From 8ab516c64b910144d8faac001c0746f0dd6944fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hina Haq <hina-haq@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:26:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Complete Sakila basic SQL queries

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 basic_sql_sakila.sql | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 basic_sql_sakila.sql

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+USE sakila;
+
+-- 1. Display all available tables
+SHOW TABLES;
+
+-- 2. Retrieve all data from actor, film, customer
+SELECT * FROM actor;
+SELECT * FROM film;
+SELECT * FROM customer;
+
+-- 3.1 Titles of all films
+SELECT title FROM film;
+
+-- 3.2 List of languages (alias = language)
+SELECT name AS language FROM language;
+
+-- 3.3 First names of all employees (staff)
+SELECT first_name FROM staff;
+
+-- 4. Unique release years
+SELECT DISTINCT release_year FROM film;
+
+-- 5.1 Number of stores
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS num_stores FROM store;
+
+-- 5.2 Number of employees
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS num_employees FROM staff;
+
+-- 5.3 How many films are available for rent and how many have been rented?
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS num_films_available_for_rent FROM inventory;
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS num_films_rented FROM rental;
+
+-- 5.4 Distinct last names of actors
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) AS num_distinct_actor_lastnames FROM actor;
+
+-- 6. The 10 longest films
+SELECT title, length FROM film ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 10;
+
+-- 7.1 All actors with first name "SCARLETT"
+SELECT * FROM actor WHERE first_name = 'SCARLETT';
+
+-- BONUS 7.2 Films with "ARMAGEDDON" in title and length > 100
+SELECT title, length FROM film WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%' AND length > 100;
+
+-- BONUS 7.3 Films with "Behind the Scenes"
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS num_films_behind_the_scenes FROM film WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind the Scenes%';