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Databases SQL Reporting by Example Day 3: Getting Good at Grouping Bus Troubles

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Posted by Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

A Simpler Solution to Which Teachers Don't Have a 1st Period Class

The EXCEPT solution is a good one. Just thought I'd share how I did it:

SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, MIN(PERIOD_ID) FROM TEACHERS
JOIN CLASSES ON TEACHERS.ID = CLASSES.TEACHER_ID
GROUP BY TEACHERS.ID
HAVING MIN(PERIOD_ID) > 1
Andrew Phythian
Andrew Phythian
19,747 Points

Another alternative...

WITH p1_teachers AS (
  SELECT period_id, teacher_id FROM classes
  WHERE period_id = 1
), list_all AS (
  SELECT * FROM teachers LEFT JOIN p1_teachers ON teachers.id = p1_teachers.teacher_id
)

SELECT first_name, last_name FROM list_all WHERE period_id IS NULL;
Noah Fields
Noah Fields
13,985 Points
Noah Fields
Noah Fields
13,985 Points

I did the following:

SELECT * FROM TEACHERS
WHERE TEACHERS.ID NOT IN
(
  SELECT TEACHERS.ID FROM TEACHERS
  INNER JOIN CLASSES ON CLASSES.TEACHER_ID = TEACHERS.ID
  WHERE CLASSES.PERIOD_ID = 1
);
Mohammed Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
7,190 Points

My version of the solution:

SELECT * FROM TEACHERS WHERE TEACHERS.ID NOT IN (SELECT TEACHER_ID FROM TEACHERS JOIN CLASSES ON CLASSES.TEACHER_ID = TEACHERS.ID WHERE PERIOD_ID = 1)

Ryan Dainton
Ryan Dainton
17,164 Points
Ryan Dainton
Ryan Dainton
17,164 Points

A alternate solution with a single subquery and no JOINs:

SELECT *
FROM TEACHERS
WHERE ID NOT IN
(SELECT TEACHER_ID FROM CLASSES WHERE PERIOD_ID = 1);
Gavin Schilling
Gavin Schilling
37,904 Points

My solution is similar but easier to read:

SELECT (first_name || " " || last_name) AS "Available Teacher(s) for Morning Bus Duty" FROM TEACHERS
  JOIN CLASSES ON teachers.id = classes.teacher_id
  GROUP BY teachers.id HAVING MIN(classes.period_id) > 1;

2 Answers

Guilherme Mergulhao
Guilherme Mergulhao
4,002 Points
Guilherme Mergulhao
Guilherme Mergulhao
4,002 Points

This is how I did it:

SELECT T.FIRST_NAME || ' ' || T.LAST_NAME AS FULLNAME, MIN(C.PERIOD_ID) AS FIRST_PERIOD FROM CLASSES AS C
INNER JOIN TEACHERS AS T ON T.ID = C.TEACHER_ID
GROUP BY FULLNAME HAVING FIRST_PERIOD > 1
Amita Amita
Amita Amita
8,723 Points
Amita Amita
Amita Amita
8,723 Points

SELECT * FROM TEACHERS WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT teacher_id FROM CLASSES WHERE period_id = 1)