1. Textbook Chapter 9 (incl. example queries at end)
SQL
Textbook Chapter 9
(incl. example queries at end)
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2. Structured Query Language
Started as "Sequel"
Now an ANSI (X3H2) / ISO standard
SQL2 or SQL-92
SQL3 is in the works
Lots of uses and versions
As a direct language our focus
As an embedded language in a program in a conventional language
As a protocol from client to DB server increasingly important
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3. SQL DDL TABLE/SCHEMA/CATALOG CREATE/DROP/ALTER SQL DATA TYPES
DB files are often character-based, descended from COBOL
INT, FLOAT, etc.
DEC(i,j)
CHAR(n), VARCHAR(n)
DATE/TIME
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4. SQL DML 90% of what you need to know:
SELECT <attributes>
FROM <tables>
WHERE <conditions>
SELECT is a projection into the output
FROM is effectively a Cartesian product of all the tables used
WHERE are conditions, which could be very elaborate and even involve nested SELECTs.
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5. Some Notation Attributes can be qualified Tables can be renamed
SELECT S.FNAME, S.LNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE E, EMPLOYEE S
WHERE E.SUPERSSN = S.ESSN
SELECT * means display all columns
No WHERE means display all rows
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6. More SQL Topics Conditionals Tables vs sets
NOT, AND, OR (in precedence order)
Tables vs sets
Duplicates are NOT eliminated on certain operations!
DISTINCT keyword eliminates dups in SELECT
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7. Set Operations
UNION, intersections ("INTERSECT"), difference ("EXCEPT")
DO eliminate duplicates
Use to connect whole sets (result of queries), not within WHERE
EXCEPT not supported by MS Access 97
Division is not an SQL operation
Older SQL had a CONTAINS (set inclusion)
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8. IN and EXISTS IN EXISTS Tests for membership in a set: x  A
Binary operator returning Boolean value
used within conditions (WHERE)
left side a row (or value construed as a row)
right side a table, frequently the result of a (nested) SELECT
EXISTS
Unary operator returning a Boolean
tests a table for non-empty: A
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9. Aggregate Functions Five standard functions: COUNT, SUM, MIN, MAX, AVG
Normally appears in SELECT clause
SELECT SUM (SALARY)
Is applied after WHERE
Result is a column in the output
can sometimes think of as a scalar
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10. Grouping GROUP BY <attributes>
causes rows with common values to be grouped together
no particular ordering among groups
Might be used just to improve output presentation, but…
Most commonly used in connection with aggregate functions
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11. Grouping and Functions
In presence of grouping, aggregate functions apply to each group individually.
Output has one row per group
Order of processing:
WHERE conditions,
then GROUPING,
then SELECT (including agg. functions).
But… what if you want a condition applied after the grouping??
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12. HAVING Applies a condition after grouping May use aggregate functions
condition is applied to each group
May use aggregate functions
HAVING SUM(QUANTITY) > 350
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13. p.185 "Find the names of sailors who have reserved boat #103"
SELECT S.sname
FROM Sailors S, Reserve R
WHERE S.sid = R.sid AND R.bid = 103
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14. p.189
"Find the names of sailors who have reserved a red or a green boat"
SELECT S.sname
FROM Sailors S, Boats B, Reserves R
WHERE S.sid = R.sid AND R.bid = B.bid
AND (B.color = 'red' OR B.color = 'green')
Careful: can you change OR to AND?
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15. p.189b
"Find the names of sailors who have reserved both a red and a green boat."
SELECT S.sname
FROM Sailors S, Boats B1, Reserves R1, Boats B2, Reserves R2
WHERE S.sid = R1.sid AND R1.bid = B1.bid
AND S.sid = R2.sid AND R2.bid = B2.bid
AND (B1.color = 'red' AND B2.color = 'green')
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16. p.192 "Find the names of sailors who have reserved boat #103"
SELECT S.sname
FROM Sailors S
WHERE S.sid IN (SELECT R.sid
FROM Reserves R
WHERE R.bid = 103)
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17. p.193a "Find the names of sailors who have reserved a red boat"
SELECT S.sname
FROM Sailors S
WHERE S.sid IN (SELECT R.sid
FROM Reserves R
WHERE R.bid IN
(SELECT B.bid
FROM Boats B
WHERE B.color = 'red')
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18. p.193b "Find the names of sailors who have reserved boat #103
SELECT S.sname
FROM Sailors S
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM Reserves R
WHERE R.bid = 103
AND S.sid = R.sid)
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19. p.197 "Find the average age of sailors with a rating of 10"
SELECT AVG (S.age)
FROM Sailors S
WHERE S.rating = 10
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20. p.197-8 "Find the name and age of the oldest sailor"
SELECT S.name, S.age
FROM Sailors S
WHERE S.age = (SELECT MAX (S2.age)
FROM Sailors S2)
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21. p.200
"Find age of the youngest sailor who is eligible to vote, for each rating level with at least two such sailors"
SELECT S.rating, MIN (S.age) AS minage
FROM Sailors S
WHERE S.age >= 18
GROUP BY S.rating
HAVING COUNT (*) > 1
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22. p.202
"For each red boat, find the number of reservations for this boat"
SELECT B.bid, COUNT (*) AS sailorcount
FROM Boats B, Reserves R
WHERE R.bid = B.bid AND B.color = 'red'
GROUP BY B.bid
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