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The document contains a series of advanced SQL questions and their corresponding answers, covering topics such as table creation, data manipulation, and query formulation. Key examples include creating an Employee table with constraints, altering tables, and various SELECT queries for data retrieval. Additionally, it addresses common SQL errors and provides solutions for them.

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Advanced_SQL_QnA_With_Answers

The document contains a series of advanced SQL questions and their corresponding answers, covering topics such as table creation, data manipulation, and query formulation. Key examples include creating an Employee table with constraints, altering tables, and various SELECT queries for data retrieval. Additionally, it addresses common SQL errors and provides solutions for them.

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Advanced SQL Questions with Answers

Q: Create a table Employee with constraints: eid as primary key, email as unique, salary as

NOT NULL.

A: CREATE TABLE Employee (

eid INT PRIMARY KEY,

name VARCHAR(50),

email VARCHAR(100) UNIQUE,

salary DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL

);

Q: Alter the table to add a department column with default value 'HR'.

A: ALTER TABLE Employee ADD department VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT 'HR';

Q: Drop the constraint that makes email unique.

A: -- Note: MySQL doesn't support dropping named constraints easily unless you name them.

ALTER TABLE Employee DROP INDEX email;

Q: Write a query to show all NOT NULL columns from a table.

A: SELECT COLUMN_NAME

FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS

WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'Employee' AND IS_NULLABLE = 'NO';

Q: Display all student names in uppercase.

A: SELECT UPPER(name) FROM Student;

Q: Find the length of the longest student name.

A: SELECT MAX(CHAR_LENGTH(name)) AS longest_name_length FROM Student;

Q: Extract the domain name from email addresses (after '@').

A: SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(email, '@', -1) AS domain FROM Employee;


Q: Round the average marks to 2 decimal places.

A: SELECT ROUND(AVG(marks), 2) AS avg_marks FROM Student;

Q: Find students whose names contain the letter 'n'.

A: SELECT * FROM Student WHERE name LIKE '%n%';

Q: Find students whose name is 5 letters long.

A: SELECT * FROM Student WHERE name LIKE '_____';

Q: Find names that end with 'a' and start with 'R'.

A: SELECT * FROM Student WHERE name LIKE 'R%a';

Q: Select employees who joined in 2023.

A: SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE YEAR(join_date) = 2023;

Q: Count how many students are above 18 as of today's date.

A: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Student WHERE age > 18;

Q: Calculate how many days are left until the exam (use CURDATE()).

A: SELECT DATEDIFF('2024-05-01', CURDATE()) AS days_left;

Q: List students who scored more than the average marks of age 20 group.

A: SELECT * FROM Student

WHERE marks > (

SELECT AVG(marks) FROM Student WHERE age = 20

);

Q: Find students who have the exact same marks as someone else.

A: SELECT * FROM Student s1

WHERE EXISTS (

SELECT * FROM Student s2

WHERE s1.id != s2.id AND s1.marks = s2.marks


);

Q: Get student(s) who have highest age among those who scored above 80.

A: SELECT * FROM Student

WHERE age = (

SELECT MAX(age) FROM Student WHERE marks > 80

);

Q: Find student with highest total marks across all subjects.

A: SELECT s.id, s.name, SUM(m.mark) AS total

FROM Student s

JOIN Marks m ON s.id = m.id

GROUP BY s.id, s.name

ORDER BY total DESC

LIMIT 1;

Q: Feedback table with CASE WHEN rating logic.

A: SELECT id,

CASE

WHEN rating > 4 THEN 'Good'

WHEN rating >= 3 THEN 'Average'

ELSE 'Poor'

END AS feedback

FROM Feedback;

Q: Count how many students passed and failed using GROUP BY.

A: SELECT

CASE WHEN marks >= 40 THEN 'Pass' ELSE 'Fail' END AS status,

COUNT(*) AS count
FROM Student

GROUP BY status;

Q: Spot the error: SELECT name, AVG(marks) FROM Student;

A: -- Error: GROUP BY missing

SELECT name, AVG(marks) FROM Student GROUP BY name;

Q: Why does DELETE FROM Student GROUP BY age not work?

A: -- DELETE does not support GROUP BY in standard SQL.

-- You must delete using a subquery or WHERE condition.

Q: Fix this: SELECT * FROM Student WHERE name = 'Aman' OR 'Riya';

A: SELECT * FROM Student WHERE name = 'Aman' OR name = 'Riya';

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