Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Higher Education

King Faisal University
College of Computer Sciences &
Information Technology

IS222 – DATABASE
CONCEPTS AND DESIGN
Lab sheet
Lab 8: SELECT statement with WHERE

IS222
Table of Contents
LAB 8: SELECT Statement with WHERE..............................................................................2
Objectives:..........................................................................................................................................2
Tools/Software:..................................................................................................................................2
Concepts & Descriptions:.................................................................................................................2
SELCET Statement with WHERE..................................................................................................2
Examples and explanations of SELECT statement with WHERE...............................................3
Examples and explanations of SELECT statement with DISTINCT...........................................4
LIKE Operator..................................................................................................................................5
Examples and explanations of SELECT with LIKE operator......................................................5
Lab Activities:....................................................................................................................................6
Deliverables:.......................................................................................................................................7
LAB 8: SELECT Statement with WHERE
Objectives:
This lesson covers the following objectives:

 Create SELECT statements using comparison operators

 Create SELECT statements using Between, AND, In, and OR.
 Create SQL statements using Like.
 Create SELECT statements using Is Null

Tools/Software:
To accomplish this session, students should have access to APEX.

Concepts & Descriptions:

SELCET Statement with WHERE
 The WHERE is extract only record that specified condition.
 The WHERE with AND requires that two conditions are true.
 The WHERE with OR requires one of two conditions is true.
 The WHERE with NOT is extract only record that negates condition.
 The WHERE with IN is used to multiple values.
 DISTINCT statement is used to avoid duplicate in retrieve data.
Examples and explanations of SELECT statement with WHERE
Syntax of SELECT statement with WHERE
SELECT <column1>, … <columnN> FROM <table_name> WHERE <condition>;
Type of condition SQL command example
SELECT * FROM students WHERE
stud_age < 22;
SELECT stud_name FROM students
Using Comparison Operators
WHERE stu_BOD > TO_DATE ('1-1-
1990','dd-mm-yyyy')
Using where with BETWEEN SELECT stud_name FROM students
WHERE stud_GPA BETWEEN 3.5 AND
4.5
Using where with IN SELECT stud_name FROM students
WHERE stud_dept IN ('IS','CS')
Using where with AND Select *
FROM students
WHERE stud_name='Ahmed' AND
stud_age >19
Using where with OR SELECT stud_name,stud_id FROM
students WHERE Stud_name =
'Ahmed' OR stud_age =20
using where with NOT SELECT * FROM students WHERE NOT
Stud_name ='Ahmed'
Using where with IS NULL SELECT * FROM students WHERE
stud_dept IS NULL
Explanation
 This command retrieves all columns from
students table that their ages less than 2
 This command retrieves student name
column from students table that their bi
days after 1-Jan-1990.
 This command retrieves student name
column from students table that their GP
are not less than 3.5 and not more than
 This command retrieves student name
column from students table that their
departments are either IS or CS.

 This command retrieves all columns from
students table that named Ahmed and th
ages are greater than 19.
 This command retrieves student name a
student_id columns from student table t
named Ahmed, or their ages is 20.
 This command retrieves all columns from
students table that named not Ahmed.
 This command retrieves all columns from
students table whose stud_dept is null
(empty).
 Examples and explanations of SELECT statement with DISTINCT

Syntax of SELECT statement with DISTINCT

SELECT DISTINCT <column1>, … <columnN> FROM <table_name> WHERE <condition>;

Table 1: students table

stud_id stud_name stud_age

10 Ahmed 20
20 Ali 18
30 Ahmed 24

Type SQL command example Explanations Output

Without DISTINCT SELECT stud_name FROM students This command retrieves all student name in Ahmed
students table. Ali
Ahmed
Using DISTINCT SELECT DISTINCT stud_name FROM  This command retrieves only the unique Ahmed
students student name in student table. Ali
 The name that is repeated multiple time in
the table this command only retrieves it
one time.
LIKE Operator
 LIKE operator is used to find a specific pattern in a column.
 The character '%' represents none, one or more characters.
 The character '_' represents one and only one character.

Examples and explanations of SELECT with LIKE operator

Type of condition SQL command example Explanation
Search based on first SELECT * FROM student WHERE This command retrieves all column from
character stud_name LIKE 'a%' students table that their students name star
with ‘a’ letter.

Search based on last SELECT * FROM student WHERE This command retrieves all column from
character stud_name LIKE '%a' students table that their students name end
‘a’ letter.

Search based on first and SELECT * FROM student WHERE This command retrieves all column from
last character stud_name LIKE 'a%d' students table that their students name star
with ‘a’ letter and end with ‘d’ letter.

Search based on character in SELECT * FROM student WHERE This command retrieves all column from
any position stud_name LIKE '%a%' students table that their students name
contained of ‘a’ letter.

SELECT * FROM students WHERE  This command retrieves all column from
Stud_name LIKE '_n%' students table that their second letter of
students’ name are’ n’.
Search based on second  The 1st character can be anything, the 2
character must be ‘n’ and the next characters can
none, one or more.

SELECT * FROM students WHERE
Stud_name LIKE '_n_'
 This command retrieves all column from
students table that their second letter of
students’ name are’ n’.
 The 1st character can be anything ,2nd
character 'n' and any 3rd character. The
name should consist of only 3 letters.
Lab Activities:

1. Write the SQL command to retrieve all columns from MOVIES table that have R
rating and their categories are DRAMA.

SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE RATING = 'R' AND CATEGORY = 'DRAMA';

2. Write the SQL command to retrieve Title of movies from MOVIES table that their
categories are FANTASY or DRAMA.

SELECT TITLE FROM MOVIES WHERE CATEGORY = 'FANTASY' OR CATEGORY =

'DRAMA';

3. Write the SQL command to retrieve all records from MOVIES table excepted
records that their categories are ANIMATION.
 SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE CATEGORY <> 'ANIMATION';

4. Write the SQL command to retrieve all columns from MOVIES table that have PG
Rating and their categories are DRAMA OR FANTASY.

SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE RATING = 'PG' AND (CATEGORY = 'DRAMA' OR

CATEGORY = 'FANTASY');

5. Write the SQL command to retrieve all columns from MOVIES table that their
titles start with ‘a’ letter.

SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE TITLE LIKE 'a%';

6. Write the SQL command to retrieve all movies from MOVIES table that their
titles end with ‘s’ letter.

SELECT * FROM MOVIES WHERE TITLE LIKE '%s';

7. Write the SQL command to retrieve title of movies from MOVIES table that their
titles end with ‘s’ letter and start with ’R’ letter.

SELECT TITLE FROM MOVIES WHERE TITLE LIKE 'R%s';

8. Write the SQL command to retrieve title of movies from MOVIES table that third
letter of their titles is ’e’.
 SELECT TITLE FROM MOVIES WHERE TITLE LIKE '__e%';

Deliverables:
At the end of this session, students are expected to:
 Solve the lab activities and submit their work.