Introduction to SQL

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Introduction to SQL

Introduction to SQL

1. Getting Started

What is SQL?Setting Up SQL and SSMS Getting Familiar with SSMS Structure of an SQL Database System The SELECT Statement Challenge: First Day as a Librarian Challenge: Find all Book Titles Challenge: Find Book Titles and Authors The DISTINCT Keyword Challenge: Find all Genres

2. Filtering Data

The WHERE Clause Challenge: Help a Reader Find Their Favorite Genre Challenge: Fetching Older Books Conditional Expressions: Comparison Operators Challenge: Avoid the Damaged Books Challenge: Highlight New Arrivals Challenge: Budget-Friendly Books Conditional Expressions: The AND Operator Challenge: Find Specific Books for a Reader Challenge: Defining Ranges Challenge: Multiple Conditions Conditional Expressions: The OR Operator Challenge: Matching Multiple Options Challenge: Excluding A Range Conditional Expressions: The NOT Operator Challenge: Negating a Range

3. Sorting Data

Basic Sorting Challenge: Sorting the Library Catalogue Sorting by Multiple Columns Challenge: Further Sorting the Catalogue Sorting after Filtering Data Challenge: Find the Cheapest Books Challenge: Help a Customer Find a Book The LIMIT Keyword Challenge: Select Books for the Collector's Section Challenge: Affordable Books

4. Populating a Database

Creating a Table Challenge: Creating a new Books Table Inserting Rows into a Table Challenge: Inserting Data Challenge: Inserting More Data Inserting Multiple Rows Challenge: Inserting Bulk Data Primary Keys The SERIAL Keyword Challenge: Changing the Books Structure Specifying Default Values Challenge: Further Improving the Books Table

5. Updating & Deleting Data

Updating Rows in a Table Challenge: Correct Book's Data Challenge: Updating Page Counts Challenge: Mark Archived Books As Unavailable Deleting Rows Challenge: Deleting Outdated Records Duplicating Tables Challenge: Create a Table Backup Challenge: Generate a Summarized Books Table Deleting Tables

Challenge: Further Improving the Books Table

As one more improvement to the books_table table, you can specify some default values to make the data entry process more efficient.

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Your task is to write a query for creating a new books_table table for the library that will include default values for certain columns. This ensures that if no value is provided during insertion, the system will use a predefined default value.

Set default values for the following columns:

genre → 'Unknown';
pages → 0;
language → 'English';
is_available → TRUE.

Lösning

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Challenge: Further Improving the Books Table

As one more improvement to the books_table table, you can specify some default values to make the data entry process more efficient.

Uppgift

Swipe to start coding

Your task is to write a query for creating a new books_table table for the library that will include default values for certain columns. This ensures that if no value is provided during insertion, the system will use a predefined default value.

Set default values for the following columns:

genre → 'Unknown';
pages → 0;
language → 'English';
is_available → TRUE.

Lösning

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Var allt tydligt?

Tack för dina kommentarer!

Avsnitt 4. Kapitel 12

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