SQL Tutorial

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE

INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 First Example

 Movie Database
 movies
 actors
 casting

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 Tables of Movie Database
movie movie
Field Name Type Notes
id INTEGER An arbitrary unique identifier.
title CHAR(70) The name of the film.
yr DECIMAL(4) Year of first release.
score FLOAT Average of all the votes cast for the film.
votes INTEGER The number of votes cast for this film.

actor actor
Field Name Type Notes
id INTEGER An arbitrary unique identifier.
name CHAR(30) The name of the actor.

casting casting
Field Name Type Notes
movieid INTEGER A reference to the movie table.
actorid INTEGER A reference to the actor table.

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE
 INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 Creating Database

 create table movie (id int NOT NULL primary

key, title varchar(70), yr decimal(4), score float,
votes integer);
 create table actor(id int NOT NULL primary key,
name varchar(30));
 create table casting(movieid int, actorid int, ord
integer, primary key (movieid, actorid));

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE
 INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 Populating Database

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insert into table movie(id, title, yr, score, votes)
values (1, “Lione King”, 2001, 5, 20000);
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insert into actor(id, name) values (1, “Sambda”);
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insert into casting(movieid, actorid, ord) values
(1, 1, 5);

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE

INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 Updating Record

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update table movie set title = “Lion King” where
id = 1;
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update table actor set name = “simba” where id
= 1;
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update table casting set ord = 1 where movieid
= 1 and actorid = 1;

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE

INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 Selecting records
Games
yr city

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Problem: Select the year that Athens 2000
2004
sydney
Athens

hosted the Olympic games. 2008

2012
Biejing
London

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 Selecting records
Games
yr city


Problem: Select the year that Athens 2000
2004
sydney
Athens

hosted the Olympic games. 2008

2012
Biejing
London

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Solution:
select yr, city from Games where city
= 'Athens';
yr city
2004 Athens

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 Select with GROUP BY
Games
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Problem: Select the continents yr

2000
city

sydney
continent

Australia

hosting the Olympics with the count 2004

2008
Athens
Biejing
Europe
Aisa

of the number of games held. 2012 London Europe

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 Select with GROUP BY
Games
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Problem: Select the continents yr

2000
city

sydney
continent

Australia

hosting the Olympics with the count 2004

2008
Athens
Biejing
Europe
Aisa

of the number of games held. 2012 London Europe

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Solution:
select continent, count(yr) from Games group by
continent;

continent count(yr)
Australia 1
Asia 1
Europe 2

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 Select with aggregate functions
name region area population gdp
Afghanistan South Aisa 652225 2600000
Albania Europe 28728 320000 665600000

Database
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bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)

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Problem: Give the total GDP of 'Africa'

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 Select with aggregate functions
name region area population gdp
Afghanistan South Aisa 652225 2600000
Albania Europe 28728 320000 665600000

Database
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bbc(name,
region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: Give the total GDP of 'Africa'
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Solution:
select sum(gdp) from bbc where region =
'Africa'
sum(gdp)
410196200000

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 Select with aggregate functions
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Database
bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: How many countries have an area of
at least 1000000

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 Select with aggregate functions

Database
bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: How many countries have an area of
at least 1000000
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Solution:
select count(name) from bbc where area >=
1000000

count(name)
29

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 Select with aggregate functions

Database
bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: What is the total population of
('France','Germany','Spain')

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 Select with aggregate functions

Database
bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: What is the total population of
('France','Germany','Spain')
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Solution:
select sum(population) from bbc where name =
'France' or name = 'Germany' or name = 'Spain'

sum(population)
187300000

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 Select with aggregate functions
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Database
bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: For each region show the region and
number of countries with
populations of at least 10 million.

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 Select with aggregate functions

Database
bbc(name, region, area, population, gdp)
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Problem: For each region show the region and
number of countries with
populations of at least 10 million.
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Solution:
select region, count(name) from bbc where
population >= 10000000 group by region region
Africa
count(name)
21
Americas 3
Asia 20
Australia 1
Europe 16
Middle East 10
North America 3
South America 6

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 Select with join
Games City
yr city name country

Problem: 1896 Athens sydney Australia


Athens Greece
1948 London

We want to find the year and 2004 Athens

Biejing
London
China
UK

country where the games took 2008

2012
Biejing

London
place.

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 Select with join
Games City
yr city name country

Problem: 1896 Athens sydney Australia


Athens Greece
1948 London

We want to find the year and 2004 Athens

Biejing
London
China
UK

country where the games took 2008

2012
Biejing

London
place.
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Solution:
SELECT games.yr, city.country yr country

FROM games JOIN city ON 1896 Greece

(games.city = city.name) 1948

2004
UK
Greece

2008 China
2012 UK

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: Find the title and artist who recorded
the song 'Alison'

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)

Problem: Find the title and artist who recorded
the song 'Alison'
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Solution:
SELECT title, artist
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FROM album JOIN track
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ON (album.asin=track.album)
title artist
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WHERE song = 'Alison' The Very Best Of Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
And The Attraction

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: Show the song for each track on the
album 'Blur'

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: Show the song for each track on the
album 'Blur'
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Solution:
select song FROM album JOIN track ON
(album.asin=track.album) where title = 'Blur'

song
Beetlebum
Song 2
Country sad ballad man

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: For each album show the title and the
total number of track.

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: For each album show the title and the
total number of track.
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Solution:
SELECT title, COUNT(*) FROM album JOIN track ON
(asin=album) GROUP BY title
title COUNT(*)
"Music from the Motion Picture ""Purple Rain""" 9
(What's The Story) Morning Glory? 12

..Baby One More Time [ENHANCED CD] 11

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: For each album show the title and the total
number of tracks containing the word 'Heart'.

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: For each album show the title and the total
number of tracks containing the word 'Heart'.
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Solution:
SELECT title, COUNT(*) FROM album JOIN track ON
(asin=album) where song like "%Heart%" GROUP BY
title title COUNT(*)
"Music from the Motion Picture ""Purple Rain""" 1
(What's The Story) Morning Glory? 4

..Baby One More Time [ENHANCED CD] 2

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: Find the songs that appear on more than 2
albums. Include a count of the number of times each
shows up.

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)

Problem: Find the songs that appear on more than 2
albums. Include a count of the number of times each
shows up.
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Solution:
select song, count(*) FROM album JOIN track ON
(album.asin=track.album) group by song having
count(*) > 2 song COUNT(*)
Angel 3

Best is yet to come 3

Changes 3
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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: A "good value" album is one where the price
per track is less than 50 cents. Find the good value album
- show the title, the price and the number of tracks.

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 Select with join

Database
album(asin, title, artist, price, release, label, rank)
track(album, dsk, posn, song)
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Problem: A "good value" album is one where the price
per track is less than 50 cents. Find the good value album
- show the title, the price and the number of tracks.
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Solution:
select title, price, count(*) FROM album JOIN track
ON (album.asin=track.album) group by title having
price/count(*) < .5 title price COUNT(*)
Angel 11.98 25
Best is yet to come 14.99 50

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 Select with join
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Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: List the films in which 'Harrison Ford' has
appeared

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 Select with join

Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: List the films in which 'Harrison Ford' has
appeared
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Solution:
select title from movie join casting on id = movieid
where actorid = (select id from actor where name =
'Harrison Ford') title
What Lies Beneath

Random Hearts

Air Force One

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 Select with join
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Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: List the films together with the leading star for
all 1962 films

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 Select with join

Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: List the films together with the leading star for
all 1962 films
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Solution:
select title, name from movie, actor, casting where yr
= '1962' and ord = 1 and movie.id = casting.movieid
and actor.id = casting.actorid title name
Kid Galahad Elvis Presley

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Wayne

Mothra Frankie Sakai

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 Select with join
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Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: Which were the busiest years for 'John
Travolta'. Show the number of movies he made for each
year.

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 Select with join

Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)

Problem: Which were the busiest years for 'John
Travolta'. Show the number of movies he made for each
year.
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Solution:
select yr, count(*) from movie, casting, actor where
actor.id = casting.actorid and movie.id =
casting.movieid and actor.name = 'John Travolta'
group by yr order by count(*) desc limit 1
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1997 2
 Select with join
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Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: List the 1978 films by order of cast list size.

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 Select with join
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Database
movie(id, title, yr, score, votes, director)
actor(id, name)
casting(movieid, actorid, ord)
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Problem: List the 1978 films by order of cast list size.
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Solution:
select title, count(actor.id) from movie, actor, casting
where actor.id = casting.actorid and movie.id =
casting.movieid and yr = 1978 group by title order by
count(actor.id) desc title count(*)
Kid Galahad 16

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 13

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE

INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 ALTER

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ALTER TABLE actor add column age integer;
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ALTER TABLE actor change age newage
integer;
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ALTER TABLE actor drop column age;

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 Topics to be covered

 CREATE

INSERT
 UPDATE
 SELECT
 ALTER
 DROP

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 DROP

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drop table movie;

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Thanks and Good luck
for your exams

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