CSE 480: Database Systems

Lecture 10: SQL - DML

Reference:

Read Chapter 4 of the textbook

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 Review

SQL

DDL DML

UPDATE RETRIEVAL
SELECT
CREATE DROP ALTER FROM
WHERE
GROUP BY
HAVING
ORDER BY

INSERT DELETE UPDATE

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SQL DML (Updates)

 There are three SQL commands to update the database

state
– INSERT
– DELETE
– UPDATE

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COMPANY Database Schema

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INSERT

 Add one or more tuples to a relation

– Attribute values must be listed in the same order as the attributes
specified in the CREATE TABLE command

INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES

('Richard','K','Marini','653298653','30-DEC-52',
'98 Oak Forest,Katy,TX','M',37000,'987654321',4)

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INSERT

 An alternate form of INSERT specifies explicitly the

attribute names that correspond to values in the new tuple
– Attributes with NULL values can be left out

INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE (FNAME, LNAME, SSN)

VALUES ('Richard', 'Marini', '653298653')

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Disable Foreign Key in MySQL

 Set foreign_key_checks = 0;

 Useful to insert a tuple for subordinate before inserting the

tuple for supervisor

INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE (FNAME, LNAME, SSN, SUPER_SSN)

VALUES ('Rob', ‘Stanley', '153298653',
'431231123')

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INSERT

 Insertion of multiple tuples resulting from a query into a relation

– Example: Suppose we want to create a temporary table that has the name,
number of employees, and total salaries for each department.

CREATE TABLE DEPTS_INFO

(DEPT_NAME VARCHAR(10),
NO_OF_EMPS INTEGER,
TOTAL_SAL INTEGER);

INSERT INTO DEPTS_INFO

(DEPT_NAME, NO_OF_EMPS, TOTAL_SAL)
SELECT DNAME, COUNT (*), SUM (SALARY)
FROM DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE
WHERE DNUMBER=DNO
GROUP BY DNAME ;

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DELETE
 Removes tuples from a relation
– Includes a WHERE-clause to select the tuples to be deleted

 Examples:
DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE Lname='Brown’;

DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE

WHERE SSN='123456789’;

DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE

WHERE Dno IN
(SELECT Dnumber
FROM DEPARTMENT
WHERE Dname='Research');

DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE;

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UPDATE

 Used to modify attribute values of one or more selected

tuples

UPDATE table_name
SET set-clause
WHERE where-clause

– WHERE-clause selects the tuples to be modified

– SET-clause specifies the attributes to be modified and their new
values
– Each command modifies tuples in the same relation

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UPDATE

 Example: Change the location and controlling department

number of project number 10 to 'Bellaire' and 5,
respectively

UPDATE PROJECT
SET PLOCATION = 'Bellaire', DNUM = 5
WHERE PNUMBER = 10

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UPDATE

 Example: Give all employees in the 'Research'

department a 10% raise in salary

UPDATE EMPLOYEE
SET SALARY = SALARY *1.1
WHERE DNO IN (SELECT DNUMBER
FROM DEPARTMENT
WHERE DNAME='Research')

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Retrieval Queries in SQL

 Basic form of the SQL retrieval queries:

SELECT <attribute list>

FROM <table list>
WHERE <condition>

– <attribute list> is a list of attribute names whose values are to be

retrieved by the query
– <table list> is a list of the relation names required to process the
query
– <condition> is a conditional (Boolean) expression that identifies
the tuples to be retrieved by the query

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Simple SQL Queries (from 1 Table)

 Query: Retrieve the birthdate and address of the

employee 'John B. Smith‘

SELECT
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 1 Table)

 Query: Retrieve the birthdate and address of the

employee 'John B. Smith‘

SELECT Bdate, Address

FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 1 Table)

 Query: Retrieve the birthdate and address of the

employee 'John B. Smith‘

SELECT Bdate, Address

FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE Fname='John' AND Minit='B' AND Lname='Smith';

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Simple SQL Queries (from 1 Table)

SELECT Bdate, Address

FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE Fname='John' AND Minit='B' AND Lname='Smith';

Another way to interpret this:

For each row in Employee table
If [Link]='John' AND [Link]='B' AND
[Link]='Smith' then
print [Link], [Link]

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Simple SQL Queries (from 1 Table)

 Query: Retrieve the name and address of employees who

work for department number 5

SELECT Fname, Lname, Address

FROM Employee
WHERE Dno = 5;

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Simple SQL Queries (from 1 Table)

 Query: Retrieve all the rows and columns in the

Employee table

SELECT *
FROM Employee;

Wildcard (*) in the SELECT clause means retrieve all columns

No WHERE clause means all the rows will be retrieved

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the first name, last name and address of

all employees who work for the 'Research' department

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Join Operation

 SQL uses JOIN operation to combine information from

two or more tables
R ID Name ID Degree S
1 John 1 BS
2 Mary 2 BS
3 Bob 2 MS
3 MS
Join on R. ID = [Link]

[Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]

1 1 John BS
2 2 Mary BS
2 2 Mary MS
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 Join Operation

R ID Name ID Degree S
1 John 1 BS
2 Mary 2 BS
3 Bob 2 MS
3 MS
Join on R. ID = [Link]

[Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]

1 1 John BS SELECT *
2 2 Mary BS FROM R, S
2 2 Mary MS
WHERE [Link] = [Link]
3 3 Bob MS

In this case, a row in R is “merged” with a row in S if their IDs are the same

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the first name, last name and address of

all employees who work for the 'Research' department

SELECT
FROM Employee, Department
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the first name, last name and address of

all employees who work for the 'Research' department

SELECT Fname, Lname, Address

FROM Employee, Department
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the first name, last name and address of

all employees who work for the 'Research' department

SELECT Fname, Lname, Address

FROM Employee, Department
WHERE Dname='Research'

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the first name, last name and address of

all employees who work for the 'Research' department

SELECT Fname, Lname, Address

FROM Employee, Department
WHERE Dname='Research' AND Dnumber=Dno;

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the name of each project and the name

of the department that controls it

SELECT
FROM Department, Project
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the name of each project and the name

of the department that controls it

SELECT Pname, Dname

FROM Department, Project
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 2 Tables)

 Query: Retrieve the name of each project and the name

of the department that controls it

SELECT Pname, Dname

FROM Department, Project
WHERE Dnum=Dnumber;

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Exercise

List the names of all

employees and their
corresponding
department names

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Exercise

List the names of

managers for each
department

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Simple SQL Queries (from 3 Tables)

 Query: For every project located in 'Stafford', list the

project number, controlling department number, and the
department manager's last name, address, and birthdate

SELECT
FROM PROJECT, DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 3 Tables)

 Query: For every project located in 'Stafford', list the

project number, controlling department number, and the
department manager's last name, address, and birthdate

SELECT PNUMBER, DNUM, LNAME, BDATE, ADDRESS

FROM PROJECT, DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE
WHERE

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Simple SQL Queries (from 3 Tables)

 Query: For every project located in 'Stafford', list the

project number, controlling department number, and the
department manager's last name, address, and birthdate

SELECT PNUMBER, DNUM, LNAME, BDATE, ADDRESS

FROM PROJECT, DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE
WHERE PLOCATION='Stafford'

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Simple SQL Queries (from 3 Tables)

 Query: For every project located in 'Stafford', list the

project number, controlling department number, and the
department manager's last name, address, and birthdate

SELECT PNUMBER, DNUM, LNAME, BDATE, ADDRESS

FROM PROJECT, DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE
WHERE PLOCATION='Stafford‘ AND
DNUM=DNUMBER AND MGRSSN=SSN;
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Aliases
 If a query refers to two or more attributes with the same name
but in different relations, we must qualify the attribute name
with the relation name by prefixing the relation name to the
attribute name
R ID Name ID Degree S
1 John 1 BS
2 Mary 2 BS SELECT *
3 Bob 2 MS
FROM R, S
3 MS
WHERE [Link] = [Link]
[Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
1 1 John BS What if we want to
2 2 Mary BS join the same table?
2 2 Mary MS
Use tuple variables
3 3 Bob MS
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Tuple Variables

 Query: For each employee, retrieve the employee's name

and the name of his or her immediate supervisor

SELECT
FROM EMPLOYEE E, EMPLOYEE S
WHERE

 E and S are tuple variables

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Tuple Variables

 Query: For each employee, retrieve the employee's name

and the name of his or her immediate supervisor

SELECT [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link]

FROM EMPLOYEE E, EMPLOYEE S
WHERE

 E and S are tuple variables

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Tuple Variables

 Query: For each employee, retrieve the employee's name

and the name of his or her immediate supervisor

SELECT [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link]

FROM EMPLOYEE E, EMPLOYEE S
WHERE [Link] = [Link]

 E and S are tuple variables

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Exercise

 Query: Find the names of employees who earn more than

their supervisors

SELECT [Link], [Link]

FROM EMPLOYEE E, Employee S
WHERE [Link]=[Link] AND [Link] >
[Link];

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Find the names of the department where John Smith is currently working.
SELECT DNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT
WHERE DNO=DNUMBER and FNAME=‘John’ and LNAME=‘Smith’
Find names of the managers earning more than 100K
SELECT FNAME, LNAME
FROM EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT
WHERE DNO=DNUMBER and MGRSSN=SSN and SALARY> 10000
Find names of employees worked on multiple (at least 2) projects.
SELECT name
FROM EMPLOYEE A, EMPLOEE B, DEPARTMENT C, DEPARTMENT D
WHERE [Link] = [Link] AND [Link] not= [Link]

OR

SELECT FNAME, LNAME

FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE (SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM PROJECT
WHERE DNO=DNUM) >= 2
A MORE GENERAL METHOD LATER

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