From 92d77c424cff9fafe0f4023a40526bf2fc4978bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marisa Oliveira <163911161+HR-Freak@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:02:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Solved lab: SQL Basic Queries

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+USE sakila;
+
+-- 1. Display all available tables in the Sakila database.
+SHOW TABLES;
+
+-- 2. Retrieve all the data from the tables actor, film and customer.
+SELECT * FROM actor;
+SELECT * FROM film;
+SELECT * FROM customer;
+
+-- 3. Retrieve the following columns from their respective tables:
+
+-- 3.1 Titles of all films from the film table
+SELECT title
+FROM film;
+
+-- 3.2 List languages used in films, with the column aliased as language (from language table)
+SELECT name AS language
+FROM language;
+
+-- 3.3 List of first names of all employees from the staff table
+SELECT first_name
+FROM staff;
+
+-- 4. Retrieve unique release years.
+SELECT DISTINCT release_year
+FROM film;
+
+-- 5. Counting records for database insights:
+
+-- 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has.
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_of_stores
+FROM store;
+
+-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_of_employees
+FROM staff;
+
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
+-- Available for rent = inventory items (physical copies that exist)
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS available_for_rent
+FROM inventory;
+
+-- Rented = rental transactions
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS times_rented
+FROM rental;
+
+-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) AS distinct_actor_last_names
+FROM actor;
+
+-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
+SELECT title, length
+FROM film
+ORDER BY length DESC
+LIMIT 10;
+
+-- 7. Use filtering techniques:
+
+-- 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT".
+SELECT *
+FROM actor
+WHERE first_name = 'SCARLETT';
+
+-- BONUS
+
+-- 7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.
+SELECT title, length
+FROM film
+WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%'
+  AND length > 100;
+
+-- 7.3 Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content.
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS behind_the_scenes_films
+FROM film
+WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind the Scenes%';