Learning SQL from within: integrating database exercises into the database itself · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2410.16120/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTLearning SQL from within: integrating database exercises into the database itself — mentioned by laowantonghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43046044urn:hackerpapers:mention:2410.16120:43046044Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:08:32 GMT<p>A great addition to a field where there aren&#x27;t many offerings: SQL Island (https://sql-island.informatik.uni-kl.de) and SQL Murder Mystery (https://mystery.knightlab.com) come to mind. The mechanism of SQL Noir is close to that of the latter, i.e., an undirected, essentially standalone adventure. I myself am working on SQLab, a SQL game engine that allows you to augment an arbitrary base with exercises on that base to produce directed, standalone adventures: https://github.com/laowantong/sqlab. You download a dump of the database (currently MySQL, SQLite, Postgres), and can play under any…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2410.16120/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DB