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The document outlines SQL commands for creating a database and tables, inserting data, and querying information from a Worker database. It includes various SQL queries to manipulate and retrieve data, such as fetching unique departments, calculating salaries, and filtering records based on specific conditions. The document serves as a comprehensive guide for managing and querying a worker-related database.

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The document outlines SQL commands for creating a database and tables, inserting data, and querying information from a Worker database. It includes various SQL queries to manipulate and retrieve data, such as fetching unique departments, calculating salaries, and filtering records based on specific conditions. The document serves as a comprehensive guide for managing and querying a worker-related database.

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CREATE DATABASE ORG;

SHOW DATABASES;
USE ORG;

CREATE TABLE Worker (


WORKER_ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
FIRST_NAME CHAR(25),
LAST_NAME CHAR(25),
SALARY INT(15),
JOINING_DATE DATETIME,
DEPARTMENT CHAR(25)
);

INSERT INTO Worker


(WORKER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SALARY, JOINING_DATE, DEPARTMENT) VALUES
(001, 'Monika', 'Arora', 100000, '14-02-20 09.00.00', 'HR'),
(002, 'Niharika', 'Verma', 80000, '14-06-11 09.00.00', 'Admin'),
(003, 'Vishal', 'Singhal', 300000, '14-02-20 09.00.00', 'HR'),
(004, 'Amitabh', 'Singh', 500000, '14-02-20 09.00.00', 'Admin'),
(005, 'Vivek', 'Bhati', 500000, '14-06-11 09.00.00', 'Admin'),
(006, 'Vipul', 'Diwan', 200000, '14-06-11 09.00.00', 'Account'),
(007, 'Satish', 'Kumar', 75000, '14-01-20 09.00.00', 'Account'),
(008, 'Geetika', 'Chauhan', 90000, '14-04-11 09.00.00', 'Admin');

SELECT * FROM Title;

CREATE TABLE Bonus (


WORKER_REF_ID INT,
BONUS_AMOUNT INT(10),
BONUS_DATE DATETIME,
FOREIGN KEY (WORKER_REF_ID)
REFERENCES Worker(WORKER_ID)
ON DELETE CASCADE
);

INSERT INTO Bonus


(WORKER_REF_ID, BONUS_AMOUNT, BONUS_DATE) VALUES
(001, 5000, '16-02-20'),
(002, 3000, '16-06-11'),
(003, 4000, '16-02-20'),
(001, 4500, '16-02-20'),
(002, 3500, '16-06-11');

CREATE TABLE Title (


WORKER_REF_ID INT,
WORKER_TITLE CHAR(25),
AFFECTED_FROM DATETIME,
FOREIGN KEY (WORKER_REF_ID)
REFERENCES Worker(WORKER_ID)
ON DELETE CASCADE
);

INSERT INTO Title


(WORKER_REF_ID, WORKER_TITLE, AFFECTED_FROM) VALUES
(001, 'Manager', '2016-02-20 00:00:00'),
(002, 'Executive', '2016-06-11 00:00:00'),
(008, 'Executive', '2016-06-11 00:00:00'),
(005, 'Manager', '2016-06-11 00:00:00'),
(004, 'Asst. Manager', '2016-06-11 00:00:00'),
(007, 'Executive', '2016-06-11 00:00:00'),
(006, 'Lead', '2016-06-11 00:00:00'),
(003, 'Lead', '2016-06-11 00:00:00');
-- Q-1. Write an SQL query to fetch “FIRST_NAME” from Worker table
using the alias name as <WORKER_NAME>.

select first_name AS WORKER_NAME from worker;

-- Q-2. Write an SQL query to fetch “FIRST_NAME” from Worker table


in upper case.

select UPPER(first_name) from worker;

-- Q-3. Write an SQL query to fetch unique values of DEPARTMENT from


Worker table.

SELECT distinct department from worker;

-- Q-4. Write an SQL query to print the first three characters of


FIRST_NAME from Worker table.

select substring(first_name, 1, 3) from worker;

-- Q-5. Write an SQL query to find the position of the alphabet


(‘b’) in the first name column ‘Amitabh’ from Worker table.

select INSTR(first_name, 'B') from worker where first_name =


'Amitabh';

-- Q-6. Write an SQL query to print the FIRST_NAME from Worker table
after removing white spaces from the right side.

select RTRIM(first_name) from worker;

-- Q-7. Write an SQL query to print the DEPARTMENT from Worker table
after removing white spaces from the left side.

select LTRIM(first_name) from worker;

-- Q-8. Write an SQL query that fetches the unique values of


DEPARTMENT from Worker table and prints its length.

select distinct department, LENGTH(department) from worker;

-- Q-9. Write an SQL query to print the FIRST_NAME from Worker table
after replacing ‘a’ with ‘A’.

select REPLACE(first_name, 'a', 'A') from worker;

-- Q-10. Write an SQL query to print the FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME


from Worker table into a single column COMPLETE_NAME.
-- A space char should separate them.

select CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS COMPLETE_NAME from


worker;

-- Q-11. Write an SQL query to print all Worker details from the
Worker table order by FIRST_NAME Ascending.
select * from worker ORDER by first_name;
-- Q-12. Write an SQL query to print all Worker details from the
Worker table order by
-- FIRST_NAME Ascending and DEPARTMENT Descending.

select * from worker order by first_name, department DESC;

-- Q-13. Write an SQL query to print details for Workers with the
first name as “Vipul” and “Satish” from Worker table.

select * from worker where first_name IN ('Vipul', 'Satish');

-- Q-14. Write an SQL query to print details of workers excluding


first names, “Vipul” and “Satish” from Worker table.

select * from worker where first_name NOT IN ('Vipul', 'Satish');

-- Q-15. Write an SQL query to print details of Workers with


DEPARTMENT name as “Admin*”.

select * from worker where department LIKE 'Admin%';

-- Q-16. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


FIRST_NAME contains ‘a’.

select * from worker where first_name LIKE '%a%';

-- Q-17. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


FIRST_NAME ends with ‘a’.

select * from worker where first_name LIKE '%a';

-- Q-18. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


FIRST_NAME ends with ‘h’ and contains six alphabets.

select * from worker where first_name LIKE '_____h';

-- Q-19. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


SALARY lies between 100000 and 500000.

select * from worker where salary between 100000 AND 500000;

-- Q-20. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers who have
joined in Feb’2014.

select * from worker where YEAR(joining_date) = 2014 AND


MONTH(joining_date) = 02;

-- Q-21. Write an SQL query to fetch the count of employees working


in the department ‘Admin’.

select department, count(*) from worker where department = 'Admin';


-- Q-22. Write an SQL query to fetch worker full names with salaries
>= 50000 and <= 100000.

select concat(first_name, ' ', last_name) from worker


where salary between 50000 and 100000;

-- Q-23. Write an SQL query to fetch the no. of workers for each
department in the descending order.

select department, count(worker_id) AS no_of_worker from worker


group by department
ORDER BY no_of_worker desc;

-- Q-24. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers who are
also Managers.

select w.* from worker as w inner join title as t on w.worker_id =


t.worker_ref_id where t.worker_title = 'Manager';

-- Q-25. Write an SQL query to fetch number (more than 1) of same


titles in the ORG of different types.

select worker_title, count(*) as count from title group by


worker_title having count > 1;

-- Q-26. Write an SQL query to show only odd rows from a table.

-- select * from worker where MOD (WORKER_ID, 2) != 0;


select * from worker where MOD (WORKER_ID, 2) <> 0;

-- Q-27. Write an SQL query to show only even rows from a table.

select * from worker where MOD (WORKER_ID, 2) = 0;

-- Q-28. Write an SQL query to clone a new table from another table.

CREATE TABLE worker_clone LIKE worker;


INSERT INTO worker_clone select * from worker;
select * from worker_clone;

-- Q-29. Write an SQL query to fetch intersecting records of two


tables.

select worker.* from worker inner join worker_clone


using(worker_id);

-- Q-30. Write an SQL query to show records from one table that
another table does not have.
-- MINUS

select worker.* from worker left join worker_clone using(worker_id)


WHERE worker_clone.worker_id is NULL;
-- Q-31. Write an SQL query to show the current date and time.

-- DUAL
select curdate();
select now();

-- Q-32. Write an SQL query to show the top n (say 5) records of a


table order by descending salary.

select * from worker order by salary desc LIMIT 5;

-- Q-33. Write an SQL query to determine the nth (say n=5) highest
salary from a table.

select * from worker order by salary desc LIMIT 4,1;

-- Q-34. Write an SQL query to determine the 5th highest salary


without using LIMIT keyword.

select salary from worker w1


WHERE 4 = (
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT (w2.salary))
from worker w2
where w2.salary >= w1.salary
);

-- Q-35. Write an SQL query to fetch the list of employees with the
same salary.

select w1.* from worker w1, worker w2 where w1.salary = w2.salary


and w1.worker_id != w2.worker_id;

-- Q-36. Write an SQL query to show the second highest salary from a
table using sub-query.

select max(salary) from worker


where salary not in (select max(salary) from worker);

-- Q-37. Write an SQL query to show one row twice in results from a
table.

select * from worker


UNION ALL
select * from worker ORDER BY worker_id;

-- Q-38. Write an SQL query to list worker_id who does not get
bonus.

select worker_id from worker where worker_id not in (select


worker_ref_id from bonus);

-- Q-39. Write an SQL query to fetch the first 50% records from a
table.

select * from worker where worker_id <= ( select count(worker_id)/2


from worker);
-- Q-40. Write an SQL query to fetch the departments that have less
than 4 people in it.

select department, count(department) as depCount from worker group


by department having depCount < 4;

-- Q-41. Write an SQL query to show all departments along with the
number of people in there.

select department, count(department) as depCount from worker group


by department;

-- Q-42. Write an SQL query to show the last record from a table.

select * from worker where worker_id = (select max(worker_id) from


worker);

-- Q-43. Write an SQL query to fetch the first row of a table.

select * from worker where worker_id = (select min(worker_id) from


worker);

-- Q-44. Write an SQL query to fetch the last five records from a
table.

(select * from worker order by worker_id desc limit 5) order by


worker_id;

-- Q-45. Write an SQL query to print the name of employees having


the highest salary in each department.

select w.department, w.first_name, w.salary from


(select max(salary) as maxsal, department from worker group by
department) temp
inner join worker w on temp.department = w.department and
temp.maxsal = w.salary;

-- Q-46. Write an SQL query to fetch three max salaries from a table
using co-related subquery

select distinct salary from worker w1


where 3 >= (select count(distinct salary) from worker w2 where
w1.salary <= w2.salary) order by w1.salary desc;
-- DRY RUN AFTER REVISING THE CORELATED SUBQUERY CONCEPT FROM LEC-9.
select distinct salary from worker order by salary desc limit 3;

-- Q-47. Write an SQL query to fetch three min salaries from a table
using co-related subquery

select distinct salary from worker w1


where 3 >= (select count(distinct salary) from worker w2 where
w1.salary >= w2.salary) order by w1.salary desc;
-- Q-48. Write an SQL query to fetch nth max salaries from a table.

select distinct salary from worker w1


where n >= (select count(distinct salary) from worker w2 where
w1.salary <= w2.salary) order by w1.salary desc;

-- Q-49. Write an SQL query to fetch departments along with the


total salaries paid for each of them.

select department , sum(salary) as depSal from worker group by


department order by depSal desc;

-- Q-50. Write an SQL query to fetch the names of workers who earn
the highest salary.

select first_name, salary from worker where salary = (select


max(Salary) from worker);

-- Q-1. Write an SQL query to fetch “FIRST_NAME” from Worker table


using the alias name as <WORKER_NAME>.
select first_name AS WORKER_NAME from worker;

-- Q-2. Write an SQL query to fetch “FIRST_NAME” from Worker table in


upper case.
select UPPER(first_name) from worker;

-- Q-3. Write an SQL query to fetch unique values of DEPARTMENT from


Worker table.
SELECT distinct department from worker;

-- Q-4. Write an SQL query to print the first three characters of


FIRST_NAME from Worker table.
select substring(first_name, 1, 3) from worker;

-- Q-5. Write an SQL query to find the position of the alphabet (‘b’)
in the first name column ‘Amitabh’ from Worker table.
select INSTR(first_name, 'B') from worker where first_name = 'Amitabh';

-- Q-6. Write an SQL query to print the FIRST_NAME from Worker table
after removing white spaces from the right side.
select RTRIM(first_name) from worker;

-- Q-7. Write an SQL query to print the DEPARTMENT from Worker table
after removing white spaces from the left side.
select LTRIM(first_name) from worker;

-- Q-8. Write an SQL query that fetches the unique values of DEPARTMENT
from Worker table and prints its length.
select distinct department, LENGTH(department) from worker;

-- Q-9. Write an SQL query to print the FIRST_NAME from Worker table
after replacing ‘a’ with ‘A’.
select REPLACE(first_name, 'a', 'A') from worker;

-- Q-10. Write an SQL query to print the FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME from
Worker table into a single column COMPLETE_NAME.
-- A space char should separate them.
select CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name) AS COMPLETE_NAME from worker;

-- Q-11. Write an SQL query to print all Worker details from the Worker
table order by FIRST_NAME Ascending.
select * from worker ORDER by first_name;

-- Q-12. Write an SQL query to print all Worker details from the Worker
table order by
-- FIRST_NAME Ascending and DEPARTMENT Descending.
select * from worker order by first_name, department DESC;

-- Q-13. Write an SQL query to print details for Workers with the first
name as “Vipul” and “Satish” from Worker table.
select * from worker where first_name IN ('Vipul', 'Satish');

-- Q-14. Write an SQL query to print details of workers excluding first


names, “Vipul” and “Satish” from Worker table.
select * from worker where first_name NOT IN ('Vipul', 'Satish');

-- Q-15. Write an SQL query to print details of Workers with DEPARTMENT


name as “Admin*”.
select * from worker where department LIKE 'Admin%';

-- Q-16. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


FIRST_NAME contains ‘a’.
select * from worker where first_name LIKE '%a%';

-- Q-17. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


FIRST_NAME ends with ‘a’.
select * from worker where first_name LIKE '%a';

-- Q-18. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


FIRST_NAME ends with ‘h’ and contains six alphabets.
select * from worker where first_name LIKE '_____h';

-- Q-19. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose


SALARY lies between 100000 and 500000.
select * from worker where salary between 100000 AND 500000;

-- Q-20. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers who have
joined in Feb’2014.
select * from worker where YEAR(joining_date) = 2014 AND
MONTH(joining_date) = 02;

-- Q-21. Write an SQL query to fetch the count of employees working in


the department ‘Admin’.
select department, count(*) from worker where department = 'Admin';

-- Q-22. Write an SQL query to fetch worker full names with salaries >=
50000 and <= 100000.
select concat(first_name, ' ', last_name) from worker
where salary between 50000 and 100000;

-- Q-23. Write an SQL query to fetch the no. of workers for each
department in the descending order.
select department, count(worker_id) AS no_of_worker from worker group
by department
ORDER BY no_of_worker desc;
-- Q-24. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers who are
also Managers.
select w.* from worker as w inner join title as t on w.worker_id =
t.worker_ref_id where t.worker_title = 'Manager';

-- Q-25. Write an SQL query to fetch number (more than 1) of same


titles in the ORG of different types.
select worker_title, count(*) as count from title group by worker_title
having count > 1;

-- Q-26. Write an SQL query to show only odd rows from a table.
-- select * from worker where MOD (WORKER_ID, 2) != 0;
select * from worker where MOD (WORKER_ID, 2) <> 0;

-- Q-27. Write an SQL query to show only even rows from a table.
select * from worker where MOD (WORKER_ID, 2) = 0;

-- Q-28. Write an SQL query to clone a new table from another table.
CREATE TABLE worker_clone LIKE worker;
INSERT INTO worker_clone select * from worker;
select * from worker_clone;

-- Q-29. Write an SQL query to fetch intersecting records of two


tables.
select worker.* from worker inner join worker_clone using(worker_id);

-- Q-30. Write an SQL query to show records from one table that another
table does not have.
-- MINUS
select worker.* from worker left join worker_clone using(worker_id)
WHERE worker_clone.worker_id is NULL;

-- Q-31. Write an SQL query to show the current date and time.
-- DUAL
select curdate();
select now();

-- Q-32. Write an SQL query to show the top n (say 5) records of a


table order by descending salary.
select * from worker order by salary desc LIMIT 5;

-- Q-33. Write an SQL query to determine the nth (say n=5) highest
salary from a table.
select * from worker order by salary desc LIMIT 4,1;

-- Q-34. Write an SQL query to determine the 5th highest salary without
using LIMIT keyword.
select salary from worker w1
WHERE 4 = (
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT (w2.salary))
from worker w2
where w2.salary >= w1.salary
);

-- Q-35. Write an SQL query to fetch the list of employees with the
same salary.
select w1.* from worker w1, worker w2 where w1.salary = w2.salary and
w1.worker_id != w2.worker_id;

-- Q-36. Write an SQL query to show the second highest salary from a
table using sub-query.
select max(salary) from worker
where salary not in (select max(salary) from worker);

-- Q-37. Write an SQL query to show one row twice in results from a
table.
select * from worker
UNION ALL
select * from worker ORDER BY worker_id;

-- Q-38. Write an SQL query to list worker_id who does not get bonus.
select worker_id from worker where worker_id not in (select
worker_ref_id from bonus);

-- Q-39. Write an SQL query to fetch the first 50% records from a
table.
select * from worker where worker_id <= ( select count(worker_id)/2
from worker);

-- Q-40. Write an SQL query to fetch the departments that have less
than 4 people in it.
select department, count(department) as depCount from worker group by
department having depCount < 4;

-- Q-41. Write an SQL query to show all departments along with the
number of people in there.
select department, count(department) as depCount from worker group by
department;

-- Q-42. Write an SQL query to show the last record from a table.
select * from worker where worker_id = (select max(worker_id) from
worker);

-- Q-43. Write an SQL query to fetch the first row of a table.


select * from worker where worker_id = (select min(worker_id) from
worker);

-- Q-44. Write an SQL query to fetch the last five records from a
table.
(select * from worker order by worker_id desc limit 5) order by
worker_id;

-- Q-45. Write an SQL query to print the name of employees having the
highest salary in each department.
select w.department, w.first_name, w.salary from
(select max(salary) as maxsal, department from worker group by
department) temp
inner join worker w on temp.department = w.department and temp.maxsal =
w.salary;

-- Q-46. Write an SQL query to fetch three max salaries from a table
using co-related subquery
select distinct salary from worker w1
where 3 >= (select count(distinct salary) from worker w2 where
w1.salary <= w2.salary) order by w1.salary desc;
-- DRY RUN AFTER REVISING THE CORELATED SUBQUERY CONCEPT FROM LEC-9.
select distinct salary from worker order by salary desc limit 3;

-- Q-47. Write an SQL query to fetch three min salaries from a table
using co-related subquery
select distinct salary from worker w1
where 3 >= (select count(distinct salary) from worker w2 where
w1.salary >= w2.salary) order by w1.salary desc;

-- Q-48. Write an SQL query to fetch nth max salaries from a table.
select distinct salary from worker w1
where n >= (select count(distinct salary) from worker w2 where
w1.salary <= w2.salary) order by w1.salary desc;

-- Q-49. Write an SQL query to fetch departments along with the total
salaries paid for each of them.
select department , sum(salary) as depSal from worker group by
department order by depSal desc;

-- Q-50. Write an SQL query to fetch the names of workers who earn the
highest salary.
select first_name, salary from worker where salary = (select
max(Salary) from worker);

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