Our notes on Oracle Dev Gym

We wrote these notes when we read the Oracle Dev Gym site for our SQL comparisons. For each note, you see the day of our check and a link to the page that we read.

We give the label "Product's own words" to a note that holds only what Oracle Dev Gym says about its own product.

Oracle Dev Gym free use

  • Oracle calls Databases for Developers: Foundations "A free SQL course". You pay nothing for the class. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym account

  • You need an Oracle Account to take the class. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym query check and help

  • The class is a series of videos, interactive SQL tutorials, and quizzes. Three of the 12 modules are review quizzes. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
  • We found no final exam. The last module is a set of review quizzes on insert, update, delete and truncate. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym SQL topics

  • In the modules, you learn select and where, joins (inner, outer, full and cross), and aggregates and group by. We found no module on subqueries or window functions. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym SQL engines

  • You learn SQL for Oracle Database. Oracle says that you do not need a database of your own. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym content and size

  • You complete all the exercises. Oracle then sends you a certificate. Product's own words Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
  • 12 modules. Oracle estimates "up to 30 minutes per week". Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
  • Oracle says that there is no fixed end date for the modules, and that you get lifetime access after you register. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
  • We found no statement on how anyone checks the certificate. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym certificate

  • Oracle says: "Complete the course to get your free certificate." Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym strengths and limits

  • The class and the certificate are free, you need no database of your own, and you get lifetime access after you register. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
  • You learn Oracle SQL only, you need an Oracle Account, and we found no statement on how anyone checks the certificate. Checked October 20, 2026 (source)

Oracle Dev Gym in our SQL comparisons