Using Null
teacher id dept name phone mobile
101 1 Shrivell 2753 07986 555 1234
102 1 Throd 2754 07122 555 1920
103 1 Splint 2293
104 Spiregrain 3287
105 2 Cutflower 3212 07996 555 6574
106 Deadyawn 3345
…
dept id name
1 Computing
2 Design
3 Engineering
…
Teachers and Departments
The school includes many departments. Most teachers work exclusively for a single department. Some teachers have no department.
Summary
NULL, INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN
- List the teachers who have NULL for their department.
select name
from teacher
where dept is null;
- Note the INNER JOIN misses the teachers with no department and the departments with no teacher.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name
FROM teacher INNER JOIN dept
ON (teacher.dept=dept.id)
- Use a different JOIN so that all teachers are listed.
SELECT teacher.name, dept.name
FROM teacher left JOIN dept
ON (teacher.dept=dept.id)
- Use a different JOIN so that all departments are listed.
select teacher.name, dept.name
from dept left join teacher
on (teacher.dept=dept.id)
- Use COALESCE to print the mobile number. Use the number ‘07986 444 2266’ if there is no number given. Show teacher name and mobile number or ‘07986 444 2266’
SELECT name, COALESCE(mobile, '07986 444 2266')
FROM teacher
- Use the COALESCE function and a LEFT JOIN to print the teacher name and department name. Use the string ‘None’ where there is no department.
SELECT teacher.name, COALESCE(dept.name, 'None')
FROM teacher left JOIN dept
ON (teacher.dept=dept.id)
- Use COUNT to show the number of teachers and the number of mobile phones.
select count(name), count(mobile)
from teacher
- Use COUNT and GROUP BY dept.name to show each department and the number of staff. Use a RIGHT JOIN to ensure that the Engineering department is listed.
select D.name, count(T.name)
from teacher T right join dept D
on T.dept = D.id
group by D.name;
- Use CASE to show the name of each teacher followed by ‘Sci’ if the teacher is in dept 1 or 2 and ‘Art’ otherwise.
select name,
case when dept in(1,2)
then 'Sci'
else 'Art'
end
from teacher;
- Use CASE to show the name of each teacher followed by ‘Sci’ if the teacher is in dept 1 or 2, show ‘Art’ if the teacher’s dept is 3 and ‘None’ otherwise.
select name,
case when dept in(1,2)
then 'Sci'
when dept=3
then 'Art'
else 'None'
end
from teacher;