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64 changes: 64 additions & 0 deletions sql_basic_queries.sql
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USE sakila;

-- 1. Display all the tables of the database
SHOW TABLES;

-- 2. Retrieve all the data from the tables actor, film and customer
SELECT * FROM sakila.actor;

SELECT * FROM sakila.film;

SELECT * FROM sakila.customer;

-- Retrieve the following columns from their respective tables:
-- 3.1 Titles of all films from the film table
SELECT title FROM sakila.film;

-- 3.2 List of languages used in films, with the column aliased as language from the language table
SELECT name AS language FROM sakila.language;

-- 3.3 List of first names of all employees from the staff table
SELECT first_name FROM sakila.staff;

-- 4 Retrieve unique release years.
SELECT DISTINCT release_year FROM sakila.film;

-- 5 Counting records for database insights:
-- 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has.
SELECT COUNT(store_id) AS number_of_stores
FROM sakila.store;

-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
SELECT COUNT(staff_id) AS number_of_employees
FROM sakila.staff;

-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
SELECT COUNT(*) AS films_cuurently_rented
FROM sakila.rental
WHERE rental_date IS NULL AND rental_date IS NOT NULL;

-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) AS distinct_last_names
FROM sakila.actor;

-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
SELECT title, length FROM sakila.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 sakila.actor
WHERE first_name = "SCARLETT";

-- BONUS 7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.
SELECT title, length
FROM sakila.film
WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%'
AND length > 100;

-- 7.3 Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content
SELECT COUNT(*) AS film_with_behind_the_scenes
FROM sakila.film
WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind the Scenes%';