From a155eefe6cd04cec5b0afd4814d8464d3490d002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: estefaniabarrosa <estefbarrosar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 18:32:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Solved lab

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+-- LAB | SQL Basic Queries
+-- 1. Display all available tables in the Sakila database.
+
+USE sakila;
+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 specific 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.
+
+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(*) AS number_of_stores
+FROM store;
+
+-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_of_employees
+FROM staff;
+
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent.
+
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT film_id) AS films_available_for_rent
+FROM inventory;
+
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films have been rented.
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS films_rented
+FROM rental;
+
+-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors.
+
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) AS distinct_actor_last_names
+FROM actor;
+
+-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
+
+SELECT title, length
+FROM film
+ORDER BY length DESC
+LIMIT 10;
+
+-- 7. Filtering techniques.
+
+-- 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT".
+
+SELECT *
+FROM actor
+WHERE first_name = 'SCARLETT';
+
+--  7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title 
+-- and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.
+
+SELECT title, length
+FROM film
+WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%'
+  AND length > 100;
+
+--  7.3 Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content.
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS films_with_behind_the_scenes
+FROM film
+WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind the Scenes%';
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