Problem Statement: Generate the following two result sets:
1. Query an alphabetically ordered list of all names in OCCUPATIONS, immediately followed by the first letter of each profession as a parenthetical (i.e.: enclosed in parentheses).
For example: ActorName(A), DoctorName(D), ProfessorName(P), and SingerName(S).
2. Query the number of occurrences of each occupation in OCCUPATIONS. Sort the occurrences in ascending order, and output them in the following format:
Format: There are a total of [occupation_count] [occupation]s.
where [occupation_count] is the number of occurrences of occupation in OCCUPATIONS and [occupation] is the lowercase occupation name. If more than one Occupation has the same [occupation_count], they should be ordered alphabetically.
Note: There will be at least two entries in the table for each type of occupation.
Input Format
The OCCUPATIONS table is described as follows:
Occupation will only contain one of the following values: Doctor, Professor, Singer, or Actor.
Sample Input
An OCCUPATIONS table that contains the following records:
Sample Output
Ashely(P)
Christeen(P)
Jane(A)
Jenny(D)
Julia(A)
Ketty(P)
Maria(A)
Meera(S)
Priya(S)
Samantha(D)
There are a total of 2 doctors.
There are a total of 2 singers.
There are a total of 3 actors.
There are a total of 3 professors.
Solution:
For this challenge, we must:
We will write two select queries.
Query 1:
Select concat(name, '(', left(occupation, 1), ')')
from occupations
order by name;
Query 2:
Select concat("There ", if(count(1) > 1, "are", "is"),
" a total of ", count(1), " ", lower(occupation),
if(count(1) > 1, "s.", "."))
from occupations
group by occupation
order by count(occupation);
Output:
Aamina(D)
Ashley(P)
Belvet(P)
Britney(P)
Christeen(S)
Eve(A)
Jane(S)
Jennifer(A)
Jenny(S)
Julia(D)
Ketty(A)
Kristeen(S)
Maria(P)
Meera(P)
Naomi(P)
Priya(D)
Priyanka(P)
Samantha(A)
There are a total of 3 doctors.
There are a total of 4 actors.
There are a total of 4 singers.
There are a total of 7 professors.
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