SELECT from MONDE
| name | continent | area | population | gdp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Asia | 652230 | 25500100 | 20343000000 |
| Albania | Europe | 28748 | 2831741 | 12960000000 |
| Algeria | Africa | 2381741 | 37100000 | 188681000000 |
| Andorra | Europe | 468 | 78115 | 3712000000 |
| Angola | Africa | 1246700 | 20609294 | 100990000000 |
| ... | ||||
Profile de pays
Dans ce tutoriel, nous utiliserons l'instruction SELECT sur la table World:
Echauffement
Lire les notes à propos de cette table. Observer le résultat de cette commande SQL simple.
SELECT name, continent, population FROM world
SELECT name, continent, population FROM world
Pays largement peuplés
How to use WHERE to filter records.
Afficher le nom des pays qui ont une population d'au moins 200 million d'habitants. (200 million c'est 200000000, il y a 8 zéros)
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE population>250000000
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE population>200000000
Afficher le nom et le PIB par habitant pour les pays dont le nombre d'habitants est au moins 200 million.
le PIB par habitant est le PIB divisé par la population
SELECT name, gdp/population FROM world
WHERE population > 200000000
Afficher le nom et la population (name et population) en millions pour les pays 'South America'
Diviser la population par 1000000 pour obtenir la population en millions.
SELECT name, population/1000000 FROM world
WHERE continent='South America'
Afficher le nom et la population (name et population) pour pour 'France', 'Germany', 'Italy'
SELECT name, population FROM world
WHERE name IN ('France','Germany','Italy')
Identifiez les pays dont les noms comprennent le mot 'United'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%United%'
What Next
- You can play a game: Find the duplicate
- You can to continue practising the the same techniques
and gain more experience of the basic skills on the Nobel table.
The
WHEREstatement using thenobeltable. - You can learn about nested statements, these are instructive and entertaining, but not essential for beginners.
Nested
SELECTstatements using theworldtable.
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