SQL Exercise: List all the employees of grade 2 and 3
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5. From the following table, write a SQL query to find the employees of grade 2 and 3.Return all the information of employees and salary details.
Sample table: employees
Sample table: salary_grade
Sample Solution:
SELECT *
FROM employees e,
salary_grade s
WHERE e.salary BETWEEN s.min_sal AND s.max_sal
AND s.grade IN (2, 3);
Sample Output:
emp_id | emp_name | job_name | manager_id | hire_date | salary | commission | dep_id | grade | min_sal | max_sal --------+----------+----------+------------+------------+---------+------------+--------+-------+---------+--------- 64989 | ADELYN | SALESMAN | 66928 | 1991-02-20 | 1700.00 | 400.00 | 3001 | 3 | 1501 | 2100 65271 | WADE | SALESMAN | 66928 | 1991-02-22 | 1350.00 | 600.00 | 3001 | 2 | 1301 | 1500 66564 | MADDEN | SALESMAN | 66928 | 1991-09-28 | 1350.00 | 1500.00 | 3001 | 2 | 1301 | 1500 68454 | TUCKER | SALESMAN | 66928 | 1991-09-08 | 1600.00 | 0.00 | 3001 | 3 | 1501 | 2100 69324 | MARKER | CLERK | 67832 | 1992-01-23 | 1400.00 | | 1001 | 2 | 1301 | 1500 (5 rows)
Explanation:
The said query in SQL that retrieves all employees whose salary falls within the salary range of salary grades 2 and 3 from the 'employees' and 'salary_grade' tables.
The query uses an implicit join to combine the 'employees' and 'salary_grade' tables based on the "salary" and the "min_sal" and "max_sal" columns.
The query then filters the rows by applying the conditions are as follows:
The employee's salary falls within the range defined by the minimum and maximum salary values for each salary grade.
The salary grade is either 2 or 3.
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