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Software ==>	SQL (203 exercises)
Topic ==>	Temporary tables and table variables (13 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	SQL training

Write SQL to put Dr Who rows in a temporary table, and add companions and enemies into this

This exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to choose the correct Wise Owl Microsoft training course, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file .

First (if you haven't already done so) run the script shown above to generate the Doctor Who training database.

The aim of this exercise (which is fully explained in the following pages) is to create a temporary table called #Characters containing all of the doctors, companions and enemies in the database. The idea is that you should be able to display these as follows:

-- show results

SELECT * FROM #Characters

ORDER BY CharacterName DESC

This should show the following rows:

The first few of the 109 "characters" in the database (giving the id number and type of each).

Start a query, and write code to delete any temporary table called #Characters:

-- get rid of any old copy of temporary table

IF object_id('tempdb.dbo.#Characters', 'U') is not null

DROP TABLE #Characters

Write an instruction to put the doctors into a new table. The syntax is:

-- create a new table containing rows from an existing table

SELECT

Column1 AS NewColumnAlias1,

...,

ColumnN AS NewColumnAliasN,

INTO

#Characters

FROM

TableName

You may need to cast the character type to a 10-character string, otherwise the query will create a 6-character string to accommodate the word Doctor and crash when you try to put the word Companion in it subsequently.

Here's what you should have so far when you display the rows in your temporary table in reverse name order:

So far we have 12 doctors - time now to add some companions and enemies.

SQL Server will have created the CharacterId column as an identity column. Tell it to let you add more rows by running this line:

-- allow more identity values to be inserted

SET IDENTITY_INSERT #Characters ON

Now use two separate statements to add the companions and enemies (from the tblCompanion and tblEnemy tables respectively) into your temporary table, using this syntax:

-- append rows into existing table

INSERT INTO #Characters (

Column1,

...,

ColumnN

)

SELECT

ColumnOrValue1,

...,

ColumnOrValueN

FROM

TableName

When you've finished, every time that you run your entire query it should drop any old copy of the temporary table and create a new one containing 109 rows (as shown at the start of this exercise).

Optionally, save your query as Strange bedfellows.sql, then close it down.

You can unzip this file to see the answers to this exercise, although please remember this is for your personal use only.

You can find other training resources for the subject of this exercise here:

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Write SQL to put Dr Who rows in a temporary table, and add companions and enemies into this

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