GESTS482OPERATIONSANDDIGITALBUSINESSSQLEXERCISES

Exercise#1
Herearethedatacontainedinthetablesofarelationaldatabase,followedbyaSQLquerytobeexecuted
onthisdatabase.Whatwillbethedatatableresultingfromtheexecutionofthisquery?Pleasecompletethe
table below by watching to entitle the columns properly. Be sure to briefly explain your reasoning or to
detailtheintermediatesteps.Anyresponsenotorpoorlyjustifiedwillbeconsideredasnull.

Tableclients
Tablesales

c_id c_name c_country

v_client v_product v_quantity
v_date
1 Superman
USA
1
3
1
8/06/2012
2
Batman
USA
2
3
2
13/11/2012
3
Tintin
Belgium
3
1
1
14/09/2011
4
Asterix
France
5
4
3
1/08/2011
5 LuckyLuke Belgium
4
1
1
6/06/2012

2
4
2
7/07/2012
Tableproducts
3
4
4
1/05/2011

1
1
2
26/03/2012
p_id
p_name
p_category p_price
5
2
1
28/03/2011
1
Milou
Animals
100
2
2
1
1/06/2011
2
Cheval
Animals
500
3
4

Combinaison
Jeans

Clothes
Clothes

200
100

Requte
SELECT Year([v_date]) AS Year, p_category AS Category,
SUM([p_price]*[v_quantity]) AS Amount FROM products, clients, sales WHERE c_id =
v_client AND p_id = v_product AND NOT c_country="France" GROUP BY YEAR([v_date]),
p_category UNION SELECT Year([v_date]) AS Year, "Sum" AS Category,
SUM([p_price]*[v_quantity]) AS Amount FROM products, clients, sales WHERE c_id =
v_client AND p_id = v_product AND NOT c_country="France" GROUP BY YEAR([v_date]),
"Sum" ORDER BY Year, Category;

SOLUTION:

Year

Category

Amount

2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012

Animals
Clothes
Sum
Animals
Clothes
Sum

1100
700
1800
200
800
1000

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Exercise#2
Herearethedatacontainedinthetablesofarelationaldatabase,followedbyaSQLquerytobeexecuted
onthisdatabase.Whatwillbethedatatableresultingfromtheexecutionofthisquery?Pleasecompletethe
table below by watching to entitle the columns properly. Be sure to briefly explain your reasoning or to
detailtheintermediatesteps.Anyresponsenotorpoorlyjustifiedwillbeconsideredasnull.Notethatthe
tablebelowmayprovidemorelinesorcolumnsthanwhattheexactanswerrequires.

Tableclients
Tablereservations

id_client
name
Country
id_client id_room
date
nb_nights
1
Gassner
USA
1
1
1/02/2013
2
2
Dewatripont Belgium
1
2
3/03/2013
3
3
vanZeebroeck Belgium
2
3
1/12/2012
5
4
Tudor
USA
3
2
15/01/2013
1

4
1
16/05/2013
4
TableRooms

3
3
20/07/2013
3
id_room nb_beds price
1
2
100
2
1
80
3
2
150

Requte
SELECT Beds, Amount AS Volume, Nunber AS Frequency, Amount/Number AS Average FROM
(SELECT nb_beds AS Beds, SUM([nb_nights]*[price]) AS Amount, SUM(1) AS Number
FROM clients, reservations, rooms WHERE rooms.id_room = reservations.id_room AND
clients.id_client = reservations.id_client AND Year([date])=2013 GROUP BY
nb_beds)ORDER BY Beds;

SOLUTION:

Beds

Volume

Frequency

Average

1
2

320
1050

2
3

160
350

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Exercise#3
Herearethedatacontainedinthetablesofarelationaldatabase,followedbyaSQLquerytobeexecuted
onthisdatabase.Whatwillbethedatatableresultingfromtheexecutionofthisquery?Pleasecompletethe
table below by watching to entitle the columns properly. Be sure to briefly explain your reasoning or to
detailtheintermediatesteps.Anyresponsenotorpoorlyjustifiedwillbeconsideredasnull.Notethatthe
tablebelowmayprovidemorelinesorcolumnsthanwhattheexactanswerrequires.Notethatthefunction
Dates()sendbackthedateoftheday,i.e.28/05/2014,andthatitispossiblethatthetableprovidedforthe
responsecontainsmorelinesorcolumnsthanwhattheexactanswerrequires.

TableWork

TableReader
o_id o_title
o_type

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Unbearablelightnessofthebeing
Thefoundationsofcomputing
Nostalgia,omydelices
Thefoundationsofcomputing
Thehumancondition
FateandtheNecessity
ScienceandHypothesis

Novel
Scientist
Shortstories
Scientist
Novel
Essay
Essay

l_id
1
2
3
4

l_name
NadgeFantasque
FranceLesoir
JrmyMonlivre
BrunoLelit

l_type
Student
Prof
Prof
Student

TableLoan

e_id e_reader e_work e_date

e_duration e_return
1
1
2 18/05/2014
7
0
2
4
3 19/05/2014
7
1
3
1
1 20/05/2014
2
0
4
3
4 20/05/2014
5
0
5
2
5 21/05/2014
5
0
6
3
3 22/05/2014
7
0
7
1
1 23/05/2014
7
0
8
3
6 24/05/2014
2
0
9
3
7 24/05/2014
2
1
10
2
7 26/05/2014
2
0

Requte
SELECT o_type AS Group, COUNT(e_id) AS Number, SUM(Date()-(e_date+e_duration)) AS
Days FROM Work, Loan WHERE o_id = e_work AND e_id IN (SELECT e_id FROM Loan WHERE
e_return=0 AND (Date()-(e_date+e_duration))>0) GROUP BY o_type ORDER BY
COUNT(e_id) DESC, o_type;

SOLUTION:

Group

Number

Days

Novel
Scientist
Essay

2
2
1

8
6
2

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Exercise#4
DownloadandopentheAccessDBnamedStudents.mdb.PleasecreatethefollowingSQLqueriesandrun
themonthedata.

1. Displaythelistofstudents
2. Displaythenameandfirstnameofstudents<20years
3. Displaystudentswhosenamebeginwith"Ma"
4. Displaystudentssortedoutbydecreasingage
5. Displaytheaverageratingpercourse
6. Displaythetranscriptofeachstudent
7. Displaytheaverage,minandmaxofeachstudentstudentssortedoutalphabetically
8. DisplaytheratingsofECONS202lowerthantheaverageofthecourse
9. Displaystudentswithanaveragecorrespondingto"honors"(distinction)(i.e.average>=12and<14)
10. Insertanewcourse(INFOS203)inthetableCourses
11. InsertallthestudentsinthetableRatingsforthisnewcourse
12. Give12toallstudentsforthisnewcourse
13. Add1pointincomputingforallstudents
14. Raisethecomputing'sgradeofthestudentswhofailed(<10)
15. Deletetheaddedcourse
Whatistheissueraisedbythelastquery?andhowtosolveit?

SOLUTIONS:

1.Displaythelistofstudents

SELECT *
FROM students
2.Displaythenameandfirstnameofstudents<20years

SELECT nom, prenom, age

FROM students
WHERE age<20
3.Displaystudentswhosenamebeginwith"Ma"

SELECT nom, prenom

FROM students
WHERE nom LIKE 'Ma*'
4.Displaystudentssortedoutbydecreasingage

SELECT nom, prenom, age

FROM students
ORDER BY age DESC

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5.Displaytheaverageratingpercourse

SELECT cours, AVG(cote)

FROM cotes
GROUP BY cours
ORDER BY cours
6.Displaythetranscriptofeachstudent

SELECT students.nom, students.prenom, cotes.cote, cours.titre

FROM students, cotes, cours
WHERE students.matricule=cotes.etudiant AND cours.mnemonique=cotes.cours
ORDER BY students.nom, students.prenom, cours.titre
7.Displaytheaverage,minandmaxofeachstudentstudentssortedoutalphabetically

SELECT students.nom, students.prenom, AVG(cotes.cote) AS moyenne,

MIN(cotes.cote) AS minimum, MAX(cotes.cote) AS maximum
FROM students, cotes
WHERE students.matricule=cotes.etudiant
GROUP BY students.nom, students.prenom
ORDER BY students.nom, students.prenom
8.DisplaytheratingsofECONS202lowerthantheaverageofthecourse(INFOS202????)

SELECT students.nom, students.prenom, cotes.cote

FROM cotes, students
WHERE students.matricule = cotes.etudiant AND cotes.cours='INFOS202' AND
cotes.cote<(SELECT AVG(cote) FROM cotes WHERE cours='INFOS202')
ORDER BY nom, prenom
9.Displaystudentswithanaveragecorrespondingto"honors"(distinction)(i.e.average>=12and<14)

SELECT students.nom, students.prenom, AVG(cotes.cote) AS moyenne

FROM students, cotes
WHERE students.matricule=cotes.etudiant
GROUP BY students.nom, students.prenom
HAVING AVG(cotes.cote)>=12 AND AVG(cotes.cote)<14
ORDER BY AVG(cotes.cote) DESC, students.nom, students.prenom
10.Insertanewcourse(INFOS203)inthetableCourses
INSERT INTO cours(mnemonique, titre, ects)
VALUES("INFOS203","Chic, encore de linformatique",5)
11.InsertallthestudentsinthetableRatingsforthisnewcourse

INSERT INTO cotes(etudiant, cours)

SELECT matricule, "INFOS203" AS cours FROM students

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12.Give12toallstudentsforthisnewcourse

UPDATE cotes
SET cote=12
WHERE cours="INFOS203"
13.Add1pointincomputingforallstudents

UPDATE cotes
SET cote=cote+1
WHERE cours="INFOS202"
14.Raisethecomputing'sgradeofthestudentswhofailed(<10)

UPDATE cotes
SET cote=10
WHERE cours="INFOS202" AND cote<10
15.Deletetheaddedcourse
DELETE FROM cours
WHERE mnemonique="INFOS203"

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