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AdventureWorks Database: Find the names of employees who have sold a particular product

SQL Query - AdventureWorks: Exercise-199 with Solution

199. From the following table write a query in SQL to find the names of employees who have sold a particular product.

Sample table: Person.Person

businessentityid|persontype|namestyle|title|firstname               |middlename      |lastname              |suffix|emailpromotion|additionalcontactinfo|demographics|rowguid                             |modifieddate           |
----------------+----------+---------+-----+------------------------+----------------+----------------------+------+--------------+---------------------+------------+------------------------------------+-----------------------+
               1|EM        |false    |     |Ken                     |J               |Sánchez               |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |92c4279f-1207-48a3-8448-4636514eb7e2|2009-01-07 00:00:00.000|
               2|EM        |false    |     |Terri                   |Lee             |Duffy                 |      |             1|                     |[XML]       |d8763459-8aa8-47cc-aff7-c9079af79033|2008-01-24 00:00:00.000|
               3|EM        |false    |     |Roberto                 |                |Tamburello            |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |e1a2555e-0828-434b-a33b-6f38136a37de|2007-11-04 00:00:00.000|
               4|EM        |false    |     |Rob                     |                |Walters               |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |f2d7ce06-38b3-4357-805b-f4b6b71c01ff|2007-11-28 00:00:00.000|
               5|EM        |false    |Ms.  |Gail                    |A               |Erickson              |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |f3a3f6b4-ae3b-430c-a754-9f2231ba6fef|2007-12-30 00:00:00.000|
               6|EM        |false    |Mr.  |Jossef                  |H               |Goldberg              |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |0dea28fd-effe-482a-afd3-b7e8f199d56f|2013-12-16 00:00:00.000|
               7|EM        |false    |     |Dylan                   |A               |Miller                |      |             2|                     |[XML]       |c45e8ab8-01be-4b76-b215-820c8368181a|2009-02-01 00:00:00.000|
               8|EM        |false    |     |Diane                   |L               |Margheim              |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |a948e590-4a56-45a9-bc9a-160a1cc9d990|2008-12-22 00:00:00.000|
               9|EM        |false    |     |Gigi                    |N               |Matthew               |      |             0|                     |[XML]       |5fc28c0e-6d36-4252-9846-05caa0b1f6c5|2009-01-09 00:00:00.000|
			   -- more --

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Sample table: sales.SalesOrderHeader

salesorderid|revisionnumber|orderdate              |duedate                |shipdate               |status|onlineorderflag|purchaseordernumber|accountnumber |customerid|salespersonid|territoryid|billtoaddressid|shiptoaddressid|shipmethodid|creditcardid|creditcardapprovalcode|currencyrateid|subtotal   |taxamt    |freight  |totaldue   |comment|rowguid                             |modifieddate           |
------------+--------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+------+---------------+-------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------+------------+----------------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------+-----------+-------+------------------------------------+-----------------------+
       43659|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO522145787        |10-4020-000676|     29825|          279|          5|            985|            985|           5|       16281|105041Vi84182         |              | 20565.6206| 1971.5149| 616.0984| 23153.2339|       |79b65321-39ca-4115-9cba-8fe0903e12e6|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
       43660|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO18850127500      |10-4020-000117|     29672|          279|          5|            921|            921|           5|        5618|115213Vi29411         |              |  1294.2529|  124.2483|  38.8276|  1457.3288|       |738dc42d-d03b-48a1-9822-f95a67ea7389|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
       43661|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO18473189620      |10-4020-000442|     29734|          282|          6|            517|            517|           5|        1346|85274Vi6854           |             4| 32726.4786| 3153.7696|  985.553| 36865.8012|       |d91b9131-18a4-4a11-bc3a-90b6f53e9d74|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
       43662|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO18444174044      |10-4020-000227|     29994|          282|          6|            482|            482|           5|       10456|125295Vi53935         |             4| 28832.5289| 2775.1646| 867.2389| 32474.9324|       |4a1ecfc0-cc3a-4740-b028-1c50bb48711c|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
       43663|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO18009186470      |10-4020-000510|     29565|          276|          4|           1073|           1073|           5|        4322|45303Vi22691          |              |   419.4589|   40.2681|  12.5838|   472.3108|       |9b1e7a40-6ae0-4ad3-811c-a64951857c4b|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
       43664|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO16617121983      |10-4020-000397|     29898|          280|          1|            876|            876|           5|         806|95555Vi4081           |              | 24432.6088| 2344.9921|   732.81| 27510.4109|       |22a8a5da-8c22-42ad-9241-839489b6ef0d|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
       43665|             8|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-12 00:00:00.000|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|     5|false          |PO16588191572      |10-4020-000146|     29580|          283|          1|            849|            849|           5|       15232|35568Vi78804          |              | 14352.7713| 1375.9427| 429.9821| 16158.6961|       |5602c304-853c-43d7-9e79-76e320d476cf|2011-06-07 00:00:00.000|
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Sample table: Sales.SalesOrderDetail

salesorderid|salesorderdetailid|carriertrackingnumber|orderqty|productid|specialofferid|unitprice|unitpricediscount|rowguid                             |modifieddate           |
------------+------------------+---------------------+--------+---------+--------------+---------+-----------------+------------------------------------+-----------------------+
       43659|                 1|4911-403C-98         |       1|      776|             1| 2024.994|                0|b207c96d-d9e6-402b-8470-2cc176c42283|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 2|4911-403C-98         |       3|      777|             1| 2024.994|                0|7abb600d-1e77-41be-9fe5-b9142cfc08fa|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 3|4911-403C-98         |       1|      778|             1| 2024.994|                0|475cf8c6-49f6-486e-b0ad-afc6a50cdd2f|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 4|4911-403C-98         |       1|      771|             1| 2039.994|                0|04c4de91-5815-45d6-8670-f462719fbce3|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 5|4911-403C-98         |       1|      772|             1| 2039.994|                0|5a74c7d2-e641-438e-a7ac-37bf23280301|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 6|4911-403C-98         |       2|      773|             1| 2039.994|                0|ce472532-a4c0-45ba-816e-eefd3fd848b3|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 7|4911-403C-98         |       1|      774|             1| 2039.994|                0|80667840-f962-4ee3-96e0-aeca108e0d4f|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 8|4911-403C-98         |       3|      714|             1|  28.8404|                0|e9d54907-e7b7-4969-80d9-76ba69f8a836|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                 9|4911-403C-98         |       1|      716|             1|  28.8404|                0|aa542630-bdcd-4ce5-89a0-c1bf82747725|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                10|4911-403C-98         |       6|      709|             1|      5.7|                0|ac769034-3c2f-495c-a5a7-3b71cdb25d4e|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                11|4911-403C-98         |       2|      712|             1|   5.1865|                0|06a66921-6b9f-4199-a912-ddafd383472b|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
       43659|                12|4911-403C-98         |       4|      711|             1|  20.1865|                0|0e371ee3-253e-4bb0-b813-83cf4224f972|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|
	   -- more --

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Sample table: Production.Product

productid|name                            |productnumber|makeflag|finishedgoodsflag|color       |safetystocklevel|reorderpoint|standardcost|listprice|size|sizeunitmeasurecode|weightunitmeasurecode|weight |daystomanufacture|productline|class|style|productsubcategoryid|productmodelid|sellstartdate          |sellenddate            |discontinueddate|rowguid                             |modifieddate           |
---------+--------------------------------+-------------+--------+-----------------+------------+----------------+------------+------------+---------+----+-------------------+---------------------+-------+-----------------+-----------+-----+-----+--------------------+--------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------+------------------------------------+-----------------------+
        1|Adjustable Race                 |AR-5381      |false   |false            |            |            1000|         750|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                0|           |     |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |694215b7-08f7-4c0d-acb1-d734ba44c0c8|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
        2|Bearing Ball                    |BA-8327      |false   |false            |            |            1000|         750|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                0|           |     |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |58ae3c20-4f3a-4749-a7d4-d568806cc537|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
        3|BB Ball Bearing                 |BE-2349      |true    |false            |            |             800|         600|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                1|           |     |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |9c21aed2-5bfa-4f18-bcb8-f11638dc2e4e|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
        4|Headset Ball Bearings           |BE-2908      |false   |false            |            |             800|         600|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                0|           |     |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |ecfed6cb-51ff-49b5-b06c-7d8ac834db8b|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
      316|Blade                           |BL-2036      |true    |false            |            |             800|         600|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                1|           |     |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |e73e9750-603b-4131-89f5-3dd15ed5ff80|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
      317|LL Crankarm                     |CA-5965      |false   |false            |Black       |             500|         375|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                0|           |L    |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |3c9d10b7-a6b2-4774-9963-c19dcee72fea|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
      318|ML Crankarm                     |CA-6738      |false   |false            |Black       |             500|         375|           0|        0|    |                   |                     |       |                0|           |M    |     |                    |              |2008-04-30 00:00:00.000|                       |                |eabb9a92-fa07-4eab-8955-f0517b4a4ca7|2014-02-08 10:01:36.827|
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Sample Solution:

SELECT DISTINCT pp.LastName, pp.FirstName 
FROM Person.Person pp JOIN HumanResources.Employee e
ON e.BusinessEntityID = pp.BusinessEntityID 
WHERE pp.BusinessEntityID IN 
(SELECT SalesPersonID 
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader
WHERE SalesOrderID IN 
(SELECT SalesOrderID 
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail
WHERE ProductID IN 
(SELECT ProductID 
FROM Production.Product p 
WHERE ProductNumber = 'BK-M68B-42')));

Sample Output:

lastname         |firstname|
-----------------+---------+
Alberts          |Amy      |
Ansman-Wolfe     |Pamela   |
Blythe           |Michael  |
Campbell         |David    |
Carson           |Jillian  |
Ito              |Shu      |
Jiang            |Stephen  |
Mensa-Annan      |Tete     |
Mitchell         |Linda    |
Pak              |Jae      |
Reiter           |Tsvi     |
Saraiva          |José     |
Tsoflias         |Lynn     |
Valdez           |Rachel   |
....

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