SQL Set Operators Traditional Set Operators: Union Compatibility: Requirement for the traditional set operators. Strong requirement. - Same number of columns. - Each corresponding column is compatible. - Positional correspondence. Apply to similar tables by removing columns first. SQL UNION Example: Example 1: Retrieve basic data about all university people. SELECT FacNo AS PerNo, FacFirstName AS FirstName, FacLastName AS LastName, FacCity AS City, FacState AS State FROM Faculty UNION SELECT StdNo AS PerNo, StdFirstName
Query Formulation Query Formulation Process: Critical Questions: What tables? - Columns in result. - Conditions to test (including join conditions). How to combine the tables? - Usually join of PK to FK. More complex ways to combine Individual rows or groups of rows? - Aggregate functions in result. - Conditions with aggregate functions. University Database Diagram: Summarization and Joins 1: Example 1: List the number of students enrolled in each 2017 course offering showing the offer number and number of students in the result. SELECT Offering.OfferNo, COUNT (*) AS NumStudents FROM Enrollment, Offering WHERE Offering.OfferNo = Enrollment.OfferNo AND OffYear = 2017 GROUP BY Offering.OfferNo; Summarization and Joins 2: Example 2: List the offering number, course number, and average GPA. Onl