Tutorial Section
- 1)
SELECT:
- In which we query the CIA World Factbook.
- 2)
SELECT in SELECT:
- In which we form queries using other queries.
- 3)
SUM and COUNT:
- In which we apply aggregate functions.
- 4) The
JOIN operation:
- In which we join two tables; albums and tracks in a music database.
- 5) More
JOIN operations:
- In which we join actors to movies in the Movie Database.
- 6) The
OUTER JOIN:
- In which we include the parties without people and the people
outwith parties in the Scottish Parliament.
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Reference Section: how to...
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CREATE, DROP and ALTER:
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- How to create tables, indexes, views and other things. How to
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INSERT and DELETE
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- How to put records into a table, change them and how to take
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DATE
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- How to work with dates; adding, subtracting and
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- 4) FUNCTIONS
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- How to use string functions, logical functions and mathematical
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- How to create users, give them access, get at other peoples
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- How to find out what tables and columns exist. How to count and
limit the rows return.
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