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SQL Examples

The document outlines SQL statements for data manipulation, including SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE commands, along with examples for each. It also provides various query examples for retrieving specific patient information from a database, such as filtering by weight, gender, and allergies. Additionally, it discusses joining tables and updating records while emphasizing the importance of using WHERE clauses to avoid unintended data modifications.

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SQL Examples

The document outlines SQL statements for data manipulation, including SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE commands, along with examples for each. It also provides various query examples for retrieving specific patient information from a database, such as filtering by weight, gender, and allergies. Additionally, it discusses joining tables and updating records while emphasizing the importance of using WHERE clauses to avoid unintended data modifications.

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🔍 SELECT Statement

Used to retrieve data from a table.

SELECT column1, column2, ...

FROM table_name

WHERE condition;

Example:

SELECT first_name, last_name

FROM employees

WHERE department = 'Sales';

✏️UPDATE Statement

Used to modify existing records in a table.

UPDATE table_name

SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...

WHERE condition;

Example:

UPDATE employees

SET salary = salary * 1.1

WHERE department = 'Sales';

⚠️Always use a WHERE clause unless you want to update all records.

DELETE Statement

Used to remove existing records from a table.

DELETE FROM table_name

WHERE condition;

Example:

DELETE FROM employees

WHERE resignation_date IS NOT NULL;

⚠️Be cautious: omitting the WHERE clause deletes all rows in the table.
JOIN 2 TABLES

SELECT O.OrderID, C.CustomerName, O.OrderDate, O.CustomerID

FROM Orders O

INNER JOIN Customers C ON O.CustomerID = C.CustomerID

JOIN 3 tables

SELECT

O.OrderID,

C.CustomerName,

E.EmployeeName,

O.OrderDate

FROM Orders O

JOIN Customers C ON O.CustomerID = C.CustomerID

JOIN Employees E ON O.EmployeeID = E.EmployeeID;


1. Show first name and last name of patients that weight within the range of 100 to 120
(inclusive)

SELECT

first_name,

last_name

FROM patients

WHERE weight BETWEEN 100 AND 120;

2. Show first name, last name, and gender of patients whose gender is 'M'

SELECT

first_name,

last_name,

gender

FROM patients

WHERE gender = 'M';

3. Show first name and last name of patients who does not have allergies. (null)

SELECT

first_name,

last_name

FROM patients

WHERE allergies IS NULL;

4. Show first name of patients that start with the letter 'C'

SELECT

first_name

FROM

patients

WHERE

first_name LIKE 'C%'


5. Show first name, last name, and the full province name of each patient.

Example: 'Ontario' instead of 'ON'

SELECT P.first_name, P.last_name,PR.province_name

FRom PATIENTS P JOIn province_names PR

Where P.province_id = PR.province_id

Or

SELECT

first_name,

last_name,

province_name

FROM patients

JOIN province_names ON province_names.province_id = patients.province_id;

6. Show how many patients have a birth_date with 2010 as the birth year.

SELECT Count(*) From PATIENTS

Where Birth_date like '2010%'

SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_patients

FROM patients

WHERE YEAR(birth_date) = 2009;


7. Show the first_name, last_name, and height of the patient with the greatest height.

SELECT

first_name,

last_name,

height

FROM patients

WHERE height = (

SELECT max(height)

FROM patients

)—subquery

8. Show first name and last name concatinated into one column to show their full name

SELECT

CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS full_name

FROM patients;

or

SELECT CONCAT('Miss. ',first_name,' ',last_name)

from Patients

where gender = 'F'

9. Show all columns for patients who have one of the following patient_ids:
1,45,534,879,1000

SELECT *

FROM patients

WHERE

patient_id IN (1, 45, 534, 879, 1000);

or

SELECT * FROM Patients


Where first_name in('Phil','Gala');

OR

SELECT * FROM Patients

Where first_name = 'Phil' OR last_name = 'Littlefield';

10. Show the total number of admissions

Select COUNT(*) AS 'TOTAL ADMISSIONS'

FROM ADMISSIONS

11. Show all the columns from admissions where the patient was admitted and discharged
on the same day.

SELECT * FROM ADMISSIONS

Where admission_date = discharge_date

12. Show the patient id and the total number of admissions for patient_id 579

SELECT

patient_id,

COUNT(*) AS total_admissions

FROM admissions

WHERE patient_id = 579;

13. Based on the cities that our patients live in, show unique cities that are in province_id
'NS'.

SELECT DISTINCT(city) AS unique_cities

FROM patients

WHERE province_id = 'NS';

14. Write a query to find the first_name, last name and birth date of patients who has
height greater than 160 and weight greater than 70

SELECT first_name, last_name, birth_date FROM patients

WHERE height > 160 AND weight > 70;


15. Write a query to find list of patients first_name, last_name, and allergies where
allergies are not null and are from the city of 'Hamilton'

SELECT

first_name,

last_name,

allergies

FROM patients

WHERE

city = 'Hamilton'

and allergies is not null

16. Update the patients table for the allergies column. If the patient's allergies is null then
replace it with 'NKA'

SElect ALLERGIES

FRom patients

Where Allergies is NULL -- precheck

Update Patients SET Allergies ='NKA'


Where ALLERGIES is NULL -- execution

SElect ALLERGIES

FRom patients

Where Allergies is NULL -- postcheck

ROLLBACK -- to rollback the changes

or

COMMIT -- to commit the changes

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