sql notes: hackerrank employee names

Problem


Write a query that prints a list of employee names (i.e.: the name attribute) from the Employee table in alphabetical order.
Input Format
The Employee table containing employee data for a company is described as follows:

Column Type
employee_id Integer
name String
months Integer
salary Integer

where employee_id is an employee’s ID number, name is their name, months is the total number of months they’ve been working for the company, and salary is their monthly salary.

Sample Input

employee_id name months salary
12228 Rose 15 1968
33645 Angela 1 3443
45692 Frank 17 1608
56118 Patrick 7 1345
59725 Lisa 11 2330
74197 Kimberly 16 4372
78454 Bonnie 8 1771
83565 Michael 6 2017
98607 Todd 5 3396
99989 Joe 9 3573

Sample Output

Angela
Bonnie
Frank
Joe
Kimberly
Lisa
Michael
Patrick
Rose
Todd

Analysis


  • query employee names ==> SELECT name
  • from Employee table ==> FROM Employee
  • in alphabetical order ==> ORDER BY name

Solution


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SELECT name FROM Employee ORDER BY name;

Employee Names
(中文版) SQL 笔记: Hackerrank Employee Names