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Database Programming with SQL


1-3: Anatomy of a SQL Statement
Practice Activities
Objectives
• Match projection, selection, and join with their correct functions capabilities
• Create a basic SELECT statement
• Use the correct syntax to display all rows in a table
• Use the correct syntax to select specific columns in a table, modify the way data is dis-
played, and perform calculations using arithmetic expressions and operators
• Formulate queries using correct operator precedence to display desired results
• Define a null value
• Demonstrate the effect null values create in arithmetic expressions
• Construct a query using a column alias

Vocabulary
Identify the vocabulary word for each definition below.

Display data from two or more related tables.

A symbol used to perform an operation on some values.

An implementation of an attribute or relationship in a table.

The capability in SQL to choose the columns in a table that you


want returned from a query.
A value that is unavailable, unassigned, unknown, or inapplica-
ble.
Renames a column heading.

A mathematical equation.

The capability in SQL to choose the rows in a table returned from


a query.
Retrieves information from the database

Specifies the columns to be displayed

Specifies the table containing the column listed in the select


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clause
An individual SQL statement

Part of a SQL statement

A combination of the two clauses

Try It / Solve It
Now you know the basics of a SELECT statement, It's time to practice what you've learned.

1. Write a SQL statement that demonstrates projection.

2. Write a query that displays the last_name and email addresses for all the people in the
DJs on Demand d_client table. The column headings should appear as “Client” and “Email
Address.”

3. The manager of Global Fast Foods decided to give all employees at 5%/hour raise + a
$.50 bonus/hour. However, when he looked at the results, he couldn't figure out why the
new raises were not as he predicted. Ms. Doe should have a new salary of $7.59, Mr.
Miller's salary should be $11.00, and Monique Tuttle should be $63.50. He used the
following query. What should he have done?

SELECT last_name, salary *.05 +.50


FROM f_staffs;

4. Which of the following would be the easiest way to see all rows in the d_songs table?
a. SELECT id, title, duration, artist, type_code
b. SELECT columns
c. SELECT *
d. SELECT all

5. If tax = 8.5% * car_cost and license = car_cost * .01%, which value will produce the
largest car payment?
a. Payment = (car_cost * 1.25) + 5.00 - (tax) - (license)
b. Payment = car_cost * 1.25 + 5.00 - (tax - license)

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6. In the example below, identify the keywords, the clause(s), and the statement(s):

SELECT employee_id, last_name


FROM employees

7. Label each example as SELECTION, PROJECTION, or JOIN.


a. Please give me Mary Adam's email address.
b. I will need each customer's name and the order_total for their order.
c. I would like only the manager_id column, and none of the other columns.

8. Which of the following statements are true?


a. null * 25 = 0;
b. null * 6.00 = 6.00
c. null * .05 = null
d. (null + 1.00) + 5.00 = 5.00

9. How will the column headings be labeled in the following example?

SELECT bear_id bears, color AS Color, age “age”


FROM animals;

a. bears, color, age


b. BEARS, COLOR, AGE
c. BEARS, COLOR, age
d. Bears, Color, Age

10. Which of the following words must be in a SELECT statement in order to return all rows?
a. SELECT only
b. SELECT and FROM
c. FROM only
d. SELECT * only

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