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MySQL basic SELECT statement - Exercises,

Practice, Solution
Page | 1 1. Write a query to display the names (first_name, last_name) using alias name

“First Name", "Last Name"

Sample table: employees

2. Write a query to get unique department ID from employee table.

Sample table: employees

3. Write a query to get all employee details from the employee table order by first
name, descending.

Sample table: employees

4. Write a query to get the names (first_name, last_name), salary, PF of all the
employees (PF is calculated as 15% of salary).

Sample table: employees

5. Write a query to get the employee ID, names (first_name, last_name), salary
in ascending order of salary.

Sample table: employees

6. Write a query to get the total salaries payable to employees.

Sample table: employees

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7. Write a query to get the maximum and minimum salary from employees table.

Sample table: employees

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8. Write a query to get the average salary and number of employees in the
employees table.

Sample table: employees

9. Write a query to get the number of employees working with the company.

Sample table: employees

10. Write a query to get the number of jobs available in the employees table

Sample table: employees

11. Write a query get all first name from employees table in upper case. 

Sample table: employees

12. Write a query to get the first 3 characters of first name from employees table. 

Sample table: employees

13. Write a query to calculate 171*214+625. 

14. Write a query to get the names (for example Ellen Abel, Sundar Ande etc.) of
all the employees from employees table. 
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Sample table: employees

15. Write a query to get first name from employees table after removing white
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spaces from both side.

Sample table: employees

16. Write a query to get the length of the employee names (first_name,

last_name) from employees table. 

Sample table: employees

17. Write a query to check if the first_name fields of the employees table contains
numbers. 

Sample table: employees

18. Write a query to select first 10 records from a table. 

Sample table: employees

19. Write a query to get monthly salary (round 2 decimal places) of each and
every employee 
Note : Assume the salary field provides the 'annual salary' information.

Sample table: employees

Structure of 'hr' database:

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SOLUTION

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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-1 with Solution

Write a query to display the names (first_name, last_name) using alias name
"First Name", "Last Name".

Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT first_name "First Name", last_name "Last Name"

FROM employees;

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-2 with Solution

Write a query to get unique department ID from employee table.

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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT DISTINCT department_id

FROM employees;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-3 with Solution

Write a query to get the details of all employees according to first name in
descending order.

Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT *

FROM employees

ORDER BY first_name DESC;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-4 with Solution

Write a query to get the names (first_name, last_name), salary, PF of all the
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT first_name, last_name, salary, salary*.15 PF

FROM employees;

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-5 with Solution

Write a query to get the employee ID, name (first_name, last_name), salary in
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT employee_id, first_name, last_name, salary

FROM employees

ORDER BY salary;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-6 with Solution

Write a query to get the total salaries payable to employees.

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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT SUM(salary)

FROM employees;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-7 with Solution

Write a query to get the maximum and minimum salary from employees table.
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT MAX(salary), MIN(salary)

FROM employees;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-8 with Solution

Write a query to get the average salary and number of employees in the
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT AVG(salary), COUNT(*)

FROM employees;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Pictorial Presentation of the above query

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-9 with Solution

Write a query to get the number of employees working with the company.
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT COUNT(*)

FROM employees;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-10 with Solution

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Write a query to get the number of designations available in the employees table.

Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT job_id)

FROM employees;

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Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Tree:

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-11 with Solution

Write a query get all first name from employees table in upper case.
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT UPPER(first_name)

FROM employees;

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-12 with Solution

Write a query to get the first three characters of first name of all employees.
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT SUBSTRING(first_name,1,3)

FROM employees;

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a query to calculate 171*214+625.

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SELECT 171*214+625 Result;

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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-14 with Solution

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Write a query to get the name (for example Ellen Abel, Sundar Ande etc.) of all
the employees from employees table.

Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT CONCAT(first_name,' ', last_name) 'Employee Name'

FROM employees;

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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-15 with Solution

Write a query to get first name of all employees table after removing white
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT TRIM(first_name)

FROM employees;

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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-16 with Solution

Write a query to get the length of the employee names (first_name, last_name)
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT first_name,last_name, LENGTH(first_name)+LENGTH(last_name)
'Length of Names'

FROM employees;

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-17 with Solution

Write a query to check if the first_name fields of the employees table contains
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT *

FROM employees

WHERE first_name REGEXP '[0-9]';

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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-18 with Solution

Write a query to select first 10 records from a table.

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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT employee_id, first_name

FROM employees LIMIT 10;

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Result :
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MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-19 with Solution

Write a query to get monthly salary (round 2 decimal places) of all employees.
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Sample table: employees

Code:
SELECT first_name, last_name, round(salary/12,2) as 'Monthly Salary'

FROM employees;

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Result :
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