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DAY 01
INTRODUCTION TO SQL AND RELATIONAL
DATABASES
Understand what SQL is and its role in managing
databases.
Learn about relational databases and their
components.
Study basic SQL commands: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE,
DELETE.
Practice writing simple queries and retrieving data from
a database
Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve all the columns from the
"customers" table.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to insert a new record into the
"employees" table.
2. Write a SQL query to update the "quantity" column of the
"products" table to 10 where the "product_id" is 5.
3. Write a SQL query to delete all records from the "orders"
table where the "status" is 'cancelled'.

Dataset:
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DAY 02
FILTERING AND SORTING DATA
Learn about the WHERE clause and its usage for filtering
data.
Study the ORDER BY clause for sorting data.
Practice writing queries with filtering and sorting

Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve all the columns from the
"employees" table where the "salary" is greater than 50000.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the columns from the
"products" table where the "category" is 'Electronics' and the
"price" is less than 1000.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve the names of all customers
from the "customers" table in alphabetical order.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve the total number of orders
from the "orders" table.

Dataset:
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DAY 03
JOINING TABLES
Understand the concept of joining tables.
Learn about different types of joins: INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN,
RIGHT JOIN, and FULL JOIN.
Practice writing queries that involve joining multiple
tables.
Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve the customer name and order
date from the "customers" and "orders" tables, joining them
on the "customer_id" column.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve the product name, category,
and supplier name from the "products", "categories", and
"suppliers" tables, joining them on the appropriate columns.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve the employee name and
department name from the "employees" and "departments"
tables, joining them on the "department_id" column.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve the customer name and
order amount from the "customers" and "orders" tables,
joining them on the "customer_id" column, and only
including orders with amounts greater than 1000.

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DAY 04
AGGREGATING DATA
Study aggregate functions like COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX,
and MIN.
Learn to use the GROUP BY clause to group data.
Practice writing queries that involve aggregating data.

Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve the total number of orders for
each customer from the "orders" table.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve the average price of products
in each category from the "products" table.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve the maximum salary for each
department from the "employees" table.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve the total revenue generated
by each customer from the "orders" and "order_items"
tables.

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DAY 05
DATA MANIPULATION
Study advanced SQL commands: UPDATE, DELETE, and
INSERT INTO SELECT.
Understand how to modify existing data in a database.
Practice writing queries for data manipulation.

Example:
Write a SQL query to update the "quantity" column of the
"products" table to 20 for all products with a price greater
than 100.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to delete all records from the
"customers" table where the "last_login_date" is older than 1
year.
2. Write a SQL query to insert new records into the
"employees" table, selecting data from the
"temp_employees" table.
3. Write a SQL query to update the "discount" column of the
"orders" table by increasing it by 5% for all orders placed
before a specific date.

Dataset:
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DAY 06
ADVANCED FILTERING AND SORTING
Learn about advanced filtering techniques: LIKE, IN,
BETWEEN, and NULL.
Study complex sorting options using multiple columns.
Practice writing queries with advanced filtering and
sorting.

Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve all the customers whose names
start with 'J' and have a city containing 'York'.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the products with a price
either above 1000 or below 500.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve the employees who were
hired between a specific date range.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the customers who do
not have a phone number specified in the database.
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DAY 07
WORKING WITH FUNCTIONS
Study various SQL functions: String functions, Date
functions, and Numeric functions.
Learn how to use these functions in your queries.
Practice writing queries that involve SQL functions

Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve the length of the product
names from the "products" table.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve the current date and time.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve the uppercase names of all
the employees from the "employees" table.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve the average price of
products after applying a 10% discount from the "products"
table.

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DAY 08
SUBQUERIES
Understand the concept of subqueries and their usage.
Learn to write subqueries in different parts of a SQL
statement.
Practice writing queries that include subqueries.

Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve all the products with a price
higher than the average price of all products

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve the names of all employees
who have a salary higher than the maximum salary of the
'Sales' department.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the customers who have
placed an order after the latest order date for a specific
product.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the products that belong
to categories with more than 10 products.

Dataset:
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 DAY 09
VIEWS AND INDEXES
Study views and their importance in database design.
Learn to create and use views in SQL.
Understand indexes and their role in optimizing query
performance.
Practice creating views and indexes.

Example:
Create a view named "high_salary_employees" that
retrieves all the employees with a salary greater than 50000
from the "employees" table

Practice Questions:
1. Create a view named "order_summary" that retrieves the
total order amount and the number of orders for each
customer from the "orders" table.
2. Create an index on the "email" column of the "customers"
table for faster searching.
3. Create a view named "product_inventory" that retrieves
the product name and the available quantity for each
product from the "products" and "inventory" tables.

Dataset:
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DAY 10
DATA INTEGRITY AND CONSTRAINTS
Learn about data integrity and the role of constraints.
Understand different types of constraints: NOT NULL,
UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY.
Practice creating tables with constraints.

Example:
Create a table named "employees" with columns for
employee ID, name, and email, where the employee ID is the
primary key and the email must be unique.

Practice Questions:
1. Create a table named "orders" with columns for order ID,
customer ID, and order date, where the order ID is the
primary key and the customer ID references the
"customers" table.
2. Create a table named "products" with columns for
product ID, name, and price, where the product ID is the
primary key and the price cannot be null.
3. Create a table named "categories" with columns for
category ID and name, where the category ID is the
primary key and the name must be unique.

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DAY 11
MODIFYING TABLES
Study commands for modifying existing tables: ALTER
TABLE, DROP TABLE, and RENAME TABLE.
Learn how to add, modify, and delete columns in a table.
Practice modifying table structures

Example:
Alter the "employees" table to add a new column named
"address" of type VARCHAR(100).

Practice Questions:
1. Rename the table "customer_details" to "client_details".
2. Delete the "quantity" column from the "products" table.
3. Modify the "orders" table to change the data type of the
"order_date" column to DATE.

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DAY 12
ADVANCED JOINS AND SUBQUERIES
Study advanced join techniques: self-joins, non-
equijoins, and complex join conditions.
Learn to use correlated subqueries and EXISTS operator.
Practice writing queries with advanced joins and
subqueries.

Example:
Write a SQL query to retrieve all employees and their
respective managers from the "employees" table using a
self-join.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the orders that do not
have any corresponding items in the "order_items" table
using a subquery.
2. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the products along with
the total quantity sold for each product from the "products"
and "order_items" tables using a join and subquery.
3. Write a SQL query to retrieve all the customers who have
placed an order in the same month and year as their
registration date.

Dataset:
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DAY 13
TRANSACTIONS AND LOCKING
Understand the concept of transactions and their
importance.
Learn about different transaction states and properties
(ACID).
Study locking and concurrency control in SQL.
Practice writing queries with transactions.

Example:
Write a SQL query to start a transaction, update the
"inventory" table by reducing the quantity of a product, and
commit the transaction.

Practice Questions:
1. Write a SQL query to start a transaction, delete all records
from the "orders" table, and roll back the transaction.
2. Write a SQL query to update the "balance" column of the
"accounts" table by adding a specific amount for a specific
account, ensuring the consistency of the transaction.
3. Write a SQL query to lock a specific row in the
"employees" table to prevent other transactions from
modifying it.
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DAY 14
ADVANCED TOPICS
Explore advanced topics like stored procedures, triggers,
and user-defined functions.
Learn about SQL optimization techniques.
Practice writing queries involving advanced topics.

Example:
Create a stored procedure named "get_customer_orders"
that takes a customer ID as input and retrieves all the orders
placed by that customer.

Practice Questions:
1. Create a trigger named "update_inventory" that
automatically updates the quantity in the "inventory" table
when an order is placed.
2. Create a user-defined function named
"calculate_discount" that takes the order total as input and
returns the discount amount based on specific conditions.
3. Write a SQL query to optimize a slow-performing query
by adding appropriate indexes and rewriting the query
structure.

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DAY 15
ADVANCED QUERYING
AIM:
Understand subqueries and nested queries and their usage
in SQL queries.

Practice Questions:
"SQL Subqueries" on w3schools.com
(https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_subqueries.asp)
"Subqueries in SQL: A Complete Guide" on sqlshack.com
(https://www.sqlshack.com/subqueries-in-sql-a-
complete-guide/)

Example:
1. Retrieve all customers who have made at least one
purchase.
2. Find the names of customers who have not made any
purchases.
3. Get the order details for orders with a total quantity
greater than the average quantity of all orders.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Write a query to find the top 5 customers with the highest
total order amount.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date, order_amount)

2. Retrieve the names of customers who have placed orders

in the past 30 days.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date)

3. Find the products that have been ordered at least three

times.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity)

4. Retrieve the order details for orders placed by customers

from a specific city.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name, city),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date), Order_Details
(order_id, product_id, quantity)

5. Write a query to find the customers who have placed

orders for products with a price greater than $100.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date), Products
(product_id, product_name, price), Order_Details
(order_id, product_id, quantity)

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6. Get the average order amount for each customer.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date, order_amount)

7. Find the products that have never been ordered.

Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity)

8. Retrieve the names of customers who have placed orders

on weekends (Saturday or Sunday).
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date)

9. Get the total order amount for each month.

Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date, order_amount)

10. Write a query to find the customers who have placed

orders for more than two different products.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date), Order_Items
(order_id, product_id, quantity)

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DAY 16
JOINS
AIM:
Understand different types of joins and their applications in
SQL queries.

Practice Questions:
"SQL Joins" on mode.com (https://mode.com/sql-
tutorial/sql-joins/)
"A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins" by Coding Horror
(https://blog.codinghorror.com/a-visual-explanation-
of-sql-joins/)

Example:
1. Retrieve the order details along with the customer names
for all orders.
2. Find the products and their corresponding categories.
3. Get a list of customers and their total order amounts.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Retrieve the order details along with the customer name
and product name for each order.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date), Order_Items
(order_id, product_id, quantity)

2. Find the products and their corresponding suppliers'

names.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name, supplier_id),
Suppliers (supplier_id, supplier_name)

3. Get a list of customers who have never placed an order.

Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id)

4. Retrieve the names of customers along with the total

quantity of products they ordered.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id), Order_Items (order_id,
product_id, quantity)

5. Find the products that have been ordered by customers

from a specific country.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Orders
(order_id, customer_id), Customers (customer_id, country)

6. Get the total order amount for each customer, including

those who have not placed any orders.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount)

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7. Retrieve the order details for orders placed by customers
with a specific occupation.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name,
occupation), Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity)

8. Find the customers who have placed orders for products

with a price higher than the average price of all products.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date), Products
(product_id, product_name, price), Order_Items (order_id,
product_id, quantity)

9. Retrieve the names of customers along with the total

number of orders they have placed.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id)

10. Get a list of products and the total quantity ordered for
each product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity)

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DAY 17
ADVANCED FILTERING AND SORTING
AIM:
Learn advanced filtering techniques and sorting options in
SQL queries.

Practice Questions:
"SQL Wildcards" and "SQL Regular Expressions" on
tutorialspoint.com(https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/s
ql-regular-expressions.htm)
"Sorting Rows with NULL Values in SQL" on
stackoverflow.com(https://stackoverflow.com/question
s/18411081/sorting-rows-with-null-values-in-sql)

Example:
1. Retrieve all employees whose names start with 'J'.
2. Find the products with names containing the word 'red'.
3. Get the list of employees sorted by their hire date in
descending order.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Retrieve all customers with names starting with 'A' and
ending with 'n'.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name)

2. Find the products with names containing at least one

digit.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name)

3. Get the list of employees sorted by their salary in

ascending order. NULL values should appear at the end.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
salary)

4. Retrieve the customers whose names contain exactly five

characters.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name)

5. Find the products with names starting with 'S' and ending
with 'e'.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name)

6. Get the list of employees sorted by their last name and

then by their first name.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name,
salary)

7. Retrieve the orders placed on a specific date and sort

them by the customer name in alphabetical order.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date, customer_id)

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8. Find the products with names containing exactly three
letters.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name)

9. Get the list of employees sorted by their salary in

descending order. NULL values should appear at the
beginning.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
salary)

10. Retrieve the customers whose names contain a space

character.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name)

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DAY 18
AGGREGATIONS AND GROUPING
AIM:
Understand aggregate functions and grouping data using
the GROUP BY clause.

Practice Questions:
"SQL Aggregate Functions" on sqlservertutorial.net
(https://www.sqlservertutorial.net/sql-server-
aggregate-functions/)
"GROUP BY Clause" on geeksforgeeks.org
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sql-group-by/)

Example:
1. Calculate the total order amount for each customer.
2. Find the average salary for each department.
3. Get the maximum and minimum quantities ordered for
each product.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Calculate the total quantity and total amount for each
order.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date), Order_Items
(order_id, product_id, quantity, amount)

2. Find the average age and the number of employees for

each job title.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name, age,
job_title)
3. Get the total number of products in each category.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id), Categories (category_id, category_name)

4. Calculate the average rating and the number of reviews

for each product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Reviews
(product_id, rating)

5. Find the customers with the highest and lowest total order
amounts.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount) 6. Get the
maximum and minimum ages for each department.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name, age,
department)

7. Calculate the total sales amount and the number of

orders for each month.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date, order_amount)

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8. Find the average price and the number of products for
each supplier.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name, price,
supplier_id), Suppliers (supplier_id, supplier_name)

9. Get the maximum and minimum prices for each product

category.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id), Categories (category_id, category_name)

10. Calculate the average rating and the number of reviews

for each product category.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id), Reviews (product_id, rating)

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DAY 19
ADVANCED DATA MANIPULATION
AIM:
Learn to update and delete data, and handle transactions
and concurrency.

Practice Questions:
"SQL UPDATE Statement" and "SQL DELETE Statement" on
techonthenet.com
(https://www.techonthenet.com/sql/update.php)
"SQL Transactions" on tutorialspoint.com
(https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/sql-
transactions.htm)

Example:
1. Update the email address of a specific customer.
2. Delete all orders placed by a certain customer.
3. Insert a new product into the database and ensure
transactional integrity.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Increase the salary of all employees by 10%. Dataset:
Employees (employee_id, employee_name, salary)

2. Delete all orders older than 1 year and their associated

order items.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date), Order_Items
(order_id, product_id, quantity)

3. Insert a new category into the database and update all

products of a specific category to the new category in a
single transaction.
Dataset: Categories (category_id, category_name),
Products (product_id, product_name, category_id)

4. Update the discount percentage for all products in a

specific price range.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name, price,
discount_percentage)

5. Delete all reviews with a rating lower than 3.

Dataset: Reviews (product_id, rating, review_text)

6. Insert a new customer into the database along with their

associated orders and order items in a single transaction.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date), Order_Items
(order_id, product_id, quantity)

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7. Increase the salary of all employees in a specific
department by 15%.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name, salary,
department)

8. Delete all products that have not been ordered.

Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity)

9. Insert a new supplier into the database along with their

associated products and ensure that all the records are
inserted or none at all.
Dataset: Suppliers (supplier_id, supplier_name), Products
(product_id, product_name, supplier_id)

10. Update the order dates for all orders placed on weekends
to the following Monday.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date)

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DAY 20
ADVANCED DATABASE CONCEPTS
AIM:
Understand views and their usage, as well as indexing and
optimization techniques.

Practice Questions:
"SQL Views" on oracle.com
(https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-
database/19/sqlrf/CREATE-VIEW.html)
"SQL Indexing and Performance Tuning" on
sqlshack.com (https://www.sqlshack.com/sql-
indexing-and-performance-tuning/)

Example:
1. Create a view to retrieve the list of products and their
quantities in stock.
2. Optimize a slow-performing query using proper indexing
techniques.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Create a view to display the total sales amount for each
product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity, amount)

2. Optimize a query that retrieves the order details for a

specific customer, sorting them by the order date in
descending order.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date, order_amount)

3. Create an index on the "last_name" column of the

"Employees" table and measure the performance
improvement on a specific query.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name,
salary)

4. Create a view to display the average rating and the

number of reviews for each product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Reviews
(product_id, rating)

5. Optimize a query that retrieves the top 10 customers with

the highest total order amounts.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount)

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6. Create an index on the "order_date" column of the
"Orders" table and analyze the query performance for a
specific date range.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date, order_amount)

7. Create a view to display the average salary for each

department.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name, salary,
department)
8. Optimize a query that retrieves the list of products with
their respective categories, filtering them by a specific
category.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id), Categories (category_id, category_name)

9. Create an index on the "product_name" column of the

"Products" table and analyze the query performance for a
specific search term.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id)

10. Create a view to display the total order amount for each
customer.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount)

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DAY 21
ADVANCED SQL FUNCTIONS
AIM:
Explore window functions and stored procedures.

Practice Questions:
"SQL Window Functions" on postgresql.org
(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-
window.html)
"SQL Stored Procedures" on tutorialspoint.com
(https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/sql-stored-
procedures.htm)

Example:
1. Calculate the cumulative sales amount for each product
using a window function.
2. Create a stored procedure to insert a new customer into
the database.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Retrieve the top 3 customers based on their total order
amounts, and calculate the percentage of each customer's
order amount compared to the total.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount)

2. Create a stored procedure to update the salary of an

employee and log the change in a separate table.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
salary), Salary_Log (log_id, employee_id, old_salary,
new_salary, modified_date)

3. Calculate the average rating for each product and assign

a rank based on the rating using a window function.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Ratings
(product_id, rating)

4. Implement a stored procedure to insert a new order along

with its order items into the database.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date), Order_Items
(order_id, product_id, quantity, amount)

5. Retrieve the top 5 products based on the cumulative

sales amount using a window function.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity, amount)

6. Create a stored procedure to calculate the total order

amount for a specific customer and return the result.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount
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7. Calculate the average rating for each product category
and assign a rank based on the rating using a window
function.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id), Ratings (product_id, rating), Categories
(category_id, category_name)

8. Implement a stored procedure to delete a customer and

all associated orders and order items from the database.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id), Order_Items (order_id,
product_id, quantity)

9. Retrieve the top 3 employees based on their total sales

amounts using a window function.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name),
Orders (order_id, employee_id, order_amount)

10. Create a stored procedure to update the quantity in

stock for a specific product and log the change in a
separate table.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
quantity_in_stock), Stock_Log (log_id, product_id,
old_quantity, new_quantity, modified_date)

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DAY 22
ADVANCED SQL CONCEPTS
AIM:
Explore data modeling and normalization concepts, as well
as advanced SQL techniques.

Practice Questions:
"Database Normalization" on studytonight.com
(https://www.studytonight.com/dbms/database-
normalization.php)
"Advanced SQL" on tutorialspoint.com
(https://www.tutorialspoint.com/advanced_sql/index.ht
m)

Example:
1. Design a database schema for an online bookstore using
entity-relationship modeling.
2. Write a recursive SQL query to find all employees and
their subordinates in a hierarchical organization structure.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Normalize the given unnormalized table into 3rd normal
form (3NF).
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
department, city, country)

2. Write a recursive SQL query to find all ancestors of a

specific employee in a hierarchical employee table.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
manager_id)

3. Use advanced SQL techniques to pivot the given table

and transform rows into columns.
Dataset: Sales (product_id, month, amount)

4. Design a database schema for a university system using

entity-relationship modeling.
Dataset: Students (student_id, student_name), Courses
(course_id, course_name), Enrollments (enrollment_id,
student_id, course_id)

5. Write a recursive SQL query to find all dependent

employees under a specific manager in a hierarchical
organization structure.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
manager_id)

6. Use advanced SQL techniques to unpivot the given table

and transform columns into rows.
Dataset: Sales (product_id, month1_amount,
month2_amount, month3_amount)

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7. Design a database schema for an online marketplace
using entity-relationship modeling.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Products (product_id, product_name), Orders (order_id,
customer_id, product_id)

8. Write a recursive SQL query to find all categories and their

subcategories in a hierarchical category table.
Dataset: Categories (category_id, category_name,
parent_category_id)

9. Use advanced SQL techniques to perform a cross join

between two tables.
Dataset: Table1 (column1), Table2 (column2)

10. Design a database schema for a music streaming

service using entity-relationship modeling.
Dataset: Users (user_id, username), Songs (song_id,
song_name), Playlists (playlist_id, user_id, song_id)

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DAY 23
SQL PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
AIM:
Learn techniques for optimizing SQL queries and improving
performance.

Practice Questions:
"Tips for Optimizing SQL Queries" on dev.to
(https://dev.to/techgirl1908/tips-for-optimizing-sql-
queries-28f3)
SQL Query Optimization Techniques" on
tutorialgateway.org
(https://www.tutorialgateway.org/sql-query-
optimization-techniques/)

Example:
1. Identify and eliminate redundant or unnecessary joins in
a complex query.
2. Rewrite a subquery as a join to improve query
performance.
3. Use appropriate indexes to optimize query execution

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Optimize a query that retrieves customer details along
with their total order amounts for a specific date range.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date, order_amount)

2. Identify and eliminate unnecessary joins in a query that

retrieves product details and their corresponding
categories.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name,
category_id), Categories (category_id, category_name)

3. Rewrite a subquery as a join in a query that retrieves the

order details along with the customer names for all orders.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date),
Customers (customer_id, customer_name)

4. Optimize a query that calculates the average rating for

each product by using appropriate indexes.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Ratings
(product_id, rating)

5. Identify and eliminate redundant joins in a query that

retrieves employee details along with their department
information.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
department_id), Departments (department_id,
department_name)

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6. Rewrite a subquery as a join in a query that retrieves the
names of customers who have placed at least two orders.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id)

8. Identify and eliminate unnecessary joins in a query that

retrieves product details and their corresponding suppliers'
names.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name, supplier_id),
Suppliers (supplier_id, supplier_name)

9. Rewrite a subquery as a join in a query that retrieves the

names of customers who have placed orders in the past 30
days.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_date)

10. Optimize a query that retrieves the top 5 products with

the highest sales amounts by using appropriate indexes.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity, amount)

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DAY 24
ADVANCED SQL TECHNIQUES
AIM:
Explore advanced SQL techniques and concepts, including
recursive queries, common table expressions, and window
functions.

Practice Questions:
• "SQL Recursive Queries" on postgresql.org
(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/queries-
with.html)
"Introduction to Common Table Expressions" on
sqlshack.com (https://www.sqlshack.com/introduction-
to-common-table-expressions-ctes-in-sql-server/)
"Window Functions" on sqlite.org
(https://www.sqlite.org/windowfunctions.html)

Example:
1. Write a recursive SQL query to find all employees and their
subordinates in a hierarchical organization structure.
2. Use a common table expression to calculate the running
total of sales amounts for each product.
3. Apply window functions to calculate moving averages of
product ratings.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Write a recursive SQL query to find all categories and their
subcategories in a hierarchical category table.
Dataset: Categories (category_id, category_name,
parent_category_id)

2. Use a common table expression to calculate the running

total of order amounts for each customer.
Dataset: Customers (customer_id, customer_name),
Orders (order_id, customer_id, order_amount)

3. Apply window functions to calculate the average rating

and the maximum rating for each product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Ratings
(product_id, rating)

4. Write a recursive SQL query to find all employees and their

direct reports in a hierarchical employee table.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
manager_id)

5. Use a common table expression to calculate the

cumulative sum of quantities for each product
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, quantity)
6. Apply window functions to calculate the minimum and
maximum order amounts for each month.
Dataset: Orders (order_id, order_date, order_amount)

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7. Write a recursive SQL query to find all ancestors of a
specific employee in a hierarchical employee table.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
manager_id)

8. Use a common table expression to calculate the average

rating and the number of reviews for each product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name), Reviews
(product_id, rating)

9. Apply window functions to calculate the rank and dense

rank of sales amounts for each product.
Dataset: Products (product_id, product_name),
Order_Items (order_id, product_id, amount)

10. Write a recursive SQL query to find all dependent

employees under a specific manager in a hierarchical
organization structure.
Dataset: Employees (employee_id, employee_name,
manager_id)

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