Quiz Discussion

Which one of the following is procedural language?

• 1]

  Domain relational calculus

• 2]

  Tuple relational calculus

• 3]

  Relational algebra

• 4]

  Query language

The ________ clause is used to list the attributes desired in the result of a query.

• 1]

  Where

• 2]

  Select

• 3]

  From

• 4]

  Distinct

SELECT * FROM employee WHERE dept_name="Comp Sci";

In the SQL given above there is an error . Identify the error.

• 1]

  Dept_name

• 2]

  Employee

• 3]

  “Comp Sci”

• 4]

  From

In SQL the spaces at the end of the string are removed by _______ function.

• 1]

  Upper

• 2]

  String

• 3]

  Trim

• 4]

  Lower

Course(course_id,sec_id,semester)

Here the course_id,sec_id and semester are __________ and course is a _________

• 1]

  Relations, Attribute

• 2]

  Attributes, Relation

• 3]

  Tuple, Relation

• 4]

  Tuple, Attributes

Using which language can a user request information from a database?

• 1]

  Query

• 2]

  Relational

• 3]

  Structural

• 4]

  Compiler

’_____’ matches any string of ______ three characters. ’_____%’ matches any string of at ______ three characters.

• 1]

  Atleast, Exactly

• 2]

  Exactly, Atleast

• 3]

  Atleast, All

• 4]

  All, Exactly

SELECT name
FROM instructor
WHERE dept name = ’Physics’
ORDER BY name;

By default, the order by clause lists items in ______ order.

• 1]

  Descending

• 2]

  Any

• 3]

  Same

• 4]

  Ascending

Database __________ which is the logical design of the database, and the database _______ which is a snapshot of the data in the database at a given instant in time.

• 1]

  Instance, Schema

• 2]

  Relation, Schema

• 3]

  Relation, Domain

• 4]

  Schema, Instance

The term _______ is used to refer to a row.

• 1]

  Attribute

• 2]

  Tuple

• 3]

  Field

• 4]

  Instance