Movie Database
This tutorial introduces the notion of a join. The database consists of three tables movie , actor and casting .
| movie | actor | casting |
|---|---|---|
| id | id | movieid |
| title | name | actorid |
| yr | ord | |
| director | ||
| budget | ||
| gross | ||
1、List the films where the yr is 1962 [Show id, title]
SELECT id, title FROM movie WHERE yr=1962
2、Give year of 'Citizen Kane'.
select yr from movie where title='Citizen Kane'
3、List all of the Star Trek movies, include the id, title and yr (all of these movies include the words Star Trek in the title). Order results by year.
select id,title,yr from movie where title like '%Star Trek%' order by yr
4、What are the titles of the films with id 11768, 11955, 21191
select title from movie where id in (11768,11955,21191)
5、What id number does the actress 'Glenn Close' have?
select id from actor where name='Glenn Close'
6、What is the id of the film 'Casablanca'
select id from movie where title='Casablanca'
7、
Obtain the cast list for 'Casablanca'.
what is a cast list?
The cast list is the names of the actors who were in the movie.
Use movieid=11768, this is the value that you obtained in the previous question.
select name from actor inner join casting on actor.id=casting.actorid and movieid=11768
8、Obtain the cast list for the film 'Alien'
select name from actor inner join movie on title='Alien' inner join casting on actor.id=casting.actorid and movie.id=casting.movieid
9、List the films in which 'Harrison Ford' has appeared
select title from movie inner join actor on name='Harrison Ford' inner join casting on movie.id=casting.movieid and actor.id=casting.actorid
10、List the films where 'Harrison Ford' has appeared - but not in the starring role. [Note: the ord field of casting gives the position of the actor. If ord=1 then this actor is in the starring role]
select title from movie inner join actor on name='Harrison Ford' inner join casting on movie.id=casting.movieid and actor.id=casting.actorid and ord!=1
11、List the films together with the leading star for all 1962 films.
select movie.title,actor.name from movie inner join actor on yr=1962 inner join casting on movie.id=casting.movieid and actor.id=casting.actorid and ord=1
12、Which were the busiest years for 'John Travolta', show the year and the number of movies he made each year for any year in which he made more than 2 movies.
SELECT yr,COUNT(title) FROM movie JOIN casting ON movie.id=movieid JOIN actor ON actorid=actor.idWHERE name='John Travolta'GROUP BY yrHAVING COUNT(title)=(SELECT MAX(c) FROM(SELECT yr,COUNT(title) AS c FROM movie JOIN casting ON movie.id=movieid JOIN actor ON actorid=actor.id WHERE name='John Travolta' GROUP BY yr) AS t)
13、List the film title and the leading actor for all of the films 'Julie Andrews' played in.
SELECT DISTINCT(title),name FROM movie inner join casting on movie.id=movieidinner join actor on actorid=actor.id and ord=1WHERE movieid IN ( SELECT t2.movieid FROM actor t1 inner join casting t2 on t2.actorid=t1.id and name='Julie Andrews')
14、Obtain a list, in alphabetical order, of actors who've had at least 30 starring roles.
SELECT name FROM casting JOIN actor ON actorid = actor.id WHERE ord=1 GROUP BY name HAVING COUNT(movieid)>=30
15、List the films released in the year 1978 ordered by the number of actors in the cast.
select title,count(actorid) from movie inner join casting on movie.id=movieid and yr=1978 group by title order by 2 desc
16、List all the people who have worked with 'Art Garfunkel'.
select name from actor inner join casting on actor.id=casting.actorid and casting.movieid in (select movieid from actor inner join casting on actor.id=casting.actorid and name='Art Garfunkel') and name!='Art Garfunkel'