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SQL Queries for Interview

20 SQL Queries for interview :

In this article I will explain 20 SQL Queries for interview
purpose.These are really important queries which will ask in
most of the interview questions.

MOST IMPORTANT QUERIES (90% ASKED IN INTERVIEWS)

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1.Query to nd Second Highest Salary of Employee?(Most

important question in 20 SQL Queries for interview)

Answer:-

Select distinct Salary from Employee e1 where

2=Select count(distinct Salary) from Employee e2
where e1.salary<=e2.salary;

2.Query to nd duplicate rows in table?(click here for

explaination)

Answer :-

Select * from Employee a where row_id != select

max(row_id) for Employee b where
a.Employee_num=b.Employee_num;

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3.How to fetch  monthly Salary of Employee if annual salary is

given?(click here for Explaination)

Answer:-

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HOMEEmployee_name,Salary/12
   Select SQL QUERIES ORACLE asORACLE BI Salary’
‘Monthly UNIX POSTGRESQL INTERVIEW Q/A

from employee;

Click here to get information on ROW_ID

4.What is the Query to fetch rst record from Employee table?

Answer:-

 Select * from Employee where Rownum =1;

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5.What is the Query to fetch last record from the table?

Answer:-

Select * from Employee where Rowid= select

max(Rowid) from Employee;

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6.What is Query to display rst 5 Records from Employee table?

Answer:

Select * from Employee where Rownum <= 5;

6.What is Query to display last 5 Records from Employee table?

Answer:

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Select SQL
* from QUERIES e where
Employee ORACLE ORACLE
rownum <=5 BI UNIX POSTGRESQL INTERVIEW Q/A

union

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select * from (Select * from Employee e order by rowid

desc) where rownum <=5;

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7.What is Query to display Nth Record from Employee table?

Select * from Employee  where rownum = &n;

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8.How to get 3 Highest salaries records from Employee table?

select distinct salary from employee a where 3 >=

(select count(distinct salary) from emp loyee b where
a.salary <= b.salary) order by a.salary desc;

9.How to Display Odd rows in Employee table?

Select * from(Select rownum as rno,E.* from Employee

E) where Mod(rno,2)=1;

10.How to Display Even rows in Employee table?

Select * from(Select rownum as rno,E.* from Employee)

where Mod(rno,2)=0;

11.How to fetch 3rd highest salary using Rank Function?

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select SQL
* from QUERIES
(Select ORACLE over
Dense_Rank() ORACLE BIby UNIX
( order POSTGRESQL INTERVIEW Q/A

 salary desc) as Rnk,E.* from Employee E) where Rnk=3;

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12.How Can i create table with same structure of Employee

table?

Create table Employee_1 as Select * from Employee

where 1=2;

13.Display rst 50% records from Employee table?

Select rownum,E.* from Employee E where rownum<=

(Select count(*/2) from Employee);

14.Display last 50% records from Employee table?

Select rownum,E.* from Employee E

minus

Select rownum,E.* from Employee E where rownum<=

(Select count(*/2) from Employee);

15.How Can i create table with same structure with data of

Employee table?

Create table Employee1 as select * from Employee;

16.How do i fetch only common records between 2 tables.

Select * from Employee;

Intersect

Select * from Employee1;

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OPERATOR

17.Find Query to get information of Employee where Employee

is not assigned to the department.

Select * from Employee where Dept_no Not in(Select

Department_no from Employee);

18.How to get distinct records from the table without using

distinct keyword.

select * from Employee a where  rowid = (select

max(rowid) from Employee b where 
a.Employee_no=b.Employee_no);

19.Select all records from Employee table whose name is ‘Amit’

and ‘Pradnya’

Select * from Employee where Name in(‘Amit’,’Pradnya’);

20.Select all records from Employee table where name not in

‘Amit’ and ‘Pradnya’

select * from Employee where name Not  in

(‘Amit’,’Pradnya’);

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1. harsh says:

March 20, 2019 at 11:42 am

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Query to nd second highest Sal.

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Create table emp(id number,

name varchar2(10),
sal number);

insert into emp values(1,’Aam’,100);

insert into emp values(2,’Bam’,200);
insert into emp values(3,’cam’,300);
insert into emp values(4,’Dam’,400);
insert into emp values(5,’Eam’,400);
insert into emp values(6,’Fam’,500);
insert into emp values(7,’Gam’,500);
insert into emp values(8,’Ham’,600);
insert into emp values(9,’Iam’,700);
insert into emp values(10,’Jam’,700);
insert into emp values(11,’Kam’,800);

Select distinct e1.sal as high_sal from emp e1 where 2=

(Select count(distinct e2.sal) from emp e2 where
e2.sal<=e1.sal);

Amit S says:

March 26, 2019 at 11:30 am

Thanks Harsh..for explaining this query..

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