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More SQL Nested and Union queries, and more

iSQLplus: http://uadisq01.uad.ac.uk:5560/isqlplus/. More SQL Nested and Union queries, and more. Reading: For example: Connolly/Begg (4th Ed) : 5.3.5 / 5.3.6 / 5.3.8 / 5.3.9 Any SQL book!!!. For most queries, we use the same sample data as before: Personnel, Branch, Transport tables.

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More SQL Nested and Union queries, and more

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  1. iSQLplus: http://uadisq01.uad.ac.uk:5560/isqlplus/ More SQLNested and Union queries, and more Reading: For example: Connolly/Begg (4th Ed) : 5.3.5 / 5.3.6 / 5.3.8 / 5.3.9 Any SQL book!!! For most queries, we use the same sample data as before: Personnel, Branch, Transport tables.

  2. Match up the set operations, diagrams and SQL words XY XY XY YX X X Y Y X X Y Y a. b. c. d. i. UNION ii. MINUS iii. INTERSECT iv. EXCEPT

  3. Set operations in SQL • Set operations are union (), intersect (), set difference () • Oracle SQL has corresponding operators UNION, INTERSECT, MINUS(standard SQL: EXCEPT) • use these to “glue together” two SELECT statements with union-compatible results • Can combine several using brackets like in maths • by default deletes duplicates - use UNION ALL to keep them in

  4. Reader Example {optional, and} Staff Student Library readers • each reader can be staff, student, both, or neither • Stored in three relations: • Reader(readerNo, name, address)contains all readers. staff also have a record in Staff, students in Student • Staff(readerNo*, department, email) • Student(readerNo*,matricNo, course, email)

  5. No semi-colon at end of first SELECT. Why? • Reader(readerNo, name, address)Staff(readerNo, department, email) • Student(readerNo,matricNo, course, email) Example: INTERSECT • Find all readers who are both staff and student • SQL: SELECT ReaderNoFROM StaffINTERSECT SELECT ReaderNoFROM Student;

  6. Reader(readerNo, name, address)Staff(readerNo, department, email) • Student(readerNo,matricNo, course, email) Example: MINUS • Find all readers who are not students • SQL: SELECT ReaderNo FROM Reader MINUSSELECT ReaderNo FROM Student; • How could you change this to get the names as well?

  7. Reminder: Basic SQL • SELECT <attributes> • May include aliases and aggregate functions • FROM <Tables> • List Tables and may use Join operations • WHERE <condition> • Use logical expressions and may Join tables • GROUP BY <aggregate statistics> • HAVING <aggregate condition> • ORDER BY <sorting attributes>

  8. Using IS NULL • To find missing/empty values use IS NULL • To exclude them use IS NOT NULL • Useful in LEFT / RIGHT / FULL JOINS to find values that don't have a match SELECT * FROM personnel WHERE bonus IS NULL; SELECT * FROM personnel WHERE bonus IS NOT NULL; Query 2-1.sql Query 2-2.sql Note: NULL is different from 0!!!!!

  9. Reminder Example “Find staff outside London who don't have a company car” SELECT surname, city FROM personnel p LEFT JOIN transport t ON p.snum=t.snum, branch b WHERE city <> 'LONDON' AND t.snum IS NULL AND p.div = b.div; Query 2-3.sql • Hints: • How many tables are required by the query? • Remember to join the tables

  10. Nested Queries • Queries can be used within other queries • usually in WHERE clause • can also be in • HAVING clause • or used in calculated columns in SELECT • expression in WHERE compares value with a query result • uses math operators =, >, <, >=, <=, <> and keywords ALL, ANY, IN, NOT IN, EXISTS, NOT EXISTS

  11. Danger! This only works if the subquery returns a single value! Example 1 • Find cars whose mileage is less than the Jaguar's. • Two steps: • Find mileage of the Jaguar • Compare other mileages with that one • Nested query (subquery) does all of this. Query 2-4.sql SELECT Regno, make FROM transport WHERE mileage < (SELECT mileage FROM transport WHERE make='JAGUAR');

  12. Example 2 • Find staff with lower than average salaries, and show how much lower they are SELECT snum, surname, salary-(SELECT AVG(salary)FROM personnel) AS difference FROM Personnel p WHERE salary < (SELECT AVG(salary) FROM personnel); Query 2-5.sql Note: need the subqueries because aggregate functions are not allowed in WHERE and cannot be mixed with non-aggregates in SELECT

  13. Nested Queries : Operators • If sub-query can return more than one result use an operator in the comparison (IN, NOT IN, ANY, ALL, EXISTS, NOT EXISTS) • IN • compares a value with a set and evaluates to True if the value is in the set and False otherwise • set can be a query result or a simple set, e.g. WHERE town IN ('Dundee', 'Perth', 'Aberdeen') • NOT IN

  14. Nested Queries: more operators • ANY • at least one result of the subquery must fulfil the condition • ALL • all results of the subquery must fulfil the comparison • EXISTS • returns True if there is at least one tuple in the subquery and False otherwise • NOT EXISTS • checks for empty sub-query

  15. Nested Examples: IN, ANY • Find all staff working in London SELECT snum, surname FROM personnel WHERE div IN (SELECT div FROM branch WHERE city='LONDON'); • or SELECT snum, surname FROM personnel WHERE div = ANY (SELECT div FROM branch WHERE city='LONDON'); Query 2-6.sql Query 2-7.sql

  16. Find staff earning more than those in branch 30 SELECT * FROM personnel WHERE div <> 30 and salary > (SELECT salary FROM personnel WHERE div=30); A C B SELECT * FROM personnel WHERE div != 30 and salary > ANY (SELECT salary FROM personnel WHERE div=30); SELECT * FROM personnel WHERE div <> 30 and salary > ALL (SELECT salary FROM personnel WHERE div=30); D Both A and C are correct Query 2-8.sql

  17. Nested Examples: ALL • branches which don’t have a director SELECT * FROM branch WHERE div <> ALL (SELECT div FROM personnel WHERE jobtitle = 'DIRECTOR'); Query 2-9.sql Note: no space between < and >

  18. How did this work? Subquery produces the result Outer Query takes this result and produces a list of branches which are none of these i.e. 20 10 30 40 50

  19. EXISTS / NOT EXISTS • branches which have no staff SELECT * FROM branch WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM personnel p WHERE p.div = branch.div); Query 2-10.sql Remember to specify join criterion

  20. How did it work? • DBMS evaluates sub-query separately for each value of p.div • If sub-query result is empty, NOT EXISTS is true,so this branch is in the result of the main query • If p.div=branch.div is omitted, sub-query is evaluated for all branches at once, sub-result not empty, so main query returns nothing

  21. Which of these queries also find branches with no staff? SELECT * FROM branch MINUS SELECT div FROM personnel; Query 2-11a.sql A SELECT b.* FROM personnel p RIGHT JOIN branch b ON p.div=b.div WHERE b.div IS NULL; B Query 2-11b.sql SELECT * FROM branch WHERE div NOT IN (SELECT div FROM personnel); C Query 2-11c.sql D Both B and C are correct but A is not E All queries are correct

  22. Reader(readerNo, name, address)Staff(readerNo, department, email) • Student(readerNo,matricNo, course, email) Back to the start • Find all readers who are not students • SQL: SELECT ReaderNo FROM Reader MINUSSELECT ReaderNo FROM Student; • So now, write another query that will find the readerno and name of all readers who are not students.

  23. Summary • Basic SQL SELECT • Basic query facilities • SELECT FROM WHERE GROUP BY HAVING ORDER BY • IS NULL / IS NOT NULL • Advanced SQL SELECT • Nested Queries • ALL, ANY, EXISTS, NOT EXISTS, IN, NOT IN • Set operators • UNION, INTERSECT, MINUS

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