DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH

Name : M.Bhagya Lakshmi,
Designation : Lecturer in CCP,
Institution : GMR Polytechnic, Gajwel
Branch : DCCP
Semester : V Semester
Major Topic : SQL Plus
Sub –Topic : SQL EDITOR
Subject name : RDBMS
Subject Code : CCP- 505
Duration : 50 min.
Teaching Aids : PPT
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Objectives:
On the completion of this period you
would be able to know
 Compute command
 Break command

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Recap

We have learned about

 The Commands related to the SQL Reports

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Compute and break command

 To organize rows of reports into subsets

 To perform summation on group of rows, break
and compute commands are used
 The break command also suppresses duplicate
values

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Break command
Syntax:
BREAK ON <break_column> skip n;

Example:
SQL BREAK ON deptno skip 2;
SQL>select deptno from emp;

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Compute command

 To perform computation on the row in each

subset we use the ‘COMPUTE’ command
 We cannot perform the ‘COMPUTE’ function
without issuing a ‘BREAK’ command

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Syntax:-
BREAK ON <col_name>
Compute function of column.. On break_column..;

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Example:

 SQL>BREAK ON deptno;
 SQL>COMPUTE SUM OF sal ON deptno;
 SQL>SELECT deptno,sal FROM emp;

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 COMPUTE command has no effect without a
corresponding BREAK command.
 COMPUTE function of column on break_column;
 FUNCTIONS
SUM,MIN,MAX,AVG,STD,VAR,COUNT,NUM

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Summary

We have discussed about

 Compute command
 Break command

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Quiz

1. To remove COMPUTE definitions we use

a) Clear break
b) Clear compute
c) Clear column heading
d) all

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Explain the use of COMPUTE and BREAK

commands in SQL PLUS

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