Retrieving Data Using the SQL SELECT Statement

Question

Identify the capabilities of SELECT statement.

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Projection

Answer 2

Data Control

Answer 3

Transaction

Answer 4

Projection

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SQL statements are case sensitive

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Keywords can be abbreviated to build a standard

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SQL statements are case in-sensitive

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clauses must be placed together

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SELECT ename, deptno, sal, job FROM emp;

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SELECT * FROM emp;

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SELECT DISTINCT ename, deptno, sal, job FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, deptno, sal FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, sal FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, sal=sal+1000 FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, sal+1000 FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, 1000 FROM emp;

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NULL is a special value with zero bytes

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NULL is no value or unknown value

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NULL is represented by a blank space

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NULL is not same as zero

Answer 21

sal + NULL

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A column alias renames a column heading

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A column alias is an alternate column in a table

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A column alias can be specified during table definition

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A column alias immediately follows the column or expression in the SELECT statement

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(sal + 100) AS NEWSAL

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(sal + 100) NEWSAL

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(sal + 100) IS NEWSAL

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sal + 100 IS NEWSAL

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(sal + 100) AS New Salary

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(sal + 100) "New Salary"

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(sal + 100) IS New Salary .

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sal + 100 as "New Salary"

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Raises error "SP2-0042: unknown command "desc emp" - rest of line ignored."

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Lists the columns of EMP table

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Lists the EMP table columns, their data type and nullity

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Lists the columns of EMP table along with their data types

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It can be used in SQL*Plus only

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It can be used in both SQL*Plus as well as SQL Developer

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It doesn't works for object tables

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It doesn't works for SYS owned tables

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It creates a virtual column in the table

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It generates a character expression as the result of concatenation of one or more strings

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It creates a link between two character columns

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It can be used to concatenate date expressions with other column

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SMITH NULL

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ORA-00904: "NULL": invalid identifier

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Use double quote marks for the literal character string

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Use [q] operator to enquote the literal character string and selecting the delimiter of choice

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Remove the single quote mark (apostrophe) from the literal character string

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Use another delimiter to bypass the single quote apostrophe in the literal string

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SELECT e.ename || q'[department's name is]'|| d.dname FROM emp e, dept d WHERE e.deptno = d.deptno;

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SELECT e.ename || q['department's name is']|| d.dname FROM emp e, dept d WHERE e.deptno = d.deptno;

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SELECT e.ename || q[department's name is]|| d.dname FROM emp e, dept d WHERE e.deptno = d.deptno;

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SELECT e.ename || q'(department's name is)'|| d.dname FROM emp e, dept d WHERE e.deptno = d.deptno;

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SELECT ALL FROM emp

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SELECT # FROM emp

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SELECT * FROM emp

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ELECT empno,ename,deptno,sal,job,mgr,hiredate FROM emp

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SELECT ename, deptno, sal FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, deptno, sal + comm FROM emp;

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SELECT ename, deptno, (sal * 12) Annual_Sal FROM emp;

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Annual salary cannot be queried since the column doesn't exists in the table

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