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{Select the code which shows just the population of United Kingdom?
 
{Select the code which shows just the population of United Kingdom?
 
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- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name Like 'United%' </syntaxhighlight>
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- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT population FROM 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
 
- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population = 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
 
- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population = 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
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- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT name, population FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
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- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT FROM bbc WHERE population IN 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
 
+ <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
 
+ <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom' </syntaxhighlight>
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- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name = United Kingdom </syntaxhighlight>
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- <syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE 'United Kingdom' IN name </syntaxhighlight>
  
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{Select the answer which shows the problem with this SQL code:
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{Select the answer which shows the problem with this SQL code - the indended result should be the single row containing 'Europe':
 
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<syntaxhighlight lang='sql'>
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  SELECT name
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  SELECT region
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   FROM "bbc"
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   FROM bbc  
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   WHERE population > '2000000'
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   WHERE 'name' = 'France'
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
|type="()"}
 
|type="()"}
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- Apostrophes should be used around 'bbc' instead of speech marks
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- region should be 'region'
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- There are apostrophes surrounding '2000000'
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+ 'name' should be name
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- There are speech marks surrounding "bbc"
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- 'France' should be "France"
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+ There are speech marks surrounding "bbc" and there are apostrophes surrounding '2000000'
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- 'France' should be France
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- The use of a WHERE function is incorrect
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- = should be IN
  
 
{Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:  
 
{Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:  

Revision as of 22:16, 5 July 2014

BBC QUIZ

bbc
name region area population gdp
Afghanistan South Asia 652225 26000000
Albania Europe 28728 3200000 6656000000
Algeria Middle East 2400000 32900000 75012000000
Andorra Europe 468 64000
Brazil South America 8550000 182800000 564852000000
Colombia South America 1140000 45600000
Nauru Asia-Pacific 21 9900
Uzbekistan Central Asia 447000 26000000
...

<quiz shuffle=none display=simple> {Select the code which gives the name of countries beginning with U |type="()"}

- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name BEGIN WITH U
- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name LIKE '%U'
- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name LIKE '%u%'
- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name LIKE U
+ 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name LIKE 'U%'

{Select the code which shows just the population of United Kingdom? |type="()"}

- 
 SELECT population FROM 'United Kingdom'
- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population = 'United Kingdom'
- 
 SELECT FROM bbc WHERE population IN 'United Kingdom'
+ 
 SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom'
- 
 SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE 'United Kingdom' IN name

{Select the answer which shows the problem with this SQL code - the indended result should be the single row containing 'Europe': 

 SELECT region 
   FROM bbc 
  WHERE 'name' = 'France'

|type="()"} - region should be 'region' + 'name' should be name - 'France' should be "France" - 'France' should be France - = should be IN

{Select the result that would be obtained from the following code: 

 SELECT name, population / 10 
  FROM bbc 
 WHERE population < 10000
Table-A
Andorra6400
Nauru990
Table-B
Andorra64000
Nauru9900
Table-C
Nauru99
Table-D
Nauru990
Table-E
Nauru9900

|type="()"} - Table-A - Table-B - Table-C + Table-D - Table-E

{Select the code which would reveal the name and population of countries in Europe, North America and South America |type="()"}

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 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE region IN ('Europe', 'North America', 'South America')
+ 
 SELECT name, population FROM bbc WHERE region IN ('Europe', 'North America', 'South America')
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 SELECT name, population FROM bbc WHERE region IN (Europe North America South America)
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 SELECT name, population FROM bbc WHERE region IS ('Europe', 'North America', 'South America')
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 SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE region IN ('Europe', 'North America', 'South America')

{Select the code which would give two rows |type="()"}

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 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom'
- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name = 'United Kingdom' AND name = 'Algeria'
- 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name EITHER ('United Kingdom', 'Algeria')
+ 
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE name IN ('United Kingdom', 'Algeria')
- 
 SELECT name FROM WHERE name IS 'Scotland'

{Select the result that would be obtained from this code: 

SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE region = 'South America' AND population > 40000000
Table-A
Afghanistan
Brazil
Colombia
Table-B
Brazil
Table-C
Brazil
Colombia
Table-D
BrazilSouth America
ColombiaSouth America
Table-E
Brazil182800000
Colombia45600000

|type="()"} - Table-A - Table-B + Table-C - Table-D - Table-E </quiz>

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