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17th July 2012 SQL Questions and Answers Part - 1

1) Find out the SELLING COST AVERAGE for the packages developed in PASCAL?

SELECT AVG (SCOST) FROM SOFTWARE WHERE DEV_IN LIKE 'PASCAL';

2) Display the names and ages of all programmers.

SELECT NAME AS NAME, FLOOR((SYSDATE-DOB)/365) AS AGE FROM PROGRAMMER;

3) Display all the programmers whose name end with H?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE NAME LIKE ‘%H’;

4) What is the highest numbers of copies sold by a package?

SELECT MAX(SOLD) FROM SOFTWARE;

5) Display the names and date of birth of all the programmer born in
JANUARY.

SELECT DOB, NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE TO_CHAR(DOB,'MON') LIKE 'JAN';

6) Display lowest course fee.

SELECT MIN (CCOST) FROM STUDIES;

7) How many programmer has done PGDCA course.

SELECT COUNT (NAME) FROM STUDIES WHERE COURSE LIKE 'PGDCA';

8) How much revenue has been earned through sales of packages in C.

SELECT SUM (SOLD*SCOST) FROM SOFTWARE WHERE DEV_IN LIKE 'C';

9) Display the details of software developed by Ramesh?

SELECT * FROM SOFTWARE WHERE NAME='RAMESH';

10) How many programmers studied at SABHARI.

SELECT COUNT (NAME) AS NOPROGRAMMERS FROM STUDIES WHERE

SPLACE='SABHARI';

11) Display the details of PACKAGES whose sales crossed the 20000 mark.

SELECT * FROM SOFTWARE WHERE (SOLD*SCOST)>20000;

12) Find out the number of copies which should be sold in order to recover
the development costof each package.

SELECT ROUND (DCOST/SCOST) FROM SOFTWARE WHERE SCOST*SOLD<DCOST;

13) What is the price of the costliest software developed in BASIC?

SELECT MAX (SCOST) FROM SOFTWARE WHERE DEV_IN LIKE 'BASIC';

14) Display the details of packages for which development cost has been
recovered.

SELECT * FROM SOFTWARE WHERE (SOLD*SCOST)>DCOST;

15) How many packages were developed in dbase?

SELECT COUNT (TITLE) AS TOTAL FROM SOFTWARE WHERE DEV_IN='DBASE';

16) How many programmers studies at paragathi?

SELECT COUNT (NAME) FROM STUDIES WHERE SPLACE='PRAGATHI';

17) How many programmers paid 5000 to 10000 for their course?

SELECT COUNT (NAME) AS NO_OF_PROGRAMMERS FROM STUDIES WHERE

CCOST>=5000 AND CCOST<=10000;

18) What is the average course fee?

SELECT AVG (CCOST) AS AVERAGECOST FROM STUDIES;

19) Display the details of programmers knowing c?

SELECT * FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE PROF1='C' OR PROF2='C';

20) How many programmers know either Cobol or Pascal?

 SELECT COUNT (NAME) AS PROGRAMMERS FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE PROF1 IN
('COBOL' ,'PASCAL' ) OR PROF2 IN ('COBOL' ,'PASCAL' );

21) How many programmers don't know Pascal & C?

SELECT COUNT (NAME) AS PROGRAMMERS FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE PROF1 NOT IN

('C','PASCAL')
AND PROF2 NOT IN ('C','PASCAL');

22) How old is the oldest male programmers?

SELECT MAX (FLOOR((SYSDATE - DOB)/365)) FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SEX =

‘M’;

23) What is the average age of female programmers?

SELECT AVG (FLOOR((SYSDATE - DOB)/365)) FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SEX =

‘F’;

24) Calculate the experience in years for each programmers and display
along with the names in descending order?

SELECT NAME, FLOOR ((SYSDATE - DOJ)/365) AS EXPERIENCE FROM

PROGRAMMER ORDER BY NAME DESC;

25) Who are the programmers who celebrate their birthday during the current
month?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE TO_CHAR

(DOB,'MM')=TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'MM');

26) How many female programmers are there?

SELECT COUNT (NAME) FEMALE_PROG FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SEX='F';

27) What are the languages known by the male programmers?

SELECT DISTINCT PROF1 LANGUAGES FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SEX='M' UNION

SELECT DISTINCT PROF2 FROM PROGRAMMERWHERE SEX='M';

28) What is the Average salary?

SELECT AVG (SALARY) AS AVGSAL FROM PROGRAMMER;

29) How many people draw 2000 to 4000?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SALARY BETWEEN 2000 AND 4000;
30) Display the details of those who don't know Clipper, Cobol or Pascal?

SELECT * FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE PROF1 NOT IN

('CLIPPER','COBOL','PASCAL') AND PROF2 NOT IN
('CLIPPER','COBOL','PASCAL');

31) How many Female programmers knowing C are above 24 years of age?

SELECT COUNT (NAME) FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SEX='F' AND (PROF1='C' OR

PROF2='C') AND ((SYSDATE-DOB)/365) > 24;

32) Who are the programmers who will be celebrating their Birthday within a
week?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE TO_CHAR(DOB,'WW') =

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'WW');

33 Display the details of those with less than a year's experience?

SELECT * FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE FLOOR((SYSDATE - DOJ)/365)<1;

34 Display the details of those who will be completing 2 years of service

this year?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE FLOOR((SYSDATE-DOJ)/365)=2;

35 Calculate the amount to be recovered for those packages whose

development cost has not been recovered?

SELECT (DCOST-(SCOST*SOLD)), TITLE FROM SOFTWARE WHERE (SCOST*SOLD)

<DCOST;

36) List the packages which have not been sold so far?

SELECT TITLE SOFTWARE FROM SOFTWARE WHERE SOLD=0;

37) Find out the cost of the software developed by Mary?

SELECT TITLE, SCOST AS SOFTCOST FROM SOFTWARE WHERE NAME='MARY';

38) Display the institutes names from the studies table without duplicates?

SELECT DISTINCT SPLACE FROM STUDIES;

39) How many different courses are mentioned in the studies table?

SELECT DISTINCT COURSE FROM STUDIES;

40) Display the names of the programmers whose names contain 2 occurrences
of the letter A?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE NAME LIKE '%A%A%';

41) Display the names of programmers whose names contain upto 5 characters?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE LENGTH(NAME)=5;

42) How many female programmers knowing COBOL have more than 2 years
experience?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE FLOOR((SYSDATE-DOJ)/365)>2 AND

SEX='F' AND (PROF1='COBOL' OR PROF2='COBOL');

43) What is the length of the shortest name in the programmer table?

SELECT MIN(LENGTH(NAME)) FROM PROGRAMMER;

44) What is the average development cost of a package developed in COBOL?

SELECT AVG(DCOST) FROM SOFTWARE WHERE DEV_IN='COBOL';

45) Display the name,sex,dob(DD/MM/YY format), doj for all the programmers
without using
conversion function?

SELECT NAME, SEX ,

SUBSTR(DOB,1,2)||'/'||SUBSTR(DOB,4,3)||'/'||SUBSTR(DOB,8,2) DOB,
SUBSTR(DOJ,1,2)||'/'||SUBSTR(DOJ,4,3)||'/'||SUBSTR(DOJ,8,2) DOJ FROM
PROGRAMMER;

46) Who are the programmers who were born on the last day of the month?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE LAST_DAY(DOB) = DOB;

47) What is the amount paid in salaries of the male programmers who do not
know Cobol?

SELECT SALARY FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE SEX='M' AND (PROF1!='COBOL' OR

PROF2!='COBOL);
48) Display the title, scost, dcost and difference between scost and dcost
in descending order of
difference?

SELECT TITLE, SCOST, DCOST, DCOST -SCOST DIFF FROM SOFTWARE ORDER BY
4 DESC;

49) Display the name, dob, doj of those month of birth and month of joining
are same?

SELECT NAME FROM PROGRAMMER WHERE

TO_CHAR(DOB,'MM')=TO_CHAR(DOJ,'MM');

50) Display the names of the packages whose names contain more than 1 word?

SELECT TITLE FROM SOFTWARE WHERE TITLE LIKE '% %';

Post ed 17t h July 2012 by Kart hickumar Pillaiyarsamy

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