Session 3

Overview of SQL Server and

Transact SQL

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 Session Objectives
 Define query
 Use SELECT statement with different clauses
 Define filtering
 Explain horizontal and vertical filtering
 List wildcard characters, relational operators
and logical operators
 Describe FROM, WHERE clauses
 Define ORDER BY clause
 Define system global variables

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 SELECT Statement

Columns
required
Table names
Condition
Other clauses

Used to retrieve rows and columns

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SELECT syntax and examples (1)

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SELECT syntax and examples (2)

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SELECT syntax and examples (3)

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SELECT syntax and examples (4)

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 Filtering
Empno Ename Sal Deptno
2222 Allen 2000 20
3333 Brian 3000 30
4444 Derek 4000 40
5555 Cathy 3500 10
7777 Fred 3700 20
8888 Greg 4300 30

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 Horizontal Filtering (1)

Achieved by using:
 ‘WHERE’ Clause

 Relational Operators

 Logical Operators

 Wildcard Characters

 ‘ORDER BY’ clause

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 Relational Operators
Operator Meaning
= Equal To
> Greater Than
< Less than

>= Greater Than or Equal To

<= Less Than or Equal To

! Not
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 Horizontal Filtering (2)
Wildcard Description Example

‘_’ A single character Select Branch_Code From Branch

Where Branch_Code Like ‘L__’

% A string of any length Select Route_Code From

FlightSchedule Where Route_Code
Like ‘AMS-%’

[] A single character within the range Select Airbusno From

enclosed in the brackets FlightSchedule Where Airbusno
Like ‘AB0[1-5]’

[^] Any single character not within the Select Airbusno From
range enclosed in the brackets FlightSchedule Where Airbusno
Like ‘AB0[^1-5]’

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 Logical Operators

 And : SELECT COUNT(empno) as “Number of emp"

FROM emp WHERE deptno = 30 and
job=‘SALESMAN’

 Or : SELECT * FROM emp WHERE job =

‘ANALYST’ OR job = ‘CLERK’

 Not : SELECT * FROM emp WHERE NOT deptno = 10

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ORDER BY clause

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System Global Variables(1)

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System Global Variables(2)

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