SQL | Variables exercise | Use a variable to accumulate an episode's enemy names

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Software ==> SQL  (198 exercises)
Version ==> Any version of SQL Server
Topic ==> Variables  (8 exercises)
Level ==> Average difficulty
Classroom ==> Fast-track SQL  /  Advanced SQL
Online ==> Fast-track SQL  /  Advanced SQL
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First (if you haven't already done so) run the script shown above to generate the Doctor Who training database.

The aim of this exercise is to show a list of all of the Doctor's enemies for a given episode:

List of companions

What you would see for episode 15.

To start this, create a variable in a new query to hold the episode number:

-- choose a specific episode

DECLARE @EpisodeId int = 15

Now create another variable to hold the accumulated list of episode names:

-- variable to hold the list of enemies

DECLARE @EnemyList varchar(100) = ''

Write a SELECT statement which accumulates the list of enemy names for the chosen episode in a variable.  The basis of this will be a statement starting like this:

SELECT

-- add in each enemy name

@EnemyList = @EnemyList + ...

When you've done this, complete your query to show your results:

-- show the results

SELECT

@EpisodeId as 'Episode id',

@EnemyList AS 'Enemies'

Optionally, save this query as Know your enemies.sql, then close it down.

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