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Top 80 + SQL Query Interview Questions and Answers with Examples
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Frequently asked basic and advanced Top 80 + SQL Queries Interview Questions and Answers with Examples for Freshers and Experienced Java, PHP, .Net Developers and
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Table Name : Employee
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME SALARY JOINING_DATE DEPARTMENT
1 John Abraham 1000000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Banking
2 Michael Clarke 800000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
3 Roy Thomas 700000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Banking
4 Tom Jose 600000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
5 Jerry Pinto 650000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
6 Philip Mathew 750000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Services
7 TestName1 123 650000 01-JAN-13 12.00.00 AM Services
8 TestName2 Lname% 600000 01-FEB-13 12.00.00 AM Insurance
Table Name : Incentives
EMPLOYEE_REF_ID INCENTIVE_DATE INCENTIVE_AMOUNT
1 01-FEB-13 5000
2 01-FEB-13 3000
3 01-FEB-13 4000
1 01-JAN-13 4500
2 01-JAN-13 3500
SQL Queries Interview Questions and Answers on "SQL Select" - Examples
1. Get all employee details from the employee table
Select * from employee
2. Get First_Name,Last_Name from employee table
Select first_name, Last_Name from employee
3. Get First_Name from employee table using alias name “Employee Name”
Select first_name Employee Name from employee
4. Get First_Name from employee table in upper case
Select upper(FIRST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE
5. Get First_Name from employee table in lower case
Select lower(FIRST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE
6. Get unique DEPARTMENT from employee table
select distinct DEPARTMENT from EMPLOYEE
7. Select first 3 characters of FIRST_NAME from EMPLOYEE
Oracle Equivalent of SQL Server SUBSTRING is SUBSTR, Query : select substr(FIRST_NAME,0,3) from employee
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2/3/2014 SQL Queries Interview Questions and Answers - Query Examples
Oracle Equivalent of SQL Server SUBSTRING is SUBSTR, Query : select substr(FIRST_NAME,0,3) from employee
SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle SUBSTR is SUBSTRING, Query : select substring(FIRST_NAME,0,3) from employee
MySQL Server Equivalent of Oracle SUBSTR is SUBSTRING. In MySQL start position is 1, Query : select substring(FIRST_NAME,1,3) from employee
8. Get position of 'o' in name 'John' from employee table
Oracle Equivalent of SQL Server CHARINDEX is INSTR, Query : Select instr(FIRST_NAME,'o') from employee where first_name = 'John'
SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle INSTR is CHARINDEX, Query: Select CHARINDEX('o',FIRST_NAME,0) from employee where first_name = 'John'
MySQL Server Equivalent of Oracle INSTR is LOCATE, Query: Select LOCATE('o',FIRST_NAME) from employee where first_name = 'John'
9. Get FIRST_NAME from employee table after removing white spaces from right side
select RTRIM(FIRST_NAME) from employee
10. Get FIRST_NAME from employee table after removing white spaces from left side
select LTRIM(FIRST_NAME) from employee
11. Get length of FIRST_NAME from employee table
Oracle,MYSQL Equivalent of SQL Server Len is Length , Query :select length(FIRST_NAME) from employee
SQL Server Equivalent of Oracle,MYSQL Length is Len, Query :select len(FIRST_NAME) from employee
12. Get First_Name from employee table after replacing 'o' with '$'
select REPLACE(FIRST_NAME,'o','$') from employee
13. Get First_Name and Last_Name as single column from employee table separated by a '_'
Oracle Equivalent of MySQL concat is '||', Query : Select FIRST_NAME|| '_' ||LAST_NAME from EMPLOYEE
SQL Server Equivalent of MySQL concat is '+', Query : Select FIRST_NAME + '_' +LAST_NAME from EMPLOYEE
MySQL Equivalent of Oracle '||' is concat, Query : Select concat(FIRST_NAME,'_',LAST_NAME) from EMPLOYEE
14. Get FIRST_NAME ,Joining year,Joining Month and Joining Date from employee table
SQL Queries in Oracle, Select FIRST_NAME, to_char(joining_date,'YYYY') JoinYear , to_char(joining_date,'Mon'), to_char(joining_date,'dd') from EMPLOYEE
SQL Queries in SQL Server, select SUBSTRING (convert(varchar,joining_date,103),7,4) , SUBSTRING (convert(varchar,joining_date,100),1,3) , SUBSTRING (convert(varchar,joining_date,100),5,2) from EMPLOYEE
SQL Queries in MySQL, select year(joining_date),month(joining_date), DAY(joining_date) from EMPLOYEE
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