r/SQL is a subreddit with 292k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses sql, struggling, database, learn, 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
: "best sql courses for someone who writes queries daily and has never designed a table"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What is the best way to handle incremental loads in sql?"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "had since june to map our old db onto the new schema, it was due friday. how do you decide which of three customer id columns is the real one?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/SQL
#1
Sql
: "Didnt pass Sql test"
76 posts
#2
Struggling
21 posts
#3
Database
: "What Database management tool works with both PostgreSQL and Snowflake?"
13 posts
#4
Learn
12 posts
#5
Help
7 posts
#6
Tool
7 posts
#7
Query
7 posts
#8
Oracle
4 posts
#9
Hard Time
4 posts
#10
Errors
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/SQL
Flair Used in r/SQL
#1
Discussion
: "CSV lint plug-in for Notepad++ to validate csv files and convert to SQL insert script"
40 posts
#2
SQL Server
: "Pls help, ssrs 2022 not working after upgrading from sql/ssrs2012"
11 posts
#3
MySQL
: "Didnt pass SQL test"
9 posts
#4
PostgreSQL
: "What SQL concepts do you understand but still forget?"
8 posts
#5
Oracle
: "What’s a SQL feature that works differently across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server that tripped you up?"
3 posts
#6
Spark SQL/Databricks
: "Genie is so Dumb and I am tired of Pretending Otherwise"
1 post
#7
BigQuery
: "What’s a complex SQL query you’re proud of that you’d want other SQL devs to review?"
1 post
#8
SQLite
: "Five window function results that catch people out, each checked on SQLite and DuckDB"
1 post
#9
Resolved
: "Foreign key concept ‘Clarity’"
1 post
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Yearly
+36k members(14.2%)
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Last updated: October 5, 2026