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SQL ASSIGNMENTS INTERVIEW PURPOSE

create database

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CREATE TABLE COMPUTER

( COMPID int PRIMARY KEY, BRAND VARCHAR(50), COMPMODEL
VARCHAR(50), MANUFACTUREDATE DATE);
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CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE
( EMPID int PRIMARY KEY, FIRSTNAME VARCHAR(50),
LASTNAME VARCHAR(50), SALARY int, EMAILID
VARCHAR(50), MANAGERID int, DATEOFJOINING DATE,
DEPT VARCHAR (50), COMPID int ,
CONSTRAINT FK_COMPID FOREIGN KEY (COMPID) REFERENCES
COMPUTER(COMPID));
GO
INSERT INTO COMPUTER
VALUES(1001,'Lenovo','T480','12-JUN-19');
INSERT INTO COMPUTER
VALUES(1002,'Lenovo','T490','24-AUG-20');
INSERT INTO COMPUTER
VALUES(1003,'SONY','SQ112','01-DEC-19');
INSERT INTO COMPUTER
VALUES(1004,'SONY','SX1001','21-DEC-20');
GO
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
values(1,'nanda','kumar',50000,'nanda@gmail.com',NULL,'15-JUN-
12', 'IT',1001);
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
values(2,'biplab','parida',30000,'bparida@yahoo.com',1,'21-DEC-
15', 'IT',1001);
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
values(3,'disha','patel',50000,'dishap@gmail.com',NULL,'21-AUG-
13', 'HR',NULL);
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
values(4,'siba','prasad',90000,'siba@gmail.com',3,'01-JUN-
20','HR', 1002);
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
values(5,'anushka','sharma',20000,'sharmaa@gmail.com',1,'01-MAR-21'
,'IT',NULL);
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
values(6,'somnath','maharana',65000,'smaha@gmail.com',3,'07-MAY-19'
,'IT',1003);
GO
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CREATE TABLE DUPLICATE

( EMPID int PRIMARY KEY, FIRSTNAME
VARCHAR(50), LASTNAME
VARCHAR(50), SALARY int,
EMAILID VARCHAR(50), MANAGERID int, DATEOFJOINING DATE );
GO
INSERT INTO DUPLICATE
values(1,'nanda','kumar',50000,'nanda@gmail.com',NULL,'15-JUN-
12'); INSERT INTO DUPLICATE
values(2,'biplab','parida',30000,'bparida@yahoo.com',1,'21-DEC-
15'); INSERT INTO DUPLICATE
values(4,'siba','prasad',90000,'siba@gmail.com',3,'01-JUN-20');
INSERT INTO DUPLICATE
values(5,'anushka','sharma',20000,'sharmaa@gmail.com',1,'01-MAR-
21')
;
INSERT INTO DUPLICATE
values(6,'biplab','parida',30000,'bparida@yahoo.com',1,'21-DEC-
15'); GO
select * from
computer; select *
from employee;
select * from duplicate;

--30 SQL QUERIES QUESTION ANSWERS FOR INTERVIEW

SQL Query EMPLOYEE to update DateOfJoining

to 15-jul-2012 for empid =1.

update EMPLOYEE
set DATEOFJOINING='15-jul-2012'
where EMPID=1

SQL Query to select all student name

where age is greater than 22.
select name,age,(*) from student
where age>22

SQL Query employee to Find all employee with

Salary between 40000 and 80000.

select * from EMPLOYEE

where SALARY between 40000 and 80000
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SQL Query employee to display full name.

select firstname +''+lastname as fullname from

EMPLOYEE select from EMPLOYEE

SQL Query employee to find name of employee beginning

with S.
select * from employee
where FIRSTNAME like
's%'

Write a query to fetch details of employees whose

firstname ends with an alphabet 'A' and contains
exactly five alphabets.
select * from EMPLOYEE where FIRSTNAME like' a'

Write a query to fetch details of all

employees excluding the employees with first
names, "ANUSHKA" and "SOMNATH" from the
Employee table.

select * from EMPLOYEE

where FIRSTNAME not in ('anushka' ,'somnath')

select * from EMPLOYEE

where FIRSTNAME != 'anushka' and firstname!='somnath'

select * from EMPLOYEE

where FIRSTNAME <> 'anushka' and firstname <>'somnath'

SQL query to display the current date?

--- getting current systtem
date
select CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
select SYSDATETIME ()
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,GETDATE(),SYSDATETIMEOFFSET(),GETUTCDATE()

--- geting current system date

select CONVERT (date,

SYSDATETIMe()), CONVERT (date,
SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()),
CONVERT (date,
SYSUTCDATETIME()), CONVERT
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(date, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),
CONVERT (date, GETDATE()),
CONVERT (date,
GETUTCDATE())

--- getting current system

time

select CONVERT (time,

SYSDATETIMe()), CONVERT (time,
SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()),
CONVERT (time,
SYSUTCDATETIME()), CONVERT
(time, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP),
CONVERT (time, GETDATE()),
CONVERT (time ,
GETUTCDATE())

SQL Query to get day of last day of the previous month?

--- GET LAST DAY OF PREVIOUS MONTH

SELECT DATEADD (S,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(M,0,GETDATE()),0))AS

'LAST_DAY_OF_LASTMONTH'

---GET LAST DAY OF THIS MONTH

SELECT DATEADD(S,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(M,0,GETDATE())+1,0))AS 'LAST_DAY_OF

THIS MONTH'

----GET LAST DAY OF NEXT MONTH

SELECT DATEADD(S,-1,DATEADD(MM,DATEDIFF(M,0,GETDATE())+2,0))AS 'LAST DAY OF

NEXT MONTH '
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Write an SQL query to fetch the employee FIRST

names and replace the A with '@'.
select REPLACE(firstname,'A','@')from EMPLOYEE

Write an SQL query to fetch the domain

from an email address SELECT * FROM
EMPLOYEE

---- GET DOMAIN NAME

SELECT SUBSTRING(EMAILID,CHARINDEX('@',EMAILID)+1,LEN(EMAILID))AS DOMAIN FROM

EMPLOYEE

--COUNT NO.OF RECORDS FOR EXTRACT DOMAIN NAME FROM EMAIL OR NO

OF EXTRACTED DOMAIN FROM SQL SERVER

SELECT SUBSTRING(EMAILID ,CHARINDEX('@',EMAILID)+1,LEN(EMAILID))AS DOMAIN

,COUNT (*)AS TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_DOMAIN
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE LEN(EMAILID)>1
GROUP BY SUBSTRING(EMAILID ,CHARINDEX('@',EMAILID)+1,LEN(EMAILID))

Write an SQL query to update the employee names by

removing leading and trailing spaces.

UPDATE EMPLOYEE
SET FIRSTNAME=RTRIM(LTRIM(FIRSTNAME))

Write an SQL query to fetch all the Employees details

from Employee table who joined in the Year 2020

SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEE E

WHERE E.DATEOFJOINING BETWEEN '1-JAN-2020'AND'1-DEC-2020'

SELECT *,YEAR (DATEOFJOINING)AS YEAR,MONTH(DATEOFJOINING)AS MONTH FROM EMPLOYEE

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Write an SQL query to fetch only odd rows / Even rows

from the table.

---EVEN ROWS

SELECT * FROM
EMPLOYEE WHERE EMPID %
2=0

---ODD ROWS

SELECT * FROM
EMPLOYEE WHERE EMPID
%2=1

Write an SQL query to create a new table with data and

structure copied from another table.

--- CLONE TABLE WITHOUT DATA

SELECT TOP 0 * INTO EMP FROM EMPLOYEE

---INSERT DATA ---

INSERT INTO
EMP(EMPID,FIRSTNAME,LASTNAME,SALARY,DEPT,EMAILID,DATEOFJOINING,COMPID,
MANAGERID)
SELECT
EMPID,FIRSTNAME,LASTNAME,SALARY,DEPT,EMAILID,DATEOFJOINING,COMPID,MANAGERID
FROM EMPLOYEE

---CLONETABLE WITH DATA SET FROM

SAME DTABASE

SELECT * INTO EMP1 FROM EMPLOYEE

SELECT * FROM EMP1
SELECT * INTO EMP3 FROM
EMPLOYEE WHERE 1 =1
SELECT * FROM EMP3

----CLONE TABLE FROM DIFFRENT DATABASE

SELECT *INTO EMP4 FROM

asignment2_sql.dbo.EmployeeMaster1 SELECT * FROM
EMP4

--- CLONE TABLE WITH WITHOUT DATA FROM

SAME DATABASE

SELECT * INTO EMP2 FROM EMPLOYEE

WHERE 1=0
SELECT * FROM EMP2
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----CLONE TABLE WITH WITHOUT DATA FROM DIFFRENT DATABASE

SELECT *INTO EMP5 FROM
asignment2_sql.dbo.EmployeeMaster1 WHERE 1=0
SELECT * FROM EMP4

Write an SQL query to create an empty table with the

same structure as some other table.

--- CLONE TABLE WITH

WITHOUT DATA

SELECT * INTO EMP2 FROM

EMPLOYEE WHERE 1=0
SELECT * FROM EMP2

----CLONE TABLE WITH WITHOUT DATA FROM DIFFRENT DATABASE

SELECT *INTO EMP5 FROM

asignment2_sql.dbo.EmployeeMaster1 WHERE 1=0
SELECT * FROM EMP4

Write an SQL query to fetch top

3 HIGHEST salaries?
select distinct top 3 SALARY from EMPLOYEE
order by( SALARY) desc

---- find N th highest salary by

order by function
SELECT top 1 * from EMPLOYEE e1
where 1-1=(select COUNT (distinct SALARY)from
EMPLOYEE e2 where e2.SALARY> e1.SALARY)

Find the first employee and last employee

from employee table?
select * from

select top 1* from EMPLOYEE order by EMPID desc

--- find first

employee

select * from
EMPLOYEE
where EMPID=(select MIN (EMPID)from

EMPLOYEE) select top 1* from EMPLOYEE

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----- find last

employee

select * from
EMPLOYEE
where EMPID=(select Max(EMPID)from

EMPLOYEE) select top 1* from EMPLOYEE

order by EMPID desc

List the ways to get the count of

records in a table?

select count (*) from EMPLOYEE

Write a query to fetch the department-wise count of

employees sorted by departments count in ascending
order?

select DEPT,count(*) from

EMPLOYEE group by DEPT
order by COUNT (*)desc

Write a query to retrieve Departments who have less

than 4 employees working in it
. select DEPT,count(*)from EMPLOYEE
group by DEPT
having COUNT (EMPID)<4

Write a query to retrieve Department

wise Maximum salary.

select DEPT,MAX(SALARY)from EMPLOYEE

group by DEPT

Write a query to Employee earning maximum salary

in his department.

select * from EMPLOYEE e

where e.SALARY in (select MAX (SALARY)from
EMPLOYEE group by DEPT)
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Write an SQL query to fetch the first 50% records from a table

--- by top percent

select top 50 percent * from

EMPLOYEE where DEPT= 'hr'

--- select top 3(value)* from tablename where condition

--or select top 50 percent * from EMPLOYEE where DEPT= 'hr'

Query to fetch details of employees not

having computer

select * from EMPLOYEE

where COMPID is null

---- Query to fetch details of employees

having computer

select * from EMPLOYEE

where COMPID is not null

--- find employee who is not manager

select *from EMPLOYEE where MANAGERID is null

--- find employee who is manager

select *from EMPLOYEE where MANAGERID is not null

Query to fetch employee details along with the computer

details who have been assigned with a computer.

select e.empid,e.firstname,e.lastname,e.salary,e.emailid,e.MANAGERID,
e.dept,e.DATEOFJOINING,c.BRAND,c.COMPMODEL,c.MANUFACTUREDATE from EMPLOYEE e
inner join COMPUTER c on e.COMPID=c.COMPID

----compid column not exist

select * from EMPLOYEE e join COMPUTER c on E.COMPID=c.COMPID

Fetch all employee details along with the computer name

assigned to them.

select * ,case when c.BRAND is null then 'not asigned' else 'asigned
'end from
EMPLOYEE e
left join COMPUTER c on e.COMPID=c.COMPID
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----compid column not exist

select * from EMPLOYEE e left join COMPUTER c on E.COMPID=c.COMPID

Fetch all Computer Details along with employee

name using it

select * from COMPUTER c left join EMPLOYEE e on

e.COMPID=c.COMPID

Delete duplicate records from a table

;with cte
as
(select *,ROW_NUMBER ()over (partition by SALARY order by empid )AS Dup from
DUPLICATE ) delete FROM cte
where Dup>1
select* from DUPLICATE

Find Nth Highest salary

--- find nth highest salary

select distinct SALARY from employee e1

where 2=(select count (distinct e2.SALARY) from
EMPLOYEE e2 where e2.SALARY > e1.SALARY)

select COUNT (distinct SALARY) from

EMPLOYEE select * from EMPLOYEE
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-----rank function including
duplicate salary

select distinct * from

(select *,RANK()over
(order by salary desc)as R from
EMPLOYEE)as k where R =1;

---- find nth highest excluding

duplicate salary

select distinct *from

(select distinct
salary,dense_rank()over (order by salary
desc)as R from EMPLOYEE)as k where R
=3;

--- dense rank function excluding

duplicate salary

select distinct *from

(select distinct salary,rank()over
(order by salary desc)as R from EMPLOYEE)as k
where R =3;

----- find last identity

/*identity column
syntax : column name data type identity (seed,increment) */

create table test1

(id int identity
(1,2), name
varchar (50))

insert
into test1
values
('vijay')

insert
into test1
values
('vijay')

insert
into test1
values
('vijay')
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insert
into test1
values
('vijay')

insert
into test1
values
('vijay')

insert
into test1
values
('vijay')

--- select
select * from test1
-----
delete
delete
from test1

----
truncate
truncate
table test1
----when use delete comand identity valuew not ressed
--- when use truncate command identity
value is reseed

delete from test1

where id =11

----- insert deleted value by identity insert on

---when identity insert on compulsery give identity column

value rather than give other column value

identity insert test1 on

identity insert test1 off

----- identity ressed for start

from new identity

DBCC CHECKIDENT('TEST1',RESEED,0)
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----select SCOPE_IDENTITY() use for same session or same scope

identity column value

---select @@IDENTITY use for same session or any scope identity

column value first make trigger

---select ident_current('tablename') use for any session or any

scope