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SQL | Basic joins exercise | Use the query designer to join two tables, then tidy this up
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| Software ==> | SQL (198 exercises) |
| Version ==> | Any version of SQL Server |
| Topic ==> | Basic joins (8 exercises) |
| Level ==> | Relatively easy |
| Course ==> | Introduction to SQL |
- Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
- Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
- Execute this script.
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Right-click on a new query and choose to design a query in the editor, then create this query:
Choose to show the country name, event name and event date in ascending date order, giving aliases to each column.
When you choose OK and run this query back in Management Studio, you should see this:
The first few events listed.
Now tidy up your query's SQL to look beautiful, complete with comments! Here's a suggestion (and only a suggestion!):
-- list events, with countries
SELECT
-- fields from the country table
cy.CountryName AS Country,
-- fields from the events table
ev.EventName AS [What happened],
ev.EventDate AS [When happened]
FROM
-- start with the country table ...
tblCountry AS cy
-- ... and join this to the events
INNER JOIN tblEvent AS ev
ON cy.CountryID = ev.CountryID
ORDER BY
-- show in date order
[When happened]
Save this query as Superb Quality Layout, then close it down.