A Guide to SQL
A Guide to SQL
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Author: Pratt
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Chapter 4, Problem 10SCG
Program Plan Intro

“SELECT” command:

The “SELECT” command is used to retrieve data in a database.

Syntax for selecting values from the table is as follows:

SELECT STUDENT_ID FROM STUDENT;

  • The given query is used to display each student ID from “STUDENT” table.

Naming the computed column in SQL:

  • User can assign a name to the computation by using below ways:
    • Name the computation with the word “AS”.
    • User desired name.

Example:

The example for naming the computed column in SQL is shown below:

SELECT STUDENT_ID, STUDENT_NAME, MAXIMUM_LIMIT – SCORE AS STUDENT_CREDIT FROM STUDENT;

The above query is used to display student id, student name and student credit from “STUDENT” table.

STUDENT_IDSTUDENT_NAMESTUDENT_CREDIT
123Merry90
208John86
408Rose98
564Joseph78

Explanation:

  • User can compute the student credit using the expression “MAXIMUM_LIMIT – SCORE”.
  • From the given query, the computation is calculated by using “-” operator that is from “MAXIMUM_LIMIT – SCORE”.
  • Here the computed result is name as “STUDENT_CREDIT” by using the word “AS”.

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