SQL Exercises: Find the data of employees whose last name is 'Snares'

Last update on February 10 2025 06:29:09 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

From the following table, write a SQL query to find the details of employees whose last name is 'Snares'. Return emp_idno, emp_fname, emp_lname, and emp_dept.

Sample table: emp_details

 EMP_IDNO EMP_FNAME       EMP_LNAME         EMP_DEPT
--------- --------------- --------------- ----------
   127323 Michale         Robbin                  57
   526689 Carlos          Snares                  63
   843795 Enric           Dosio                   57
   328717 Jhon            Snares                  63
   444527 Joseph          Dosni                   47
   659831 Zanifer         Emily                   47
   847674 Kuleswar        Sitaraman               57
   748681 Henrey          Gabriel                 47
   555935 Alex            Manuel                  57
   539569 George          Mardy                   27
   733843 Mario           Saule                   63
   631548 Alan            Snappy                  27
   839139 Maria           Foster                  57

Sample Solution :

-- This query selects all columns from the 'emp_details' table.
SELECT *
-- Specifies the table from which to retrieve the data (in this case, 'emp_details').
FROM emp_details
-- Filters the rows to only include those where the 'emp_lname' column has the value 'Snares'.
WHERE emp_lname = 'Snares';

Output of the Query:

emp_idno	emp_fname	emp_lname	emp_dept
526689		Carlos		Snares		63
328717		Jhon		Snares		63

Code Explanation:

The said statement in SQL selects all columns from the table named 'emp_details' where the emp_lname is 'Snares'. It returns all the rows that have the last name 'Snares' in the emp_lname column.

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