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Software ==> | SQL (203 exercises) |
Topic ==> | Parameters and return values (17 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Subject ==> | SQL training |
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If you don't have a copy of the Music_01 database, follow the instructions at the following link to create it: www.wiseowl.co.uk/sql/exercises/standard/using-sql-server/5257/
Open the file called The Show Must Go On.sql. You'll find a script to create a stored procedure which returns a list of shows, including information on whether a show was cancelled.
The Cancelled column contains 1 if a show was cancelled, and 0 if it was not.
Add a parameter called @CancelledOrNot to the procedure using the BIT data type. Add a WHERE clause to the query to check if the value of the Cancelled column equals the value of the parameter.
Create a new script to test that the procedure works.
The show must go on... except when it doesn't.
It's annoying to have to provide a value to the parameter each time we execute the script. Assign a default value of 0 to the parameter so that the procedure returns the non-cancelled shows if you don't pass any value to the parameter.
Test that the procedure returns results when you don't pass a value to the parameter.
Ideally, if we don't pass a value to the parameter, we should see both the cancelled and non-cancelled shows. Assign a default value of NULL to the parameter. Modify the WHERE clause so that a row is returned if either:
The Cancelled column is equal to the value of the @CancelledOrNot parameter; or
The @CancelledOrNot parameter is null.
Test that the procedure returns the correct type of show whether or not you pass a value to the parameter.
Add two optional date parameters called @StartDate and @EndDate which allow you to search for shows which happened between any two dates.
Test that you can pass any combination of values to the stored procedure.
We're searching for shows cancelled in the start of 2020. I wonder what the main cause of cancellation will be...
Optionally, save both scripts and then close them.
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