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Title: Writing Basic SQL Select Statement

Author: S. Santhosh Kumar

Objectives
After the completion of this exercise, the students will be able to:

 List the capabilities of SQL SELECT Statement

 Execute a basic SELECT statement

Capabilities of SQL SELECT Statement

A SELECT statement retrieves information from the database. Using a SELECT statement,
we can perform:

 Projection: To choose the columns in a table

 Selection: To choose the rows in a table
 Joining: To bring together the data that is stored in different tables

Basic SELECT Statement Syntax

sql
SELECT *|DISTINCT Column_name|alias
FROM table_name;

 DISTINCT: Suppresses duplicates.

 Alias: Gives selected columns different headings.

Examples:
1. sql
SELECT * FROM departments;
2. sql
SELECT location_id, department_id FROM departments;

Writing SQL Statements

 SQL statements are not case sensitive.

 SQL statements can be on one or more lines.
 Keywords cannot be abbreviated or split across lines.
 Clauses are usually placed on separate lines.
 Indents are used to enhance readability.

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Using Arithmetic Expressions

Basic arithmetic operators like *, /, +, - can be used.

Examples:

1. sql
SELECT last_name, salary, salary+300 FROM employees;
2. sql
SELECT last_name, salary, 12*salary+100 FROM employees;

o This statement is different from:

sql
SELECT last_name, salary, 12*(salary+100) FROM employees;
3. sql
SELECT last_name, job_id, salary, commission_pct FROM employees;

4. sql
SELECT last_name, job_id, salary, 12*salary*commission_pct FROM
employees;

Using Column Alias

To rename a column heading with or without the AS keyword.

Examples:

1. sql
SELECT last_name AS Name FROM employees;
2. sql
SELECT last_name AS "Name", salary*12 AS "Annual Salary" FROM
employees;

Concatenation Operator

 Concatenates columns or character strings to other columns.

 Represented by two vertical bars (||).
 Creates a resultant column that is a character expression.

Example:

sql
SELECT last_name || job_id AS "EMPLOYEES JOB" FROM employees;

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Using Literal Character String

 A literal is a character, a number, or a date included in the SELECT list.

 Date and character literal values must be enclosed within single quotation marks.

Example:

SELECT last_name || ' is a ' || job_id AS "EMPLOYEES JOB" FROM employees;

Eliminating Duplicate Rows

Using the DISTINCT keyword.

Example:

SELECT DISTINCT department_id FROM employees;

Displaying Table Structure

Using the DESC keyword.

Syntax:

DESC table_name;

Example:

DESC employees;

Exercises with Input and Output

Sample Data

Let's assume the employees table contains the following data:

employ first_n last_n phone_n hire_ sala commissi manag departm

email job_id
ee_id ame ame umber date ry on_pct er_id ent_id
jsmith@xy 123-456- 2020- IT_PR 600
101 John Smith 0.10 100 60
z.com 7890 01-15 OG 0
[email protected] 987-654- 2019- HR_R 450
102 Jane Doe 0.15 101 40
om 3210 02-18 EP 0
103 Emily Johns ejohnson@ 555-555- 2021- IT_PR 520 0.20 100 60

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employ first_n last_n phone_n hire_ sala commissi manag departm

email job_id
ee_id ame ame umber date ry on_pct er_id ent_id
on xyz.com 5555 03-20 OG 0
Micha mbrown@x 111-222- 2018- AD_A 300
104 Brown 0.05 102 10
el yz.com 3333 04-22 SST 0

QUERIES IN SQL

1. True or False: Identify the Errors

Input:

SELECT employee_id, last_name sal*12 ANNUAL SALARY FROM employees;

Errors Identified:

 Missing comma between last_name and sal*12 ANNUAL SALARY.

 The correct statement should be:

SELECT employee_id, last_name, salary*12 AS ANNUAL_SALARY FROM

employees;

Correct Output:

employee_id last_name ANNUAL_SALARY

101 Smith 72000
102 Doe 54000
103 Johnson 62400
104 Brown 36000

2. Show the structure of the departments table. Select all the data from it.

Input:

DESC departments;
SELECT * FROM departments;

Output:

+------------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| department_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | |
| department_name | varchar(30) | NO | | NULL | |
| manager_id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
| location_id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
+------------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

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Assuming the departments table contains:

department_id department_name manager_id location_id

10 Administration 200 1700
20 Marketing 201 1800
30 Purchasing 202 1900
40 Human Resources 203 2000
60 IT 204 2100

Output:

department_id department_name manager_id location_id

10 Administration 200 1700
20 Marketing 201 1800
30 Purchasing 202 1900
40 Human Resources 203 2000
60 IT 204 2100

3. Create a query to display the last name, job code, hire date, and employee
number for each employee, with the employee number appearing first.

Input:

SELECT employee_id, last_name, job_id, hire_date FROM employees;

Output:

employee_id last_name job_id hire_date

101 Smith IT_PROG 2020-01-15
102 Doe HR_REP 2019-02-18
103 Johnson IT_PROG 2021-03-20
104 Brown AD_ASST 2018-04-22

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4. Provide an alias STARTDATE for the hire date.

Input:

SELECT hire_date AS STARTDATE FROM employees;

Output:

START DATE
2020-01-15
2019-02-18
2021-03-20
2018-04-22

5. Create a query to display unique job codes from the employee table.

Input:

SELECT DISTINCT job_id FROM employees;

Output:

job_id
IT_PROG
HR_REP
AD_ASST

6. Display the last name concatenated with the job ID, separated by a comma
and space, and name the column EMPLOYEE AND TITLE.

Input:

SELECT last_name || ', ' || job_id AS "EMPLOYEE AND TITLE" FROM employees;

Output:

EMPLOYEE AND TITLE

Smith, IT_PROG
Doe, HR_REP
Johnson, IT_PROG
Brown, AD_ASST

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7. Create a query to display all the data from the employees table. Separate
each column by a comma. Name the column THE_OUTPUT.

Input:

SELECT employee_id || ', ' || first_name || ', ' || last_name || ', ' ||
email || ', ' || phone_number || ', ' || hire_date || ', ' || job_id || ',
' || salary || ', ' || commission_pct || ', ' || manager_id || ', ' ||
department_id AS "THE_OUTPUT" FROM employees;

Output:

THE_OUTPUT
101, John, Smith, [email protected], 123-456-7890, 2020-01-15, IT_PROG, 6000, 0.10, 100,
60
102, Jane, Doe, [email protected], 987-654-3210, 2019-02-18, HR_REP, 4500, 0.15, 101, 40
103, Emily, Johnson, [email protected], 555-555-5555, 2021-03-20, IT_PROG, 5200,
0.20, 100, 60
104, Michael, Brown, [email protected], 111-222-3333, 2018-04-22, AD_ASST, 3000,
0.05, 102, 10

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