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Frequently asked basic and advanced Top 80 + SQL Queries Interview Questions and Answers with Examples for Freshers and Experienced Java, PHP, .Net Developers and
DBA in Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server 2008 Database.
For Interview Questions on Advanced SQL Queries go to Page 5 and Page 6 of this article. For detailed
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www.dbainabox.com If the answers are same for Oracle, MySQL and SQL databases, only one query is specified. If the SQL Commands
differ for Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server, specific queries with respect to a database is provided.
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Table Name : Employee
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME SALARY JOINING_DATE DEPARTMENT

1 John Abraham 1000000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Banking
2 Michael Clarke 800000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
3 Roy Thomas 700000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Banking
4 Tom Jose 600000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
5 Jerry Pinto 650000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
6 Philip Mathew 750000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Services
7 TestName1 123 650000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Services
8 TestName2 Lname% 600000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
Table Name : Incentives
EMPLOYEE_REF_ID INCENTIVE_DATE INCENTIVE_AMOUNT

1 01-FEB-13 5000
2 01-FEB-13 3000
3 01-FEB-13 4000
1 01-JAN-13 4500
2 01-JAN-13 3500
SQL Queries Interview Questions and Answers on "SQL Select" - Examples

1. Get all employee details from the employee table
Select * from employee
2. Get First_Name,Last_Name from employee table
Select first_name, Last_Name from employee
3. Get First_Name from employee table using alias name “Employee Name”
Select first_name Employee Name from employee
4. Get First_Name from employee table in upper case
Select upper(FIRST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE
5. Get First_Name from employee table in lower case
Select lower(FIRST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE
6. Get unique DEPARTMENT from employee table
select distinct DEPARTMENT from EMPLOYEE
7. Select first 3 characters of FIRST_NAME from EMPLOYEE
Oracle Equivalent of SQL Server SUBSTRING is SUBSTR, Query : select substr(FIRST_NAME,0,3) from employee
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Oracle Equivalent of SQL Server SUBSTRING is SUBSTR, Query : select substr(FIRST_NAME,0,3) from employee
SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle SUBSTR is SUBSTRING, Query : select substring(FIRST_NAME,0,3) from employee
MySQL Server Equivalent of Oracle SUBSTR is SUBSTRING. In MySQL start position is 1, Query : select substring(FIRST_NAME,1,3) from employee
8. Get position of 'o' in name 'John' from employee table
Oracle Equivalent of SQL Server CHARINDEX is INSTR, Query : Select instr(FIRST_NAME,'o') from employee where first_name = 'John'
SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle INSTR is CHARINDEX, Query: Select CHARINDEX('o',FIRST_NAME,0) from employee where first_name = 'John'
MySQL Server Equivalent of Oracle INSTR is LOCATE, Query: Select LOCATE('o',FIRST_NAME) from employee where first_name = 'John'
9. Get FIRST_NAME from employee table after removing white spaces from right side
select RTRIM(FIRST_NAME) from employee
10. Get FIRST_NAME from employee table after removing white spaces from left side
select LTRIM(FIRST_NAME) from employee
11. Get length of FIRST_NAME from employee table
Oracle,MYSQL Equivalent of SQL Server Len is Length , Query :select length(FIRST_NAME) from employee
SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle,MYSQL Length is Len, Query :select len(FIRST_NAME) from employee
12. Get First_Name from employee table after replacing 'o' with '$'
select REPLACE(FIRST_NAME,'o','$') from employee
13. Get First_Name and Last_Name as single column from employee table separated by a '_'
Oracle Equivalent of MySQL concat is '||', Query : Select FIRST_NAME|| '_' ||LAST_NAME from EMPLOYEE
SQL Server Equivalent of MySQL concat is '+', Query : Select FIRST_NAME + '_' +LAST_NAME from EMPLOYEE
MySQL Equivalent of Oracle '||' is concat, Query : Select concat(FIRST_NAME,'_',LAST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE
14. Get FIRST_NAME ,Joining year,Joining Month and Joining Date from employee table
SQL Queries in Oracle, Select FIRST_NAME, to_char(joining_date,'YYYY') JoinYear , to_char(joining_date,'Mon'), to_char(joining_date,'dd') from EMPLOYEE
SQL Queries in SQL Server, select SUBSTRING (convert(varchar,joining_date,103),7,4) , SUBSTRING (convert(varchar,joining_date,100),1,3) , SUBSTRING (convert(varchar,joining_date,100),5,2) from EMPLOYEE
SQL Queries in MySQL, select year(joining_date),month(joining_date), DAY(joining_date) from EMPLOYEE
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Table Name : Employee

EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME SALARY JOINING_DATE DEPARTMENT

Table Name : Incentives

EMPLOYEE_REF_ID INCENTIVE_DATE INCENTIVE_AMOUNT

SQL Queries Interview Questions and Answers on "SQL Select" - Examples

Select * from employee

2. Get First_Name,Last_Name from employee table

Select first_name, Last_Name from employee

Select first_name Employee Name from employee

4. Get First_Name from employee table in upper case

Select upper(FIRST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE

5. Get First_Name from employee table in lower case

Select lower(FIRST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE

6. Get unique DEPARTMENT from employee table

select distinct DEPARTMENT from EMPLOYEE

7. Select first 3 characters of FIRST_NAME from EMPLOYEE

8. Get position of 'o' in name 'John' from employee table

select RTRIM(FIRST_NAME) from employee

select LTRIM(FIRST_NAME) from employee

11. Get length of FIRST_NAME from employee table

select REPLACE(FIRST_NAME,'o','$') from employee

SQL Queries in MySQL, select year(joining_date),month(joining_date), DAY(joining_date) from EMPLOYEE

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