SQL | Archived exercise | Simple stored procedure showing top 10 websites

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Software ==> SQL  (198 exercises)
Version ==> Any version of SQL Server
Topic ==> Archived  (70 exercises)
Level ==> Relatively easy
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If you haven't already done so, run the stored procedure in the above folder to generate a database of the world's leading websites. This database contains a table of websites called tblWebsite:

SQL exercise - Stored procedure basics (image 1)

Rankings are from Alexa, a company which analyses the popularity of websites

Create a query which lists out the top 10 websites in the UK (ie ordered by AlexaRankUk, where the AlexaRankUk column is not null):

SQL exercise - Stored procedure basics (image 2)

Don't forget to use the UK Alexa ranking when ordering

Now create a stored procedure from this query called spListTopWebsites.  Execute your stored procedure to check that it gives the same answer.

Alter your stored procedure (change the word CREATE to ALTER) so that it lists out the top 5 websites, not the top 10. 

Optionally, save the code to generate the stored procedure as spListTopWebsites.sql, then close it down.

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