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SQL Functions

The document provides a series of SQL queries demonstrating various functions such as ROUND, MOD, LENGTH, LEFT, TRIM, MIN, AVG, COUNT, MONTHNAME, DAYNAME, INSTR, UPPER, and SUBSTR. Each query is accompanied by a brief explanation of its purpose and expected output. Additionally, it includes function explanations with examples to illustrate their usage in SQL.

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SQL Functions

The document provides a series of SQL queries demonstrating various functions such as ROUND, MOD, LENGTH, LEFT, TRIM, MIN, AVG, COUNT, MONTHNAME, DAYNAME, INSTR, UPPER, and SUBSTR. Each query is accompanied by a brief explanation of its purpose and expected output. Additionally, it includes function explanations with examples to illustrate their usage in SQL.

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SQL Queries

1. Round the value of pi (3.14159) to two decimal places:

SELECT ROUND(3.14159, 2);

2. Calculate the remainder when 125 is divided by 8:

SELECT MOD(125, 8);

3. Display the number of characters in the word 'New Delhi':

SELECT LENGTH('New Delhi');

4. Display the first 5 characters from the word 'Informatics Practices':

SELECT LEFT('Informatics Practices', 5);

5. Display details from email column in the Students table, after removing any
leading and trailing spaces:

SELECT TRIM(email) FROM Students;

6. Display the minimum price from the price column in the Products table:

SELECT MIN(price) FROM Products;

7. Display the first four characters of the order_id column in the Orders table:

SELECT LEFT(order_id, 4) FROM Orders;

8. Display the data from the email column in the Customers table, after eliminating
any leading and trailing spaces:

SELECT TRIM(email) FROM Customers;

9. Display the average value in the rating column in the Reviews table:

SELECT AVG(rating) FROM Reviews;

10.Determine the count of rows in the Transactions table:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Transactions;

11.Round the value of 7.89234 to three decimal places:

SELECT ROUND(7.89234, 3);

13.Calculate the remainder when 320 is divided by 15:

SELECT MOD(320, 15);


14.Display the number of characters in the word 'Electronics':

SELECT LENGTH('Electronics');

15.Display the first 7 characters from the word 'Information Technology':

SELECT LEFT('Information Technology', 7);

16.Display details from the address column in the Employees table after removing any
leading and trailing spaces:

SELECT TRIM(address) FROM Employees;

17.To display the name of the month for the current date:

SELECT MONTHNAME(CURDATE());

18.To display the weekday name for the current date:

SELECT DAYNAME(CURDATE());

19.To display the position of the first occurrence of "ka" in "karnataka":

SELECT INSTR('karnataka', 'ka');

20.To display the string in upper case 'Python Program':

SELECT UPPER('Python Program');

21.To compute the remainder of numerator 117 and denominator 17:

SELECT MOD(117, 17);

Function Explanations with Examples

1. LEFT() – Returns the leftmost characters from a string.


SELECT LEFT('Database', 4);
-- Output: 'Data'

2. INSTR() – Returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring.


SELECT INSTR('Technology', 'log');
-- Output: 6

3. SUBSTR() (or SUBSTRING()) – Extracts part of a string.


SELECT SUBSTR('Programming', 4, 5);
-- Output: 'gramm'
4. MONTHNAME() – Returns the full name of the month from a date.
SELECT MONTHNAME('2025-04-16');
-- Output: 'April'

5. MOD() – Returns the remainder of a division.


SELECT MOD(29, 5);
-- Output: 4
6.MID() function in MySQL is used to extract a substring from
a string, similar to SUBSTRING().

SELECT MID('Informatics', 2, 5);


Output: 'nform'

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