."
1 post
#8
MariaDB
: "Question: Filtering a table by tags"
1 post
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Yearly
+40k members(16.2%)
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Last updated: July 7, 2026