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SQL | Archived exercise | Set importance column according to no of places
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| Version ==> | Any version of SQL Server |
| Topic ==> | Archived (70 exercises) |
| Level ==> | Harder than average |
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If you haven't already done so, run the stored procedure in the above folder to generate a database of training courses and delegates.
Add a new integer column called Importance to the tblPerson table:
The new column
Write a query which begins a transaction, and then updates the value of the Importance column for each person to:
- 10 if this person has attended 1 or less courses (ie if the number of rows in the tblDelegate table for this PersonId is less than or equal to 1)
- 20 if this person has attended 2 to 4 courses; or
- 30 otherwise
Extend this query so that it deletes all "unimportant" people (ie those whose importance is 10), and prints out a message saying how many rows have been deleted:
You should see 274 people have been zapped
Finally, add a condition which:
- commits the transaction if there are still at least 500 people left in the table; or
- rolls it back otherwise
Optionally, save this query as How not to run a training company.sql, then close it down.