USE sakila;
1a. Display the first and last names of all actors from the table actor
.
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM actor;
1b. Display the first and last name of each actor in a single column in upper case letters. Name the column Actor Name
.
SELECT UPPER(CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name)) AS 'Actor Name' FROM actor;
2a. You need to find the ID number, first name, and last name of an actor, of whom you know only the first name, "Joe." What is one query would you use to obtain this information?
SELECT first_name, last_name, actor_id FROM actor WHERE first_name = "Joe";
2b. Find all actors whose last name contain the letters GEN
.
SELECT * FROM actor WHERE last_name LIKE '%GEN%';
2c. Find all actors whose last names contain the letters LI
. This time, order the rows by last name and first name, in that
order:
SELECT last_name, first_name FROM actor WHERE last_name LIKE '%LI%' ORDER BY last_name, first_name;
2d. Using IN
, display the country_id
and country
columns of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and China:
SELECT country_id, country FROM country WHERE country IN ('Afghanistan', 'Bangladesh', 'China');
3a. Add a middle_name
column to the table actor
. Position it between first_name
and last_name
. Hint: you will need to
specify the data type.
ALTER TABLE actor ADD middle_name VARCHAR(25) AFTER first_name;
3b. You realize that some of these actors have tremendously long last names. Change the data type of the middle_name
column to
blobs
.
ALTER TABLE actor MODIFY COLUMN middle_name blob;
3c. Now delete the middle_name
column.
ALTER TABLE actor
DROP COLUMN middle_name;
4a. List the last names of actors, as well as how many actors have that last name.
SELECT last_name, COUNT(*) AS 'count' FROM actor GROUP BY last_name
4b. List last names of actors and the number of actors who have that last name, but only for names that are shared by at least two actors.
SELECT last_name, COUNT() AS 'count' FROM actor GROUP BY last_name HAVING COUNT() > 1;
4c. Oh, no! The actor HARPO WILLIAMS
was accidentally entered in the actor
table as GROUCHO WILLIAMS
, the name of Harpo's
second cousin's husbands yoga teacher. Write a query to fix the record.
UPDATE actor SET first_name ='HARPO' WHERE (first_name ='GROUCHO' AND last_name = 'WILLIAMS');
4d. Perhaps we were too hasty in changing GROUCHO
to HARPO
. It turns out that GROUCHO
was the correct name after all! In a
single query, if the first name of the actor is currently HARPO
, change it to GROUCHO
. Otherwise, change the first name to
MUCHO GROUCHO
, as that is exactly what the actor will be with the grievous error. BE CAREFUL NOT TO CHANGE THE FIRST NAME OF
EVERY ACTOR TO MUCHO GROUCHO
, HOWEVER! (Hint: update the record using a unique identifier.)
UPDATE actor SET first_name = CASE WHEN first_name = 'HARPO' THEN 'GROUCHO' ELSE 'MUCHO GROUCHO' END WHERE actor_id = 172;
5a. You cannot locate the schema of the address
table. Which query would you use to re-create it?
SHOW CREATE TABLE address;
6a. Use JOIN
to display the first and last names, as well as the address, of each staff member. Use the tables staff
and
address
:
SELECT s.first_name, s.last_name, a.address FROM staff s INNER JOIN address a ON (s.address_id = a.address_id);
6b. Use JOIN
to display the total amount rung up by each staff member in August of 2005. Use tables staff
and payment
.
SELECT s.first_name, s.last_name, SUM(p.amount) FROM staff s INNER JOIN payment p ON (s.staff_id = p.staff_id) WHERE MONTH(p.payment_date) = 08 AND YEAR(p.payment_date) = 2005 GROUP BY s.staff_id;
6c. List each film and the number of actors who are listed for that film. Use tables film_actor
and film
. Use inner join.
SELECT f.title, COUNT(a.actor_id) AS 'Number of Actors' FROM film f INNER join film_actor a ON (f.film_id = a.film_id) GROUP BY f.title ORDER BY 'Number of Actors' DESC;
6d. How many copies of the film Hunchback Impossible
exist in the inventory system?
SELECT title, COUNT(inventory_id) AS 'Number of copies' FROM film INNER JOIN inventory USING (film_id) WHERE title = 'Hunchback Impossible' GROUP BY title;
6e. Using the tables payment
and customer
and the JOIN
command, list the total paid by each customer. List the customers
alphabetically by last name:
SELECT c.last_name, c.first_name, SUM(p.amount) AS 'Total Amount Paid' FROM customer c INNER JOIN payment p ON (c.customer_id = p.customer_id) GROUP BY c.last_name ORDER BY c.last_name;
7a. The music of Queen and Kris Kristofferson have seen an unlikely resurgence. As an unintended consequence, films starting with
the letters K
and Q
have also soared in popularity. Use subqueries to display the titles of movies starting with the letters
K
and Q
whose language is English.
SELECT title FROM film WHERE title LIKE 'K%' OR title LIKE 'Q%' AND language_id IN (SELECT language_id FROM language WHERE name = 'English' );
7b. Use subqueries to display all actors who appear in the film Alone Trip
.
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM actor WHERE actor_id IN (SELECT actor_id FROM film_actor WHERE film_id IN (SELECT film_id FROM film WHERE title = 'Alone Trip'));
7c. You want to run an email marketing campaign in Canada, for which you will need the names and email addresses of all Canadian customers. Use joins to retrieve this information.
SELECT c.first_name, c.last_name, c.email FROM customer c JOIN address a ON (c.address_id = a.address_id) JOIN city ci ON (a.city_id = ci.city_id) JOIN country ctr ON (ci.country_id = ctr.country_id) WHERE ctr.country = 'canada';
7d. Sales have been lagging among young families, and you wish to target all family movies for a promotion. Identify all movies categorized as family films.
SELECT title, c.name FROM film f JOIN film_category fc ON (f.film_id = fc.film_id) JOIN category c ON (c.category_id = fc.category_id) WHERE name = 'family';
7e. Display the most frequently rented movies in descending order.
SELECT title, COUNT(title) as 'Rentals' FROM film JOIN inventory ON (film.film_id = inventory.film_id) JOIN rental ON (inventory.inventory_id = rental.inventory_id) GROUP by title ORDER BY rentals desc;
7f. Write a query to display how much business, in dollars, each store brought in.
SELECT s.store_id, SUM(amount) AS 'Revenue' FROM payment p JOIN rental r ON (p.rental_id = r.rental_id) JOIN inventory i ON (i.inventory_id = r.inventory_id) JOIN store s ON (s.store_id = i.store_id) GROUP BY s.store_id;
7g. Write a query to display for each store its store ID, city, and country.
SELECT store_id, city, country FROM store s JOIN address a ON (s.address_id = a.address_id) JOIN city cit ON (cit.city_id = a.city_id) JOIN country ctr ON(cit.country_id = ctr.country_id);
7h. List the top five genres in gross revenue in descending order. (Hint: you may need to use the following tables: category, film_category, inventory, payment, and rental.)
SELECT SUM(amount) AS 'Total Sales', c.name AS 'Genre' FROM payment p JOIN rental r ON (p.rental_id = r.rental_id) JOIN inventory i ON (r.inventory_id = i.inventory_id) JOIN film_category fc ON (i.film_id = fc.film_id) JOIN category c ON (fc.category_id = c.category_id) GROUP BY c.name ORDER BY SUM(amount) DESC;
8a. In your new role as an executive, you would like to have an easy way of viewing the Top five genres by gross revenue. Use the solution from the problem above to create a view. If you havent solved 7h, you can substitute another query to create a view.
CREATE VIEW top_five_genres AS SELECT SUM(amount) AS 'Total Sales', c.name AS 'Genre' FROM payment p JOIN rental r ON (p.rental_id = r.rental_id) JOIN inventory i ON (r.inventory_id = i.inventory_id) JOIN film_category fc ON (i.film_id = fc.film_id) JOIN category c ON (fc.category_id = c.category_id) GROUP BY c.name ORDER BY SUM(amount) DESC LIMIT 5;
8b. How would you display the view that you created in 8a?
SELECT * FROM top_five_genres;
8c. You find that you no longer need the view top_five_genres
. Write a query to delete it.
DROP VIEW top_five_genres;