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    DATABASE SYSTEMS-1

    COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus


    Assignment # 04
    Department of Computer Science

    Class/Program: BS(SE)-4B Date: 23rd December, 2022


    Subject: Database System Instructor: Dr. Saleha Masood
    Maximum
    Section: BSE-4B Marks: 10
    Registration
    Student Name: Waqar Tahir #: SP21-BSE-075

    Question
    Explain self join with the help of scenarios and examples.
    Give the codes or queries as well.

    Explanation:
    Self join links a table to itself. this is usually done by joining a table to itself just
    once within a sql query while most joins link two or more tables with each other to
    present their data together.

    The self join, as its name implies, joins a table to itself. To use a self join, the table
    must contain a column that acts as the primary key and a different column that
    stores values that can be matched up with the values in that column. The values of
    both columns do not have to be the same for any given row, and the value in
    second column may even be null.

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    Considering the table Employees:

    Manager
    Id FullName Salary
    Id

    1 John Smith 10000 3

    Jane
    2 12000 3
    Anderson

    3 Tom Lanon 15000 4

    4 Anne Connor 20000

    5 Jeremy York 9000 1

    This type of table structure is very common in hierarchies. Now, to show the name
    of the manager for each employee in the same row, we can run the following
    query:

    Query:
    SELECT employee.Id, employee.FullName, employee.ManagerId,
    manager.FullName as ManagerName FROM Employees employee JOIN Employees
    manager ON employee.ManagerId = manager.Id

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    After the query is executed, we have the following result

    Manager Manager
    Id Full Name
    Id Name

    1 John Smith 3 Tom Lanon

    Jane
    2 3 Tom Lanon
    Anderson

    3 Tom Lanon 4 Anne Connor

    Jeremy
    5 1 John Smith
    York

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    References:
    1) What Is a Self Join in SQL? An Explanation With Seven Examples |
    LearnSQL.com
    2) Lec-38: Self Join operation with Example | Database Management System -
    YouTube

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