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Intermediate SQL
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Intermediate SQL

Intermediate SQL

1. Grouping
GROUP BY ClauseOrder of StatementsChallenge: Total Ride Time for Each Subway LineAverage Student's Grade ChallengeSearching for the Top Math Students ChallengeHAVING ClauseSeveral Aggregate Functions in the QueryMore Complex Filtering
2. Nested Subqueries
Nested QueriesChallenge: Non-tech Department EmployeesUsing Inner Subqueries in the FROM SectionChallenge: Employees With More Than Average SalaryUNION ClauseChallenge: Combining Table Results
3. Joining Tables
JOIN 2 TablesChallenge: Get Category By Product PriceChallenge: Get Minimum Price By CategoryChallenge: Get Product Amount By CategoryLEFT, RIGHT and INNER JOINsChallenge: Table JoinChallenge: FULL JOIN Usage
4. DDL and DML in SQL
CREATE and ConstraintsALTER and INSERT OperationsDROP and TRUNCATEUPDATE and DELETE

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Challenge: Employees With More Than Average Salary

When a subquery is written in the WHERE section, we can use the IN operator and comparison operators:

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Find employees whose salary is above the average salary of all employees using a subquery in the WHERE section.

The resulting table should have 3 columns: first_name, last_name, and salary. Then, sort the result by salary from highest to lowest using ORDER BY.

Note

This syntax can be used as a great alternative to the HAVING clause.

Brief Instructions

  • Retrieve the first_name, last_name, and salary columns from the employees table.
  • In the WHERE clause, use an inner query with the syntax salary > [inner query].
  • In the inner query, get the average value of the salary column from the employees table.
  • Sort the results by salary in descending order.

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Challenge: Employees With More Than Average Salary

When a subquery is written in the WHERE section, we can use the IN operator and comparison operators:

Task
test

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Find employees whose salary is above the average salary of all employees using a subquery in the WHERE section.

The resulting table should have 3 columns: first_name, last_name, and salary. Then, sort the result by salary from highest to lowest using ORDER BY.

Note

This syntax can be used as a great alternative to the HAVING clause.

Brief Instructions

  • Retrieve the first_name, last_name, and salary columns from the employees table.
  • In the WHERE clause, use an inner query with the syntax salary > [inner query].
  • In the inner query, get the average value of the salary column from the employees table.
  • Sort the results by salary in descending order.

Solution

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