> The other is that most tutorials/guides only show you how to do things in-band. Learning SQL is completely different from learning how to use SQL in whatever

> The other is that most tutorials/guides only show you how to do things in-band. Learning SQL is completely different from learning how to use SQL in whatever programming language/framework/library you may end up using. Learning how to safely interface with an RDBMS is going to be entirely specific to the stack you’re using for the rest of your application.