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Software ==>	SQL (203 exercises)
Topic ==>	Setting criteria using WHERE (12 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	SQL training

Use the WHERE clause in a SQL query to return lists of albums filtered by different criteria.

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file . If you want to download the SQL Server database that this yields:

Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
Execute this script.

This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (remember to refresh your list of databases to see it!). Note that any files provided are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl.

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/

Write a query to return the following fields from the Album table, sorting the results in ascending order of Title:

A list of albums sorted by title in the results of an SQL query.

The first two rows you should see.

Add a WHERE clause to the query to show only albums which reached number 1 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

A list of number 1 albums produced by a SQL query including a where clause.

Check the value of the US_Billboard_200_peak column to do this.

Write a separate query in the same script to show albums which were number 1 in the US Billboard 200 year end chart.

A filtered set of query results in SQL Server Manaagement Studio

The first results you should see.

Create a separate query in the same script to show albums which made it into the top 10 in the US Billboard 200 chart. To do this, check if the album's peak chart position was less than or equal to 10.

A sorted list of query results in SQL Server Management Studio.

We've sorted the results in descending order of chart position then ascending order of Title.

Write another query in the same script to return all the diamond-certified albums. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) certifies an album as diamond when it has sales of at least 10 million.