SQL INTERVIEW QUESTION & ANSWERS
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What is subquery? |
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Query within a query is called a subquery. The statement containing a subquery is called the parent statement. Subqueries are used to retrieve data from tables and the retrieved data depends on the value in the table itself. |
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What are the types of subqueries? |
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- Single row sub query
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Multiple row sub query
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Multiple column subquery
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Correlated sub query
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| 43. |
What is single row subquery? |
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Single row subqueries return only one row as a result. The operators that can be used with single row subqueries are =, >. >=, <, <=, and <>. |
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What is the use of distinct keywords? |
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The DISTINCT keyword is used to return only distinct (different) values. |
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What is multiple row subquery? |
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The subquery that returns multiple rows is called a multiple-row subquery. you need to use the comparison operators IN, ALL, and ANY to handle the multiple rows returned by the subquery. |