CS204: Database Systems

Lab # 3: Introduction to SQL

Objective:
1-Database Login and sample schema
2-Introduction to SQL (DML, DDL, DCL)
3-SQL sample commands and interactions
4-Learning and practice
Scope:
The student should know the following:
 Login and work around SQL
 SQL Practice
 Basic exercises

Useful Concepts :
Command level programming experience
How to see source data as a table
Table name, its column name and column’s datatypes

Discussion:
DML, DDL, DCL

Control Commands are Set, column, format etc.

Login:
User id: stxxxxxxxxx
Password: oracle
Host string: (Database name)

(Use database name ora10g in Lab)

SQL>connect stxxxxxxxxx/oracle@ ora10g

SQL>connect scott/tiger@ora10g (test user)

SQL>show user

SQL>alter user stxxxxxxxxx identified by xyz;

For administrator database on your personal pc:

sys / as sysdba then press enter key and type your password that you have given during installation

select *
from tab;

no rows select message will appear.

This means your schema is empty.

To load sample tables with data, download file demobld.sql from my slate

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 Save it at D-drive, unzip it and follow up as

SQL>@d:\demobld.sql

select *
from tab;

To list column names and their datatypes of a table EMP.

desc emp;

To list column names with data of a table EMP

Select *
From emp;

set linesize 100

set pagesize 50
set timing on
purge recyclebin

How to fix SQL Editor’s width as default:

Menu: OptionsEnvironmentBuffer width:1000 used for left-right scrolling

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Exercises:
desc dept

select dname, loc

from dept;

select ename, hiredate, job, comm, sal

from emp;

select distinct job

from emp;

select job
from emp;

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select *
from emp
where ename like '_A%';

select *
from emp
where ename like '%A%';

select *
from emp
where ename NOT like '%A%';

select *
from emp
where comm IS NULL;

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select *
from emp
where comm = NULL; -- does not give you any output

Exercise and Logical Evaluation:

Q. display project number, project name and name of project manager number

Q. List of project number, employee number and duration of employee who works in project

Evaluation:
Your Lab Work grade will depend on your active participation, individual efforts in solving Lab
Problem and Seriousness during the lab.

Write a report that contains the following points:

Which methods are adopted using SQL?
Give alternate SQL for different logic or clauses.
Within the scope of this lecture, do you have any query which is not covered?

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