SQL Exercise: Employees retiring after 31-Dec-99 after 8 years

SQL employee Database: Exercise-30 with Solution

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30. From the following table, write a SQL query to identify those employees who retired after 31-Dec-99, completing eight years of service. Return employee name.

Sample table: employees

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Sample Solution:

SELECT emp_name
FROM employees
WHERE hire_date + interval '96 months' > '1999-12-31';

Sample Output:

 emp_name     
--------------
  ADNRES      
  MARKER      
  SCARLET 
(3 rows)

Explanation:

The said query in SQL that selects the "emp_name" column from the "employees" table who were hired after December 31st, 1999.

The WHER clause filters the result set for the "hire_date" column plus 96 months (or 8 years) is greater than December 31st, 1999.

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Sample Database: employee

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