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- SELECT BASICS
- SELECT QUIZ
- SELECT FROM WORLD
- BBC QUIZ
- SELECT FROM NOBEL TUTORIAL
- NOBEL QUIZ
- SELECT WITHIN SELECT TUTORIAL
- NESTED SELECT QUIZ
- SUM AND COUNT
- SUM AND COUNT QUIZ
- THE JOIN OPERATION
- JOIN QUIZ
- MORE JOIN OPERATIONS
- MORE JOIN QUIZ
- USING NULL
- USING NULL QUIZ
- Self Join
- Self Join Quiz
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The example uses a WHERE clause to show the population of 'France'. Note that strings should be in 'single quotes'. Modify it to show the population of Germany:
SELECT population FROM world WHERE name = 'Germany';
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Checking a list: The word IN allows us to check if an item is in a list. The example shows the name and population for the countries 'Brazil', 'Russia', 'India', and 'China'. Show the name and the population for 'Sweden', 'Norway', and 'Denmark':
SELECT name, population FROM world WHERE name IN ('Sweden', 'Norway', 'Denmark');
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Which countries are not too small and not too big? BETWEEN allows range checking (range specified is inclusive of boundary values). The example below shows countries with an area of 250,000-300,000 sq. km. Modify it to show the country and the area for countries with an area between 200,000 and 250,000:
SELECT name, area FROM world WHERE area BETWEEN 200000 AND 250000;
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Select the code which produces this table:
SELECT name, population FROM world WHERE population BETWEEN 1000000 AND 1250000;
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Pick the result you would obtain from this code:
SELECT name, population FROM world WHERE name LIKE "Al%";
Answer: Table-E
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Select the code which shows the countries that end in A or L:
SELECT name FROM world WHERE name LIKE '%a' OR name LIKE '%l';
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Pick the result from the query:
-- Answer: -- name length(name) -- Italy 5 -- Malta 5 -- Spain 5
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Pick the result you would obtain from this code:
SELECT name, area*2 FROM world WHERE population = 64000;
Answer: Andorra 936
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Select the code that would show the countries with an area larger than 50000 and a population smaller than 10000000:
SELECT name, area, population FROM world WHERE area > 50000 AND population < 10000000;
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Select the code that shows the population density of China, Australia, Nigeria, and France:
SELECT name, population/area FROM world WHERE name IN ('China', 'Nigeria', 'France', 'Australia');
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Read the notes about this table. Observe the result of running this SQL command to show the name, continent, and population of all countries:
SELECT name, continent, population FROM world;
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How to use WHERE to filter records. Show the name for the countries that have a population of at least 200 million. 200 million is 200000000, there are eight zeros:
SELECT name FROM world WHERE population >= 200000000;
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Give the name and the per capita GDP for those countries with a population of at least 200 million:
SELECT name, GDP/population as 'per capita GDP' FROM world WHERE population >= 200000000;
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Show the name and population in millions for the countries of the continent 'South America'. Divide the population by 1000000 to get population in millions:
SELECT name, population/1000000 as 'population in m' FROM world WHERE continent = 'South America';
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Show the name and population for France, Germany, Italy:
SELECT name, population FROM world WHERE name IN ('France', 'Germany', 'Italy');
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Show the countries which have a name that includes the word 'United':
SELECT name FROM world WHERE name LIKE '%United%';
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Two ways to be big: A country is big if it has an area of more than 3 million sq km or it has a population of more than 250 million. Show the countries that are big by area or big by population. Show name, population, and area:
SELECT name, population, area FROM world WHERE area > 3000000 OR population > 250000000;
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Exclusive OR (XOR). Show the countries that are big by area (more than 3 million) or big by population (more than 250 million) but not both. Show name, population, and area:
SELECT name, population, area FROM world WHERE area > 3000000 XOR population > 250000000;
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Show the name and population in millions and the GDP in billions for the countries of the continent 'South America'. Use the ROUND function to show the values to two decimal places:
SELECT name, ROUND(population/1000000, 2), ROUND(GDP/1000000000, 2) FROM world WHERE continent = 'South America';
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Show the name and per-capita GDP for those countries with a GDP of at least one trillion (1000000000000; that is 12 zeros). Round this value to the nearest 1000. Show per-capita GDP for the trillion-dollar countries to the nearest $1000:
SELECT name, ROUND(GDP/population, -3) FROM world WHERE GDP >= 1000000000000;
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Greece has capital Athens. Each of the strings 'Greece', and 'Athens' has 6 characters. Show the name and capital where the name and the capital have the same number of characters. You can use the LENGTH function to find the number of characters in a string:
SELECT name, capital FROM world WHERE LENGTH(name) = LENGTH(capital);
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The capital of Sweden is Stockholm. Both words start with the letter 'S'. Show the name and the capital where the first letters of each match. Don't include countries where the name and the capital are the same word. You can use the function LEFT to isolate the first character. You can use <> as the NOT EQUALS operator:
SELECT name, capital FROM world WHERE LEFT(name, 1) = LEFT(capital, 1) AND name <> capital;
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Equatorial Guinea and the Dominican Republic have all of the vowels (a e i o u) in the name. They don't count because they have more than one word in the name. Find the country that has all the vowels and no spaces in its name:
SELECT name FROM world WHERE name LIKE '%a%' AND name LIKE '%e%' AND name LIKE '%i%' AND name LIKE '%o%' AND name LIKE '%u%' AND name NOT LIKE '% %';
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Select the code which gives the name of countries beginning with U:
SELECT name FROM world WHERE name LIKE 'U%';
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Select the code which shows just the population of the United Kingdom:
SELECT population FROM world WHERE name = 'United Kingdom';
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Select the answer which shows the problem with this SQL code - the intended result should be the continent of France:
SELECT continent FROM world WHERE 'name' = 'France';
Answer:
'name'
should bename
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT name, population / 10 FROM world WHERE population < 10000;
Answer:
Nauru/ 990
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Select the code which would reveal the name and population of countries in Europe and Asia:
SELECT name, population FROM world WHERE continent IN ('Europe', 'Asia');
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Select the code which would give two rows:
SELECT name FROM world WHERE name IN ('Cuba', 'Togo');
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Select the result that would be obtained from this code:
SELECT name FROM world WHERE continent = 'South America' AND population > 40000000;
Answer:
Brazil/ Columbia
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Change the query shown so that it displays Nobel prizes for 1950:
SELECT * FROM nobel WHERE yr = 1950;
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Show who won the 1962 prize for Literature:
SELECT winner FROM nobel WHERE yr = 1962 AND subject = 'Literature';
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Show the year and subject that won 'Albert Einstein' his prize:
SELECT yr, subject FROM nobel WHERE winner = 'Albert Einstein';
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Give the name of the 'Peace' winners since the year 2000, including 2000:
SELECT winner FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Peace' AND yr >= 2000;
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Show all details (yr, subject, winner) of the Literature prize winners for 1980 and 1984:
SELECT * FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Literature' AND yr IN (1980, 1984);
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Show all details of the presidential winners:
SELECT * FROM nobel WHERE winner LIKE 'President%';
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Show the winners with first name John:
SELECT winner FROM nobel WHERE winner LIKE 'John%';
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Show the year, subject, and name of Physics winners for 1980 together with the Chemistry winners for 1984:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE (subject = 'Physics' AND yr = 1980) OR (subject = 'Chemistry' AND yr = 1984);
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Show the year, subject, and name of winners for 1980 excluding Chemistry and Medicine:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE yr = 1980 AND subject NOT IN ('Chemistry', 'Medicine');
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Show the year, subject, and name of winners for 1984 and 1980 for subjects not including Chemistry:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE subject <> 'Chemistry' AND yr IN (1980, 1984);
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Select the code which gives the name of winners for 1950:
SELECT winner FROM nobel WHERE yr = 1950;
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Select the code which shows just the subject for 1962 Literature prize winners:
SELECT subject FROM nobel WHERE yr = 1962 AND subject = 'Literature';
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Select the answer which shows the problem with this SQL code - the intended result should be the year and subject of Einstein's prize:
SELECT yr subject FROM nobel WHERE winner = 'Albert Einstein';
Answer: Missing comma between
yr
andsubject
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT winner FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Peace' AND yr >= 2000;
Answer: The list of Peace winners since 2000.
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Select the code which would reveal the year and subject for Literature prize winners for 1980 and 1984:
SELECT yr, subject FROM nobel WHERE subject = 'Literature' AND yr IN (1980, 1984);
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Select the code which would give all details of the presidential winners:
SELECT * FROM nobel WHERE winner LIKE 'President%';
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Select the result that would be obtained from this code:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE winner LIKE 'John%';
Answer: The list of winners whose first name is John.
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Select the code that shows the year, subject, and name of Physics winners for 1980 together with the Chemistry winners for 1984:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE (subject = 'Physics' AND yr = 1980) OR (subject = 'Chemistry' AND yr = 1984);
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Select the code which excludes Chemistry and Medicine winners for 1980:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE yr = 1980 AND subject NOT IN ('Chemistry', 'Medicine');
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Select the code that shows the year, subject, and name of winners for 1984 and 1980 excluding Chemistry:
SELECT yr, subject, winner FROM nobel WHERE subject <> 'Chemistry' AND yr IN (1980, 1984);
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List each country name where the population is larger than that of 'Russia'
SELECT name FROM world WHERE population > (SELECT population FROM world WHERE name = 'Russia');
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Show the countries in Europe with a per capita GDP greater than 'United Kingdom'
SELECT name FROM world WHERE gdp/population > (SELECT gdp/population FROM world WHERE name = 'United Kingdom') AND continent = 'Europe';
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List the name and continent of countries in the continents containing either Argentina or Australia. Order by name of the country.
SELECT name, continent FROM world WHERE continent IN (SELECT continent FROM world WHERE name = 'Argentina' OR name = 'Australia') ORDER BY name;
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Which country has a population that is more than United Kingdom but less than Germany? Show the name and the population.
SELECT name, population FROM world WHERE population > (SELECT population FROM world WHERE name = 'United Kingdom') AND population < (SELECT population FROM world WHERE name = 'Germany');
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Show the name and the population of each country in Europe. Show the population as a percentage of the population of Germany.
SELECT name, CONCAT(CAST(ROUND( population/(SELECT population FROM world WHERE name = 'Germany')*100,0)AS CHAR), '%') AS percentage FROM world WHERE continent = 'Europe';
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Which countries have a GDP greater than every country in Europe? [Give the name only.] (Some countries may have NULL gdp values)
SELECT name FROM world WHERE gdp > ALL (SELECT gdp FROM world WHERE continent = 'Europe');
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Find the largest country (by area) in each continent, show the continent, the name, and the area:
SELECT continent, name, area FROM world w1 WHERE area >= ALL (SELECT area FROM world WHERE continent = w1.continent);
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List each continent and the name of the country that comes first alphabetically.
SELECT continent, name FROM world w1 WHERE name = (SELECT MIN(name) FROM world WHERE continent = w1.continent);
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Find the continents where all countries have a population <= 25000000. Then find the names of the countries associated with these continents. Show name, continent, and population.
SELECT name, continent, population FROM world w1 WHERE 25000000 >= (SELECT MAX(population) FROM world WHERE continent = w1.continent);
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Some countries have populations more than three times that of all of their neighbours (in the same continent). Give the countries and continents.
SELECT name, continent FROM world w1 WHERE population > 3 * (SELECT MAX(population) FROM world WHERE continent = w1.continent AND name <> w1.name);
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Select the code that shows the name, region, and population of the smallest country in each region
SELECT region, name, population FROM bbc x WHERE population <= ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE y.region = x.region AND population > 0);
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Select the code that shows the countries belonging to regions with all populations over 50000
SELECT name, region, population FROM bbc x WHERE 50000 < ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE x.region = y.region AND y.population > 0);
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Select the code that shows the countries with a less than a third of the population of the countries around it
SELECT name, region FROM bbc x WHERE population < ALL (SELECT population / 3 FROM bbc y WHERE y.region = x.region AND y.name != x.name);
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='United Kingdom') AND region IN (SELECT region FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom');
Answer: Table-D
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Select the code that would show the countries with a greater GDP than any country in Africa (some countries may have NULL gdp values).
SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE gdp > (SELECT MAX(gdp) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa'); SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE gdp > ALL (SELECT gdp FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa' AND gdp IS NOT NULL);
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Select the code that shows the countries with population smaller than Russia but bigger than Denmark
SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population < (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name = 'Russia') AND population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name = 'Denmark');
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population > ALL (SELECT MAX(population) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe') AND region = 'South Asia';
Answer: Table-B
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Show the total population of the world.
SELECT SUM(population) AS 'Total Population' FROM world;
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List all the continents - just once each.
SELECT DISTINCT(continent) FROM world;
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Give the total GDP of Africa
SELECT SUM(gdp) FROM world WHERE continent = 'Africa';
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How many countries have an area of at least 1000000
SELECT COUNT(name) FROM world WHERE area >= 1000000;
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What is the total population of ('Estonia', 'Latvia', 'Lithuania')
SELECT SUM(population) FROM world WHERE name IN ('Estonia', 'Latvia', 'Lithuania');
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For each continent show the continent and number of countries.
SELECT continent, COUNT(name) FROM world GROUP BY continent;
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For each continent show the continent and number of countries with populations of at least 10 million.
SELECT continent, COUNT(name) FROM world WHERE population >= 10000000 GROUP BY continent;
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List the continents that have a total population of at least 100 million.
SELECT continent FROM world GROUP BY continent HAVING SUM(population) >= 100000000;
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Select the statement that shows the sum of population of all countries in 'Europe'
SELECT SUM(population) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe';
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Select the statement that shows the number of countries with population smaller than 150000
SELECT COUNT(name) FROM bbc WHERE population < 150000;
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Select the list of core SQL aggregate functions
AVG(), COUNT(), MAX(), MIN(), SUM()
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT region, SUM(area) FROM bbc WHERE SUM(area) > 15000000 GROUP BY region;
Answer: No result due to invalid use of the WHERE function
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Select the statement that shows the average population of 'Poland', 'Germany' and 'Denmark'
SELECT AVG(population) FROM bbc WHERE name IN ('Poland', 'Germany', 'Denmark');
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Select the statement that shows the medium population density of each region
SELECT region, SUM(population) / SUM(area) AS density FROM bbc GROUP BY region;
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Select the statement that shows the name and population density of the country with the largest population
SELECT name, population / area AS density FROM bbc WHERE population = (SELECT MAX(population) FROM bbc);
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Pick the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT region, SUM(area) FROM bbc GROUP BY region HAVING SUM(area) <= 20000000;
Answer: Table-D
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The first example shows the goal scored by a player with the last name 'Bender'. The * says to list all the columns in the table - a shorter way of saying matchid, teamid, player, gtime. Modify it to show the matchid and player name for all goals scored by Germany. To identify German players, check for: teamid = 'GER'
SELECT matchid, player FROM goal WHERE teamid = 'GER';
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From the previous query you can see that Lars Bender's scored a goal in game 1012. Now we want to know what teams were playing in that match. Notice in the that the column matchid in the goal table corresponds to the id column in the game table. We can look up information about game 1012 by finding that row in the game table. Show id, stadium, team1, team2 for just game 1012
SELECT id, stadium, team1, team2 FROM game WHERE id = '1012';
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You can combine the two steps into a single query with a JOIN.
SELECT * FROM game JOIN goal ON (id = matchid);
The FROM clause says to merge data from the goal table with that from the game table. The ON says how to figure out which rows in game go with which rows in goal - the matchid from goal must match id from game. (If we wanted to be more clear/specific we could say ON (game.id = goal.matchid). The code below shows the player (from the goal) and stadium name (from the game table) for every goal scored. Modify it to show the player, teamid, stadium and mdate for every German goal.
SELECT player, teamid, stadium, mdate FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) WHERE teamid = 'GER';
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Use the same JOIN as in the previous question. Show the team1, team2 and player for every goal scored by a player called Mario (player LIKE 'Mario%')
SELECT team1, team2, player FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) WHERE player LIKE 'Mario%';
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The table eteam gives details of every national team including the coach. You can JOIN goal to eteam using the phrase goal JOIN eteam on teamid=id. Show player, teamid, coach, gtime for all goals scored in the first 10 minutes (gtime <= 10)
SELECT player, teamid, coach, gtime FROM goal INNER JOIN eteam ON (goal.teamid = eteam.id) WHERE gtime <= 10;
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To JOIN game with eteam you could use either game JOIN eteam ON (team1 = eteam.id) or game JOIN eteam ON (team2 = eteam.id). Notice that because id is a column name in both game and eteam you must specify eteam.id instead of just id. List the dates of the matches and the name of the team in which 'Fernando Santos' was the team1 coach.
SELECT mdate, teamname FROM game INNER JOIN eteam ON (game.team1 = eteam.id) WHERE coach = 'Fernando Santos';
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List the player for every goal scored in a game where the stadium was 'National Stadium, Warsaw'
SELECT player FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) WHERE stadium = 'National Stadium, Warsaw';
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The example query shows all goals scored in the Germany-Greece quarterfinal. Instead, show the name of all players who scored a goal against Germany.
SELECT DISTINCT(player) FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) WHERE (team1 = 'GER' OR team2 = 'GER') AND teamid != 'GER';
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Show teamname and the total number of goals scored.
SELECT stadium, COUNT(gtime) FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) GROUP BY stadium;
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Show the stadium and the number of goals scored in each stadium.
SELECT stadium, COUNT(gtime) FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) GROUP BY stadium;
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For every match involving 'POL', show the matchid, date and the number of goals scored.
SELECT id, mdate, COUNT(gtime) FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) WHERE (team1 = 'POL' OR team2 = 'POL') GROUP BY id;
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For every match where 'GER' scored, show matchid, match date and the number of goals scored by 'GER'
SELECT matchid, mdate, COUNT(gtime) FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) WHERE teamid = 'GER' GROUP BY id;
SELECT matchid, mdate, COUNT(gtime) FROM game INNER JOIN goal ON (game.id = goal.matchid) GROUP BY id HAVING teamid = 'GER';
This won't work as the column in the HAVING clause does not reference the column in the GROUP BY clause or the SELECT clause.
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List every match with the goals scored by each team as shown. This will use "CASE WHEN" which has not been explained in any previous exercises.
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You want to find the stadium where player 'Dimitris Salpingidis' scored. Select the JOIN condition to use:
Answer: game JOIN goal ON (id=matchid)
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You JOIN the tables goal and eteam in an SQL statement. Indicate the list of column names that may be used in the SELECT line:
Answer: matchid, teamid, player, gtime, id, teamname, coach
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Select the code which shows players, their team, and the number of goals they scored against Greece (GRE).
SELECT player, teamid, COUNT(*) FROM game JOIN goal ON matchid = id WHERE (team1 = 'GRE' OR team2 = 'GRE') AND teamid != 'GRE' GROUP BY player, teamid;
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List the films where the yr is 1962 [Show id, title]
SELECT id, title FROM movie WHERE yr=1962;
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Give year of 'Citizen Kane'.
SELECT yr FROM movie WHERE title = 'Citizen Kane';
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List all of the Star Trek movies, include the id, title and yr (all of these movies include the words Star Trek in the title). Order results by year.
SELECT id, title, yr FROM movie WHERE title LIKE 'Star Trek%' ORDER BY yr;
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What id number does the actor 'Glenn Close' have?
SELECT id FROM actor WHERE name = 'Glenn Close';
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What is the id of the film 'Casablanca'
SELECT id FROM movie WHERE title = 'Casablanca';
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Obtain the cast list for 'Casablanca'. Use movieid=11768, (or whatever value you got from the previous question)
SELECT name FROM actor INNER JOIN casting ON (actor.id = casting.actorid) WHERE movieid = 11768;
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Obtain the cast list for the film 'Alien'
SELECT name FROM casting INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) INNER JOIN movie ON (casting.movieid = movie.id) WHERE movie.title = 'Alien';
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List the films in which 'Harrison Ford' has appeared
SELECT movie.title FROM casting INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) INNER JOIN movie ON (casting.movieid = movie.id) WHERE actor.name = 'Harrison Ford';
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List the films where 'Harrison Ford' has appeared - but not in the starring role. (Note: the ord field of casting gives the position of the actor. If ord=1 then this actor is in the starring role)
SELECT movie.title FROM casting INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) INNER JOIN movie ON (casting.movieid = movie.id) WHERE (actor.name = 'Harrison Ford') AND (casting.ord <> 1);
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List the films together with the leading star for all 1962 films.
SELECT movie.title, actor.name FROM casting INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) INNER JOIN movie ON (casting.movieid = movie.id) WHERE (ord = 1) AND (yr = 1962);
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Which were the busiest years for 'Rock Hudson', show the year and the number of movies he made each year for any year in which he made more than 2 movies.
SELECT yr, COUNT(title) FROM casting INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) INNER JOIN movie ON (casting.movieid = movie.id) WHERE actor.name = 'Rock Hudson' GROUP BY yr HAVING COUNT(title)>2;
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List the film title and the leading actor for all of the films 'Julie Andrews' played in.
SELECT title, name FROM movie INNER JOIN casting ON (movie.id = casting.movieid) INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) WHERE movieid IN (SELECT movieid FROM casting WHERE actorid IN (SELECT id FROM actor WHERE name = 'Julie Andrews')) AND ord = 1;
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Obtain a list, in alphabetical order, of actors who've had at least 15 starring roles.
SELECT name FROM actor INNER JOIN casting ON (actor.id = casting.actorid) WHERE ord = 1 GROUP BY name HAVING COUNT(movieid)>=15;
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List the films released in the year 1978 ordered by the number of actors in the cast, then by title.
SELECT title, COUNT(actor.id) FROM movie INNER JOIN casting ON (movie.id = casting.movieid) INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) WHERE yr = 1978 GROUP BY movie.id ORDER BY COUNT(actor.id) DESC, title;
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List all the people who have worked with 'Art Garfunkel'.
SELECT name FROM movie INNER JOIN casting ON (movie.id = casting.movieid) INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) WHERE actor.name <> 'Art Garfunkel' AND movieid IN (SELECT movieid FROM casting INNER JOIN actor ON (casting.actorid = actor.id) WHERE actor.name = 'Art Garfunkel');
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Select the statement which lists the unfortunate directors of the movies which have caused financial loses (gross < budget)
SELECT name FROM actor INNER JOIN movie ON actor.id = director WHERE gross < budget
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Select the correct example of JOINing three tables
SELECT * FROM actor JOIN casting ON actor.id = actorid JOIN movie ON movie.id = movieid
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Select the statement that shows the list of actors called 'John' by order of number of movies in which they acted
SELECT name, COUNT(movieid) FROM casting JOIN actor ON actorid=actor.id WHERE name LIKE 'John %' GROUP BY name ORDER BY 2 DESC
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT title FROM movie JOIN casting ON (movieid=movie.id) JOIN actor ON (actorid=actor.id) WHERE name='Paul Hogan' AND ord = 1
Answer: Table-B
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Select the statement that lists all the actors that starred in movies directed by Ridley Scott who has id 351
SELECT name FROM movie JOIN casting ON movie.id = movieid JOIN actor ON actor.id = actorid WHERE ord = 1 AND director = 351
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There are two sensible ways to connect movie and actor. They are:
Answer: link the director column in movies with the primary key in actor, connect the primary keys of movie and actor via the casting table
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT title, yr FROM movie, casting, actor WHERE name='Robert De Niro' AND movieid=movie.id AND actorid=actor.id AND ord = 3
Answer: Table-B
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List the teachers who have NULL for their department.
SELECT name From teacher WHERE dept IS NULL;
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Note the INNER JOIN misses the teachers with no department and the departments with no teacher.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name FROM teacher JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept=dept.id);
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Use a different JOIN so that all teachers are listed.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name FROM teacher LEFT JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id);
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Use a different JOIN so that all departments are listed.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name FROM teacher RIGHT JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id);
- COALESCE: COALESCE takes any number of arguments and returns the first value that is not null.
COALESCE(x,y,z) = x if x is not NULL
COALESCE(x,y,z) = y if x is NULL and y is not NULL
COALESCE(x,y,z) = z if x and y are NULL but z is not NULL
COALESCE(x,y,z) = NULL if x and y and z are all NULL
SELECT name, party
,COALESCE(party,'None') AS aff
FROM msp WHERE name LIKE 'C%';
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Use COALESCE to print the mobile number. Use the number '07986 444 2266' if there is no number given. Show teacher name and mobile number or '07986 444 2266'
SELECT name, COALESCE(mobile,'07986 444 2266') as mobile FROM teacher;
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Use the COALESCE function and a LEFT JOIN to print the teacher name and department name. Use the string 'None' where there is no department.
SELECT teacher.name, COALESCE(dept.name, 'None') as 'dept name' FROM teacher LEFT JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id);
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Use COUNT to show the number of teachers and the number of mobile phones.
SELECT COUNT(name) AS 'teacher count', COUNT(mobile) AS 'mobile count' FROM teacher;
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Use COUNT and GROUP BY dept.name to show each department and the number of staff. Use a RIGHT JOIN to ensure that the Engineering department is listed.
SELECT dept.name, COUNT(teacher.name) FROM teacher RIGHT JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id) GROUP BY dept.name;
- CASE: CASE allows you to return different values under different conditions. If there no conditions match (and there is not ELSE) then NULL is returned.
CASE WHEN condition1 THEN value1 WHEN condition2 THEN value2 ELSE def_value END
SELECT name, population,
CASE WHEN population<1000000
THEN 'small'
WHEN population<10000000
THEN 'medium'
ELSE 'large'
END
FROM bbc
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Use CASE to show the name of each teacher followed by 'Sci' if the teacher is in dept 1 or 2 and 'Art' otherwise.
SELECT teacher.name, CASE WHEN dept.id = 1 THEN 'Sci' WHEN dept.id = 2 THEN 'Sci' ELSE 'Art' END FROM teacher LEFT JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id);
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Use CASE to show the name of each teacher followed by 'Sci' if the teacher is in dept 1 or 2, show 'Art' if the teacher's dept is 3 and 'None' otherwise.
SELECT teacher.name, CASE WHEN dept IN (1,2) THEN 'Sci' WHEN dept = 3 THEN 'Art' ELSE 'None' END FROM teacher LEFT JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id);
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Select the code which uses an outer join correctly.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name FROM teacher LEFT OUTER JOIN dept ON (teacher.dept = dept.id)
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Select the correct statement that shows the name of department which employs Cutflower –
SELECT dept.name FROM teacher JOIN dept ON (dept.id = teacher.dept) WHERE teacher.name = 'Cutflower'
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Select out of following the code which uses a JOIN to show a list of all the departments and number of employed teachers
SELECT dept.name, COUNT(teacher.name) FROM teacher RIGHT JOIN dept ON dept.id = teacher.dept GROUP BY dept.name
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Using SELECT name, dept, COALESCE(dept, 0) AS result FROM teacher on teacher table will:
Answer: display 0 in result column for all teachers without department
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Query:
SELECT name, CASE WHEN phone = 2752 THEN 'two' WHEN phone = 2753 THEN 'three' WHEN phone = 2754 THEN 'four' END AS digit FROM teacher
Answer: 'four' for Throd
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Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT name, CASE WHEN dept IN (1) THEN 'Computing' ELSE 'Other' END FROM teacher
Answer: Table-A
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How many stops are in the database.
SELECT COUNT(id) as 'Stop Count' FROM stops;
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Find the id value for the stop 'Craiglockhart'
SELECT id FROM stops WHERE name = 'Craiglockhart';
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Give the id and the name for the stops on the '4' 'LRT' service.
SELECT id, name FROM stops INNER JOIN route ON (stops.id = route.stop) WHERE num = 4 AND company = 'LRT';
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The query shown gives the number of routes that visit either London Road (149) or Craiglockhart (53). Run the query and notice the two services that link these stops have a count of 2. Add a HAVING clause to restrict the output to these two routes.
SELECT company, num, COUNT(*) FROM route WHERE stop=149 OR stop=53 GROUP BY company, num HAVING COUNT(*) = 2;
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Execute the self join shown and observe that b.stop gives all the places you can get to from Craiglockhart, without changing routes. Change the query so that it shows the services from Craiglockhart to London Road.
SELECT a.company, a.num, a.stop, b.stop FROM route a JOIN route b ON (a.company=b.company AND a.num=b.num) WHERE a.stop=53 AND b.stop=149;
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The query shown is similar to the previous one, however by joining two copies of the stops table we can refer to stops by name rather than by number. Change the query so that the services between 'Craiglockhart' and 'London Road' are shown. If you are tired of these places try 'Fairmilehead' against 'Tollcross'
SELECT a.company, a.num, stopa.name, stopb.name FROM route a JOIN route b ON (a.company=b.company AND a.num=b.num) JOIN stops stopa ON (a.stop=stopa.id) JOIN stops stopb ON (b.stop=stopb.id) WHERE stopa.name='Craiglockhart' AND stopb.name = 'London Road';
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Give a list of all the services which connect stops 115 and 137 ('Haymarket' and 'Leith')
SELECT a.company, a.num FROM route a JOIN route b ON a.num = b.num AND a.company = b.company WHERE a.stop = 115 AND b.stop = 137 GROUP BY num, company;
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Give a list of the services which connect the stops 'Craiglockhart' and 'Tollcross'
SELECT a.company, b.num FROM route a JOIN route b ON a.num = b.num AND a.company = b.company JOIN stops startstop ON a.stop = startstop.id JOIN stops endstop ON b.stop = endstop.id WHERE startstop.name = 'Craiglockhart' AND endstop.name = 'Tollcross';
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Give a distinct list of the stops which may be reached from 'Craiglockhart' by taking one bus, including 'Craiglockhart' itself, offered by the LRT company. Include the company and bus no. of the relevant services.
SELECT endstop.name, a.company, a.num FROM route a JOIN route b ON a.num = b.num AND a.company = b.company JOIN stops startstop ON a.stop = startstop.id JOIN stops endstop ON b.stop = endstop.id WHERE startstop.name = 'Craiglockhart' AND a.company = 'LRT';
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Find the routes involving two buses that can go from Craiglockhart to Lochend. Show the bus no. and company for the first bus, the name of the stop for the transfer, and the bus no. and company for the second bus. Hint: Self-join twice to find buses that visit Craiglockhart and Lochend, then join those on matching stops.
SELECT X.num, X.company, X.name, Y.num, Y.company FROM (SELECT start.num, start.company, transferstop.name FROM route start JOIN route mid ON start.num = mid.num AND start.company = mid.company JOIN stops startstop ON start.stop = startstop.id JOIN stops transferstop ON mid.stop = transferstop.id WHERE startstop.name = 'Craiglockhart') X JOIN (SELECT end.num, end.company, transferstop.name FROM route mid JOIN route end ON mid.num = end.num AND mid.company = end.company JOIN stops transferstop ON mid.stop = transferstop.id JOIN stops endstop ON end.stop = endstop.id WHERE endstop.name = 'LOCHEND') Y ON X.name = Y.name ORDER BY X.num, X.name, Y.num;
-- MAKE SURE YOU DON'T JOIN NUM COMPANY FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUTES AS THE TRANSFER FOR THE SECOND ROUTE WILL ONLY BE LIMITED TO THE NUMBER AND COMPANIES YOU USED ON YOUR FIRST TRIP!
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Select the code that would show it is possible to get from Craiglockhart to Haymarket
SELECT DISTINCT a.name, b.name FROM stops a JOIN route z ON a.id=z.stop JOIN route y ON y.num = z.num JOIN stops b ON y.stop=b.id WHERE a.name='Craiglockhart' AND b.name ='Haymarket';
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Select the code that shows the stops that are on route.num '2A' which can be reached with one bus from Haymarket?
SELECT S2.id, S2.name, R2.company, R2.num FROM stops S1, stops S2, route R1, route R2 WHERE S1.name='Haymarket' AND S1.id=R1.stop AND R1.company=R2.company AND R1.num=R2.num AND R2.stop=S2.id AND R2.num='2A'
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Select the code that shows the services available from Tollcross?
SELECT a.company, a.num, stopa.name, stopb.name FROM route a JOIN route b ON (a.company=b.company AND a.num=b.num) JOIN stops stopa ON (a.stop=stopa.id) JOIN stops stopb ON (b.stop=stopb.id) WHERE stopa.name='Tollcross'