In this project, you will work with an e-commerce database. The database has products that consumers can buy from different suppliers. Customers can create an order and add several products in one order.
- Use SQL queries to retrieve specific data from a database
- Draw a database schema to visualize relationships between tables
- Label database relationships defined by the
REFERENCESkeyword inCREATE TABLEcommands
To prepare your environment, open a terminal and create a new database called cyf_ecommerce:
createdb cyf_ecommerceImport the file cyf_ecommerce.sql in your newly created database:
psql -d cyf_ecommerce -f cyf_ecommerce.sqlOpen the file cyf_ecommerce.sql in VSCode and examine the SQL code. Take a piece of paper and draw the database with the different relationships between tables (as defined by the REFERENCES keyword in the CREATE TABLE commands). Identify the foreign keys and make sure you understand the full database schema.
Don't skip this step. You may one day be asked at interview to draw a database schema. Sketching systems is a valuable skill for back end developers and worth practising. If you're interested in systems design, you may also want to take a course on Udemy.
You can even draw relationship diagrams on GitHub:
erDiagram
customers {
id INT PK
name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
}
customers ||--o{ orders : places
Write SQL queries to complete the following tasks:
-
List all the products whose name contains the word "socks"
select * from products where product_name like '%socks%'; -
List all the products which cost more than 100 showing product id, name, unit price, and supplier id
SELECT pr.id AS product_id, pr.product_name, pa.unit_price, s.id AS supplier_id FROM product_availability pa JOIN products pr ON pa.prod_id = pr.id JOIN suppliers s ON pa.supp_id = s.id WHERE pa.unit_price > 100; -
List the 5 most expensive products
SELECT pr.id as product_id, pr.product_name,pa.unit_price FROM product_availability pa JOIN products pr ON pa.prod_id = pr.id ORDER BY pa.unit_price desc LIMIT 5; -
List all the products sold by suppliers based in the United Kingdom. The result should only contain the columns product_name and supplier_name
SELECT pr.product_name, s.supplier_name FROM suppliers s JOIN product_availability pa ON pa.supp_id = s.id JOIN products pr ON pr.id = pa.prod_id WHERE s.country = 'United Kingdom'; -
List all orders, including order items, from customer named Hope Crosby
SELECT orders.* ,order_items.* from orders JOIN customers on customers.id = orders.customer_id JOIN order_items on order_items.order_id = orders.id join product_availability pa on order_items.product_id = pa.prod_id AND order_items.supplier_id = pa.supp_id WHERE customers.name = 'Hope Crosby'; -
List all the products in the order ORD006. The result should only contain the columns product_name, unit_price, and quantity
select pr.product_name, pa.unit_price, oi.quantity from products pr join product_availability pa on pr.id = pa.prod_id join order_items oi on pa.prod_id = oi.product_id join orders o on o.id = oi.order_id where o.order_reference = 'ORD006'; -
List all the products with their supplier for all orders of all customers. The result should only contain the columns name (from customer), order_reference, order_date, product_name, supplier_name, and quantity
select c.name, o.order_reference, o.order_date, pr.product_name, s.supplier_name, oi.quantity from products pr join product_availability pa on pr.id = pa.prod_id join suppliers s on pa.supp_id = s.id join order_items oi on oi.product_id = pa.prod_id join orders o on o.id = oi.order_id join customers c on c.id = o.customer_id;
- The
cyf_ecommercedatabase is imported and set up correctly - The database schema is drawn correctly to visualize relationships between tables
- The SQL queries retrieve the correct data according to the tasks listed above
- The pull request with the answers to the tasks is opened on the
mainbranch of theE-Commercerepository