SQL Intro Quiz

What is the most common type of join?

INNER JOIN

With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table?

INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')

With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table?

DELETE FROM Person WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'

Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database?

INSERT INTO

Which operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column?

LIKE

Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?

ORDER BY

Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?

SELECT

With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"?

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC

What does SQL stand for?

Structured Query Language

True or False The NOT NULL constraint enforces a column to not accept null values?

True

Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?

UPDATE

Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?

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With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table?

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With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"?

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How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table?

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Which SQL statement is used to create a table in a database?

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Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database?

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Which operator is used to select values within a range?

BETWEEN

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson'

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "LastName" is alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Petersen"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"?

SELECT FirstName From Persons

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with an "a"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table?

SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Persons

True or False The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator displays a record if ALL of the conditions listed are true.

True