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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 of languages used in films, with the column aliased as language from the 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(store_id) FROM store;
+    
+	-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
+	SELECT COUNT(staff_id) FROM staff;
+
+	-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
+	SELECT COUNT(inventory_id) FROM inventory; # the items available for rent
+    SELECT COUNT(rental_date) FROM rental; # the items that have been rented
+
+	-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
+    SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) FROM actor;
+    
+-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
+SELECT *
+FROM film
+ORDER BY length DESC
+LIMIT 10;
+
+-- 7. Use filtering techniques in order to:
+	-- 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT".
+    SELECT * 
+    FROM actor
+    WHERE first_name = "SCARLETT";
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