1) List all the data in the books database:

authors(7)

SELECT * FROM authors

publishers(4)

SELECT * FROM publishers

titles(13)

SELECT * FROM titles

title_authors(17)

SELECT * FROM title_authors

royalties(13)

SELECT * FROM royalties

2) Find all the info on authors whose last name starts with 'H'. (3)

SELECT * from authors

WHERE au_lname LIKE “H%”;

3) Find the title, type, salesprice, published date for all titles published
between July 15, 2014 and August 15, 2014. (2)

SELECT title, name, type, price, pubdate FROM titles

WHERE pubdate BETWEEN ‘2014-07-15’ AND ‘2014-08-15’

4) Find all the information for titles T01, T04, and T07. (3)
Hint: this can be done two ways. Try both of them. Which is easier if you
have a large number of selection criteria?

SELECT * FROM titles

WHERE title_id = 'T01' OR title_id = 'T04' OR title_id = 'T07';

5) Find the last name, first name, address, city, state for all authors.
Display them in alphabetical order by city within state. (7)

SELECT au_fname, au_lname, address, city, state FROM authors

ORDER BY state ASC, city ASC;

6) Find the title and sales price for all books that sell for more than $20.
(4)

SELECT title_name, price FROM titles

WHERE price > 20;
7) Find the title and number of pages for all books that have sold < 5000
copies. (2)

SELECT title_name, pages FROM titles

WHERE sales < 5000;

8) Find the title of all books that have been published by 'Core Dump Books'.
(1)
SELECT * FROM titles WHERE pub_ID = 'P02';

9) Find the title of all books that have not been publsihed by 'Core Dump
Books' (12)

SELECT * FROM titles WHERE pub_ID != 'P02';

10) List all the different types of books. (5)

SELECT DISTINCT type FROM titles;

11) Find the publisher name of all books that were published in August 2014.
(1)

SELECT DISTINCT pub_name from publishers natural join titles where pubdate
>='2014-08-01' AND pubdate <='2014-08-31';

OR

SELECT DISTINCT pub_name FROM titles right OUTER JOIN publishers on

titles.PUB_ID = publishers.PUB_ID
where pubdate Between '2014-08-01' AND '2014-08-31';

12) Find the authors that live in the same state as their publisher. (4)
This is a complicated join. Prove to yourself that your answer is
correct.

SELECT DISTINCT au_fname, au_lname, authors.state FROM authors INNER JOIN

publishers USING ( state );

OR

SELECT DISTINCT au_fname, au_lname FROM ( publishers RIGHT OUTER JOIN titles
USING (pub_id)
RIGHT OUTER JOIN title_authors USING (title_id) RIGHT OUTER JOIN authors
USING (au_id) )
WHERE authors.state = publishers.state;

Find the authors that live in a different state than their publisher.
(2)
SELECT DISTINCT au_fname, au_lname FROM ( publishers RIGHT OUTER JOIN titles
USING (pub_id)
RIGHT OUTER JOIN title_authors USING (title_id) RIGHT OUTER JOIN authors
USING (au_id) )
WHERE authors.state != publishers.state;

13) Find the list of authors that write history books. (1)
SELECT DISTINCT au_fname, au_lname FROM authors RIGHT OUTER JOIN
title_authors USING (au_id)
RIGHT OUTER JOIN titles ON titles.TITLE_ID = title_authors.TITLE_ID
WHERE type = 'history';

14) Find the publisher name of all books whose title starts with 'E'. (1)

SELECT DISTINCT pub_name FROM publishers NATURAL JOIN titles WHERE title_name
LIKE 'E%'

15) List all the books and their authors of all books that have been
published by 'Schedenfrude Press'. (4)

SELECT * FROM ( publishers RIGHT OUTER JOIN titles using (pub_id)

RIGHT OUTER JOIN title_authors USING (title_id) RIGHT OUTER JOIN authors
USING (au_id) ) WHERE PUB_NAME = 'Schadenfreude Press';

16) List the authors and titles and all the advances paid for all books.
Assume that the author receives the
percentage of the advance indicated by their share of the royalties.
Include books that have not had any advances paid. (17)

17) How many books were published by each publisher. (4)

SELECT pub_name, COUNT (title_name) AS booksPub FROM

publishers RIGHT OUTER JOIN titles USING (pub_id)
GROUP BY ( pub_name );

18) How many books were published by each publisher where the number of books
published is greater than 2. (3)

19) What is the highest advance paid for a book.

SELECT MAX (advance) FROM royalties;

20) What is the average royalty rate paid.

SELECT AVG ( royalty_rate ) FROM royalties;

21) List the total royalties paid out for each book.

SELECT title_name, ( royalty_rate * sales ) AS totalRoyalties FROM titles

RIGHT OUTER JOIN royalties USING (title_id);

22) What is the total money paid out to each author to date (include
advances).
23) How many authors live in each state.
SELECT authors.state, COUNT (au_fname) AS authorsBYstate FROM
publishers RIGHT OUTER JOIN authors ON (publishers.state = authors.state)
GROUP BY ( authors.state )
ORDER BY authorsBYstate DESC;

24) How many books were written by each author. Display the list with the
highest number of books first.

SELECT au_fname, au_lname, COUNT (title_name) AS bookSold FROM ( titles

RIGHT OUTER JOIN
title_authors USING ( title_id) RIGHT OUTER JOIN authors USING (au_id) )
GROUP BY au_fname,au_lname
ORDER BY bookSold DESC;

25) Find the first name and last name of all authors who live in the same
state as Sarah Buchman. (2)

26) Find the title of all books that have less pages than "I Blame my
Mother". (5)

SELECT title_name FROM titles WHERE pages < ( SELECT pages FROM titles WHERE
title_name = 'I Blame My Mother') ;

27) Find the books that pay out a lower royalty rate than "Ask Your System
Administrator". (5)

SELECT DISTINCT title_name FROM ( titles NATURAL JOIN royalties ) WHERE

royalty_rate < ( SELECT royalty_rate FROM titles NATURAL JOIN royalties WHERE
title_name = 'Ask Your System Administrator' )

28) What is the title and price of the lowest priced book?

SELECT title_name, price FROM titles WHERE PRICE = ( SELECT MIN(price) FROM
titles);

29) Find the publishers of all books that are the same type as "How About
Never?" (2)

SELECT DISTINCT pub_name FROM ( publishers NATURAL JOIN titles ) WHERE

titles.type = ( SELECT titles.type FROM titles WHERE title_name = 'How About
Never?' )

30) List all city and states where we do business -- where we have authors or
publishers. Identify each row as either an author or a publisher. (10)

SELECT city, state, 'Authors' AS "Business" FROM authors UNION select city,
state, 'Publishers' AS "Business" FROM publishers;
31) List the states (in alphabetical order) in which we have both authors and
publishers. (2)

SELECT DISTINCT state FROM authors INNER JOIN publishers USING (state) ORDER
BY state ASC

32) Find the list of all authors who have not been published. (1)
SELECT au_fname, au_lname FROM authors LEFT OUTER JOIN title_authors ON
authors.au_id = title_authors.au_id WHERE title_id IS NULL;

33) List the publishers (in alphabetical order) that did not publish a book
during 2014. (1)
SELECT pub_name FROM publishers EXCEPT SELECT pub_name FROM titles NATURAL
JOIN publishers WHERE pubdate BETWEEN ‘01/01/2014’ AND ‘12/31/2014’ ORDER BY
pub_name;

33) List the titles (in alphabetical order) of all books that were not
published during 2014. (8)
SELECT title_name FROM titles WHERE pubdate < '2014-01-01' OR pubdate >
'2014-12-31' OR pubdate IS NULL ORDER BY title_name ;

34) List the states that (in alphabetical order) in which we have authors,
publishers, or both. List the states in alphabetical order, and indicate
which it is (‘Author’, ‘Publisher’, or ‘Both’) in the output. If a given
state is in both Authors and Publishers, list it only once, designated as
‘Both’. (5)

SELECT DISTINCT state, 'Both' AS Business FROM publishers NATURAL JOIN

authors WHERE publishers.state = authors.state
UNION (SELECT DISTINCT state, 'Publisher' AS Business FROM publishers)
UNION (SELECT DISTINCT state, 'Author' AS Business FROM authors)
EXCEPT (SELECT DISTINCT state, 'Author' AS Business FROM authors NATURAL
JOIN publishers WHERE authors.state = publishers.state)
EXCEPT (SELECT DISTINCT state, 'Publisher' AS Business FROM publishers
NATURAL JOIN authors WHERE publishers.state = authors.state);

35) List author name, and book title in which the author is the last author
listed (they are lowest on the au_order). In other words, for a given title,
if there are only three authors listed, list the third author and them
alone. (13)

SELECT au_fname, au_lname, title_name FROM titles

NATURAL JOIN authors
NATURAL JOIN title_authors
WHERE au_order = (SELECT MIN(au_order) FROM title_authors);

36) Display the title name, and the number of authors for that title. Order
the rows from the book with the highest number of authors to the lowest. (13)

SELECT title_name, count(title_name) AS “Number of Authors” FROM titles

NATURAL JOIN title_authors GROUP BY title_name ORDER BY count(title_name)
DESC, title_name;

37) List the author(s) of the book with the highest sales. (2)
SELECT au_fname, au_lname FROM authors RIGHT OUTER JOIN title_authors USING
(au_id) RIGHT OUTER JOIN titles USING (title_id) WHERE sales = ( SELECT
MAX(sales) FROM titles);