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Understanding DB2®: Learning Visually with Examples
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Understanding DB2®: Learning Visually with Examples

by Raul F. Chong, Clara Liu, Sylvia F. Qi, Dwaine R. Snow
January 2005
Beginner to intermediate
928 pages
22h 14m
English
IBM Press
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9.7. Case Study

Let's review some of the SQL statements you have learned in this chapter. This section gives scenarios and then shows the commands and resulting output.

1.
Return a result of deptno, admrdept, and a derived comment column from the department table where deptname contains CENTER. Order the result with the first column of the result set.
							SELECT deptno
							, admrdept
							, 'it is a center' AS comment
							FROM department
							WHERE deptname
							LIKE '%CENTER%'
							ORDER BY 1

DEPTNO ADMRDEPT COMMENT
------ -------- --------------
C01    A00      it is a center
D01    A00      it is a center
  2 record(s) selected.
2.
Return the name and id of staffs whose year of service is NOT NULL. Order the result by years and id. Fetch only the first five rows of the result.
							SELECT years ...
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