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Using Subqueries to Solve Queries

Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do
the following:
• Define subqueries
• Describe the types of problems that subqueries
can solve
• List the types of subqueries
• Write single-row and multiple-row subqueries

Using a Subquery
to Solve a Problem
Who has a salary greater than Abel’s?
Which employees have salaries greater
than Abel’s salary?
Main query:
What is Abel’s salary?
Subquery:

• The subquery (inner query) executes once before
the main query (outer query).
• The result of the subquery is used by the main
query.
SELECT select_list
FROM table
WHERE expr operator
(SELECT select_list
FROM table);
Subquery Syntax

SELECT last_name
FROM employees
WHERE salary >
(SELECT salary
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'Abel');
Using a Subquery
11000

Guidelines for Using Subqueries
• Enclose subqueries in parentheses.
• Place subqueries on the right side of the
comparison condition.
• The ORDER BY clause in the subquery is not
needed unless you are performing Top-N analysis.
• Use single-row operators with single-row
subqueries, and use multiple-row operators with
multiple-row subqueries.

Types of Subqueries
• Single-row subquery
• Multiple-row subquery
Main query
Subquery
returns
ST_CLERK
ST_CLERK
SA_MAN
Main query
Subquery
returns

Single-Row Subqueries
• Return only one row
• Use single-row comparison operators
Greater than or equal to>=
Less than<
Less than or equal to<=
Equal to=
Not equal to<>
Greater than>
MeaningOperator

SELECT last_name, job_id, salary
FROM employees
WHERE job_id =
(SELECT job_id
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 141)
AND salary >
(SELECT salary
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 143);
Executing Single-Row Subqueries
ST_CLERK
2600

SELECT last_name, job_id, salary
FROM employees
WHERE salary =
(SELECT MIN(salary)
FROM employees);
Using Group Functions in a Subquery
2500

SELECT department_id, MIN(salary)
FROM employees
GROUP BY department_id
HAVING MIN(salary) >
(SELECT MIN(salary)
FROM employees
WHERE department_id = 50);
The HAVING Clause with Subqueries
• The Oracle server executes subqueries first.
• The Oracle server returns results into the HAVING
clause of the main query.
2500

SELECT employee_id, last_name
FROM employees
WHERE salary =
(SELECT MIN(salary)
FROM employees
GROUP BY department_id);
What Is Wrong with This Statement?
ERROR at line 4:
ORA-01427: single-row subquery returns more than
one row
Single-row operator with multiple-row subquery

SELECT last_name, job_id
FROM employees
WHERE job_id =
(SELECT job_id
FROM employees
WHERE last_name = 'Haas');
Will This Statement Return Rows?
no rows selected
Subquery returns no values.

Multiple-Row Subqueries
• Return more than one row
• Use multiple-row comparison operators
Compare value to every value returned by
the subquery
ALL
Equal to any member in the listIN
Compare value to each value returned by the
subquery
ANY
MeaningOperator

SELECT employee_id, last_name, job_id, salary
FROM employees
WHERE salary < ANY
(SELECT salary
FROM employees
WHERE job_id = 'IT_PROG')
AND job_id <> 'IT_PROG';
Using the ANY Operator
in Multiple-Row Subqueries
9000, 6000, 4200
…

SELECT employee_id, last_name, job_id, salary
FROM employees
WHERE salary < ALL
(SELECT salary
FROM employees
WHERE job_id = 'IT_PROG')
AND job_id <> 'IT_PROG';
Using the ALL Operator
in Multiple-Row Subqueries
9000, 6000, 4200

SELECT emp.last_name
FROM employees emp
WHERE emp.employee_id NOT IN
(SELECT mgr.manager_id
FROM employees mgr);
no rows selected
Null Values in a Subquery

SELECT select_list
FROM table
WHERE expr operator
(SELECT select_list
FROM table);
Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
• Identify when a subquery can help solve a
question
• Write subqueries when a query is based on
unknown values

Practice 6: Overview
This practice covers the following topics:
• Creating subqueries to query values based on
unknown criteria
• Using subqueries to find out which values exist in
one set of data and not in another

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