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Software ==> | SQL (203 exercises) |
Topic ==> | Temporary tables and table variables (13 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 Variable Chart Floppers.sql file in the folder shown above. You'll find two queries to return lists of non-charting albums and singles.
Declare a table variable called @ChartFloppers with columns as shown in the table below:
Column name | Data type |
---|---|
Title | nvarchar(255) |
Artist | nvarchar(255) |
Release_date | date |
US_sales_(m) | float |
Release_type | nvarchar(6) |
Use INSERT statements to store the results of the two queries in the table variable.
Write a query to select everything from the table variable, sorting the results in descending order of Release_date.
The most recent non-charting releases.
Write another query which groups the rows in the table variable by Artist and Release_type and calculates the aggregate values shown below:
We've sorted the results in descending order of Count_releases.
Save and close the script.
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