SQL Solutions for 40 Exercise Questions
1. Retrieve all employees’ full names (first and last names) and their titles.
SELECT FirstName, LastName, Title
FROM Employees;
2. Find the product names and their suppliers.
SELECT ProductName, CompanyName
FROM Products
JOIN Suppliers ON Products.SupplierID = Suppliers.SupplierID;
3. List all customers who are from Germany.
SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, Country
FROM Customers
WHERE Country = 'Germany';
4. Retrieve orders with freight costs greater than $100.
SELECT OrderID, Freight
FROM Orders
WHERE Freight > 100;
5. Get the total sales for each product, sorted by highest to lowest sales.
SELECT ProductID, SUM(UnitPrice * Quantity) AS TotalSales
FROM OrderDetails
GROUP BY ProductID
ORDER BY TotalSales DESC;
6. Find the customers who have placed more than 5 orders.
SELECT CustomerID, COUNT(OrderID) AS TotalOrders
FROM Orders
GROUP BY CustomerID
HAVING COUNT(OrderID) > 5;
7. List the names of employees and their hire dates who were hired in the
year 1993.
SELECT FirstName, LastName, HireDate
FROM Employees
WHERE YEAR(HireDate) = 1993;
8. Retrieve all products with unit prices between $10 and $30.
SELECT ProductName, UnitPrice
FROM Products
WHERE UnitPrice BETWEEN 10 AND 30;
9. Get the total number of products in each category.
SELECT CategoryName, COUNT(ProductID) AS TotalProducts
FROM Categories
JOIN Products ON Categories.CategoryID = Products.CategoryID
GROUP BY CategoryName;
10. List the suppliers that supply beverages.
SELECT s.CompanyName
FROM Suppliers s
JOIN Products p ON s.SupplierID = p.SupplierID
JOIN Categories c ON p.CategoryID = c.CategoryID
WHERE c.CategoryName = 'Beverages';
11. Retrieve orders placed in 1997.
SELECT OrderID, OrderDate
FROM Orders
WHERE YEAR(OrderDate) = 1997;
12. Find customers from the UK who have placed orders.
SELECT DISTINCT c.CustomerID, c.CompanyName
FROM Customers c
JOIN Orders o ON c.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
WHERE c.Country = 'UK';
13. Retrieve the average freight cost of all orders.
SELECT AVG(Freight) AS AverageFreight
FROM Orders;
14. Find products that have been sold in quantities greater than 100 units.
SELECT ProductID, SUM(Quantity) AS TotalQuantity
FROM OrderDetails
GROUP BY ProductID
HAVING SUM(Quantity) > 100;
15. List employees who have not been assigned a supervisor.
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Employees
WHERE ReportsTo IS NULL;
16. Retrieve the name and job title of the employee who manages the
most employees.
SELECT e.FirstName, e.LastName, e.Title, COUNT(emp.EmployeeID) AS TotalEmployees
FROM Employees e
JOIN Employees emp ON e.EmployeeID = emp.ReportsTo
GROUP BY e.FirstName, e.LastName, e.Title
ORDER BY TotalEmployees DESC
LIMIT 1;
17. Find the most expensive product in the database.
SELECT ProductName, UnitPrice
FROM Products
ORDER BY UnitPrice DESC
LIMIT 1;
18. Get the total sales amount for each order.
SELECT OrderID, SUM(UnitPrice * Quantity) AS TotalSales
FROM OrderDetails
GROUP BY OrderID;
19. List products that are not discontinued.
SELECT ProductName
FROM Products
WHERE Discontinued = 0;
20. Retrieve the total number of employees in each city.
SELECT City, COUNT(EmployeeID) AS TotalEmployees
FROM Employees
GROUP BY City;
21. Find customers who have placed at least one order with a freight
charge over $50.
SELECT DISTINCT c.CustomerID, c.CompanyName
FROM Customers c
JOIN Orders o ON c.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
WHERE o.Freight > 50;
22. Get the total value of orders shipped to Germany.
SELECT SUM(od.UnitPrice * od.Quantity) AS TotalValue
FROM Orders o
JOIN OrderDetails od ON o.OrderID = od.OrderID
WHERE o.ShipCountry = 'Germany';
23. Find employees whose names start with the letter 'A'.
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Employees
WHERE FirstName LIKE 'A%';
24. Retrieve the names of all suppliers located in the USA.
SELECT CompanyName
FROM Suppliers
WHERE Country = 'USA';
25. List products with a reorder level greater than 50.
SELECT ProductName, ReorderLevel
FROM Products
WHERE ReorderLevel > 50;
26. Get the average unit price of products in each category.
SELECT c.CategoryName, AVG(p.UnitPrice) AS AveragePrice
FROM Categories c
JOIN Products p ON c.CategoryID = p.CategoryID
GROUP BY c.CategoryName;
27. Find orders that were shipped to the same city as their customers.
SELECT o.OrderID, o.ShipCity, c.City
FROM Orders o
JOIN Customers c ON o.CustomerID = c.CustomerID
WHERE o.ShipCity = c.City;
28. Retrieve the employee with the most recent hire date.
SELECT FirstName, LastName, HireDate
FROM Employees
ORDER BY HireDate DESC
LIMIT 1;
29. Find orders that were not shipped to the same country as their
customers.
SELECT o.OrderID, o.ShipCountry, c.Country
FROM Orders o
JOIN Customers c ON o.CustomerID = c.CustomerID
WHERE o.ShipCountry != c.Country;
30. Get the names of customers who have never placed an order.
SELECT CompanyName
FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerID NOT IN (SELECT CustomerID FROM Orders);
31. Find the most frequently ordered product.
SELECT ProductID, COUNT(*) AS OrderCount
FROM OrderDetails
GROUP BY ProductID
ORDER BY OrderCount DESC
LIMIT 1;
32. Retrieve the details of orders that were shipped late (shipped after
the required date).
SELECT OrderID, RequiredDate, ShippedDate
FROM Orders
WHERE ShippedDate > RequiredDate;
33. Find customers who have placed orders for over $10,000 in total.
SELECT c.CustomerID, c.CompanyName, SUM(od.UnitPrice * od.Quantity) AS TotalSpent
FROM Customers c
JOIN Orders o ON c.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
JOIN OrderDetails od ON o.OrderID = od.OrderID
GROUP BY c.CustomerID, c.CompanyName
HAVING SUM(od.UnitPrice * od.Quantity) > 10000;
34. List the products ordered by customer 'ALFKI'.
SELECT p.ProductName
FROM Orders o
JOIN OrderDetails od ON o.OrderID = od.OrderID
JOIN Products p ON od.ProductID = p.ProductID
WHERE o.CustomerID = 'ALFKI';
35. Get the number of orders placed by each customer in 1996.
SELECT CustomerID, COUNT(OrderID) AS OrderCount
FROM Orders
WHERE YEAR(OrderDate) = 1996
GROUP BY CustomerID;
36. Retrieve products that have been ordered more than 200 times in
total.
SELECT ProductName, SUM(Quantity) AS TotalQuantity
FROM OrderDetails
JOIN Products ON OrderDetails.ProductID = Products.ProductID
GROUP BY ProductName
HAVING SUM(Quantity) > 200;
37. List employees who live in the same city where the company is
located (Seattle).
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Employees
WHERE City = 'Seattle';
38. Retrieve customers who have ordered more than 5 different products.
SELECT o.CustomerID, c.CompanyName, COUNT(DISTINCT od.ProductID) AS ProductCount
FROM Orders o
JOIN OrderDetails od ON o.OrderID = od.OrderID
JOIN Customers c ON o.CustomerID = c.CustomerID
GROUP BY o.CustomerID, c.CompanyName
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT od.ProductID) > 5;
39. Find products that have never been ordered.
SELECT ProductName
FROM Products
WHERE ProductID NOT IN (SELECT ProductID FROM OrderDetails);
40. Get the total sales made by each employee.
SELECT e.FirstName, e.LastName, SUM(od.UnitPrice * od.Quantity) AS TotalSales
FROM Employees e
JOIN Orders o ON e.EmployeeID = o.EmployeeID
JOIN OrderDetails od ON o.OrderID = od.OrderID
GROUP BY e.FirstName, e.LastName;
