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

Use the WHERE clause in SQL queries to combine criteria and filter a list of albums.

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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.

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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/

Write a query to return rows from the Album table where the album reached a peak position of 1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, and which had sales of at least 10 million, sorting the results in ascending order of Title.

Results of a SQL query using a WHERE clause to filter a list of musical albums.

Albums with sales of at least 10 million are certified as diamond by the RIAA.

Write another query in the same script which shows albums which reached number 1 in the chart, or which had sales of at least 10 million.

A list of SQL query results in SQL Server Management Studio

You should return more results than for the previous query.

Add another query to show gold-certified albums. The RIAA classifies gold-certified albums as those with sales of at least 0.5 million but less than 1 million.

A list of gold-certified music albums produced by a SQL query using a WHERE clause.

The first results you should see if the list is sorted alphabetically by Title.

Modify this query to show gold-certified albums which reached number 1 in the chart.

A list of gold-certified number 1 albums produced by a SQL query in SQL Server Management Studio.

The first few results you should see.

Add a query to show platinum-certified albums (those with sales of at least 1 million but less than 2 million) which had a peak chart position in the top 10.

A list of platinum certified top 10 albums produced by a SQL query in SQL Server using a WHERE clause to apply criteria to sales figures and chart positions

The first few platinum-certified top 10 albums.

Add a query which shows multi-platinum-certified albums (those with sales of at least 2 million but less than 10 million) which charted outside the top 10.