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The 3rd MAX Salary in The Emp Table.: SQL Important Interview Queries by Prazval - Ks@Odigurus

This document contains 31 SQL queries with explanations. The queries cover topics such as selecting alternate, minimum, maximum records; filtering by conditions; aggregating data; unions and intersections between tables; and more. The document is intended as a reference for important SQL queries that commonly come up in interviews.

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The 3rd MAX Salary in The Emp Table.: SQL Important Interview Queries by Prazval - Ks@Odigurus

This document contains 31 SQL queries with explanations. The queries cover topics such as selecting alternate, minimum, maximum records; filtering by conditions; aggregating data; unions and intersections between tables; and more. The document is intended as a reference for important SQL queries that commonly come up in interviews.

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SQL IMPORTANT INTERVIEW QUERIES BY PRAZVAL.

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1. To fetch ALTERNATE records from a table. (EVEN NUMBERED)


select * from emp where rowid in (select
decode(mod(rownum,2),0,rowid, null) from emp);
2. To select ALTERNATE records from a table. (ODD NUMBERED)
select * from emp where rowid in (select decode(mod(rownum,2),0,null
,rowid) from emp);
3. Find the 3rd MAX salary in the emp table.
select distinct sal from emp e1 where 3 = (select count(distinct sal) from
emp e2 where e1.sal <= e2.sal);
4. Find the 3rd MIN salary in the emp table.
select distinct sal from emp e1 where 3 = (select count(distinct sal) from
emp e2where e1.sal >= e2.sal);
5. Select FIRST n records from a table.
select * from emp where rownum <= &n;
6. Select LAST n records from a table
select * from emp minus select * from emp where rownum <= (select
count(*) - &n from emp);
7. List dept no., Dept name for all the departments in which there are
no employees in the department.
select * from dept where deptno not in (select deptno from emp);
alternate solution: select * from dept a where not exists (select * from
emp b where a.deptno = b.deptno);
altertnate solution: select empno,ename,b.deptno,dname from emp a,
dept b where a.deptno(+) = b.deptno and empno is null;
8. How to get 3 Max salaries ?
select distinct sal from emp a where 3 >= (select count(distinct sal) from
emp b where a.sal <= b.sal) order by a.sal desc;
9. How to get 3 Min salaries ?
select distinct sal from emp a where 3 >= (select count(distinct sal)
from emp b where a.sal >= b.sal);
10. How to get nth max salaries ?
select distinct hiredate from emp a where &n = (select count(distinct
sal) from emp b where a.sal >= b.sal);

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11. Select DISTINCT RECORDS from emp table.


select * from emp a where rowid = (select max(rowid) from emp b
where a.empno=b.empno);
12. How to delete duplicate rows in a table?
delete from emp a where rowid != (select max(rowid) from emp b
where a.empno=b.empno);
13. Count of number of employees in department wise.
select count(EMPNO), b.deptno, dname from emp a, dept b where
a.deptno(+)=b.deptno group by b.deptno,dname;
14. Suppose there is annual salary information provided by emp
table. How to fetch monthly salary of each and every employee?

select ename,sal/12 as monthlysal from emp;

15. Select all record from emp table where deptno =10 or 40.

select * from emp where deptno=30 or deptno=10;

16. Select all record from emp table where deptno=30 and sal>1500.

select * from emp where deptno=30 and sal>1500;

17. Select all record from emp where job not in SALESMAN or
CLERK.

select * from emp where job not in ('SALESMAN','CLERK');

18. Select all record from emp where ename in


'BLAKE','SCOTT','KING'and'FORD'.

select * from emp where ename


in('JONES','BLAKE','SCOTT','KING','FORD');

19. Select all records where ename starts with ‘S’ and its lenth is 6
char.

select * from emp where ename like'S____';

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20. Select all records where ename may be any no of character but it
should end with ‘R’.

select * from emp where ename like'%R';

21. Count MGR and their salary in emp table.

select count(MGR),count(sal) from emp;

22. In emp table add comm+sal as total sal .

select ename,(sal+nvl(comm,0)) as totalsal from emp;

23. Select any salary <3000 from emp table.

select * from emp where sal> any(select sal from emp where sal<3000);

24. Select all salary <3000 from emp table.

select * from emp where sal> all(select sal from emp where sal<3000);

25. Select all the employee group by deptno and sal in descending
order.

select ename,deptno,sal from emp order by deptno,sal desc;

26. How can I create an empty table emp1 with same structure as
emp?

Create table emp1 as select * from emp where 1=2;

27. How to retrive record where sal between 1000 to 2000?


Select * from emp where sal>=1000 And sal<2000
28. Select all records where dept no of both emp and dept table
matches.
select * from emp where exists(select * from dept where
emp.deptno=dept.deptno)
29. If there are two tables emp1 and emp2, and both have common
record. How can I fetch all the recods but common records only

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once?
(Select * from emp) Union (Select * from emp1)
30. How to fetch only common records from two tables emp and
emp1?
(Select * from emp) Intersect (Select * from emp1)
31. How can I retrive all records of emp1 those should not present in
emp2?
(Select * from emp) Minus (Select * from emp1)
32. Count the totalsa deptno wise where more than 2 employees
exist.
SELECT deptno, sum(sal) As totalsal
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno
HAVING COUNT(empno) > 2

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