This assignment has been designed to help students

build a database with multiple tables, focusing on the

relationships between these tables and cleaning up
poorly formatted data.

Lyle Wood
[email protected]

COMP 2003 Relational databases

ASSIGNMENT 3
Group – 10%
 Assignment 3 – Relational Databases
This assignment requires you to apply your understanding of table relationships including Primary
and Foreign Keys and Cardinality (i.e. relationships between tables, such as one-to-one, many-to-
one and one-to-many). You will also combine your knowledge of SELECT, UPDATE, and ALTER
TABLE statements, JOIN and UNION clauses, and REPLACE, TRIM and SUBSTRING_INDEX string
functions to build carefully constructed statements that will clean and format
heterogenous/irregular data. Your mark in this assignment counts for 10% of your final grade.
Assignment Requirements:
This assignment is to be completed in groups of 1-5 people.
SQL formatting

• Please include your full names and student numbers

• Name your SQL script GroupNumber_Assignment3.sql and complete all of your SQL work in
this file. Ensure you use the data from the data.zip file to populate your database.
• Inside GroupNumber_Assignment3.sql I should find all your SQL commands required to
complete the assignment.
• The data provided in data.zip is solely for the purpose of populating your database with
data – do not complete your SQL work in this file.
• Utilize the SQL Standards document provided in week 2 – with note to capitalization of
keywords and lower-case database, table and field names.
• Statements should be broken over multiple lines as appropriate
• Remember to add a brief descriptive comment for each query. You do not need to document
every single line, but please annotate the purpose or function of the statement. You must
demonstrate that you understand what the SQL statement is doing.
• Please write complete sentences in the commenting for relevant questions.
Report formatting

• Name your report file GroupNumber_Assignment3.docx

• Give your report an appropriate title with a separate title page.
• Please include each student’s full name and student number.
• For each question, please include the questions’ number and text.
• When providing documentation of a SQL query, please include the text of your query,
including comments, and a screenshot.
• Screenshots should include the script statement being executed, the Schemas tab, the
Output pane, and the Result Grid if applicable.
Submitting your assignment

• Create a zip file containing your SQL script and report

• Submit assignment zip file via the course website. Do not submit via email.
Evaluation Method
For each question you will receive the following marks:

• Execution: A variable number of marks will be assigned whether the command will run as
provided.
• Accuracy: A variable number of marks will be assigned whether the question is answered
correctly.
Additionally, the following marks will be assigned to the SQL script as a whole

• Structure: Up to [16 marks] will be assigned for well-structured scripts that follow SQL
standards. i.e. capitalized commands, lower case field names with underscores where
needed, new lines, etc.
• Documentation: Up to [10 marks] will be assigned for helpful, descriptive comments and
well-structured screenshots to be included throughout the script and report.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me.
Good luck.

Part One: Students Table

Step 1 – Create a database that will be used for this assignment. Name the database appropriately and
instruct MySQL to make that database default for the remainder of the assignment.

Execution: 2 marks

Step 2 – Use the statement provided below to build a table to hold information about our class.
CREATE TABLE `students` (
`ID` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`first_name` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
`last_name` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
`attended` INT DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

Step 3 – Use Table Data Import Wizard to add data from a CSV file to the students table you created in
the last step. HINT Make sure the Source Column matches with your desired Destination Column.
Provide a screenshot of your Configure Import Settings window and document this step in the
comments of your assignment script.

Documentation: 1 mark
Part Two: Teams Table

Step 4 – Use Table Data Import Wizard to add data from a CSV file to a new table called team_members.
HINT Make sure that the Field Type that has been assigned by MySQL is the most appropriate choice.
Provide a screenshot of your Configure Import Settings window and document this step in the
comments of your assignment script.

Documentation: 1 mark

Step 5 – The current team_members table is not suitable for long term storage because it violates 1NF.
Write an SQL statement that creates a table named teams_temp with two columns:

member – variable length text with max length of 45 characters

team – variable length text with max length of 45 characters

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 1 mark

Step 6 – Take a moment to view the data in the team_members table. Write an SQL query that
populates the teams_temp table by selecting data from the team_members table. Use an INSERT
statement to combine the Member 1, Member 2, Member 3, Member 4, and Member 5 columns along
with their corresponding Team Name values using the UNION operator.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 5 marks

Step 7 – Write an SQL query that deletes rows from the teams_temp table where the member column is
empty.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 1 mark

Step 8 – Write an SQL query that updates the teams_temp table by performing the following actions:

Remove the prefix 'Team ’ from the team column.

Remove the prefix 'Team:- ’ from the team column.

Trim any leading or trailing spaces from the team column.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 4 marks

Step 9 – Write an SQL command that drops the table named team_members.

Execution: 1 mark
Step 10 – There are at least two records that contain duplicate records. Write an SQL query that deletes
rows from the teams_temp table where the member column is either ‘Anthony’ or ‘Feinit’. In your
report, state whether there are additional duplicates, and how you searched for them.

Execution: 1 mark

Written Answer: 2 marks

Accuracy: 3 marks

Step 11 – Write an SQL query that creates a new table named teams with two columns: id (integer),
which serves as the primary key, and team_name (variable length text with max 45 characters).
Populate the team_name column with distinct values from the teams_temp table, ordered
alphabetically.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 4 marks

Step 12 – Write an SQL statement that adds a new column named team_name to the existing students
table. The team_name column should have a data type of VARCHAR(45).

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 1 marks

Step 13 – Write an SQL statement that accomplishes the following:

Update the students table: For students who attended the event (where attended = 1), set their
team_name based on the team value in the teams_temp table. Match students’ first names with the
corresponding team members in teams_temp.

Use an INNER JOIN to connect the students and teams_temp tables based on the first name.

Update the students table by setting the team_name column to the corresponding team name from
teams_temp.

Use the INNER JOIN clause to combine the relevant rows from both tables.

Use the SUBSTRING_INDEX function to extract the first name from the teams_temp.member column.

Set the students.team_name to the corresponding teams_temp.team value for students who attended
the event.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 7 marks

Step 14 – Alter the students table to add a new integer column named team_ID.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 1 mark
Step 15 – Write an SQL statement that accomplishes the following:

Update the students table: For students who attended an event (where attended = 1), set their team_id
based on the corresponding team name from the teams table.

Join the tables: Use an INNER JOIN to connect the students and teams tables based on the team name.

Set the team ID: Update the students table by assigning the correct team_id from the teams table.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 5 marks

Step 16 – Write an SQL statement that drops the column called team_name from the students table.

Execution: 1 mark

Step 17 – We are now done with the teams_temp table. Drop it from our database.

Execution: 1 mark

Part Three: Pilots Table

Step 18 – Go into Excel and save the pilots.xlsx as a .csv file, then use Table Data Import Wizard to add
data from a CSV file to a new table called pilots. Don’t forget to make sure that the Field Type that has
been assigned by MySQL is the most appropriate choice. Provide a screenshot of your Configure Import
Settings window and document this step in the comments of your assignment script.

Documentation: 1 mark

Step 19 – Write an SQL query that accomplishes the following:

Rename the columns:

Change the column name Team number to team_id.

Change the column name Height (in m) to height_m.

Change the column name Arm length (in m) to arm_length_m.

Change the column name Handedness (right|left) to handedness.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 3 marks
Step 20 – Update the pilots table to remove the prefix 'Team ' from the team_id values.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 3 marks

Step 21 – Update the pilots table to set team_id to NULL where the current value is an empty string.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 3 marks

Step 22 – In the pilots table there are height measurements. However, there is some inconsistency in
the height units recorded. Some heights are in meters (followed by the letter ‘m’), while others are in
centimeters and also have the letter ‘c’. Your task is to write an SQL query that accomplishes the
following:

Update the height_m column:

Remove any occurrences of the letter ‘m’ from the height values.

Remove any occurrences of the letter ‘c’ from the height values.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 4 marks

Step 23 – Since some of the height values were measured in centimeters, let’s calculate the proper
meter value.

Update the height_m column:

Divide the current value by 100 when the current value is greater than 100.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 2 marks

Step 24 – The gender column contains values that are not standardized.

Update the gender column:

Where the current value starts with ‘m’ set the value to ‘M’

Where the current value starts with ‘f’ set the value to ‘F’

Otherwise set the value to NULL

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 3 marks
Step 25 – In the arm_length_m column there is some inconsistency in the units recorded. Some lengths
are in meters (followed by the letter ‘m’), while others are in centimeters and also have the letter ‘c’.
Similar to step 23:

Update the arm_length_m column:

Remove any occurrences of the letter ‘m’ from the height values.

Remove any occurrences of the letter ‘c’ from the height values.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 4 marks

Step 26 – Since some of the length values were measured in centimeters, let’s calculate the proper
meter value.

Update the arm_length_m column:

Divide the current value by 100 when the current value is greater than 3.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 2 marks

Step 27 – The handedness column contains values that are not standardized.

Update the handedness column:

Where the current value starts with ‘R’ set the value to ‘R’

Where the current value starts with ‘L’ set the value to ‘L’

Otherwise set the value to NULL

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 4 marks

Step 28 – We need to be able to link pilots with the students table. Add an integer column named
student_id to the pilots table

Execution: 1 mark
Step 29 – We need to assign student_id in the pilots table to match the id value from the students table.

Write an SQL query that accomplishes the following:

Update the pilots table:

Use an INNER JOIN to connect the pilots and students tables based on the first name.

Set the pilots.student_id to the corresponding students.id.

Hint: you can isolate the first name from the name column using a substring index function.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 4 marks

Step 30 – There is a duplicate record. Delete pilot 3 from the pilots table (ID = 3).

Execution: 1 mark

Step 31 – The team_id and height_m values got swapped for pilot 4 (ID = 4). Set their team_id to 4 and
their height_m to NULL.

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 2 marks

Step 32 – Once data is clean, we can alter column data types to desirable configurations. Modify specific
columns in the table to ensure the following requirements:

Team_id – integer

Height_m – float, capable of handling values up to 9.99, two decimal places

Gender – fixed length text of 1 character

Arm_length_m - float, capable of handling values up to 9.99, two decimal places

Handedness – fixed length text of 1 character

Drop the name column

Execution: 1 mark

Accuracy: 3 marks

Part Four: Airplanes Table

Along with information contained in a CSV, we are going to be uploading images into a specially
formatted column for storage within our database.
Step 33 – Use Table Data Import Wizard to add data from a CSV file to a new table called airplanes.
Make sure that the Field Type that has been assigned by MySQL is the most appropriate choice. Provide
a screenshot of your Configure Import Settings window and document this step in the comments of your
assignment script.

Documentation: 1 mark

Step 34 – Alter the airplanes table to have a new column called image and ensure that the data type is
LONGBLOB

Execution: 1 mark

Step 35 – MySQL will only allow you to upload images from specific directories and this is set during the
installation of MySQL. Run the following statement to find out what directory you will need to save your
images to.
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'secure_file_priv';

You will likely receive a value similar to this: C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\Uploads\

Ensure that you copy the images provided for this assignment INTO THAT DIRECTORY.

Execution: 1 mark

Step 36 – Use this statement as a template. It will load the Plane1.png image file from the directory
listed into the corresponding plane record (WHERE id = 1) in the airplanes table. Note that the filepath
has forward slashes.
UPDATE airplanes

SET image = LOAD_FILE('C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 8.0/Uploads/Plane1.png')

WHERE id = 1;

Execution: 1 mark

Step 37 – Using Step 36 as a template, write statements to load images for each of the 9 planes. Pay
attention to the file extension (some are .png files, others are .jpg files). When you are successful you’ll
see a blob has been loaded into the image column – see image below.

Execution: 5 marks
Documentation: 1 mark
Part Five: Linking Tables

Step 38 – Let’s put the finishing touches on our tables to ensure that we have the proper relationships
established in our database. Add Primary and Foreign Key constraints to the database according to the
Entity Relationship Diagram below. Yellow key icons are primary keys. Red diamonds are foreign keys.
Execution 7 marks