Student Guide Volume 2 Advanced SQL

Oracle9i: Advanced SQL

Student Guide • Volume 2

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AdditionalPractices

Oracle9i: Advanced SQL Additional Practices-2

These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed using SET operators.

1. Find the job that was filled in the first half of 1990 and the same job that was filled during thesame period in 1991.

2. Write a compound query to produce a list of employees showing raise percentages, employeeIDs, and old and new salary increase. Employees in departments 10, 50, and 110 are given a 5%

raise, employees in department 60 are given a 10% raise, employees in departments 20 and 80are given a 15% raise, and employees in department 90 are not given a raise.


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed Oracle9i single row functions.

Note: The output might be different based on the date when the command is executed.

3. Alter the session to set the NLS_DATE_FORMAT to DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS.

4. a. Write queries to display the time zone offsets (TZ_OFFSET) for the following time zones.

–Australia/Sydney

–Chile/EasterIsland

b. Alter the session to set the TIME_ZONE parameter value to the time zone offset ofAustralia/Sydney.

c. Display the SYSDATE, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, andLOCALTIMESTAMP for this session.


d. Alter the session to set the TIME_ZONE parameter value to the time zone offset ofChile/EasterIsland.

Note: The results of the preceding question are based on a different date, and in some cases theywill not match the actual results that the students get. Also, the time zone offset of the variouscountries might differ, based on daylight savings time.


e. Display the SYSDATE, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, andLOCALTIMESTAMP for this session.


Note: Observe in the preceding question that CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, andLOCALTIMESTAMP are all sensitive to the session time zone. Observe that SYSDATEis not sensitive to the session time zone.

Note: The results of the preceding question are based on a different date, and in some cases they willnot match the actual results that the students get. Also the time zone offset of the various countriesmight differ based on daylight savings time.

f. Alter the session to set the NLS_DATE_FORMAT to DD-MON-YYYY.

5. Write a query to display the last names, month of the date of join, and hire date of thoseemployees who have joined in the month of January, irrespective of the year of join.


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed enhacements to the GROUP BYclause.

6. Write a query to display the following for those departments whose department ID is greaterthan 80:

– The total salary for every job within a department

– The total salary

– The total salary for those cities in which the departments are located

– The total salary for every job, irrespective of the department

– The total salary for every department irrespective of the city

– The total salary of the cities in which the departments are located

– Total salary for the departments, irrespective of job titles and cities


7. Write a query to display the following groupings:

– Department ID, Job ID

– Job ID, Manager ID

The query should calculate the maximum and minimum salaries for each of these groups.


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed advanced subqueries.

8. Write a query to display the top three earners in the EMPLOYEES table. Display their lastnames and salaries.

9. Write a query to display the employee ID and last names of the employees who work in thestate of California.

Hint: Use scalar subqueries.

10. Write a query to delete the oldest JOB_HISTORY row of an employee by looking up theJOB_HISTORY table for the MIN(START_DATE) for the employee. Delete the records ofonly those employees who have changed at least two jobs. If your query executes correctly,you will get the feedback:

Hint: Use a correlated DELETE command.

11. Roll back the transaction.


12. Write a query to display the job IDs of those jobs whose maximum salary is above half themaximum salary in the whole company. Use the WITH clause to write this query. Name thequery MAX_SAL_CALC.


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed hierarchical retrieval.

13. Write a SQL statement to display employee number, last name, start date, and salary, showing:

a. De Haan’s direct reports

b. The organization tree under De Haan (employee number 102)

14. Write a hierarchical query to display the employee number, manager number, and employeelast name for all employees who are two levels below employee De Haan (employeenumber 102). Also display the level of the employee.


15. Produce a hierarchical report to display the employee number, manager number, the LEVELpseudocolumn, and employee last name. For every row in the EMPLOYEES table, you shouldprint a tree structure showing the employee, the employee’s manager, then the manager’smanager, and so on. Use indentations for the NAME column.

Note: The output shown is only a sample. All the rows from the actual output are not included here.

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These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed Oracle 9i extensions to DML andDDL statements.

Note: Run the cre_special_sal.sql , cre_sal_history.sql , cre_mgr_history.sqlscripts in the lab folder to create the SPECIAL_SAL, SAL_HISTORY and MGR_HISTORY tables.

16. Write a query to do the following:

– Retrieve the details of the employee ID, hire date, salary, and manager ID of thoseemployees whose employee ID is more than or equal to 200 from the EMPLOYEES table.

– If the salary is less than $5,000, insert the details of employee ID and salary into theSPECIAL_SAL table.

– Insert the details of employee ID, hire date, and salary into the SAL_HISTORY table.

– Insert the details of employee ID, manager ID, and salary into the MGR_HISTORY table.

17. Query the SPECIAL_SAL, SAL_HISTORY and the MGR_HISTORY tables to view the insertedrecords.

SPECIAL_SAL Table

SAL_HISTORY Table

MGR_HISTORY Table


18. Create the LOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX table based on the following table instance chart.Name the index for the PRIMARY KEY column as LOCATIONS_PK_IDX.

19. Query the USER_INDEXES table to display the INDEX_NAME for theLOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX table.

COLUMN Name Deptno Dname

Primary Key Yes

Datatype Number VARCHAR2

Length 4 30


This exercise can be used for extra practice after you have discussed writing advanced scripts.

20. Write a SQL script file to drop all objects (tables, views, indexes, sequences, synonyms, andso on) that you own.

Note: The output shown is only a guideline.

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AdditionalPractice

Solutions

Oracle9i: Advanced SQL Additional Practices Solutions-2

These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed SET operators.

1. Find the job that was filled in the first half of 1990 and the same job that was filled during the sameperiod in 1991.

SELECT job_idFROM employeesWHERE hire_dateBETWEEN '01-JAN-1990' AND '30-JUN-1990'INTERSECTSELECT job_idFROM employeesWHERE hire_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-1991'AND '30-JUN-1991';

2. Write a compound query to produce a list of employees showing raise percentages, employee IDs,and old and new salaries. Employees in departments 10, 50, and 110 are given a 5% raise, employeesin department 60 are given a 10% raise, employees in departments 20 and 80 are given a 15% raise,and employees in department 90 are not given a raise.

SELECT '05% raise' raise, employee_id, salary,salary *.05 new_salary

FROM employeesWHERE department_id IN (10,50, 110)UNIONSELECT '10% raise', employee_id, salary, salary * .10FROM employeesWHERE department_id = 60UNIONSELECT '15% raise', employee_id, salary, salary * .15FROM employeesWHERE department_id IN (20, 80)UNIONSELECT 'no raise', employee_id, salary, salaryFROM employeesWHERE department_id = 90;


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed Oracle9i single row functions.

3. Alter the session to set the NLS_DATE_FORMAT to DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS.

ALTER SESSIONSET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS';

4. a. Write queries to display the time zone offsets (TZ_OFFSET), for the following time zones.

– Australia/Sydney

SELECT TZ_OFFSET ('Australia/Sydney') from dual;

– Chile/EasterIsland

SELECT TZ_OFFSET ('Chile/EasterIsland') from dual;

b. Alter the session to set the TIME_ZONE parameter value to the time zone offset ofAustralia/Sydney.

ALTER SESSION SET TIME_ZONE = '+10:00';

c. Display the SYSDATE, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, and LOCALTIMESTAMPfor this session. Note: The output might be different based on the date when the command isexecuted.

SELECT SYSDATE,CURRENT_DATE,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, LOCALTIMESTAMPFROM DUAL;

d. Alter the session to set the TIME_ZONE parameter value to the time zone offset ofChile/EasterIsland.

ALTER SESSION SET TIME_ZONE = '-06:00';


e. Display the SYSDATE, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, andLOCALTIMESTAMP for this session.


SELECT SYSDATE,CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, LOCALTIMESTAMPFROM DUAL;

f. Alter the session to set the NLS_DATE_FORMAT to DD-MON-YYYY.

ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MON-YYYY';

Note: Observe in the preceding question that CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, andLOCALTIMESTAMP are all sensitive to the session time zone. Observe that SYSDATE is notsensitive to the session time zone.

Note: The results of the preceding question are based on a different date, and in some cases theywill not match the actual results that the students get. Also the time zone offset of the variouscountries might differ, based on daylight savings time.

5. Write a query to display the last names, month of the date of join, and hire date of those employeeswho have joined in the month of January, irrespective of the year of join.

SELECT last_name, EXTRACT (MONTH FROM HIRE_DATE),HIRE_DATEFROM employeesWHERE EXTRACT (MONTH FROM HIRE_DATE) = 1;


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed enhacements to the GROUP BY clause

6. Write a query to display the following for those departments whose department ID is greater than 80:

– The total salary for every job within a department

– The total salary

– The total salary for those cities in which the departments are located

– The total salary for every job, irrespective of the department

– The total salary for every department irrespective of the city

– The total salary of the cities in which the departments are located

– Total salary for the departments, irrespective of job titles and cities

COLUMN city FORMAT A25 Heading CITYCOLUMN department_name FORMAT A15 Heading DNAMECOLUMN job_id FORMAT A10 Heading JOBCOLUMN SUM(salary) FORMAT $99,99,999.00 Heading SUM(SALARY)

SELECT l.city,d.department_name, e.job_id, SUM(e.salary)FROM locations l,employees e,departments dWHERE d.location_id = l.location_idAND e.department_id = d.department_idAND e.department_id > 80GROUP BY CUBE( l.city,d.department_name, e.job_id);


7. Write a query to display the following groupings:

– Department ID, Job ID

– Job ID, Manager ID

The query should calculate the maximum and minimum salaries for each of these groups.

SELECT department_id, job_id, manager_id,max(salary),min(salary)FROM employeesGROUP BY GROUPING SETS((department_id,job_id), (job_id,manager_id));


These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed advanced subqueries.

8. Write a query to display the top three earners in the EMPLOYEES table. Display their last namesand salaries.

SELECT last_name, salaryFROM employees eWHERE 3 > (SELECT COUNT(*)

FROM employeesWHERE e.salary < salary);

9. Write a query to display the employee ID and last names of the employees who work in the state ofCalifornia.

Hint: Use scalar subqueries.

SELECT employee_id, last_nameFROM employees eWHERE ((SELECT location_id

FROM departments dWHERE e.department_id = d.department_id )

IN (SELECT location_idFROM locations lWHERE STATE_province = 'California'));

10. Write a query to delete the oldest JOB_HISTORY row of an employee by looking up theJOB_HISTORY table for the MIN(START_DATE) for the employee. Delete the records of onlythose employees who have changed at least two jobs. If your query executes correctly, you will getthe following feedback:

Hint: Use a correlated DELETE command.

DELETE FROM job_history JHWHERE employee_id =

(SELECT employee_idFROM employees EWHERE JH.employee_id = E.employee_idAND START_DATE = (SELECT MIN(start_date)

FROM job_history JHWHERE JH.employee_id = E.employee_id)AND 3 > (SELECT COUNT(*)FROM job_history JHWHERE JH.employee_id = E.employee_idGROUP BY EMPLOYEE_IDHAVING COUNT(*) >= 2));

11. Roll back the transaction.

ROLLBACK;


12. Write a query to display the job IDs of those jobs whose maximum salary is above half the maximumsalary in the whole company. Use the WITH clause to write this query. Name the queryMAX_SAL_CALC.

WITHMAX_SAL_CALC AS (SELECT job_title, MAX(salary) AS job_totalFROM employees, jobsWHERE employees.job_id = jobs.job_idGROUP BY job_title)SELECT job_title, job_totalFROM MAX_SAL_CALCWHERE job_total > (SELECT MAX(job_total) * 1/2

FROM MAX_SAL_CALC)ORDER BY job_total DESC;

These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed hierarchical retrieval.

13. Write a SQL statement to display employee number, last name, start date, and salary, showing:

a. De Haan’s direct reports

SELECT employee_id, last_name, hire_date, salaryFROM employeesWHERE manager_id = (SELECT employee_id

FROM employeesWHERE last_name = 'De Haan');

b. The organization tree under De Haan (employee number 102)

SELECT employee_id, last_name, hire_date, salaryFROM employeesWHERE employee_id != 102CONNECT BY manager_id = PRIOR employee_idSTART WITH employee_id = 102;

14. Write a hierarchical query to display the employee number, manager number, and employee lastname for all employees who are two levels below employee De Haan (employee number 102).Also display the level of the employee.

SELECT employee_id, manager_id, level, last_nameFROM employeesWHERE LEVEL = 3CONNECT BY manager_id = PRIOR employee_idSTART WITH employee_id= 102;


15. Produce a hierarchical report to display employee number, manager number, the LEVEL pseudocolumn,and employee last name. For every row in the EMPLOYEES table, you should print a tree structureshowing the employee, the employee’s manager, then the manager’s manager, and so on.Use indentations for the NAME column.

COLUMN name FORMAT A25SELECT employee_id, manager_id, LEVEL,LPAD(last_name, LENGTH(last_name)+(LEVEL*2)-2,'_') LAST_NAMEFROM employeesCONNECT BY employee_id = PRIOR manager_id;COLUMN name CLEAR

These exercises can be used for extra practice after you have discussed Oracle 9i extensions to DML and DDL.

16. Write a query to do the following:

– Retrieve the details of the employee ID, hire date, salary, and manager ID of those employeeswhose employee ID is more than or equal to 200 from the EMPLOYEES table.

– If the salary is less than $5,000, insert the details of employee ID and salary into theSPECIAL_SAL table.

– Insert the details of employee ID, hire date, and salary into the SAL_HISTORY table.

– Insert the details of employee ID, manager ID, and salary into the MGR_HISTORY table.

INSERT ALLWHEN SAL < 5000 THENINTO special_sal VALUES (EMPID, SAL)ELSEINTO sal_history VALUES(EMPID,HIREDATE,SAL)INTO mgr_history VALUES(EMPID,MGR,SAL)SELECT employee_id EMPID, hire_date HIREDATE,

salary SAL, manager_id MGRFROM employeesWHERE employee_id >=200;

17. Query the SPECIAL_SAL, SAL_HISTORY and the MGR_HISTORY tables to view the insertedrecords.

SELECT * FROM special_sal;SELECT * FROM sal_history;SELECT * FROM mgr_history;


18. Create the LOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX table based on the following table instance chart.Name the index for the PRIMARY KEY column as LOCATIONS_PK_IDX.

CREATE TABLE LOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX(location_id NUMBER(4) PRIMARY KEY USING INDEX(CREATE INDEX locations_pk_idx ONLOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX(location_id)),location_name VARCHAR2(20));

19. Query the USER_INDEXES table to display the INDEX_NAME for theLOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX table.

SELECT INDEX_NAME, TABLE_NAMEFROM USER_INDEXESWHERE TABLE_NAME = 'LOCATIONS_NAMED_INDEX';

This exercise can be used for extra practice after you have discussed writing advanced scripts.

20. Write a SQL script file to drop all objects (tables, views, indexes, sequences, synonyms, andso on) that you own. Note: The output shown is only a guideline.

SET HEADING OFF ECHO OFF FEEDBACK OFFSET PAGESIZE 0

SELECT 'DROP ' || object_type || ' ' || object_name || ';'FROM user_objectsORDER BY object_type/

SET HEADING ON ECHO ON FEEDBACK ONSET PAGESIZE 24

Table Descriptionsand Data

AdditionalPractices

Oracle9i: Advanced SQL Additional Practices Tables-2

COUNTRIES Table

DESCRIBE countries

SELECT * FROM countries;


DEPARTMENTS Table

DESCRIBE departments

SELECT * FROM departments;


EMPLOYEES Table

DESCRIBE employees

SELECT * FROM employees;


EMPLOYEES Table (continued)


JOBS Table

DESCRIBE jobs

SELECT * FROM jobs;


JOB_GRADES Table

DESCRIBE job_grades

SELECT * FROM job_grades;


JOB_HISTORY Table

DESCRIBE job_history

SELECT * FROM job_history;


LOCATIONS Table

DESCRIBE locations

SELECT * FROM locations;


REGIONS Table

DESCRIBE regions

SELECT * FROM regions;

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