SQL Exercises, Practice, Solution - SUBQUERIES exercises on movie Database
SQL [16 exercises with solution]
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Sample Database:
1. From the following table, write a SQL query to find the actors who played a role in the movie 'Annie Hall'. Return all the fields of actor table.
Sample table: actor
Sample table: movie_cast
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
act_id | act_fname | act_lname | act_gender
--------+----------------------+----------------------+------------
111 | Woody | Allen | M
(1 row)
2. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find the director of a film that cast a role in 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Return director first name, last name.
Sample table: director
Sample table: movie_direction
Sample table: movie_cast
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
dir_fname | dir_lname
----------------------+----------------------
Stanley | Kubrick
(1 row)
3. From the following table, write a SQL query to find those movies that have been released in countries other than the United Kingdom. Return movie title, movie year, movie time, and date of release, releasing country.
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
mov_title | mov_year | mov_time | date_of_release | releasing_country
----------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+-----------------+-------------------
The Innocents | 1961 | 100 | 1962-02-19 | SW
Annie Hall | 1977 | 93 | 1977-04-20 | USA
Seven Samurai | 1954 | 207 | 1954-04-26 | JP
(3 rows)
4. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find for movies whose reviewer is unknown. Return movie title, year, release date, director first name, last name, actor first name, last name.
Sample table: movie
Sample table: actor
Sample table: director
Sample table: movie_direction
Sample table: movie_cast
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample Output:
mov_title | mov_year | mov_dt_rel | dir_fname | dir_lname | act_fname | act_lname
----------------------------------------------------+----------+------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------
Blade Runner | 1982 | 1982-09-09 | Ridley | Scott | Harrison | Ford
Princess Mononoke | 1997 | 2001-10-19 | Hayao | Miyazaki | Claire | Danes
(2 rows)
5. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find those movies directed by the director whose first name is Woddy and last name is Allen. Return movie title.
Sample table: movie
Sample table: director
Sample table: movie_direction
Sample Output:
mov_title
----------------------------------------------------
Annie Hall
(1 row)
6. From the following tables, write a SQL query to determine those years in which there was at least one movie that received a rating of at least three stars. Sort the result-set in ascending order by movie year. Return movie year.
Sample table: movie
Sample table: rating
Sample Output:
mov_year
----------
1958
1961
1962
1977
.....
7. From the following table, write a SQL query to search for movies that do not have any ratings. Return movie title.
Sample table: movie
Sample table: rating
Sample Output:
mov_title
----------------------------------------------------
Deliverance
Amadeus
Spirited Away
The Prestige
.....
8. From the following table, write a SQL query to find those reviewers who have not given a rating to certain films. Return reviewer name.
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample Output:
rev_name
--------------------------------
Neal Wruck
Scott LeBrun
(2 rows)
9. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find movies that have been reviewed by a reviewer and received a rating. Sort the result-set in ascending order by reviewer name, movie title, review Stars. Return reviewer name, movie title, review Stars.
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
rev_name | mov_title | rev_stars
--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+-----------
Brandt Sponseller | Aliens | 8.40
Flagrant Baronessa | Lawrence of Arabia | 8.30
Hannah Steele | Donnie Darko | 8.10
Jack Malvern | The Innocents | 7.90
.....
10. From the following table, write a SQL query to find movies that have been reviewed by a reviewer and received a rating. Group the result set on reviewer’s name, movie title. Return reviewer’s name, movie title.
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample table : movie
Sample Output:
rev_name | mov_title
--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------
Righty Sock | Titanic
Righty Sock | Vertigo
(2 rows)
11. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find those movies, which have received highest number of stars. Group the result set on movie title and sorts the result-set in ascending order by movie title. Return movie title and maximum number of review stars.
Sample table: rating
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
mov_title | max
----------------------------------------------------+------
Aliens | 8.40
American Beauty | 7.00
Annie Hall | 8.10
Avatar | 7.30
.....
12. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find all reviewers who rated the movie 'American Beauty'. Return reviewer name.
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
rev_name
--------------------------------
Sasha Goldshtein
(1 row)
13. From the following table, write a SQL query to find the movies that have not been reviewed by any reviewer body other than 'Paul Monks'. Return movie title.
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
mov_title
----------------------------------------------------
Avatar
Lawrence of Arabia
Donnie Darko
Aliens
.....
14. From the following table, write a SQL query to find the movies with the lowest ratings. Return reviewer name, movie title, and number of stars for those movies.
Sample table: reviewer
Sample table: rating
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
rev_name | mov_title | rev_stars
--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+-----------
Paul Monks | Boogie Nights | 3.00
(1 row)
15. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find the movies directed by 'James Cameron'. Return movie title.
Sample table: director
Sample table: movie_direction
Sample table: movie
Sample Output:
mov_title
----------------------------------------------------
Titanic
Aliens
(2 rows)
16. Write a query in SQL to find the movies in which one or more actors appeared in more than one film.
Sample table: movie
Sample table: movie_cast
Sample table: actor
Keep Learning: SQL Subqueries, SQL Single Row Subqueries, SQL Multiple Row and Column Subqueries, SQL Correlated Subqueries, SQL Nested subqueries.
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