PENN STATE ERIE The Behrend College

MIS 336

Database Management Systems

Assignment 05

Instructions: Using the Publications.accdb database write the SQL statement for each question.

1. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName and WRT_Freelancer fields from the Writers table and show

only freelance writers; sort the results in ascending order by last name.

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_Freelancer

Adam Cox Yes

Diane Epstein Yes

Thuy Ngo Yes

Ronald Nilsson Yes

Wilhelm Seeger Yes

Nick Steer Yes

Kristine Waldeck Yes

Answer:

SELECT Writers.WRT_FirstName,Writers.WRT_LastName, Writers.WRT_Freelancer

FROM Writers

WHERE Writers.WRT_Freelancer=Yes

ORDER BY Writers.WRT_LastName ASC;

2. Select the ART_ID, ART_Title, ART_Type and ART_Length fields from the Articles table and find all articles

over 2,500 words in length.

ART_ID ART_Title ART_Type ART_Length

00-00-43 Montreal Summer Olympics In Depth EXP 2889

00-00-66 Lake Placid Olympics In Depth EXP 2684

Answer:

SELECT Articles.ART_ID, Articles.ART_Title, Articles.ART_Type, Articles.ART_Length

FROM Articles

WHERE Articles.ART_Length >2500;

3. Select the ART_ID, ART_Title, ART_Type and ART_Length fields from the Articles table and find all

business (BUS) type articles over 2000 words in length; sort the results in descending order by article length.

ART_ID ART_Title ART_Type ART_Length

00-00-95 The BCCI Scandal BUS 2416

00-00-84 Bingham Family Feud BUS 2103

Answer:

SELECT Articles.ART_ID, Articles.ART_Title, Articles.ART_Type, Articles.ART_Length

FROM Articles

WHERE Articles.ART_Type ="BUS" AND Articles.ART_Length >2000

ORDER BY Articles.ART_Length DESC;

4. Select the ART_ID, ART_Title, ART_Type and ART_Length fields from the Articles table and find all articles

containing the words “oil”, “gas” or “fuel” in the title; sort the results in ascending order by article type.

ART_ID ART_Title ART_Type ART_Length

00-00-01 Unleaded Fuel and Automobile Costs BUS 1835

00-00-70 Windfall Tax on Oil Profits FMK 1497

00-00-34 Oil Embargo Ends; Prices Remain High FMK 992

00-00-76 Oil Glut Tumbles Gas Prices MON 1399

00-00-65 OPEC Will Again Raise Oil Prices MON 812

00-00-55 Trans-Alaskan Oil Pipeline Opening MON 803

00-00-32 Oil Embargo Threatens World Economies MON 1633

00-00-33 U.S. Plans Gas Rationing POL 1068

Answer:

SELECT Articles.ART_ID, Articles.ART_Title, Articles.ART_Type, Articles.ART_Length

FROM Articles

WHERE (Articles.ART_Title Like "*oil*") OR (Articles.ART_Title Like "*gas*") OR

(Articles.ART_Title Like "*fuel*")

ORDER BY Articles.ART_Type DESC;

5. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName, WRT_State fields from the Writers table and show the writers

from the states of “NY”, “PA”, or “OH”; sort the results in ascending order by state, then in descending order

by last name.

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_State

Leroy W. Johnson NY

Adam Cox NY

Morris Leavitt OH

Bill Martinez PA

Diane Epstein PA

Answer:

SELECT Writers.WRT_FirstName, Writers.WRT_LastName, Writers.WRT_State

FROM Writers

WHERE Writers.WRT_State IN ("NY","PA","OH")

ORDER BY Writers.WRT_State ASC, Writers.WRT_LastName DESC;

Note: the IN expression could have been written using OR’s

6. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName, WRT_State and WRT_Freelancer fields from the Writers table

and show only freelance writers from the states of “CA” or “TX”.

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_State WRT_Freelancer

Thuy Ngo TX Yes

Ronald Nilsson CA Yes

Wilhelm Seeger TX Yes

Nick Steer TX Yes

Kristine Waldeck CA Yes

Answer:

SELECT Writers.WRT_FirstName, Writers.WRT_LastName, Writers.WRT_State,

Writers.WRT_Freelancer

FROM Writers

WHERE Writers.WRT_State IN ("CA","TX") AND Writers.WRT_Freelancer=Yes;

Note: the IN expression could have been written using OR’s

7. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName, and WRT_LastContactDate fields from the Writers table and

show the writers who were last contacted before 1975.

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_LastContactDate

Shinjiro Yamamura 9/26/1972

Zampa Yam 9/26/1972

Answer:

SELECT Writers.WRT_FirstName, Writers.WRT_LastName, Writers.WRT_LastContactDate

FROM Writers

WHERE Writers.WRT_LastContactDate < #1/1/1975#;

8. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName, and WRT_LastContactDate fields from the Writers table and

show the writers who were last contacted during the 1980’s.

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_LastContactDate

Adam Cox 11/14/1982

Kristine Waldeck 4/1/1986

Answer:

SELECT Writers.WRT_FirstName, Writers.WRT_LastName, Writers.WRT_LastContactDate

FROM Writers

WHERE Writers.WRT_LastContactDate Between #1/1/1980# AND #12/31/1989#;

Note: the BETWEEN expression could have been written using >= AND <=

9. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName, WRT_Phone fields from the Writers table and show the writers

without a known phone number.

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_Phone

Diane Epstein

Ronald Nilsson

Nick Steer

Answer:

SELECT Writers.WRT_FirstName, Writers.WRT_LastName, Writers.WRT_Phone

FROM Writers

WHERE Writers.WRT_Phone IS NULL;

10. Select the WRT_FirstName, WRT_LastName, WRT_Phone fields from the Writers table and show all writers

NOT in the 706 or 906 area code. (Hint: you will have to search for NULL’s separately)

WRT_FirstName WRT_LastName WRT_Phone

Adam Cox (210) 783-5415

Julia Rice Cohen (909) 338-1875

Diane Epstein

Valerie Hall (710) 658-7767

Leroy W. Johnson (210) 895-2046

Chong Kim (909) 729-5364

Morris Leavitt (810) 270-2927

Bill Martinez (610) 502-8244

Ronald Nilsson

Nick Steer

Kristine Waldeck (905) 361-8181

Shinjiro Yamamura (905) 551-1293

Zampa Yam (905) 875-7874

Answer:

SELECT Editors.ED_FirstName, Editors.ED_LastName, Editors.ED_Phone

FROM Editors

WHERE NOT ((Editors.ED_Phone Like "706*") OR (Editors.ED_Phone Like "906*")) OR

Writers.WRT_Phone IS NULL;