SQL Server/T-SQL/Select Query/NULL
Count function deals with NULL values
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, NULL, 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, NULL, 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 NULL 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 NULL 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> --Count does not eliminate duplicate or NULL values. 4> select count(name) from employee 5> 6> 7> 8> 9> 10> drop table employee 11> GO
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Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation. 1>
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NOT NULL column
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13> 14> CREATE TABLE project (project_no CHAR(4) NOT NULL, 15> project_name CHAR(15) NOT NULL, 16> budget FLOAT NULL) 17> 18> insert into project values ("p1", "Search Engine", 120000.00) 19> insert into project values ("p2", "Programming", 95000.00) 20> insert into project values ("p3", "SQL", 186500.00) 21> 22> 23> 24> -- VAR computes the variance of all the values listed in a column or expression 25> 26> SELECT VAR(budget) variance_of_budgets FROM project 27> 28> drop table project 29> GO (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) variance_of_budgets
2236583333.3333321
(1 rows affected) 1>
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Replacing a NULL Value with an Alternative Value
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4> 5> CREATE TABLE employee( 6> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 7> first_name VARCHAR(10), 8> last_name VARCHAR(10), 9> salary DECIMAL(10,2), 10> start_Date DATETIME, 11> region VARCHAR(10), 12> city VARCHAR(20), 13> managerid INTEGER 14> ); 15> GO 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Jason" , "Martin", 5890,"2005-03-22","North","Vancouver",3); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Alison", "Mathews",4789,"2003-07-21","South","Utown",4); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "James" , "Smith", 6678,"2001-12-01","North","Paris",5); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Celia" , "Rice", 5567,"2006-03-03","South","London",6); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Robert", "Black", 4467,"2004-07-02","East","Newton",7); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Linda" , "Green" , 6456,"2002-05-19","East","Calgary",8); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "David" , "Larry", 5345,"2008-03-18","West","New York",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "James" , NULL, 4234,"2007-07-17","West","Regina",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "Joan" , NULL, 6123,"2001-04-16","North","Toronto",10); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee; 3> GO id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid
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1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver 3
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown 4
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris 5
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London 6
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton 7
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary 8
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York 9
8 James NULL 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina 9
9 Joan NULL 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto 10
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> SELECT Last_Name, 5> ISNULL(last_name, "UNKNOWN") Title 6> FROM employee 7> GO Last_Name Title
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Martin Martin Mathews Mathews Smith Smith Rice Rice Black Black Green Green Larry Larry NULL UNKNOWN NULL UNKNOWN (9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee; 3> GO
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