SQL Help(Date Functions) - sql

I need help on SQL Queries.
TABLE:
Create Table Employees
( employee_id number(3) Primary Key,
first_name varchar2(10),
last_name varchar2(10),
dept_code varchar2(3),
hire_date date,
credit_limit number(4,2),
phone_ext varchar2(4),
manager_id number(3)
);
Entries:
insert into Employees values (201, 'Susan', 'Brown', 'Exe', To_Date('01-Jun-1998','DD-Mon-YYYY'), 30, '3484', null);
insert into Employees values (202, 'Jim', 'Kern', 'Sal', To_Date('16-Aug-1999','DD-Mon-YYYY'), 25, '8722', 201);
insert into Employees values (203, 'Martha', 'Woods', 'Shp', To_Date('02-Feb-2004','DD-Mon-YYYY'), 25, '7591', 201);
insert into Employees values (204, 'Ellen', 'Owens', 'Sal', To_Date('01-Jul-2003','DD-Mon-YYYY'), 15, '6830', 202);
I need a query to List all the employees, their hire dates and the number of days each person will have worked for the company as of January 1, 2007.

You can use YEAR() on a date field:
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE YEAR(hire_date)='2003'
if it doesn't work, you can use EXTRACT():
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE EXTRACT(YEAR FROM hire_date)='2003'
and, as Alan Hadsell rightly commented:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employees WHERE EXTRACT(YEAR FROM hire_date)='2003'

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Oracle SQL Developer data format

I have created a table 'USER' in Oracle SQL Developer.
CREATE TABLE USER(
USER_ID INTEGER NOT NULL,
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL,
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL,
ID_CODE INTEGER NOT NULL,
DATE_OF_BIRTH TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
TRAINING_CLUB VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL,
HAVE_LICENCE NUMBER(1) NOT NULL,
AGE_GROUP VARCHAR2(3) NULL,
SPECIALITY VARCHAR2(100) NOT NULL,
COMMENT VARCHAR2(200) NULL,
CONSTRAINT USER_PK PRIMARY KEY (USER_ID)
);
Now I'd like to insert data in it, but it will only accept date which is 2000 or more and when it's less than 2000, for example '1998-13-07', it shows not a valid month.
INSERT INTO USER(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, ID_CODE, DATE_OF_BIRTH, TRAINING_CLUB, HAVE_LICENCE, AGE_GROUP, SPECIALITY) VALUES (1, 'Mari', 'Mets', 4990713134, '1999-13-07', 'Erki Noole Athletics club', 1, 'U23', 'Sprint, hurdle race' );
INSERT INTO USER(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, ID_CODE, DATE_OF_BIRTH, TRAINING_CLUB, HAVE_LICENCE, AGE_GROUP, SPECIALITY) VALUES (2, 'Meelis', 'Valgepea', 39704230213, '1997-23-04', 'Runningpartner', 1, 'M', 'Middle- ja long distance running');
INSERT INTO USER(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, ID_CODE, DATE_OF_BIRTH, TRAINING_CLUB, HAVE_LICENCE, AGE_GROUP, SPECIALITY) VALUES (3, 'Karina', 'Justinov', 6020330872, '2002-30-03', 'SK Fortis', 1,'U20','Long and high jump');
INSERT INTO USER(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, ID_CODE, DATE_OF_BIRTH, TRAINING_CLUB, HAVE_LICENCE, AGE_GROUP, SPECIALITY) VALUES (4, 'Lewis', 'Kordon', 38711120678, '1987-12-11', 'Niidupargi Athletics club', 1, 'M', 'Shot put');
INSERT INTO USER(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, ID_CODE, DATE_OF_BIRTH, TRAINING_CLUB, HAVE_LICENCE, AGE_GROUP, SPECIALITY) VALUES (5, 'Getter', 'Tihhikov', 49802280417, '1998-28-02', 'Trainingpartner', 1, 'W','Long distance running');
INSERT INTO USER(USER_ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, ID_CODE, DATE_OF_BIRTH, TRAINING_CLUB, HAVE_LICENCE, AGE_GROUP, SPECIALITY) VALUES (6, 'Andres', 'Allikvee', 50603212165, '2006-21-03', 'SK Lindon', 1, 'U16', 'Pole vault');
It shows that row 3 and 6 will be added and 1, 2, 4, 5 have not valid month.
create table users(
user_id integer not null,
date_of_birth timestamp not null
);
insert into users values (1, '1999-13-07');
-- ORA-01843: not a valid month
The problem is with the date literal. We are giving a literal string for a timestamp column, so how this is interpreted depends on database settings.
We can either explictly turn the strings to timestamps, providing the proper format specification:
into users values (1, to_timestamp('1999-13-07', 'YYYY-DD-MM'));
-- 1 rows affected
Or we can change the default timestamp format for our current session, so strings are correctly implicitly converted:
alter session set nls_timestamp_format = 'YYYY-DD-MM';
insert into users values (2, '1999-13-07');
-- 1 rows affected
Demo on DB Fiddle

Get value from table to use it in insert

I suppose this question was already asked somewhere here, but I have no idea how to name (and look for) it correctly.
The database:
CREATE TABLE department (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL UNIQUE
);
CREATE TABLE employee (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
department_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
chief_id INTEGER,
name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
salary INTEGER NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (department_id) REFERENCES department (id),
FOREIGN KEY (chief_id) REFERENCES employee (id)
);
INSERT INTO department (name) VALUES ('sales'), ('it'), ('management');
INSERT INTO employee (department_id, chief_id, name, salary) VALUES
(3, NULL, 'Owner', 1000000),
(2, 1, 'Team manager', 9000),
(2, 3, 'Senior dev #1', 7000),
(2, 3, 'Senior dev #2', 7000);
Now in insert I should calculate chief_id on my own, but I'm curious if there is a possibility to get id by name, something like
SELECT id FROM employee WHERE name = 'Owner'
and use this value instead of hardcoded id in insert.
I've tried putting select statement instead of id but that does not work.
I am using SQLite.
You can do it with a subquery as yours, but the data has to be in the table before you can select it. Otherwise the subquery returns null. So you need to break the one INSERT into multiple INSERTs.
INSERT INTO employee (department_id, chief_id, name, salary) VALUES
(3, NULL, 'Owner', 1000000);
INSERT INTO employee (department_id, chief_id, name, salary) VALUES
(2, (SELECT id FROM employee WHERE name = 'Owner'), 'Team manager', 9000);
INSERT INTO employee (department_id, chief_id, name, salary) VALUES
(2, (SELECT id FROM employee WHERE name = 'Team manager'), 'Senior dev #1', 7000),
(2, (SELECT id FROM employee WHERE name = 'Team manager'), 'Senior dev #2', 7000);
But note, that the subquery must return only one row. So the column you're checking in it's WHERE clause must contain unique values. Usually a name is not unique, there are a lot of John Smith. Usually the ID is the unique identifier. So in a general inserting the ID directly is the right approach.

Why is my sql query returning no records?

Schema:
created table dept
CREATE table dept
(dept_id varchar (20) default 'department' NOT NULL,
locat varchar (25) default 'location' NOT NULL,
nme varchar (20) default 'name' NOT NULL);
inserting values
INSERT INTO dept(dept_id, locat, nme)
VALUES (1, 'dublin', 'payroll');
INSERT INTO dept(dept_id, locat, nme)
VALUES (2, 'galway', 'manufacturing');
INSERT INTO dept(dept_id, locat, nme)
VALUES (3, 'cork', 'sales');
created table emp
create table emp
(emp_id varchar (20) default 'id' NOT NULL,
NME varchar (20) default 'name' NOT NULL,
job_title varchar (25) default 'job' NOT NULL,
HIRE_DATE DATE,
SALARY INT (25) default '0' NOT NULL,
dept_id varchar (20) default 'dept' NOT NULL);
inserting values
INSERT INTO emp
VALUES (123, 'byrne', 'clerical', DATE ('2012-06-12'), 28000, 1);
INSERT INTO emp
VALUES (124, 'barry', 'operater', DATE ('11-07-11'), 33000,2);
INSERT INTO emp
VALUES (125, 'hynes', 'senior_operator', DATE ('26-09-13'), 36500,2);
INSERT INTO emp
VALUES (126, 'WILLIAMS', 'manager', DATE ('30-10-13'), 51000,3);
THE FOLLOWING QUERY IS RETURNING NO RECORDS
SELECT NME FROM emp
where HIRE_DATE between ('01-01-10') AND ('01-01-14');
How to change the code to get the desired output.
You proper date formats. In Oracle, you can introduce constants with the date keyword:
INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, NME, job_title , HIRE_DATE, SALARY, dept_id)
VALUES (123, 'byrne', 'clerical', DATE '2012-06-12', 28000, 1);
INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, NME, job_title , HIRE_DATE, SALARY, dept_id)
VALUES (124, 'barry', 'operater', DATE '2011-07-11', 33000, 2);
INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, NME, job_title , HIRE_DATE, SALARY, dept_id)
VALUES (125, 'hynes', 'senior_operator', DATE '2013-09-26', 36500, 2);
INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, NME, job_title , HIRE_DATE, SALARY, dept_id)
VALUES (126, 'WILLIAMS', 'manager', DATE '2013-10-30', 51000, 3);
select NME
from emp
where HIRE_DATE between date '2010-01-01' and date '2014-01-01';
I thought 2-digit years when out in 1999. Oracle might not be interpreting two-digit years the same way that you do.
Also, include the column list when doing an insert.

SQL ORA-00907 missing right parenthesis?

So I am brand new to sql, and I was dabbling with creating a basic table to add and query data from. I am trying to create a table, but I keep getting an "ORA-00907 missing right parenthesis" error on the first part of the script, and I am not sure why. Here is my code:
CREATE TABLE Payroll
(
Identification_Number INTEGER(10),
Full_Name VARCHAR2(20) NOT NULL,
Position VARCHAR2(20) NOT NULL,
Salary INTEGER(20) NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO Payroll (Identification_Number, Full_Name, Position, Salary) VALUES (1476563, 'Bob Smith', 'CEO', 6000000);
INSERT INTO Payroll (Identification_Number, Full_Name, Position, Salary) VALUES (1892345, 'Brian Smith', 'President', 5000000);
INSERT INTO Payroll (Identification_Number, Full_Name, Position, Salary) VALUES (1234567, 'Ron Smith', 'Vice President', 4000000);
SELECT * FROM Payroll;
Any suggestions?
Change your script as:
CREATE TABLE Payroll
(
Identification_Number NUMBER(10),
Full_Name VARCHAR2(20) NOT NULL,
Position VARCHAR2(20) NOT NULL,
Salary NUMBER(20) NOT NULL
);

joining three tables together using Inner Joins

Using Table aliases, list the first name, last name and start date of students enrolled on the java fundamentals module:
I am having some trouble when running the query below.
SELECT stu.StudFName, stu.StudLName, enrol.StartDate
From Student stu
INNER JOIN Enrolment enrol
ON stu.StudID = enrol.StudID
INNER JOIN Module mod
ON enrol.ModCode = mod.ModCode
WHERE mod.ModName = 'Java Fundamentals'
Structure:
CREATE TABLE Student
(StudID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
StudFName VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
StudLName VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
DoB DATE NOT NULL,
Sex CHAR(1) NOT NULL CHECK (Sex IN ('M', 'F')),
Email VARCHAR(30) UNIQUE);
CREATE TABLE Staff
(StaffID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
Title VARCHAR(4) CHECK (Title IN ('Prof', 'Dr', 'Mr', 'Mrs', 'Miss')),
StaffFName VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
StaffLName VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
Email VARCHAR(30) UNIQUE,
Department VARCHAR(25) DEFAULT 'Not Assigned',
Extension INTEGER CHECK (Extension BETWEEN 0001 AND 9999));
CREATE TABLE Module
(ModCode CHAR(4) PRIMARY KEY,
ModName VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
ModCredits INTEGER NOT NULL CHECK (ModCredits IN (15, 30, 45, 60)),
ModLevel CHAR(3) NOT NULL CHECK (ModLevel IN ('UG1', 'UG2', 'UG3', 'MSc')),
ModLeader INTEGER NOT NULL,
Foreign Key (ModLeader) REFERENCES Staff (StaffID));
CREATE TABLE Enrolment
(ModCode CHAR(4) NOT NULL,
StudID INTEGER NOT NULL,
StartDate DATE NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ModCode, StudID),
Foreign Key (StudID) REFERENCES Student (StudID),
Foreign Key (ModCode) REFERENCES Module (ModCode));
The answer is... there is no trouble with your query.
It works just fine.
Check here
INSERT INTO Student (StudID, StudFName, StudLName, DoB, Sex, Email) VALUES
(1, 'Jack', 'Black', TO_DATE('2015/01/01', 'yyyy/mm/dd'), 'M', 'jack#email.com');
INSERT INTO Student (StudID, StudFName, StudLName, DoB, Sex, Email) VALUES
(2, 'Andrew', 'Wiggin', TO_DATE('2015/01/01', 'yyyy/mm/dd'), 'M', 'andrew#email.com');
INSERT INTO Student (StudID, StudFName, StudLName, DoB, Sex, Email) VALUES
(3, 'Bob', 'Marley', TO_DATE('2015/01/01', 'yyyy/mm/dd'), 'M', 'bob#email.com');
INSERT INTO Staff (StaffID, Title, StaffFName, StaffLName, Email, Extension) VALUES
(1, 'Prof', 'Joe', 'Smith', 'stuff#emal.com', 0001);
INSERT INTO Module (ModCode, ModName, ModCredits, ModLevel, ModLeader) VALUES
(1, 'Java Fundamentals', 30, 'UG1', 1);
INSERT INTO Module (ModCode, ModName, ModCredits, ModLevel, ModLeader) VALUES
(2, 'C# Fundamentals', 15, 'UG2', 1);
INSERT INTO Enrolment (ModCode, StudID, StartDate) VALUES
(1, 1, TO_DATE('2015/01/01', 'yyyy/mm/dd'));
INSERT INTO Enrolment (ModCode, StudID, StartDate) VALUES
(1, 2, TO_DATE('2015/01/02', 'yyyy/mm/dd'));
INSERT INTO Enrolment (ModCode, StudID, StartDate) VALUES
(2, 3, TO_DATE('2015/01/03', 'yyyy/mm/dd'));
-------------------------------------------------------------
SELECT stu.StudFName, stu.StudLName, enrol.StartDate
From Student stu
INNER JOIN Enrolment enrol ON stu.StudID = enrol.StudID
INNER JOIN Module mod ON enrol.ModCode = mod.ModCode
WHERE mod.ModName = 'Java Fundamentals'
Result
STUDFNAME STUDLNAME STARTDATE
----------------------------------------
Jack Black January, 01 2015
Andrew Wiggin January, 02 2015