Basic SQL Queries

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Table of Content
1. Environment Setup

2. SQL Queries
2.1 Get all columns and all rows from table
2.2 Get desired columns and all rows from table
2.3 Get all columns from table where column name is equal to xxx
2.4 Get all columns from table where column name between xxx and xxx
2.5 Get all rows from table where column name is aaa,bbb,xxx
2.6 Get all rows from table where column name starts with 'x' letter
2.7 Get all rows from table where column name ends with 'x' letter
2.8 Get all rows from table where column name starts with 'x/z' letter
2.9 Get all rows from table where column name does not start with 'x/z' letter
2.10 Get single column with a combination of two columns and all rows from table
2.11 Get all rows from table where column name is not containing null values
2.12 Get all rows from table in descending order of column name
2.13 Get all rows from table in ascending order of column name
2.14 Get unique rows from table based on column name
2.15 Get top 5 rows from table name
2.16 Get maximum column value from table by column name
2.17 Get maximum column value from table by column name using COMPUTE
2.18 Get even row from table 'Product'
2.19 Get odd row from table 'Product'
2.20 Count number of records in a 'Product' table
2.21 List all the categories with products (Inner Join)
2.22 List all rows from category, with products (Left Join)
2.23 List all the rows from products (Right Join)
2.24 List all the rows from the category table and product table (Full Join)
2.25 Get average value of price from product table
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2.26 Get number of products from product table
2.27 Get Maximum price of product from product table
2.28 Get minimum price of product from product table
2.29 Get total number of qty of products from product table
2.30 Get all product name is in upper case from product table
2.31 Get all product name is in lower case from product table
2.32 List all columns of all tables in a database
2.33 List all tables which have column name like 'CategoryId'
2.34 List number of records in each table in a database
2.35 List all tables in a database
2.36 List all procedures from a database
2.37 List all tables in all databases
2.38 List all Stored Procedures in All Databases
2.39 List sizes of all tables in a database
2.40 List sizes of all database files
2.41 Generate xsd of a table without data
2.42 Generate xsd of a table with data

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1. Environment Setup

Follow the following steps in your sql server before you execute all the queries available in this
book.

Step 1: Create a database named ‘ProductDb’

Right click on databases and select ‘New Database…’ option.

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Insert database name as ‘ProductDb’ and press ok button.

Step 2: Create a table ‘Category’

Right click on tables and select ‘New Table…’.

Add CategoryId of type bigint and CategoryName of type varchar with the size of 50.

Now set primary key on the column ‘CategoryId’.

Right click on the field ‘CategoryId’ and select ‘Set Primary Key’.

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Now set identity specification in column properties of ‘CategoryId’ column.

Press ctrl + s to save the table. Give name ‘Category’

Now you can see the table ‘Category’ under the ‘Tables’ Folder.

Now follow the above steps once again and create one more table ‘Product’.

The proposed schema for product table follows is as follows:

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After creating product table set foreign key relation between ‘CategoryId’ of Category table and
‘CategoryId’ of Product table.

Now our database diagram looks like this:

Now insert some data in both the tables by executing following query:

First insert into ‘Category’ table:

INSERT INTO Category (CategoryName) VALUES ('Stationery')

INSERT INTO Category (CategoryName) VALUES ('Computer')

Now your ‘Category’ table contains following data:

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Now insert few records into ‘Product’ table:

INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (1,'Pen',10,15,'Good pen for exam')

INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (1,'Pencil',100,5,'Good pencil for
drawing')
INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (1,'Notebook',50,25,'Notebook for
primary students')
INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (1,'Fullscape',200,15,'Fullscape for
higer secondary students')
INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (1,'Eraser',1000,1.50,'Eraser for KG
Students')
INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (2,'Mouse',20,200,'USB 2.0 Mouse')
INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (2,'Keyboard',20,250,'USB 3.0
Keyboard')
INSERT INTO Product (CategoryId,ProductName,Qty,Price,Description) VALUES (2,'USB Stick',1000,450,'4 GB
Pendrives')

Now ‘Product’ table contains following data:

2. Sql Queries

2.1: Get all columns and all rows from ‘Product’ table

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product

Result:

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 ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description
1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 Fullscape for higer secondary students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

It feteches all the records available in the product table. ‘*’ is used in conjuction with query to fetch all
the columns value.

Note: ‘*’ can be replaced with column names if only speicific columns need to be shown.

2.2: Get Column with their respective values from the table.

Query:

SELECT ProductName, Qty, Price FROM Product

Result:

ProductName Qty Price

Pen 10 15
Pencil 100 5
Notebook 50 25
Fullscape 200 15
Eraser 1000 1.5
Mouse 20 200
Keyboard 20 250
USB Stick 1000 450
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Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches columns value from product table and columns are seperated by comma operator. Here you
are not using *, as you want to fetch only specific columns.

2.3: Get all columns from ‘Product’ table with where clause.

‘ProductId’ is equal to 2

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductId=2

Result:

ProductNam
ProductId CategoryId e Qty Price Description
Good pencil for
2 1 Pencil 100 5 drawing

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches record from product table where ProductId = 2.

In the above query, where clause is used to specify condition. E.g

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductId=2

Hence, Only those records will be displayed whose productid = 2.

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2.4: Get all columns from ‘Product’ table using Between Operator.

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductId Between 4 and 8

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

4 1 Fullscape 200 15 Fullscape for higer secondary students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(5 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from the product table where productid ranges between 4 and 8.

For this purpose BETWEEN operator is used in conjuction with WHERE clause.

Note: BETWEEN operator can’t be used without WHERE clause.

2.5: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table where ProductName is Mouse,Keyboard,USB Stick

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductName in ('Mouse','Keyboard','USB Stick')

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

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Messages:

(3 row(s) affected)

Description:

It feteches the records from the product table where productname could be any of the names
specified in ‘in clause’ For e.g.

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductName in ('Mouse','Keyboard','USB Stick')

It fetches those rows from the table where ProductName could be either Mouse or Keyboard or
USB Stick.

Hence, IN clause is used to specify more than one choices/options in conjuction with WHERE
clause.

2.6: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table where the name starts with ‘K’ letter.

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductName Like 'K%'

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from the product table where ProductName starts with K.

For this purpose, LIKE operator is used to define the pattern.

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Few LIKE Patterns:

LIKE ‘K%’ : ProductName starts with K.

LIKE ‘%K’ : ProductName ends with K.

NO NEED OF THIS QUERY

2.7: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table where the name ends with ‘K’ letter.

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductName Like '%K'

Result:

ProductNa
ProductId CategoryId me Qty Price Description
Notebook for primary
3 1 Notebook 50 25 students
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

2.8: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table where the name starts with ‘E/F’ letter.

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductName Like '[EF]%'

Result:

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 ProductNam
ProductId CategoryId e Qty Price Description
Fullscape for higer secondary
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from the product table where ProductName start with either ‘E’ or ‘F’.

2.9: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table where the name not starts with ‘E/F’ letter.

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE ProductName Like '[^EF]%'

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(6 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from the product table where ProductName doesn’t start with either ‘E’ or ‘F’.

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2.10: Get single column with a combination of Product and Qty added together with a space from
Product’ table

Query:

SELECT (ProductName + SPACE(1) + CONVERT(VARCHAR,Qty)) AS ProductWithQty FROM Product

Result:

ProductWithQty
Pen 10
Pencil 100
Notebook 50
Fullscape 200
Eraser 1000
Mouse 20
Keyboard 20
USB Stick 1000

Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches ProductName with Quantity have space between them.

In this query, Additonal data i.e SPACE(1) is added to add space between ProductName and
ProductQty. So additional data can be added within the select query using ‘+’ operator.

2.11: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table where ProductName column is not containing null values

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product WHERE Description IS NOT NULL

Result:

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 ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description
1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 Fullscape for higer secondary students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(7 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from the Product database where Description is not null.

In some cases data could remain NULL, so in order to find out only those records which are not
null ‘IS NOT NULL’ clause is used in conjunction with WHERE clause/condition.

2.12: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table in descending order of ProductId

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product ORDER BY ProductId DESC

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
Fullscape for higer secondary
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam

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Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from Product table in Descending order.

Note: Ascending order is by default.

2.13: Get all rows from ‘Product’ table in ascending order of ProductId

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product ORDER BY ProductId

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 Fullscape for higer secondary students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches records from Product table in ascending order.

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2.14: Get Unique row from ‘Product’ table based on CategoryId

Query:

SELECT DISTINCT CategoryId FROM Product

Result:

CategoryId
1
2

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches unique records from Product table based on CategoryId.

2.15: Get top 5 Rows from ‘Product’ table

Query:

SELECT Top 5 * FROM Product

Result:

ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 Fullscape for higer secondary students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students

Messages:

(5 row(s) affected)

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Description:

It fetches top 5 rows from the Product table.

Hence, TOP n statement is used to fetch top n rows from the table.

2.16: Get maximum value Of ProductId from ‘Product’ table

Query:

SELECT MAX(ProductId) FROM Product

Result:

(No column
name)
8

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches the row from Product table having maximum value.

In this case ProductId is passed in MAX() function, so returns the row having maximum value of
ProductId.

2.17: Get maximum value Of Qty from ‘Product’ table

Query:

SELECT * FROM Product COMPUTE MAX(Qty)

Result:

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 ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description
1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
3 1 Notebook 50 25 Notebook for primary students
Fullscape for higer secondary
4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives

max
1000

Messages:

(9 row(s) affected)

Description:

2.18: Get even row from table 'Product'

Query:

SELECT Temp.* FROM

(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ProductId) AS row_num,
Product.* FROM Product) Temp
WHERE ((Temp.row_num) % 2) = 0

Result:

row_num ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

2 2 1 Pencil 100 5 Good pencil for drawing
Fullscape for higer secondary
4 4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
6 6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
100
8 8 2 USB Stick 0 450 4 GB Pendrives

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Messages:

(4 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches out even rows from the Product table.

2.19: Get odd row from table 'Product'

Query:

SELECT Temp.* FROM

(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ProductId) AS row_num,
Product.* FROM Product) Temp
WHERE ((Temp.row_num) % 2) = 1

Result:

row_num ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

1 1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
Notebook for primary
3 3 1 Notebook 50 25 students
5 5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Eraser for KG Students
7 7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard

Messages:

(4 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches out odd rows from Product table.

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2.20: Count number of records in a 'Product' table

Query:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS RecordCount FROM Product

Result:

RecordCount
8

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

It fetches total number of records available in Product table.

2.21: List all the categories with products (Inner Join)

Query:

SELECT * FROM Category

INNER JOIN Product
ON Category.CategoryId = Product.CategoryId

Result:

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 CategoryI CategoryNam ProductI CategoryI ProductNam
d e d d e Qty Price Description
Good pen for
1 Stationery 1 1 Pen 10 15 exam
Good pencil for
1 Stationery 2 1 Pencil 100 5 drawing
Notebook for
primary
1 Stationery 3 1 Notebook 50 25 students
Fullscape for
higer secondary
1 Stationery 4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
100 Eraser for KG
1 Stationery 5 1 Eraser 0 1.5 Students
2 Computer 6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
USB 3.0
2 Computer 7 2 Keyboard 20 250 Keyboard
100
2 Computer 8 2 USB Stick 0 450 4 GB Pendrives

Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

The INNER JOIN keyword returns rows when there is at least one match in both tables. If there are rows
in "Product" that do not have matches in "Category", those rows will NOT be listed.

Inner join creates a new result table by combining column values of two tables (A and B) based upon the
join-predicate. The query compares each row of A with each row of B to find all pairs of rows which
satisfy the join-clause.

The "explicit join notation" uses the JOIN keyword to specify the table to join, and the ON keyword to
specify the predicates for the join, as in the following example:

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SELECT * FROM Category
INNER JOIN Product
ON Category.CategoryId = Product.CategoryId

The following example is equivalent to the previous one, but this time using implicit join notation:

SELECT * FROM Category,Product

WHERE Category.CategoryId = Product.CategoryId

2.22: List all rows from category, even if there are no matches in the product table (Left Join)

Query:

SELECT * FROM Category

LEFT JOIN Product
ON Category.CategoryId = Product.CategoryId

Result:

CategoryId CategoryName ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price

Description
Good pen for
1 Stationery 1 1 Pen 10 15 exam
Good pencil for
1 Stationery 2 1 Pencil 100 5 drawing
Notebook for
primary
1 Stationery 3 1 Notebook 50 25 students
Fullscape for
higer
secondary
1 Stationery 4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
Eraser for KG
1 Stationery 5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Students
2 Computer 6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
USB 3.0
2 Computer 7 2 Keyboard 20 250 Keyboard
2 Computer 8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives
3 Mobile NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL
4 Tablet NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL

Messages:

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(10 row(s) affected)

Description:

The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the left table (Category), even if there are no matches in
the right table (Product).

This means that if the ON clause matches 0 (zero) records in Table B (for a given record in Table A), the
join will still return a row in the result (for that record)—but with NULL in each column from Table B.

2.23: List all the rows from product, even if there are no matches in the category table (Right Join)

Query:

SELECT * FROM Category

RIGHT JOIN Product
ON Category.CategoryId = Product.CategoryId

Result:

CategoryId CategoryName ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price Description

1 Stationery 1 1 Pen 10 15 Good pen for exam
Good pencil for
1 Stationery 2 1 Pencil 100 5 drawing
Notebook for
1 Stationery 3 1 Notebook 50 25 primary students
Fullscape for higer
1 Stationery 4 1 Fullscape 200 15 secondary students
Eraser for KG
1 Stationery 5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Students
2 Computer 6 2 Mouse 20 200 USB 2.0 Mouse
2 Computer 7 2 Keyboard 20 250 USB 3.0 Keyboard
2 Computer 8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 4 GB Pendrives
NULL NULL 9 0 Table 10 1500 Computer Table
NULL NULL 10 0 Chair 10 500 Chair

Messages:

(10 row(s) affected)

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Description:

The RIGHT JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the right table (Product), even if there are no matches
in the left table (Category).

2.24: List all the rows from the category table and all the rows from the product table (Full Join)

Query:

SELECT * FROM Category

FULL JOIN Product
ON Category.CategoryId = Product.CategoryId

Result:

CategoryId CategoryName ProductId CategoryId ProductName Qty Price

Description
Good pen for
1 Stationery 1 1 Pen 10 15 exam
Good pencil
1 Stationery 2 1 Pencil 100 5 for drawing
Notebook for
primary
1 Stationery 3 1 Notebook 50 25 students
Fullscape for
higer
secondary
1 Stationery 4 1 Fullscape 200 15 students
Eraser for KG
1 Stationery 5 1 Eraser 1000 1.5 Students
USB 2.0
2 Computer 6 2 Mouse 20 200 Mouse
USB 3.0
2 Computer 7 2 Keyboard 20 250 Keyboard
4 GB
2 Computer 8 2 USB Stick 1000 450 Pendrives
3 Mobile NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL
4 Tablet NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL
Computer
NULL NULL 9 0 Table 10 1500 Table
NULL NULL 10 0 Chair 10 500 Chair

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Messages:
(12 row(s) affected)

Description:

The FULL JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the left table (Category), and all the rows from the right
table (Product). If there are rows in "Category" that do not have matches in "Product", or if there are
rows in "Product" that do not have matches in "Category", those rows will be listed as well.

2.25: Get average value of price from product table

Query:

SELECT AVG(Price) AS PriceAverage FROM Product

Result:

PriceAverage
296.15

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

2.26: Get number of products from product table

Query:

SELECT COUNT(ProductName) AS NoOfProducts FROM Product

Result:

NoOfProducts
10

Messages:

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(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

2.27: Get Maximum price of product from product table

Query:

SELECT MAX(Price) AS MaximumPrice FROM Product

Result:

MaximumPrice
1500

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

The MAX() function returns the maximum value of the selected column.

2.28: Get minimum price of product from product table

Query:

SELECT MIN(Price) AS MinimumPrice FROM Product

Result:

MinimumPrice
1.5

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

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The MIN() function returns the smallest value of the selected column.

2.29: Get total number of qty of products from product table

Query:

SELECT SUM(Qty) AS TotalProducts FROM Product

Result:

TotalProducts
2420

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

The SUM() function returns the total sum of a numeric column.

2.30: Get all product name is in upper case from product table

Query:

SELECT UPPER(ProductName) AS PRODUCTS FROM Product

Result:

PRODUCTS
PEN
PENCIL
NOTEBOOK
FULLSCAPE
ERASER
MOUSE
KEYBOARD
USB STICK
TABLE
CHAIR
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Messages:

(10 row(s) affected)

Description:

Returns a character expression after converting character data to Uppercase.

2.31: Get all product name is in lower case from product table

Query:

SELECT LOWER(ProductName) AS products FROM Product

Result:

Products
pen
pencil
notebook
fullscape
eraser
mouse
keyboard
usb stick
table
chair

Messages:

(10 row(s) affected)

Description:

Returns a character expression after converting character data to lowercase.

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2.32: List all columns of all tables in a database

Query:

SELECT sys.objects.name AS TableName,sys.columns.name AS ColumnName

FROM sys.columns
INNER JOIN sys.objects
ON sys.columns.object_id=sys.objects.object_id
and type_desc = 'USER_TABLE'
ORDER BY sys.objects.name,sys.columns.column_id

Result:

TableName ColumnName
Category CategoryId
Category CategoryName
Product ProductId
Product CategoryId
Product ProductName
Product Qty
Product Price
Product Description

Messages:

(8 row(s) affected)

Description:

It pulls out all the columns of all the tables of the active/current working database. In order to
achieve this sys.columns table is used, as it is a system table (prefixed with sys).

* You can check rest of the fields/columns available in sys.columns table using the following
query

Select * from sys.columns

These queries could be useful for DBA’s or programmers to create scripts etc.

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2.33: List all tables which have column name like 'CategoryId'

Query:

SELECT
sys.tables.name AS table_name,
SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) AS schema_name,
sys.columns.name AS column_name
FROM sys.tables
INNER JOIN sys.columns
ON sys.tables.OBJECT_ID = sys.columns.OBJECT_ID
WHERE sys.columns.name LIKE '%CategoryId%'
ORDER BY schema_name, table_name

Result:

table_name schema_name column_name

Category Dbo CategoryId
Product Dbo CategoryId

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It pulls out records from sys.tables having column ‘CategoryId’ available in any of the tables for the
current working database.

Like sys.columns, sys.tables is also a system table and provide meaningful information about the
tables.

2.34: List number of records in each table in a database

Query:

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DECLARE @DSql VARCHAR(MAX)

SELECT @DSql =
COALESCE(@DSql + CHAR(13) + ' UNION ALL ' + CHAR(13), '') +
'SELECT ' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME,'''') + ' as [Table Name], COUNT(*) AS [Records Count]
FROM ' + QUOTENAME(Table_schema) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME)
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
ORDER BY TABLE_NAME

EXEC( @DSql)

Result:

Table Name Records Count

Category 2

Product 8

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It pulls out total number of records available for each table in the current working database.

2.35: List all tables in a database

Query:

SELECT Table_Schema AS [Table Schema], Table_Name AS [Table Name]

FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables

Result:

Table
Table Schema Name
Dbo Category
Dbo Product

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(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It lists out all the tables created under the active working database.

2.36: List all procedures from a database

Query:

SELECT name,create_date, modify_date FROM sys.procedures

Result:

Name create_date modify_date

CategorySelectData 2012-12-09 15:48:02.513 2012-12-09 15:48:02.513

ProductSelectData 2012-12-09 15:48:17.960 2012-12-09 15:48:17.960

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It lists out procedures created under active working database.

Again helpful for DBA’s (Database Administrator) and programmers to keep track of number of
procedures made along with meaningful details like createddate, last modified date.

2.37: List all tables in all databases

Query:

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CREATE TABLE #Temp
(
DBName sysname,
TableSchema sysname,
TableName sysname
)
DECLARE @DSql NVARCHAR(MAX)

SELECT @DSql = COALESCE(@DSql,'') + '

INSERT INTO #temp
SELECT ' + QUOTENAME(name,'''') + ' as [DB Name], [Table_Schema] as [Table Schema],
[Table_Name] as [Table Name]
FROM ' + QUOTENAME(Name) + '.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables;'
FROM sys.databases
ORDER BY name

EXECUTE(@DSql)

SELECT * FROM #temp

DROP TABLE #temp

Result:

DBName TableSchema TableName

Master dbo spt_fallback_db
Master dbo spt_fallback_dev
Master dbo spt_fallback_usg
Master dbo spt_monitor
Master dbo spt_values
Master dbo MSreplication_options
Msdb dbo sysutility_ucp_volume_powershell_path
Msdb dbo syspolicy_policy_execution_history
Msdb dbo syspolicy_policies_internal
Msdb dbo sysutility_ucp_instance_policies
Msdb dbo Sysproxies
.....

Messages:

(6 row(s) affected)

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(0 row(s) affected)
.....

Description:

It lists out all the tables of all the databases.

Hence, sys.databases is used in the query to list out the details.

2.38: List all Stored Procedures in All Databases

Query:

CREATE TABLE #Temp

(
DBName SYSNAME,
SPName SYSNAME,
create_date DATETIME,
modify_date DATETIME
)

DECLARE @DSql NVARCHAR(MAX)

SET @DSql = ''
SELECT @DSql = @DSql + ' INSERT INTO #Temp
SELECT ' + QUOTENAME(name, '''') + ', name, create_date, modify_date
FROM ' + QUOTENAME(name) + '.sys.procedures' from sys.databases

EXECUTE (@DSql)

SELECT * FROM #Temp ORDER BY DBName, SPName

DROP TABLE #temp

Result:

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 DBName SPName create_date modify_date
master sp_MScleanupmergepublisher 2012-08-23 00:10:07.397 2012-08-23 00:10:07.440

master sp_MSrepl_startup 2012-08-23 00:10:07.327 2012-08-23 00:10:07.367

msdb sp_add_alert 2012-08-23 00:09:37.657 2012-08-23 00:10:01.290

msdb sp_add_alert_internal 2012-08-23 00:09:37.470 2012-08-23 00:10:01.283

msdb sp_add_category 2012-08-23 00:09:33.243 2012-08-23 00:10:00.810

msdb sp_add_dtscategory 2012-08-23 00:09:39.220 2012-08-23 00:10:02.000

msdb sp_add_dtspackage 2012-08-23 00:09:39.163 2012-08-23 00:10:01.960

msdb sp_add_job 2012-08-23 00:09:35.800 2012-08-23 00:10:01.090

master sp_MScleanupmergepublisher 2012-08-23 00:10:07.397 2012-08-23 00:10:07.440

......

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

(0 row(s) affected)
.....

Description:

It lists out all the procedures for all the databases.

2.39: List sizes of all tables in a database

Query:

CREATE TABLE #Temp

(
TableName SYSNAME,
ROWS BIGINT,
reserved VARCHAR(100),
data VARCHAR(100),
index_size VARCHAR(100),
unused VARCHAR(100)
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DECLARE @DSql VARCHAR(MAX)

SELECT @DSql = COALESCE(@DSql,'') + '
INSERT INTO #Temp execute sp_spaceused ' + QUOTENAME(Table_Name,'''') FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES

EXECUTE (@DSql)

SELECT * FROM #Temp ORDER BY TableName

Result:

TableName ROWS reserved Data index_size unused

Category 2 16 KB 8 KB 8 KB 0 KB
24
Product 8 32 KB KB 8 KB 0 KB

Messages:

(2 row(s) affected)

Description:

It displays sizes of all tables under the current working database.

Hence, INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES is used in the query to extract the information.

2.40: List sizes of all database files

Query:

CREATE TABLE #Temp

(
DBName SYSNAME,
FILENAME VARCHAR(MAX),
PhysicalName VARCHAR(MAX),
Size DECIMAL(12,2)
)

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DECLARE @DSql NVARCHAR(MAX)
SET @DSql = ''
SELECT @DSql = @DSql + 'USE' + QUOTENAME(name) + '
INSERT INTO #Temp
SELECT ' + QUOTENAME(name,'''') + ', Name,
Physical_Name, size/1024.0 from sys.database_files'
FROM sys.databases
EXECUTE (@DSql)

SELECT * FROM #Temp ORDER BY DBName, FileName

DROP TABLE #Temp

Result:

DBName FILENAME PhysicalName Size

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\master.m
master master df 0.5
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ld
master mastlog f 0.13
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\model.md
model modeldev f 0.16
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\modellog.
model modellog ldf 0.06
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\MSDBDat
msdb MSDBData a.mdf 1.84
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\MSDBLog.
msdb MSDBLog ldf 0.77
ProductDb ProductDb E:\Webinar\SqlBook\ProductDb.mdf 0.25
ProductDb ProductDb_log E:\Webinar\SqlBook\ProductDb_log.ldf 0.13
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\ReportSer
ReportServer ReportServer ver.mdf 0.53
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\ReportSer
ReportServer ReportServer_log ver_log.LDF 0.09
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ReportServerTe ReportServerTemp Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\ReportSer
mpDB DB verTempDB.mdf 0.28
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
ReportServerTe ReportServerTemp Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\ReportSer
mpDB DB_log verTempDB_log.LDF 0.09
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\tempdb.m
tempdb tempdev df 1
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10_50.SQL2008\MSSQL\DATA\templog.l
tempdb templog df 0.09

Messages:

(14 row(s) affected)

Description:

It lists out the sizes of all database files.

These files have extension (.ldf) and can be found at following location

C:\Program Files\....

2.41: Generate xsd of a table without data

Query:

DECLARE @myXsd XML

SET @myXsd = (SELECT TOP 0 * FROM Category FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS,
XMLSCHEMA('myTargetNamespace'))
SET @myXsd.modify('delete /xs:schema[1]/@targetNamespace')

SELECT @myXsd

Result:

<xsd:schema xmlns:schema="myTargetNamespace" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

xmlns:sqltypes="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes"
elementFormDefault="qualified">

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 <xsd:import namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes"
schemaLocation="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes/sqltypes.xsd"
/>
<xsd:element name="Category">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="CategoryId" type="sqltypes:bigint" />
<xsd:element name="CategoryName" minOccurs="0">
<xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:restriction base="sqltypes:varchar" sqltypes:localeId="1033"
sqltypes:sqlCompareOptions="IgnoreCase IgnoreKanaType IgnoreWidth"
sqltypes:sqlSortId="52">
<xsd:maxLength value="50" />
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

Description:

2.42: Generate xsd of a table with data

Query:

DECLARE @XsdSchema XML

SET @XsdSchema = (SELECT * FROM Category FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS,

XMLSCHEMA('TestXsdSchema'))

SELECT @XsdSchema

Result:

<xsd:schema xmlns:schema="TestXsdSchema" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

xmlns:sqltypes="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes"
targetNamespace="TestXsdSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">

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 <xsd:import namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes"
schemaLocation="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/sqltypes/sqltypes.xsd"
/>
<xsd:element name="Category">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="CategoryId" type="sqltypes:bigint" />
<xsd:element name="CategoryName" minOccurs="0">
<xsd:simpleType>
<xsd:restriction base="sqltypes:varchar" sqltypes:localeId="1033"
sqltypes:sqlCompareOptions="IgnoreCase IgnoreKanaType IgnoreWidth"
sqltypes:sqlSortId="52">
<xsd:maxLength value="50" />
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>
<Category xmlns="TestXsdSchema">
<CategoryId>1</CategoryId>
<CategoryName>Stationery</CategoryName>
</Category>
<Category xmlns="TestXsdSchema">
<CategoryId>2</CategoryId>
<CategoryName>Computer</CategoryName>
</Category>

Messages:

(1 row(s) affected)

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