# Practical SQL, 2nd Edition
### A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data

[PracticalSQL, 2nd Edition](https://www.nostarch.com/practicalSQL2) by Anthony DeBarros is [available from No Starch Press](https://www.nostarch.com/practicalSQL2).

### Chapter 5: Importing and Exporting Data

Explains how to use SQL commands to load data from external files and then export it. You’ll load a table of U.S. Census population data that you’ll use throughout the book.