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Answers to Section 1

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Exercise 1.1 Type in the SQL code to display the structure of the CUSTOMER table.

DESC CUSTOMER

The result should be similar to the following:

 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
 CNO                                                NUMBER(4)
 ORDERDATE                                          DATE
 NAME                                               VARCHAR2(15)
 CITY                                               VARCHAR2(15)
 COUNTRY                                            VARCHAR2(15)
 PNO                                                NUMBER(4)
 DESCRIPTION                                        VARCHAR2(20)
 QTY                                                NUMBER(4)

Type in the following commands separately:

describe dept

Shows the structure of the dept table

select * from dept;

Shows the contents of the dept table (data)

select * from emp;

Shows the contents of the emp table (data)

describe salgrade

Shows the structure of the salgrade table

select * from salgrade;

Shows the contents of the salgrade table (data)

Exercise 1.2

Now try and retrieve the employee's name, hiredate and sal:

SELECT ENAME, HIREDATE, SAL
FROM EMP;

The results should be similar to:

ENAME      HIREDATE         SAL
---------- --------- ----------
KING       17-NOV-81       5000
JONES      02-APR-81       2975
SCOTT      09-DEC-82       3000
ADAMS      12-JAN-83       1100
FORD       03-DEC-81       3000
SMITH      17-DEC-80        800
BLAKE      01-MAY-81       2850
ALLEN      20-FEB-81       1600
WARD       22-FEB-81       1250
MARTIN     28-SEP-81       1250
TURNER     08-SEP-81       1500
JAMES      03-DEC-81        950
CLARK      09-JUN-81       2450
MILLER     23-JAN-82       1300

14 rows selected.

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