Which of the following is true?
A) Character values are not case-sensitive
B) Character strings must be enclosed in double quotation marks
C) Date values are enclosed in single quotation marks
D) Date values are not format-sensitive
Which of the following is true?
A) Character values are not case-sensitive
B) Character strings must be enclosed in double quotation marks
C) Date values are enclosed in single quotation marks
D) Date values are not format-sensitive
Front
C) Date values are enclosed in single quotation marks
Back
A(n) ____ is used to indicate how data should relate to a given search condition.
A) comparison operator
B) logical operator
C) search pattern
D) criteria
Front
A) comparison operator
Back
Which of the following operators can be used to combine search conditions?
A) AND
B) =
C) IS NOT NULL
D) none of the above
Front
A) AND
Back
Search conditions for data contained in non-numeric columns must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
A) True
B) False
Front
B) False
Back
Which of the following are examples of comparison operators used in the WHERE clause?
A) =, >, <, <=, >=, <>
B) between ___ and ___
C) in (..,..,.. )
D) like
E) is null
F) All of the above
Front
F) All of the above
Back
Which of the following is a valid comparison operator?
A) !=
B) IN
C) ^=
D) all of the above
Front
D) all of the above
Back
The order in which NULL values appear in the results can be overridden by which of the following keywords?
A) NULLS FIRST
B) NULLS LAST
C) NSEQ
D) both a and b
Front
D) both a and b
Back
Retrieving only specific rows from a table is a process known as selection.
A) True
B) False
Front
A) True
Back
An ORDER BY clause can reference a column to be used for sorting based upon its position in the database table.
A) True
B) False
Front
B) False
Back
Based upon the contents of the BOOKS table in the accompanying figure, which of the following queries will display all books stored in the BOOKS table that generate more than 60 percent profit?
A) SELECT * FROM books
WHERE profit > .6;
B) SELECT * FROM books
WHERE (retail-cost)/cost > .60;
C) SELECT * FROM books
WHERE (retail-cost)/cost > 60%;
D) SELECT * FROM books
WHERE (retail-cost)/cost > '60';
Front
B) SELECT * FROM books
WHERE (retail-cost)/cost > .60;