Beginning SQL

Chapter 3
Exercise 1 Solution
First of all, you need to consider which columns and from what table or tables you need to get the
answer. In this case, you get answers from the MemberDetails table and the Street, City, State, and
ZipCode columns. Because you already know the MemberId (13), all you need to do is filter results by
adding a WHERE clause that contains only rows where MemberId equals 13:
SELECT Street, City, State, ZipCode
FROM MemberDetails
WHERE MemberId = 13;
Executing this query provides the following results:
Street City State ZipCode
Winding Road Big City Mega State 34512
Exercise 2 Solution
You need to find the names of the members, so the FirstName and LastName columns from the
MemberDetails table need to be selected. Now you need to add a WHERE clause with a condition that
checks for last names starting with J. The LIKE operator will do this:
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM MemberDetails
WHERE LastName LIKE ‘J%’;
The percent sign (%) means one or more of any character. Note that in MS Access you need to use an
asterisk (*) instead of the percent sign (%).
Executing the final query provides the following results:
FirstName LastName
John Jackson
John Jones
Jenny Jones
Jack Johnson
Exercise Answers
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