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- The document provides 15 SQL queries related to library and company database schemas - It asks the reader to provide solutions to the queries using appropriate SQL commands like SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, etc. - The solutions should retrieve the required data in 1-2 SQL statements and sometimes provide alternative solutions without using certain commands like NATURAL JOIN

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SQL Exercise

- The document provides 15 SQL queries related to library and company database schemas - It asks the reader to provide solutions to the queries using appropriate SQL commands like SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, etc. - The solutions should retrieve the required data in 1-2 SQL statements and sometimes provide alternative solutions without using certain commands like NATURAL JOIN

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SQL EXERCISE

Practice and practice we can improve our skills.

Retrieve the required information using SQL language.


Part I. Give a database schema for a library management system as the following picture.

1. How many copies of the book titled The Lost Tribe are owned by the library branch whose name is
"Sharpstown"?
2. How many copies of the book titled The Lost Tribe are owned by each library branch?
3. Retrieve the names of all borrowers who do not have any books checked out .
4. For each book that is loaned out from the "Sharpstown" branch and whose DueDate is today, retrieve the
book title, the borrower's name, and the borrower's address.
5. For each library branch, retrieve the branch name and the total number of books loaned out from that
branch.
6. Retrieve the names, addresses, and number of books checked out for all borrowers who have more than
five books checked out.
7. For each book authored (or co-authored) by "Stephen King", retrieve the title and the number of copies
owned by the library branch whose name is "Central"

Part II Give a database schema of a company as the following picture.


8. Retrieve the names of employees in department 5 who work more than 10 hours per week on the
'ProductX' project.
9. For each project, list the project name and the total hours per week (by all employees) spent on that
project.
10. Retrieve the names of employees who work on every project.
11. Retrieve the names of employees who do not work on any project.
12. Find the names and addresses of employees who work on at least one project located in Houston but
whose department has no location in Houston.
13. List the last names of department managers who have no dependents.
14. Find details of those employees whose salary is > the average salary for all employees. Output salary in
descending order.
15. Find details of those employees whose salary is > the average salary for all employees in his/her
department. Output salary in ascending order.

Answer:

- Should not refer to the answer before trying to write down your solutions
- The answer for each question is only one (or two) of the many other solutions

1.
Solution 1:
SELECT bc.No_Of_Copies
FROM BOOK b, BOOK_COPIES bc, LIBRARY_BRANCH bl
WHERE b.BookId = bc.BookId AND
bc.BranchId = bl.BranchId AND
Title='The Lost Tribe' AND BranchName='Sharpstown';

Solution 2:
SELECT No_Of_Copies
FROM ((BOOK NATURAL JOIN BOOK_COPIES ) NATURAL JOIN LIBRARY_BRANCH )
WHERE Title='The Lost Tribe' AND BranchName='Sharpstown';

2. SELECT BranchName, No_Of_Copies


FROM ((BOOK NATURAL JOIN BOOK_COPIES ) NATURAL JOIN LIBRARY_BRANCH )
WHERE Title='The Lost Tribe';

3.
Solution 1:
SELECT Name
FROM BORROWER B
WHERE CardNo NOT IN (SELECT CardNo
FROM BOOK_LOANS );
Solution 2:
SELECT Name
FROM BORROWER B
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM BOOK_LOANS L
WHERE B.CardNo = L.CardNo );

4. SELECT B.Title, R.Name, R.Address


FROM BOOK B, BORROWER R, BOOK_LOANS BL, LIBRARY_BRANCH LB
WHERE LB.BranchName='Sharpstown' AND LB.BranchId=BL.BranchId AND
BL.DueDate='today' AND BL.CardNo=R.CardNo AND BL.BookId=B.BookId

5. SELECT L.BranchName, COUNT(*)


FROM LIBRARY_BRANCH L, BOOK_LOANS BL
WHERE BL.BranchId = L.BranchId
GROUP BY L.BranchName;

6. SELECT B.Name, B.Address, COUNT(*)


FROM BORROWER B, BOOK_LOANS L
WHERE B.CardNo = L.CardNo
GROUP BY B.CardNo, B.Name, B.Address
HAVING COUNT(*) > 5;

7.
Solution 1:
SELECT Title, No_Of_Copies
FROM (((BOOK_AUTHORS NATURAL JOIN BOOK) NATURAL JOIN BOOK_COPIES)
NATURAL JOIN LIBRARY_BRANCH)WHERE Author_Name='Stephen King' AND
BranchName='Central';

Solution 2: Student should write the another solution not using the natural join.

8. SELECT LNAME, FNAME


FROM EMPLOYEE, WORKS_ON, PROJECT
WHERE DNO=5 AND SSN=ESSN AND PNO=PNUMBER AND PNAME='ProductX' AND
HOURS>10;

9. SELECT PNAME, SUM (HOURS)


FROM PROJECT, WORKS_ON
WHERE PNUMBER=PNO
GROUP BY PNAME;

Note: The Group By clause should be replaced as GROUP BY (PNUMBER, PNAME) since there
may be some projects have the same name.

10.
Solution 1:
SELECT E.LNAME, E.FNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE E
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT PNUMBER
FROM PROJECT
WHERE PNUMBER NOT IN (SELECT PNO
FROM WORKS_ON
WHERE ESSN=E.SSN ) );

Solution 2:
SELECT LNAME, FNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT PNUMBER
FROM PROJECT
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM WORKS_ON
WHERE PNUMBER=PNO AND ESSN=SSN ) );

11.
Solution 1:
SELECT LNAME, FNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE SSN NOT IN ( SELECT ESSN
FROM WORKS_ON);

Solution 2:
SELECT LNAME, FNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM WORKS_ON
WHERE ESSN=SSN );

12.
Solution 1:
SELECT LNAME, FNAME, ADDRESS
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM WORKS_ON W, PROJECT P, DEPT_LOCATIONS DL
WHERE W.PNO = P.PNUMBER AND
P.DNUM = DL.DNUM AND
DL.DLOCATION <> ‘Houston’);
Solution 2:
SELECT LNAME, FNAME, ADDRESS
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM WORKS_ON, PROJECT
WHERE SSN=ESSN AND PNO=PNUMBER AND PLOCATION='Houston' )
AND
NOT EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM DEPT_LOCATIONS
WHERE DNO=DNUMBER AND DLOCATION='Houston' );

13.
Solution 1:
SELECT E.LNAME, E.FNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE E, DEPARTMENT D
WHERE E.SSN = D.MRGSSN AND
NOT EXISTS ( SELECT DEPENDENT_NAME
FROM DEPENDENT
WHERE ESSN=E.SSN )

Solution 2:
SELECT LNAME, FNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM DEPARTMENT
WHERE SSN=MGRSSN )
AND
NOT EXISTS ( SELECT *
FROM DEPENDENT
WHERE SSN=ESSN );

14. SELECT *
FROM Employee
WHERE Salary > (SELECT AVG (Salary)
FROM Employee )
ORDER BY Salary DESC;

15.
Solution 1:
SELECT E.*
FROM EMPLOYEE E, (SELECT DNO, AVERAGE(SALARY) AS LTB
FROM EMPLOYEE
GROUP BY DNO) AS A
WHERE E.DNO = A.DNO AND
E.SALARY > LTB;

Solution 2:
SELECT E.*
FROM EMPLOYEE E
WHERE E.SALARY > (SELECT AVERAGE(SALARY)
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE DNO = E.DNO);

Note: if we want to display the average of the salary we should employ the solution 1 and put the “field
name” LTB in the select clause.

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