1.List the teachers who have NULL for their department.
select name
from teacher
where dept IS NULL
2.Note the INNER JOIN misses the teachers with no department and the departments with no teacher.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name
FROM teacher INNER JOIN dept
ON (teacher.dept=dept.id)
3.Use a different JOIN so that all teachers are listed.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name
FROM teacher LEFT JOIN dept
ON (teacher.dept=dept.id)
4.Use a different JOIN so that all teachers are listed.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name
FROM teacher RIGHT JOIN dept
ON (teacher.dept=dept.id)
Using the COALESCE function
5.Use COALESCE to print the mobile number. Use the number '07986 444 2266' if there is no number given. Show teacher name and mobile number or '07986 444 2266'
COALESCE takes any number of arguments and returns the first value that is not null.
COALESCE(x,y,z) = x if x is not NULL COALESCE(x,y,z) = y if x is NULL and y is not NULL COALESCE(x,y,z) = z if x and y are NULL but z is not NULL COALESCE(x,y,z) = NULL if x and y and z are all NULL
SELECT name, COALESCE(mobile, '07986 444 2266')
FROM teacher
6.Use the COALESCE function and a LEFT JOIN to print the teacher name and department name. Use the string 'None' where there is no department.
SELECT t.name, COALESCE(d.name, 'None')
FROM teacher as t
left join dept as d on d.id=t.dept
7.Use COUNT to show the number of teachers and the number of mobile phones.
select count(distinct(name)),count(distinct(mobile))
from teacher
8.Use COUNT and GROUP BY dept.name to show each department and the number of staff. Use a RIGHT JOIN to ensure that the Engineering department is listed.
SELECT dept.name ,COUNT(teacher.name)
FROM teacher
RIGHT OUTER JOIN dept
ON teacher.dept = dept.id
GROUP BY dept.name
Using CASE
9.Use CASE to show the name of each teacher followed by 'Sci' if the teacher is in dept 1 or 2 and 'Art' otherwise.
SELECT teacher.name,
CASE
WHEN teacher.dept IN (1, 2)
THEN 'Sci'
ELSE 'Art'
END
FROM teacher
10.Use CASE to show the name of each teacher followed by 'Sci' if the teacher is in dept 1 or 2, show 'Art' if the teacher's dept is 3 and 'None' otherwise.
SELECT teacher.name,
CASE
WHEN teacher.dept IN (1, 2)
THEN 'Sci'
WHEN teacher.dept = 3
THEN 'Art'
ELSE 'None'
END
FROM teacher