Simple Queries
1. Get all the data of all jobs (J table).
SELECT *
FROM J
2. Get all the data on all jobs in London.
SELECT *
FROM J
WHERE city = ‘London’
3. Get supplier numbers for suppliers (S table) who supply (SPJ table) job J1, in
supplier number order.
SELECT sNo
FROM SPJ
WHERE jNo = ‘J1’
4. Get all shipments (SPJ table) where the quantity is in the range 300 to 750
inclusive.
SELECT *
FROM SPJ
WHERE qty >= 300 AND qty <=750
WHERE qty BETWEEN 300 AND 750
Get a list of all part-color, part-city combinations, with duplicate (color, city)
eliminated.
Joins
5. Get all supplier-number, part-number, job-number triples such that the indicated
supplier, part, job are in the same city.
6. Get all supplier-number, part-number, job-number triples such that the indicated
supplier, part, job are not in the same city.
7. Get all supplier-number, part-number, job-number triples such that no two of the
indicated supplier, part, job are in the same city.
8. Get part number for parts supplied (SPJ table) by a supplier in London.
9. Get part numbers for parts supplied by a supplier in London to a job in Paris.
10. Get all pairs of city names such that a supplier in the first city supplies a job in
the second city.
11. Get part numbers for parts supplied to any job by a supplier in the same city as
the job.
12. Get job numbers for jobs supplied by at least one supplier not in the same city.
13. Get all pairs of part numbers such that the same supplier supplies both the
indicated parts.
Aggregate Functions
14. Get the total number of jobs supplied by supplier S1.
15. Get the total quantity of part P1 supplied by supplier S1.
16. For each part being supplied to a job, get the part number, the job number and
the corresponding total quantity.
17. Get part numbers for parts supplied to some job in the average quantity of more
than 320.
Special Data
18. Get all shipments where the quantity is non-null.
19. Get project numbers and cities where the city has an "o" as the second letter of
its name.
Subqueries
20. Get job names for jobs supplied by supplier S1.
22. Get colors for parts supplied by supplier S1.
SELECT color
FROM p
WHERE pNo in
(SELECT DISTINCT pNo
FROM SPJ
WHERE sNo = ‘S1’)
Sin Subquery
SELECT DISTINCT color
FROM p, SPJ
WHERE [Link] = [Link]
AND [Link] = ‘S1’
23. Get part numbers for parts supplied to any job in London.
SELECT DISTINCT pNo
FROM SPJ
WHERE jNo in
(SELECT jNo
FROM J
WHERE [Link] = ‘London’)
24. Get job numbers for jobs using at least one part available from supplier S1.
SELECT DISTINCT jNo
FROM SPJ
WHERE pNo in
(SELECT DISTINCT pNo
FROM SPJ
WHERE sNo = ‘S1’)
25. Get supplier numbers for suppliers supplying at least one part supplied by at
least one supplier who supplies at least one red part.
26. Get supplier numbers for suppliers with status lower than that of supplier S1.
SELECT sNo
FROM S
WHERE status <
(SELECT status
FROM S
WHERE sNo = ‘S1’)
27. Get job numbers for jobs whose city is first in the alphabetic list of such
cities.
SELECT jNo
FROM J
WHERE city =
(SELECT min(city)
FROM J)
28. Get job numbers for jobs supplied with part P1 in an average quantity greater
than the greatest quantity in which any part is supplied to project J1.
29. Get supplier numbers for suppliers supplying some job with part P1 in a
quantity greater than the average shipment quantity of part P1 for that project.
EXISTS
30. Repeat Exercise 23 but use EXISTS in your solution.
31. Repeat Exercise 24 but use EXISTS in your solution.
32. Get job numbers for jobs not supplied with any red part by any London
supplier.
33. Get job numbers for jobs supplied entirely by supplier S1.
34. Get part numbers for parts supplied to all jobs in London.
UNION
35. Construct a list of all cities in which at least one supplier, part, or job is
located.
36. Show the results of the following SELECT:
SELECT [Link]
FROM P
UNION
SELECT [Link]
FROM P;
Upgrade Operations
37. Change the color of all red parts to orange.
38. Delete all projects for which there are no shipments.
39. Insert a new supplier (S10) into table S. The name and city are Smith and
New York, respectively; he status is yet known.
40. Construct a table containing a list of part numbers for parts that are supplied
either by a London supplier or to a London Job.
41. Construct a table containing a list of job numbers for jobs that are either
located in London or are supplied by a London supplier.
Miscellaneous
42. Get supplier names that have a letter 'e' somewhere in their name.
43. Get suppliers names which start the letters 'Bla'.
44. How many suppliers in Athens that supply red parts?
45. Delete all suppliers that never supplied a red part.
