CREATE TABLE Employees ( eid SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(100), salary INTEGER ); INSERT INTO Employees (name, salary) VALUES ('Alice', 50000), ('Bob', 60000), ('Charlie', 70000), ('Dana', 80000), ('Evan', 90000), ('Faith', 55000), ('George', 75000), ('Hannah', 85000); create or replace function count_well_paid(_minsal integer) returns integer as $$ declare nemps integer := 0; tuple record; begin for tuple in select name,salary from Employees loop if (tuple.salary > _minsal) then nemps := nemps + 1; end if; end loop; return nemps; end; $$ language plpgsql; -- Can we optimize the function a bit? --hint: using where clause create or replace function count_well_paid(_minsal integer) returns integer as $$ declare nemps integer := 0; tuple record; begin for tuple in select name,salary from Employees where salary > _minsal loop nemps := nemps + 1; end loop; return nemps; end; $$ language plpgsql; -- Can we further optmize the function? --hint using aggregation create or replace function count_well_paid(_minsal integer) returns integer as $$ declare nemps integer := 0; begin select count(*) from Employees where salary > _minsal into nemps; return nemps; end; $$ language plpgsql; SELECT count_well_paid(60000); SELECT count_well_paid(80000);
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PostgreSQL is a open source relational database system and is also knows as Postgres.
CREATE command is used to create a table, schema or an index.
CREATE TABLE table_name (
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
....);
ALTER command is used to add, modify or delete columns or constraints from the database table.
ALTER TABLE Table_name ADD column_name datatype;
TRUNCATE command is used to delete the data present in the table but this will not delete the table.
TRUNCATE table table_name;
DROP command is used to delete the table along with its data.
DROP TABLE table_name;
RENAME command is used to rename the table name.
ALTER TABLE table_name1 RENAME to new_table_name1;
INSERT Statement is used to insert new records into the database table.
INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3, ...) VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
Select statement is used to select data from database tables.
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;
UPDATE statement is used to modify the existing values of records present in the database table.
UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
WHERE condition;
DELETE statement is used to delete the existing records present in the database table.
DELETE FROM table_name where condition;