SQL | Derived tables and CTEs exercise | Use a CTE to avoid including the same CASE statement twice

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Software ==> SQL  (198 exercises)
Version ==> Any version of SQL Server
Topic ==> Derived tables and CTEs  (13 exercises)
Level ==> Relatively easy
Courses ==> Introduction to SQL  /  Fast-track SQL  /  Advanced SQL
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The aim of this exercise is to count the number of events by a column called Era which you'll calculate, without including this calculation twice:

Expression to avoid

Here's what NOT to do - we want to avoid repeating the same calculation twice.

To do this, you can do the calculation in two bites, using a CTE to hold the intermediate stage.  First create a query to show the era for each event:

Events by era

You could peek at the expression at the start of this exercise to get help on how to calculate the era!

 

Now store this as a CTE, and write a query using it which shows the number of events per era:

The final result

What the entire query should show when you run it.

 

Save this query as Epoch-making, and close it down.

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