Thanks to Sachin Rastogi for posting these.
- Which of the following statements contains an error?
- SELECT * FROM emp WHERE empid = 493945;
- SELECT empid FROM emp WHERE empid= 493945;
- SELECT empid FROM emp;
- SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
- Which of the following correctly describes how to specify a column alias?
- Place the alias at the beginning of the statement to describe the table.
- Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
- Place the alias after each column, separated by a comma, to describe the column.
- Place the alias at the end of the statement to describe the table.
- The NVL function
- Assists in the distribution of output across multiple columns.
- Allows the user to specify alternate output for non-null column values.
- Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
- Nullifies the value of the column output.
- Output from a table called PLAYS with two columns, PLAY_NAME and AUTHOR, is shown below. Which of the following SQL statements produced it?
PLAY_TABLE
————————————-
“Midsummer Night’s Dream”, SHAKESPEARE
“Waiting For Godot”, BECKETT
“The Glass Menagerie”, WILLIAMS- SELECT play_name || author FROM plays;
- SELECT play_name, author FROM plays;
- SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author FROM plays;
- SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
- Issuing the DEFINE_EDITOR=”emacs” will produce which outcome?
- The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
- The emacs editor will start running immediately.
- The emacs editor will no longer be used by SQL*Plus as the default text editor.
- The emacs editor will be deleted from the system.
- The user issues the following statement. What will be displayed if the EMPID selected is 60494?
SELECT DECODE(empid,38475, “Terminated”,60494, “LOA”, “ACTIVE”)
FROM emp;- 60494
- LOA
- Terminated
- ACTIVE
- SELECT (TO_CHAR(NVL(SQRT(59483), “INVALID”)) FROM DUAL is a valid SQL statement.
- TRUE
- FALSE
- The appropriate table to use when performing arithmetic calculations on values defined within the SELECT statement (not pulled from a table column) is
- EMP
- The table containing the column values
- DUAL
- An Oracle-defined table
- Which of the following is not a group function?
- avg( )
- sqrt( )
- sum( )
- max( )
- Once defined, how long will a variable remain so in SQL*Plus?
- Until the database is shut down
- Until the instance is shut down
- Until the statement completes
- Until the session completes
- The default character for specifying runtime variables in SELECT statements is
- Ampersand
- Ellipses
- Quotation marks
- Asterisk
- A user is setting up a join operation between tables EMP and DEPT. There are some employees in the EMP table that the user wants returned by the query, but the employees are not assigned to departments yet. Which SELECT statement is most appropriate for this user?
- select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d;
- select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# = d.dept#;
- select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# = d.dept# (+);
- select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#;
- Developer ANJU executes the following statement: CREATE TABLE animals AS SELECT * from MASTER.ANIMALS; What is the effect of this statement?
- A table named ANIMALS will be created in the MASTER schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by ANJU.
- A table named ANJU will be created in the ANIMALS schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
- A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
- A table named MASTER will be created in the ANIMALS schema with the same data as the ANJU table owned by ANIMALS.
- User JANKO would like to insert a row into the EMPLOYEE table, which has three columns: EMPID, LASTNAME, and SALARY. The user would like to enter data for EMPID 59694, LASTNAME Harris, but no salary. Which statement would work best?
- INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
- INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’);
- INSERT INTO employee (EMPID, LASTNAME, SALARY) VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’);
- INSERT INTO employee (SELECT 59694 FROM ‘HARRIS’);
- Which three of the following are valid database datatypes in Oracle? (Choose three.)
- CHAR
- VARCHAR2
- BOOLEAN
- NUMBER
- Omitting the WHERE clause from a DELETE statement has which of the following effects?
- The delete statement will fail because there are no records to delete.
- The delete statement will prompt the user to enter criteria for the deletion
- The delete statement will fail because of syntax error.
- The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
- Creating a foreign-key constraint between columns of two tables defined with two different datatypes will produce an error.
- TRUE
- FALSE
- Dropping a table has which of the following effects on a nonunique index created for the table?
- No effect.
- The index will be dropped.
- The index will be rendered invalid.
- The index will contain NULL values.
- To increase the number of nullable columns for a table,
- Use the alter table statement.
- Ensure that all column values are NULL for all rows.
- First increase the size of adjacent column datatypes, then add the column.
- Add the column, populate the column, then add the NOT NULL constraint.
- Which line of the following statement will produce an error?
- CREATE TABLE goods
- (good_no NUMBER,
- good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)),
- CONSTRAINT pk_goods_01
- PRIMARY KEY (goodno));
- There are no errors in this statement.
- MAXVALUE is a valid parameter for sequence creation.
- TRUE
- FALSE
- Which of the following lines in the SELECT statement below contain an error?
- SELECT DECODE(empid, 58385, “INACTIVE”, “ACTIVE”) empid
- FROM emp
- WHERE SUBSTR(lastname,1,1) > TO_NUMBER(’S')
- AND empid > 02000
- ORDER BY empid DESC, lastname ASC;
- There are no errors in this statement.
- Which function below can best be categorized as similar in function to an IF-THEN-ELSE statement?
- SQRT
- DECODE
- NEW_TIME
- ROWIDTOCHAR
- Which two of the following orders are used in ORDER BY clauses? (choose two)
- ABS
- ASC
- DESC
- DISC
- You query the database with this command
SELECT name
FROM employee
WHERE name LIKE ‘_a%’;Which names are displayed?
- Names starting with “a”
- Names starting with “aR
- or “A”
- Names containing “aR
- as second character
- Names containing “aR
- as any letter except the first

18 Comments on SQL interview questions and answers
1) “SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;” is incorrect
2) “Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.” Correct
3) Ans is 3 it is same as isNull in T SQL
1)SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
2)Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column
3)Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
4)SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
5)The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor. (Not sure about this answer)
6)LOA
7)FALSE
8)DUAL
9)max( )
10)Until the statement completes
11)Ampersand
12)select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#;
13)A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER
14)INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
15) VARCHAR2 , BOOLEAN ,NUMBER
16) The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
17) TRUE
18) The index will be dropped.
19) Ensure that all column values are NULL for all rows. (Not sure about this answer)
20) SELECT statement is not allowed in CHeck constraint.
21)
22) No error if all the values are given in single quotes instead of double quotes.
23) DECODE
24) ASC, DESC
25) will give all the enames that has ‘a’ in the second place and followed by any number of characters. _ specifies as a single character and % as many characters.
1)SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
2)Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column
3)Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
4)SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
5)The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor. (Not sure about this answer)
6)LOA
7)FALSE
8)DUAL
9)max( )
10)Until the statement completes
11)Ampersand
12)select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#;
13)A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER
14)INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
15) VARCHAR2 , BOOLEAN ,NUMBER
16) The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
17) TRUE
18) The index will be dropped.
19) Ensure that all column values are NULL for all rows. (Not sure about this answer)
20) SELECT statement is not allowed in CHeck constraint.
21)
22) No error if all the values are given in single quotes instead of double quotes.
23) DECODE
24) ASC, DESC
25) will give all the enames that has ‘a’ in the second place and followed by any number of characters. _ specifies as a single character and % as many characters.
some wrong answers up top.
1. Which of the following statements contains an error?
1. SELECT * FROM emp WHERE empid = 493945;
2. SELECT empid FROM emp WHERE empid= 493945;
3. SELECT empid FROM emp;
*** 4. SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
No from clause.
2 Which of the following correctly describes how to specify a column alias?
1. Place the alias at the beginning of the statement to describe the table.
*** 2. Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
3. Place the alias after each column, separated by a comma, to describe the column.
4. Place the alias at the end of the statement to describe the table.
3 The NVL function
1. Assists in the distribution of output across multiple columns.
2. Allows the user to specify alternate output for non-null column values.
****3. Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
4. Nullifies the value of the column output.
4 Output from a table called PLAYS with two columns, PLAY_NAME and AUTHOR, is shown below. Which of the following SQL statements produced it?
PLAY_TABLE
â€â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€-
“Midsummer Night’s Dreamâ€Â, SHAKESPEARE
“Waiting For Godotâ€Â, BECKETT
“The Glass Menagerieâ€Â, WILLIAMS
1. SELECT play_name || author FROM plays;
2. SELECT play_name, author FROM plays;
3. SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author FROM plays;
***4. SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
1 will produce titleauthor
2 will produce title author
3 will produce title, author but column name will be play_name||’,'||author
5 Issuing the DEFINE_EDITOR=â€Âemacs†will produce which outcome?
****1. The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
2. The emacs editor will start running immediately.
3. The emacs editor will no longer be used by SQL*Plus as the default text editor.
4. The emacs editor will be deleted from the system.
6 The user issues the following statement. What will be displayed if the EMPID selected is 60494?
SELECT DECODE(empid,38475, “Terminatedâ€Â,60494, “LOAâ€Â, “ACTIVEâ€Â)
FROM emp;
1. 60494
*** 2. LOA
3. Terminated
4. ACTIVE
decode says if(empid = 38475, output ‘terminated
if(empid = 60409, output ‘loa’
(for everything else, output ‘active’)
7 SELECT (TO_CHAR(NVL(SQRT(59483), “INVALIDâ€Â)) FROM DUAL is a valid SQL statement.
1. TRUE
**** 2. FALSE
Cannot set value to another datatype when using NVL, hence if SQRT(59483) is null somehow, you must assign it a number, “invalid” is a string.
8 The appropriate table to use when performing arithmetic calculations on values defined within the SELECT statement (not pulled from a table column) is
1. EMP
2. The table containing the column values
***3. DUAL
4. An Oracle-defined table
Dual is a dummy table.
9 Which of the following is not a group function?
1. avg( )
*****2. sqrt( )
3. sum( )
4. max( )
all other functions can work on more than one row of data.
10 Once defined, how long will a variable remain so in SQL*Plus?
1. Until the database is shut down
2. Until the instance is shut down
**** 3. Until the statement completes
**** 4. Until the session completes
This one depends on how you defined it. If you define variable using & then 3, && then 4.
11 The default character for specifying runtime variables in SELECT statements is
*** 1. Ampersand
2. Ellipses
3. Quotation marks
4. Asterisk
This is basic syntax. In pl/sql though, this is compile time, not run time.
12 A user is setting up a join operation between tables EMP and DEPT. There are some employees in the EMP table that the user wants returned by the query, but the employees are not assigned to departments yet. Which SELECT statement is most appropriate for this user?
1. select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d;
2. select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# = d.dept#;
*****3. select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# = d.dept# (+);
4. select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#;
Always put the (+) on the deficient side, so since emp has more data that cannot be matched in dept table, dept table has less data than emp hence it is the deficient side!
13 Developer ANJU executes the following statement: CREATE TABLE animals AS SELECT * from MASTER.ANIMALS; What is the effect of this statement?
1. A table named ANIMALS will be created in the MASTER schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by ANJU.
2. A table named ANJU will be created in the ANIMALS schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
**** 3. A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
4. A table named MASTER will be created in the ANIMALS schema with the same data as the ANJU table owned by ANIMALS.
refer to another’s table by using schemaname.objectname.
14 User JANKO would like to insert a row into the EMPLOYEE table, which has three columns: EMPID, LASTNAME, and SALARY. The user would like to enter data for EMPID 59694, LASTNAME Harris, but no salary. Which statement would work best?
****1. INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
2. INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’);
3. INSERT INTO employee (EMPID, LASTNAME, SALARY) VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’);
4. INSERT INTO employee (SELECT 59694 FROM ‘HARRIS’);
The only statement that does not contain error.
15 Which three of the following are valid database datatypes in Oracle? (Choose three.)
***1. CHAR
***2. VARCHAR2
3. BOOLEAN
***4. NUMBER
Oracle does not support boolean. Boolean can be represented by 0 or 1 and therefore no need to create a datatype for it.
16 Omitting the WHERE clause from a DELETE statement has which of the following effects?
1. The delete statement will fail because there are no records to delete.
2. The delete statement will prompt the user to enter criteria for the deletion
3. The delete statement will fail because of syntax error.
***4. The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
If select statement does not have a where clause, it would select all rows. Hence delete without where clause would delete all rows.
17 Creating a foreign-key constraint between columns of two tables defined with two different datatypes will produce an error.
***1. TRUE
2. FALSE
18 Dropping a table has which of the following effects on a nonunique index created for the table?
1. No effect.
***2. The index will be dropped.
3. The index will be rendered invalid.
4. The index will contain NULL values.
19 To increase the number of nullable columns for a table,
***1. Use the alter table statement.
2. Ensure that all column values are NULL for all rows.
3. First increase the size of adjacent column datatypes, then add the column.
4. Add the column, populate the column, then add the NOT NULL constraint.
Bad or badly phrased question, but to increase the number of any kind of column, you’d use alter table statement.
20 Which line of the following statement will produce an error?
1. CREATE TABLE goods
2. (good_no NUMBER,
***3. good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)),
4. CONSTRAINT pk_goods_01
5. PRIMARY KEY (goodno));
6. There are no errors in this statement.
Cannot have subquery in check.
21 MAXVALUE is a valid parameter for sequence creation.
***1. TRUE
2. FALSE
22 Which of the following lines in the SELECT statement below contain an error?
1. SELECT DECODE(empid, 58385, “INACTIVEâ€Â, “ACTIVEâ€Â) empid
2. FROM emp
***3. WHERE SUBSTR(lastname,1,1) > TO_NUMBER(’S’)
4. AND empid > 02000
5. ORDER BY empid DESC, lastname ASC;
6. There are no errors in this statement.
cannot convert a letter to a number.
23 Which function below can best be categorized as similar in function to an IF-THEN-ELSE statement?
1. SQRT
***2. DECODE
3. NEW_TIME
4. ROWIDTOCHAR
24 Which two of the following orders are used in ORDER BY clauses? (choose two)
1. ABS
***2. ASC
***3. DESC
4. DISC
25 You query the database with this command
SELECT name
FROM employee
WHERE name LIKE ‘_a%’;
Which names are displayed?
(should read as following I think)
1. Names starting with “aâ€Â
2. Names starting with “aR or “Aâ€Â
***3. Names containing “aR” as second character
4. Names containing “aR” as any letter except the first
It still doesn’t make much sense as ‘aR’ cannot both be second character. the pattern would be to have lower case ‘a’ as second character, followed by anything and start with anything.
1.SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’; (no from)
2.Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
3.Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
4.SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
5.The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
6.LOA(decode(column_name,if_value1,show_value1,if_value2,show_value2,rest)
7.false(Datatype mismatch)
8.DUAL
9.sqrt(mathematical function)
10.Until the session completes
11.Ampersand
12.select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#; (left outer join)
13.A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
14.INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
15.CHAR,VARCHAR2,NUMBER
16.The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
17.TRUE
18.The index will be dropped.
19.Ensure that all column values are NULL for all rows.
20.good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)), (select may not be allowed)
21.TRUE
22.WHERE SUBSTR(lastname,1,1) > TO_NUMBER(’S’) (datatype mismatch)
23.DECODE
24.ASC DESC
25.a as second character
how to add salary of two tables and store into a result in any one table
i need this output
salarycolumn of emp salarycolumn of emp result
1100 1200 1300
Hi Thiyagu,
This is johnny…
the answer for ur query…
if u hav any queries plz do let me know…
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PRE-REQUISITE:
CREATE 2 TABLES(EMP1,EMP2) BASED ON EMP TABLE.AND ADD COLUMN (result NUMBER(6)) in EMP1
– PROGRAM STARTS FROM HERE
DECLARE
V_SAL1 NUMBER;
V_SAL2 NUMBER;
V_RESULT NUMBER;
V_EMPNO1 NUMBER:=7654;
V_EMPNO2 NUMBER:=7369;
BEGIN
SELECT SAL INTO V_SAL1 FROM EMP1 WHERE EMPNO=V_EMPNO1;
SELECT SAL INTO V_SAL2 FROM EMP2 WHERE EMPNO=V_EMPNO2;
V_RESULT := V_SAL1 + V_SAL2 ;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(’RESULT IS:’||V_RESULT);
– SENDING THE RESULT INTO EMP1 TABLE
UPDATE EMP1 SET RESULT = V_RESULT WHERE EMPNO=V_EMPNO1;
END;
1.
4. SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
2.
2. Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
3. The NVL function
3. Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
4.
4. SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
5.
1. The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
6.
2. LOA
7.
2. FALSE ( invalid number error occurred checked).
8.
3. DUAL
9.
2. sqrt( )
single row function
10.
4. Until the session completes
11.
1. Ampersand
12.
4. select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#;
13.
3. A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
14.
1. INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
15. Which three of the following are valid database datatypes in Oracle? (Choose three.)
1. CHAR
2. VARCHAR2
4. NUMBER
boolean is an pl/sql datatype in oracle.
16.
4. The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
17.
1. TRUE
18.
2. The index will be dropped.
19.
1. Use the alter table statement.
20.
3. good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)),
21.
1. TRUE
22.
3. WHERE SUBSTR(lastname,1,1) > TO_NUMBER(’S’)
23.
2. DECODE
24.
2. ASC
3. DESC
25.
5. as second character
LTER procedure gaurav
@tablename nvarchar(40)
as
declare @column_name nvarchar(34)
declare @gencode nvarchar(234)
declare @sqlstring varchar(234)
declare @commandobjectname nvarchar(2345)
set @gencode=”
set @commandobjectname=’mycommand’
select @gencode=@gencode +char(13)+’mycommand.parameters.addwithvalue(”@’+column_name+’”‘+column_name+’)’ from information_columns.columns where table_name=@tablename
print @gencode
aLTER procedure gaurav
@tablename nvarchar(40)
as
declare @column_name nvarchar(34)
declare @gencode nvarchar(234)
declare @sqlstring varchar(234)
declare @commandobjectname nvarchar(2345)
set @gencode=”
set @commandobjectname=’mycommand’
select @gencode=@gencode +char(13)+’mycommand.parameters.addwithvalue(”@’+column_name+’”‘+column_name+’)’ from information_columns.columns where table_name=@tablename
print @gencode
“this stored procedure id best those who are working as asp.net developer bcz in .net we use to cm.parametrs.addwithvalue(”columnname’@columnname)
we did not write any above code if we foolow above stored procedure just execute it
with the help of command exe gaurav ‘tablename”
happy coding
.SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’; (no from)
2.Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
3.Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
4.SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
5.The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
6.LOA(decode(column_name,if_value1,show_value1,if_value2,show_value2,rest)
7.false(Datatype mismatch)
8.DUAL
9.sqrt(mathematical function)
10.Until the session completes
11.Ampersand
12.select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#; (left outer join)
13.A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
14.INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’, NULL);
15.CHAR,VARCHAR2,NUMBER
16.The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
17.TRUE
18.The index will be dropped.
19.Ensure that all column values are NULL for all rows.
20.good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)), (select may not be allowed)
21.TRUE
22.WHERE SUBSTR(lastname,1,1) > TO_NUMBER(’S’) (datatype mismatch)
23.DECODE
24.ASC DESC
25.a as second character
Which of the following statements contains an error?
SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
Which of the following correctly describes how to specify a column alias?
Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
The NVL function
Allows the user to specify alternate output for null column values.
Output from a table called PLAYS with two columns, PLAY_NAME and AUTHOR, is shown below. Which of the following SQL statements produced it?
PLAY_TABLE
â€â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€-
“Midsummer Night’s Dreamâ€Â, SHAKESPEARE
“Waiting For Godotâ€Â, BECKETT
“The Glass Menagerieâ€Â, WILLIAMS
SELECT play_name||’, ‘ || author PLAY_TABLE FROM plays;
Issuing the DEFINE_EDITOR=â€Âemacs†will produce which outcome?
The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
The user issues the following statement. What will be displayed if the EMPID selected is 60494?
SELECT DECODE(empid,38475, “Terminatedâ€Â,60494, “LOAâ€Â, “ACTIVEâ€Â)
FROM emp;
LOA
SELECT (TO_CHAR(NVL(SQRT(59483), “INVALIDâ€Â)) FROM DUAL is a valid SQL statement.
TRUE
The appropriate table to use when performing arithmetic calculations on values defined within the SELECT statement (not pulled from a table column) is
EMP
DUAL
Which of the following is not a group function?
sqrt( )
Once defined, how long will a variable remain so in SQL*Plus?
Until the session completes
The default character for specifying runtime variables in SELECT statements is
Ampersand
A user is setting up a join operation between tables EMP and DEPT. There are some employees in the EMP table that the user wants returned by the query, but the employees are not assigned to departments yet. Which SELECT statement is most appropriate for this user?
select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# = d.dept# (+);
Developer ANJU executes the following statement: CREATE TABLE animals AS SELECT * from MASTER.ANIMALS; What is the effect of this statement?
A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
User JANKO would like to insert a row into the EMPLOYEE table, which has three columns: EMPID, LASTNAME, and SALARY. The user would like to enter data for EMPID 59694, LASTNAME Harris, but no salary. Which statement would work best?
INSERT INTO employee (EMPID, LASTNAME, SALARY) VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’);
Which three of the following are valid database datatypes in Oracle? (Choose three.)
CHAR
VARCHAR2
NUMBER
Omitting the WHERE clause from a DELETE statement has which of the following effects?
The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
Creating a foreign-key constraint between columns of two tables defined with two different datatypes will produce an error.
TRUE
Dropping a table has which of the following effects on a nonunique index created for the table?
The index will be dropped.
To increase the number of nullable columns for a table,
Use the alter table statement.
Which line of the following statement will produce an error?
good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)),
MAXVALUE is a valid parameter for sequence creation.
TRUE (not sure)
Which of the following lines in the SELECT statement below contain an error?
WHERE SUBSTR(lastname,1,1) > TO_NUMBER(’S’)
Which function below can best be categorized as similar in function to an IF-THEN-ELSE statement?
DECODE
Which two of the following orders are used in ORDER BY clauses? (choose two)
ASC
DESC
You query the database with this command
SELECT name
FROM employee
WHERE name LIKE ‘_a%’;
Which names are displayed?
1.Which of the following statements contains an error?
SELECT empid WHERE empid = 56949 AND lastname = ‘SMITH’;
2.Which of the following correctly describes how to specify a column alias?
Place the alias after each column, separated by white space, to describe the column.
3.The NVL function
Allows the user to specify alternate output for non-null column values.
4.Output from a table called PLAYS with two columns, PLAY_NAME and AUTHOR, is shown below. Which of the following SQL statements produced it?
PLAY_TABLE
â€â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€Ã¢â‚¬â€-
“Midsummer Night’s Dreamâ€Â, SHAKESPEARE
“Waiting For Godotâ€Â, BECKETT
“The Glass Menagerieâ€Â, WILLIAMS
None of the above
5.Issuing the DEFINE_EDITOR=â€Âemacs†will produce which outcome?
The emacs editor will become the SQL*Plus default text editor.
6. The user issues the following statement. What will be displayed if the EMPID selected is 60494?
SELECT DECODE(empid,38475, “Terminatedâ€Â,60494, “LOAâ€Â, “ACTIVEâ€Â)
FROM emp;
LOA
Which of the following is not a group function?
sqrt( )
Once defined, how long will a variable remain so in SQL*Plus?
Until the session completes
The default character for specifying runtime variables in SELECT statements is
Ampersand
A user is setting up a join operation between tables EMP and DEPT. There are some employees in the EMP table that the user wants returned by the query, but the employees are not assigned to departments yet. Which SELECT statement is most appropriate for this user?
select e.empid, d.head from emp e, dept d where e.dept# (+) = d.dept#;
Developer ANJU executes the following statement: CREATE TABLE animals AS SELECT * from MASTER.ANIMALS; What is the effect of this statement?
A table named ANIMALS will be created in the ANJU schema with the same data as the ANIMALS table owned by MASTER.
User JANKO would like to insert a row into the EMPLOYEE table, which has three columns: EMPID, LASTNAME, and SALARY. The user would like to enter data for EMPID 59694, LASTNAME Harris, but no salary. Which statement would work best?
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (59694,’HARRIS’);
Which three of the following are valid database datatypes in Oracle? (Choose three.)
CHAR
VARCHAR2
NUMBER
Omitting the WHERE clause from a DELETE statement has which of the following effects?
The delete statement will remove all records from the table.
Creating a foreign-key constraint between columns of two tables defined with two different datatypes will produce an error.
TRUE
Dropping a table has which of the following effects on a nonunique index created for the table?
The index will be dropped.
Which line of the following statement will produce an error?
CREATE TABLE goods
(good_no NUMBER,
good_name VARCHAR2 check(good_name in (SELECT name FROM avail_goods)),
CONSTRAINT pk_goods_01
PRIMARY KEY (goodno));
There are no errors in this statement.
PRIMARY KEY (goodno));
MAXVALUE is a valid parameter for sequence creation.
TRUE
FALSE
Which two of the following orders are used in ORDER BY clauses? (choose two)
ASC
DESC
You query the database with this command
SELECT name
FROM employee
WHERE name LIKE ‘_a%’;
Which names are displayed?
Names containing “aR
as second character
1. option 4 is an incorrect option.
From Keyword is missing in the querry.
1. Ans 4: since query doesn’t have from clause
2. Ans:2. You can give alias using AS keyword.
3.Ans:3
4.Ans:4
5.Ans:1. We use the DEFINE_EDITOR = command to define our favourite editor.
6.Ans:2
7.Ans:2, 1.first of all, INVALID string should be in single colon 2. Outcome of NVL function should be number
8.Ans:3
9.Ans:2
10.Ans:3
11.Ans:1
12.Ans:3, if you want all records in A than B then use A=B(+)
13.Ans:3
14.Ans:1
15.Ans: 1, 2 and 4, there is no BOOLEAN data type as far as Tables are concerned. But, procedures and functions can have.
16.Ans:4
17.Ans:1, the Foreign Key in detail table and its Primary or Unique Key in master table should have same datatype.
18.Ans:2
19.Ans:1
20. The create statement is wrong. CHECK doesn’t allow the SELECT statement in it.
21.Ans:1
22.Ans: at line 1. Strings in Decode should be in single quotes.
23.Ans: 2 we can use Case also
24.Ans:2 and 3
25.Ans:5
16.
Answer:
1. 4.
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 1
6. 2
7. 2
8. 3
9. 2
10. 4
11. 1
12. 4
13. 3
14. 1
15. 1,2,4
16. 4
17. 1
18. 2
19. 1
20. 3
21. 1
22. 3
23. 2
24. 2,3
25. It will display the employee name starting by any character but second character must be ‘a’ and after that combination of many characters.
Ex: satyam
/*
AUTHOR : VISHAL MEHRA
DATE: 25/09/08
*/
/******TO GET THE DATE’S DAY OF THE PERTICULAR DAY**************************/
CREATE FUNCTION G4_WEEK_DAY_IN_MONTH_FUNC (@DATE DATETIME)
RETURNS @TABLE TABLE
(
DATE DATETIME ,
WEEK_DAY VARCHAR(30) ,
WEEK_DAY_NO INT
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @SRAT_DATE TABLE
(
START_DATE DATETIME,
LAST_DATE DATETIME
)
DECLARE @WEEK_DAY_TABLE TABLE
(
DATE DATETIME,
WEEK_DAY VARCHAR(30),
WEEK_DAY_NO INT
)
INSERT INTO @SRAT_DATE
SELECT CONVERT(DATETIME,’01/’+CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),MONTH(@DATE))+’/'+ CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),YEAR(@DATE)),103),
LAST_DATE=DBO.G4_LAST_DATE_OF_MONTH_FUNC(@DATE)
DECLARE @FIRST_DATE DATETIME,
@LAST_DATE DATETIME
SELECT @FIRST_DATE=START_DATE,
@LAST_DATE=LAST_DATE
FROM @SRAT_DATE
WHILE @FIRST_DATE<=@LAST_DATE
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @WEEK_DAY_TABLE
SELECT @FIRST_DATE, CASE DATEPART(DW,@FIRST_DATE)
WHEN 1 THEN ‘SUNDAY’
WHEN 2 THEN ‘MONDAY’
WHEN 3 THEN ‘TUESDAY’
WHEN 4 THEN ‘WEDNESDAY’
WHEN 5 THEN ‘THURDSDAY’
WHEN 6 THEN ‘FRIDAY’
WHEN 7 THEN ‘SATURDAY’
END, DATEPART(DW,@FIRST_DATE)
SELECT @FIRST_DATE=@FIRST_DATE+1
END
INSERT INTO @TABLE
SELECT *
FROM @WEEK_DAY_TABLE
RETURN
END
/*********HOW TO CALL***********/
SELECT * FROM G4_WEEK_DAY_IN_MONTH_FUNC(’2008-01-01′)
–OUTPUT
DATE WEEK_DAY WEEK_DAY_NO
—————————————————— —————————— ———–
2008-01-01 00:00:00.000 TUESDAY 3
2008-01-02 00:00:00.000 WEDNESDAY 4
2008-01-03 00:00:00.000 THURDSDAY 5
2008-01-04 00:00:00.000 FRIDAY 6
.
.
.
.
.
—————————————————————————————————–
/*********TO GET THE NO OF WEEK DAYS IN A MONTH***********/
CREATE FUNCTION G4_WEEK_DAYS_IN_MONTH_FUNC (@DATE DATETIME)
RETURNS @TABLE TABLE
(
WEEK_DAY VARCHAR(30),
WEEK_DAY_NO INT
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @SRAT_DATE TABLE
(
START_DATE DATETIME,
LAST_DATE DATETIME
)
DECLARE @WEEK_DAY_TABLE TABLE
(
DATE DATETIME,
WEEK_DAY VARCHAR(30),
WEEK_DAY_NO INT
)
INSERT INTO @SRAT_DATE
SELECT CONVERT(DATETIME,’01/’+CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),MONTH(@DATE))+’/'+ CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),YEAR(@DATE)),103),
LAST_DATE=DBO.G4_LAST_DATE_OF_MONTH_FUNC(@DATE)
DECLARE @FIRST_DATE DATETIME,
@LAST_DATE DATETIME
SELECT @FIRST_DATE=START_DATE,
@LAST_DATE=LAST_DATE
FROM @SRAT_DATE
WHILE @FIRST_DATE<=@LAST_DATE
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @WEEK_DAY_TABLE
SELECT @FIRST_DATE, CASE DATEPART(DW,@FIRST_DATE)
WHEN 1 THEN ‘SUNDAY’
WHEN 2 THEN ‘MONDAY’
WHEN 3 THEN ‘TUESDAY’
WHEN 4 THEN ‘WEDNESDAY’
WHEN 5 THEN ‘THURDSDAY’
WHEN 6 THEN ‘FRIDAY’
WHEN 7 THEN ‘SATURDAY’
END, DATEPART(DW,@FIRST_DATE)
SELECT @FIRST_DATE=@FIRST_DATE+1
END
INSERT INTO @TABLE
SELECT WEEK_DAY, COUNT(WEEK_DAY_NO)NO_OF_DAYS
FROM @WEEK_DAY_TABLE
GROUP BY WEEK_DAY_NO,WEEK_DAY
RETURN
END
———————————————————————————————————–
/**********TO GET THE LAST DAY IN A MONTH**********************/
CREATE FUNCTION G4_LAST_DAY_IN_MONTH_FUNC (@LEAPE_DATE DATETIME)
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
RETURN
DATEPART(DAY,DATEADD(DAY,-DATEPART(DAY,@LEAPE_DATE),DATEADD(MM,1,@LEAPE_DATE)))
END
————————————————————————————————————–
/********TO GET THE LAST DATE OF THE MONTH********************/
CREATE FUNCTION G4_LAST_DATE_OF_MONTH_FUNC (@LEAPE_DATE DATETIME)
RETURNS DATETIME
AS
BEGIN
RETURN DATEADD(DAY,-DATEPART(DAY,@LEAPE_DATE) , DATEADD(MM,1,@LEAPE_DATE))
END
————————————————————————————————————–
/*******TO GET THE LEAP YEAR **********************************/
CREATE FUNCTION G4_LEAP_YEAR_FUNC (@LEAPE_DATE DATETIME)
RETURNS VARCHAR(30)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN
CASE WHEN
DATEPART(DY, CONVERT(DATETIME,’31/’+'12/’+CONVERT(VARCHAR(12),YEAR(@LEAPE_DATE)),103))=366
THEN ‘LEAP YEAR’
ELSE
‘NOT LEAP YEAR’
END
END
—————————————————————————————————————
/*********TO GET THE WEEK DAY***********************************/
CREATE FUNCTION G4_WEEK_DAY_FUNC (@LEAPE_DATE DATETIME)
RETURNS VARCHAR(20)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN CASE DATEPART(DW,@LEAPE_DATE)
WHEN 1 THEN ‘SUNDAY’
WHEN 2 THEN ‘MONDAY’
WHEN 3 THEN ‘TUESDAY’
WHEN 4 THEN ‘WEDNESDAY’
WHEN 5 THEN ‘THURDSDAY’
WHEN 6 THEN ‘FRIDAY’
WHEN 7 THEN ‘SATURDAY’
END
END
————————————————————-
/********HOW TO CALL THESE FUNCTIONS*******/
SELECT VALUE=DBO.G4_WEEK_DAY_FUNC (’2008-01-01′)
–OUTPUT
VALUE
——————–
TUESDAY