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Introduction to SQL
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Introduction to SQL

Introduction to SQL

1. Getting Started
What is SQL?Setting Up SQL and SSMSGetting Familiar with SSMSStructure of an SQL Database SystemThe SELECT StatementChallenge: First Day as a LibrarianChallenge: Find all Book TitlesChallenge: Find Book Titles and AuthorsThe DISTINCT KeywordChallenge: Find all Genres
2. Filtering Data
The WHERE ClauseChallenge: Help a Reader Find Their Favorite GenreChallenge: Fetching Older BooksConditional Expressions: Comparison OperatorsChallenge: Avoid the Damaged BooksChallenge: Highlight New ArrivalsChallenge: Budget-Friendly BooksConditional Expressions: The AND OperatorChallenge: Find Specific Books for a ReaderChallenge: Defining RangesChallenge: Multiple ConditionsConditional Expressions: The OR OperatorChallenge: Matching Multiple OptionsChallenge: Excluding A RangeConditional Expressions: The NOT OperatorChallenge: Negating a Range
3. Sorting Data
Basic SortingChallenge: Sorting the Library CatalogueSorting by Multiple ColumnsChallenge: Further Sorting the CatalogueSorting after Filtering DataChallenge: Find the Cheapest BooksChallenge: Help a Customer Find a BookThe LIMIT KeywordChallenge: Select Books for the Collector's SectionChallenge: Affordable Books
4. Populating a Database
Creating a TableChallenge: Creating a new Books TableInserting Rows into a TableChallenge: Inserting DataChallenge: Inserting More DataInserting Multiple RowsChallenge: Inserting Bulk DataPrimary KeysThe SERIAL KeywordChallenge: Changing the Books StructureSpecifying Default ValuesChallenge: Further Improving the Books Table
5. Updating & Deleting Data
Updating Rows in a TableChallenge: Correct Book's DataChallenge: Updating Page CountsChallenge: Mark Archived Books As UnavailableDeleting RowsChallenge: Deleting Outdated RecordsDuplicating TablesChallenge: Create a Table BackupChallenge: Generate a Summarized Books TableDeleting Tables

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Challenge: Inserting Bulk Data

Instead of inserting books one by one, you can make the process faster by adding multiple records in a single INSERT statement. This is particularly useful when populating a large database.

Task
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Your task is to insert the given data into the table using a single INSERT statement. Insert of manually writing the values, you can copy the data from the snippet below:

  1. ('The Old Man and the Sea', 'Ernest Hemingway', 'Fiction', 1952, '9780684801223', 'Charles Scribner''s Sons', 127, 'English', TRUE)

  2. ('Frankenstein', 'Mary Shelley', 'Horror', 1818, '9780486282114', 'Lackington, Hughes & Co.', 280, 'English', TRUE)

  3. ('Les Misérables', 'Victor Hugo', 'Historical Fiction', 1862, '9780451419439', 'A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven', 1488, 'English', TRUE)

  4. ('Brave New World', 'Aldous Huxley', 'Dystopian', 1932, '9780060850524', 'Chatto & Windus', 268, 'English', TRUE)

  5. ('The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', 'Arthur Conan Doyle', 'Mystery', 1892, '9780141034323', 'George Newnes', 307, 'English', TRUE)

Note

Please insert the data in the given order!

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Challenge: Inserting Bulk Data

Instead of inserting books one by one, you can make the process faster by adding multiple records in a single INSERT statement. This is particularly useful when populating a large database.

Task
test

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Your task is to insert the given data into the table using a single INSERT statement. Insert of manually writing the values, you can copy the data from the snippet below:

  1. ('The Old Man and the Sea', 'Ernest Hemingway', 'Fiction', 1952, '9780684801223', 'Charles Scribner''s Sons', 127, 'English', TRUE)

  2. ('Frankenstein', 'Mary Shelley', 'Horror', 1818, '9780486282114', 'Lackington, Hughes & Co.', 280, 'English', TRUE)

  3. ('Les Misérables', 'Victor Hugo', 'Historical Fiction', 1862, '9780451419439', 'A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven', 1488, 'English', TRUE)

  4. ('Brave New World', 'Aldous Huxley', 'Dystopian', 1932, '9780060850524', 'Chatto & Windus', 268, 'English', TRUE)

  5. ('The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', 'Arthur Conan Doyle', 'Mystery', 1892, '9780141034323', 'George Newnes', 307, 'English', TRUE)

Note

Please insert the data in the given order!

Solution

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Section 4. Chapter 7
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