Sub

query(queries)
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are getting more salary than
the avg(sal) from emp?
Ans: SQL> select ename, sal from emp where sal>(select avg(sal) from emp);
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are working in sales
department from emp, dept tables.?
Ans: SQL> select ename from emp where deptno=(select deptno from dept
where dname=‟SALES‟);
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are working in “SMITH”
department number from emp table?
Ans: SQL> select ename from emp where deptno=(select deptno from emp
where ename=‟SMITH‟);
Q) Write a query to display senior most employee details from emp table?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where hiredate=(select min(hiredate) from emp);
Q) Write a query to display highest sal details emp table?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where sal=(select max (sal) from emp);
Q) Write a query to display highest paid emp department, dname from emp,
dept tables?
Ans: SQL> select dname from dept where deptno=(select deptno from emp
where sal=(select sal(max) from emp));
Q) Write a query to display second max(sal) from emp table?
Ans: SQL> select max(sal) from emp where sal select * from emp where
sal=(select max(sal) from emp where sal.
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are working under „BLAKE‟
from emp table using „empno, mgr‟ columns ?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where mgr= (select empno from emp where
ename=‟BLAKE‟);
Q) Write a query to display lowest average salary job from emp tables?
Ans: SQL> select job, avg(sal) from emp group by job having avg(sal)=(select
min(avg(sal)) from emp);
Q) Write a query to display lowest average salary job from emp table where
deptno less than 30?
Ans: SQL> select deptno, min(sal) from emp group by deptno having
min(sal)>(select min(sal) from emp where deptno= 30);
Q) Write a query to display job, avg(sal) of the employees whose job avg(sal)
more than the clerk‟s job avg(sal) from emp table?
Ans: SQL> select avg(sal), job from emp group by job having avg(sal) >(select
avg(sal) from emp where job=‟CLERK‟)
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are working sales department
from emp, dept tables?
Ans: SQL> select ename, dname from emp e, dept d where e.deptno=d.deptno
and d.deptno=(select deptno from dept where dname=‟SALES‟)
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are getting more salary than
the „BLAKE‟ salary from emp table?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where sal> (select sal from emp where
ename=‟BLAKE‟)
MULTIPLE ROW SUB QUERY‟S:
Q) Write a query to display the employee details who are getting max(sal) in
each department from emp table?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where sal= (select max(sal) from emp group by
deptno);
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are working in sales or
research department from emp, dept?
Ans: SQL> select ename, deptno from emp where deptno in(select deptno
from dept where dname=‟SALES‟ or dname=‟RESEARCH‟);
Q) Write a query to display the employees who are working as “supervisors”
(managers) from emp table using empno, mgr?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where empno in(select mgr from emp);
 Q) Write a query to display the employees who are not working as
“supervisors” (managers) from emp using empno, mgr?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where empno not in(select nvl(mgr,0) from emp);
TOP N Analysis:
1. Inline view
2. Rownum
Q) Write a query to display first row from emp table using rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum=1;
Q) Write a query to display second row from emp table using rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum=2; No rows selected Generally,
rownum doesn‟t work with more than “1” +ve integer, i.e., it works with <=
operators.
Q) Write a query to display first five rows from emp table using rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum<=5;
Q) Write a query to display first five highest salary employees from emp using
rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from( select * from emp order by sal desc) where
rownum<=5;
Q) Write a query to display 5th highest salary employee from emp table using
rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from(select * from emp order by sal desc) where
rownum=5 minus select * from(select * from emp order by sal desc) where
rownum<=4;
Q) Write a query to display rows between 1 to 5 from emp table using
“Rownum”?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum between 1 and 5;
Q) Write a query to display rows between to 5 to 9 from table?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum between 5 and 9; No rows
selected Solution: SQL> select * from emp where rownum <=9 minus select *
from emp where rownum<=5;
Q) Write a query to display second record from emp using rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum<=2 minus select * from emp
where rownum<=1;
Q) Write a query to display last two records from emp table using rownum?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rownum<=14
Minus
select * from emp where rownum<=12;
Solution: SQL> select * from emp minus select * from emp where
rownum<=(select count(*)-2 from emp);
SQL> select * from emp where rownum>1;
No rows selected
SQL> select * from emp where rownum>=1;
Q) Write a query to display second record from emp table using “rownum”
alias name?
Ans: SQL> select * from(select rownum r, ename, job, sal from emp) where
r=2;
Q) Write a query to display second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth rows from emp
table using rownum alias name?
Ans: SQL> select * from (select rownum r, e.* from emp e) where r
in(2,3,5,7,8);
Q) Write a query to display records from 5 to 9 from emp table using rownum
alias name?
Ans: SQL> select * from(select rownum r, emp.* from emp) where r between
5 and 9;
Q) Write a query to display first and last records from emp table using rownum
alias name?
Ans: SQL> select * from(select rownum r, emp.* from emp) where r=1 or
r=(select count(*) from emp);
Q) Write a query to display even number of records from emp table using
rownum alias name?
Ans: SQL> select * from(select rownum r, emp.* from emp) where r in(select
mod(r,2)=0 from emp);
Solution: SQL> select * from(select rownum r, emp.* from emp) where
mod(r,2)=0;
Q) Write a query to display skip first 5 rows from emp table using rownum
alias name?
Ans: SQL> select * from (select rownum r, emp.* from emp) where r>5;
ROWID
Eg: SQL> select rownum, rowid, ename from emp where deptno=10; In Oracle,
by default rowid‟s are ascending order.
Q) Write a query to display second record from emp table using analytical
function, rowid?
Ans: select * from(select deptno, ename, sal, row_number() over(order by
rowid)r from emp) where r=2;
Q) Write a query to display each department second row from emp table using
analytical function, rowid?
Ans: SQL> select * from(select deptno, ename, sal, row_number() over
(partition by deptno order by rowid) r from emp where r=2);
Q) Write a query to display last two records from emp table using analytical
function, rowid?
We can also use max(), min() functions in “rowid‟s”.
Eg: SQL> select max(rowid) from emp; SQL> select max(rowid) from emp;
Q) Write a query to display first row from emp table using rowid?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rowid=(select min(rowid) from emp);
Q) Write a query to display last record from emp table using rowid?
Ans: SQL> select * from emp where rowid=(select max(rowid) from emp);
Ans: SQL> select * from(select deptno, ename, sal, row_number() over (order
by rowid desc) r from emp)where r<=2;
Q ) Display the emp records who are earning more than BLAKE:
SELECT * FROM emp
WHERE sal>(SELECT sal FROM emp
WHERE ename='BLAKE');
Q)Display the emp records who
joined after 'FORD' [OR]
Q)Display the juniors of 'FORD':
SELECT empno,ename,hiredate
FROM emp
WHERE hiredate > '23-NOV-1981';
Display the emp records who joined before FORD [OR]
Display the emp records who are senior to FORD:
SELECT empno,ename,hiredate FROM emp
WHERE hiredate<(SELECT hiredate FROM emp
WHERE ename='FORD');

Display the emp records who joined on FORD's joining date:

SELECT empno,ename,hiredate
FROM emp
WHERE hiredate = (SELECT hiredate FROM emp
WHERE ename='FORD');

Update 7369 empno salary with deptno 30's max salary:

UPDATE emp SET sal=(SELECT max(Sal) FROM emp
WHERE deptno=30)
WHERE empno=7369;
Find most senior's hiredate:
SELECT min(hiredate) FROM emp;
Find the emp name who is most senior in all
employees:
SELECT * FROM emp
WHERE hiredate = (SELECT min(hiredate)
FROM emp);
Find most junior's hiredate:
SELECT max(hiredate) FROM emp;
Find the emp name who is most junior in all
emps:
SELECT * FROM emp
WHERE hiredate = (SELECT max(hiredate)
FROM emp);
Find max Sal in all employees:
SELECT max(Sal) FROM emp;
Find the emp name who is earning maximum
salary:
SELECT * FROM emp
WHERE sal = (SELECT max(Sal) FROM emp);
Find the min salary in all employees:
SELECT min(Sal) FROM emp;
Find the emp name who is earning min salary
in all emps:
SELECT ename FROM emp
WHERE sal=(SELECT min(sal) FROM emp);
Find 2nd max salary:
• find salary values < max sal
• From that list find max value
SELECT max(sal) FROM emp
WHERE sal < (SELECT max(sal) FROM emp);
Find 3rd maximum salary:
• Find sal <second max salary
• From this list find max value
SELECT max(sal) FROM emp
WHERE sal < (SELECT max(sal) FROM emp
WHERE sal< (SELECT max(sal) FROM emp));
Find the emp name who is earning second max salary:
SELECT ename FROM emp
WHERE sal=(SELECT max(sal) FROM emp
WHERE sal<(SELECT max(sal) FROM emp));

Find the emp name who is earning 3rd max salary:

SELECT ename FROM emp
WHERE sal=(SELECT max(Sal) FROM emp
WHERE sal<(SELECT max(Sal) FROM emp
WHERE sal<(SELECT max(Sal) FROM emp)));

Find the emp name who is earning min salary:

Find 2nd min salary:
Find 3rd min salary:
Find the ename who earning 2nd min salary:
Find the ename who is earning 3rd min salary: Find the maximum sum of
amount in all depts:

Dept wise sum of salaries:

SELECT deptno,sum(sal) FROM
emp GROUP BY deptno; Find the maximum sum of amount in all
depts:
SELECT max(sum(Sal)) FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno;
Find the deptno which is spending max
amount on their employees:
SELECT deptno FROM emp
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SELECT deptno FROM emp

GROUP BY deptno
HAVING sum(sal) = (SELECT max(sum(sal))
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno);
Find the dept name which is spending max
amount on their employees:
SELECT dname FROM dept
WHERE deptno=20;
SELECT dname FROM dept
WHERE deptno=(SELECT deptno
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno
HAVING sum(Sal) = (SELECT max(sum(sal))
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno) );

Find dept wise number of employees:

SELECT deptno,count(*)
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno;
Find the deptno which is having maximum
number of emps:
SELECT deptno
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno
HAVING count(*) = (SELECT max(count(*))
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno);
Find the dept name which is having max no of
emps:
SELECT dname FROM dept
WHERE deptno=( SELECT deptno
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno
HAVING count(*) = (SELECT max(count(*))
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno));
Display all managers & clerks records:
SELECT empno,ename,job,sal,deptno
FROM emp
WHERE job IN('MANAGER','CLERK');
Display all emps records whose job title is
equals to BLAKE & JAMES:
SELECT * FROM emp
WHERE job IN(SELECT job FROM emp
WHERE ename IN('BLAKE','JAMES') );

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Display the emp records who are earning

1250 & 3000:
SELECT * FROM emp
WHERE sal IN(1250,3000);
Display the emp records whose salary is
equals to WARD's salary & FORD's salary:
SELECT empno,ename,sal
FROM emp WHERE sal IN(SELECT sal
FROM emp
WHERE ename IN('WARD','FORD') ); Display all emp records who are earning
more
than 1500 or more than 2850:
SELECT empno,ename,sal
FROM emp
WHERE sal>ANY(1500,2850);
Display the emp records whose sal
is greater than 1500 and also
greater than 2850:
SELECT empno,ename,sal
FROM emp
WHERE sal>ALL(1500,2850);
Display the emp records whose sal
is greater than 1500 and also
greater than 2850:
SELECT empno,ename,sal
FROM emp
WHERE sal>ALL(1500,2850);