1)Select those employees who comm is null :

select * from emp where comm is null;

2)Select list of managers and corresponding Clerks :
select a.ename "Manager" , b.ename "Clerk" from emp a, emp b where b.mgr=a.empno
;
3)Select list of employee name with their deptno,dname and loc :
select empno,emp.deptno,dname,loc from emp,dept where emp.deptno=dept.deptno
4)Select 2nd maximum salary from emp table :
select max(sal) from emp where sal<(select max(sal) from emp);
Select 5th maximum salary :
select max(sal) from emp a where 5 =(select count(*) from emp b where a.sal<b.sa
l);

5)Select Alternate Rows from a table :

For Odd Rows :
select * from emp where mod(ascii(substr(rowid,18)),2)=0
For Even Rows :
select * from emp where mod(ascii(substr(rowid,18)),2)=1

6) How do I get a random number in Oracle query :

select dbms_random.random from dual;
Java SDK provides API for generation of Random numbers. Please refer jav
a documentation of java.util.Random class.
7) To Select Least ,Greatest Numbers :
select least(1,2) from dual
select greatest(1,2) from dual
select greatest(1.2,2.3) from dual
select least(1.2,2.3) from dual
8) To Round a number :
select ceil(1208917.97802706) from dual;
9) To Truncate a number :
select floor(1208917.97802706) from dual;
10) Select employees who joined before their manager :
select a.empno,a.ename from emp a, emp b where a.mgr=b.empno and a.hired
ate<b.hiredate;
11) To Select Only Characters from a combination of numbers and characters :
select translate('RAGHU40020','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789','ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ') FROM dual;
To Select Only Numbers from a combination of numbers and characters :
//26 Empty Spaces
select translate('RAGHU40020','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789','
0123456789') FROM dual;

12) To get those employee whose name ends with 'RD' :

select * from emp where ename like '%RD';

13) To select those , whose last names are a phonetic representation of 'SMYTHE'
:
select * from emp where soundex(ename)=soundex('SMYTHE')
To select those , whose job is phonetic representation of 'SALESMEN' :
select * from emp where soundex(job)=soundex('SALESMEN');
14) To display employee details of workers who joined before their managers :
select a.ename from emp a, emp b where a.mgr=b.empno and a.hiredate<b.hi
redate;
15) Display the names of employees whose sal is greater than max sal of sales :
select * from emp where sal >(select max(sal) from emp , dept where emp.
deptno=dept.deptno and dname='SALES');
16) Display the employee name , who is drawing histet salary :
select * from emp where sal=(select max(sal) from emp);
17) TO list the employees in deptno =10 with common jobs in depnto=20 :
select a.ename,a.empno,b.ename,b.empno from emp a , emp b where
a.job=b.job and a.deptno=10 and b.deptno=20;

18) To list the employees who have both the same job and same salary as SCOTT :
select * from emp where job=(select job from emp where ename='SCOTT')
and sal=(select sal from emp where ename='SCOTT') and ename!='SCOTT'

19) List the employees who have the same job as SMITH or Sal < Jones in order by
job,sal :
select * from emp where job=(select job from emp where ename='SMITH') or
sal <(select sal from emp where ename='JONES')
order by job,sal
20) Select all employees where ENAME should not begin with A :
 select * from emp where ename not like 'A%';
21) Display last three characters of each employee :
select ename, substr(ename,-3) from emp;
From last three characters of name , display first two characters :
select ename, substr(ename,-3,2) from emp;
22) To Display the names of employees whose name have two A's in their name :
select * from emp where ename like 'A%A' or ename like '%AA%' or ename l
ike '%A%A%';
23) List the details of employees whose sal is greater than average sal :
select * from emp where sal >(select avg(sal) from emp);
24) Select Minium, Maxium, Average Salaries Department wise :
select min(sal),max(sal),avg(sal),deptno from emp group by deptno;
25) Display the number of employees in each department :
select count(*),deptno from emp group by deptno;
26) List the average sal for all employees :
select avg(sal) from emp;
27) Display all employees whose department is 10 :
select * from emp where deptno=10;
28) Display all employees whose sal lie between 2000 and 5000 :
select * from emp where deptno=10;
29) Display names of all employees whose name starts with letter 'S' :
select * from emp where ename like 'S%';
30) List names of all employees whose name have more than FIVE letters :
select * from emp where ename like '%_____%';
31) Display the names of employees whose name have only four letters :
select * from emp where ename like '____';
32) To select Day from a date :
For day :
select to_char(hiredate,'dd') from emp;
For Week :
select to_char(hiredate,'day') from emp;
33) To select Month from a date :
 For Month in Number :
select to_char(hiredate,'mm') from emp
For Month in Characters :
select to_char(hiredate,'mon') from emp
34) To select Year from a date :
select to_char(hiredate,'yy') from emp
select to_char(hiredate,'yyyy') from emp

35) Display details of employees who joined in February :

select * from emp where to_char(hiredate,'mm')=2;
select * from emp where hiredate like '%FEB%';
36) List the details of employees who joined after 1st December 1980 and before
1st December 1981 :
select * from emp where hiredate between to_date('01-12-1980','dd-mm-yyy
y') and to_date('01-12-1981','dd-mm-yyyy')
37) List the details of employees who earn more than 2000 and doesnot enjoy any
comm :
select * from emp where sal > 2000 and comm is null;
38) List the details of employees who joined before 20th of any month and year e
xcept 1981 :
select * from emp where to_char(hiredate,'dd') < 20 and to_char(hiredate
,'yyyy') != 1981
39) List the deatils of employees who enjoy comm more than 250 :
select * from emp where comm >250;
40) List the sum of Sal and Comm (Assume , if comm is null , then comm = 0 ) :
select sal,comm,sal+nvl(comm,0) from emp;
(Assume , if comm is null , then comm = 100 ) :
select sal,comm,sal+nvl(comm,100) from emp;
41) List the department name and location for emplyoees who earn more than 1500
:
select a.ename,b.deptno,dname,loc,sal from emp a,dept b where
a.deptno=b.deptno and a.sal >1500
42) Select Last three characters of each employee :
select ename,substr(ename,-3,3) from emp;
43) Display the employee id , employee name and their salaries Prefix with Dolla
r sign in
decending order :
column sal format $99,990
select sal from emp;
44) Display Job ( Replacing 'SALESMAN' with 'SALESPERSON' ) of employees :
select job,decode(job,'SALESMAN','SALESPERSON',job) FROM emp
45) Display deptname , in which no employee has been recruited :
select deptno,dname,loc from dept where deptno=(select deptno from dept
minus select distinct deptno from emp);
46) In which year maximum employee were recruited :
select to_char(hiredate,'yy') from emp having count(*)
=(select max(count(*)) from emp group by to_char(hiredate,'yy')) group by to_cha
r(hiredate,'yy')
47) Display departments which has more than 3 employees :
select deptno from emp having count(*) >3 group by deptno;
48) List out number of clerks and number of managers :
select count(*), job from emp where job='CLERK' or job='MANAGER' group b
y job;
49) List most experienced employee :
select * from emp where hiredate=(select min(hiredate) from emp);
50) List employees who celebrate their birthday in current month :
select * from emp where to_char(hiredate,'mm')=to_char(sysdate,'mm');
51) Display the details of employees completing 20 years of service :
select * from emp where months_between(sysdate,hiredate) > 240;
Here , 240 months means 20 years
52) Display the details of employees who have joined before BLAKE :
select * from emp where hiredate < ( select hiredate from emp where enam
e='BLAKE');
53) Display sal of employees with information :
Greater , if sal > 1500
Lesser , if sal < 1500
Equal , if sal = 1500

select sal, decode(sign(sal-1500),1,'Greater',-1,'Lesser','Equal') from

emp;
54) Display number of employees joined in year 81 :
select count(*) from emp where to_char(hiredate,'yy') = 81;
55) Display all employees who joined before 28-sep-81 :
select * from emp where to_date(hiredate,'dd-mon-yy') < to_date('28-sep-
81','dd-mon-yy');
56) Display all employees who joined after 09-jun-81 :
select * from emp where to_date(hiredate,'dd-mon-yy') > to_date('09-jun-
81','dd-mon-yy');
57) To get a equalent Character for a ASCII value :
select chr(67) from dual;
58) To get a ASCII value for a character :
select ascii('C') from dual;
59) Display the list who joined between 20-feb-81 and 03-dec-81 :
select * from emp where to_date(hiredate,'dd-mon-yy') between to_date(
'20-feb-81','dd-mon-yy') and to_date('03-dec-81','dd-mon-yy');
60) Select number of managers :
select count(*) from emp where job='MANAGER';
61) List the number of employees in each dept :
select count(*),deptno from emp group by deptno;
62) List the employees , who are earning same salary :
select a.ename,b.ename from emp a , emp b where a.deptno=b.deptno and a.
sal=b.sal and a.empno!=b.empno;
63) Display the first five rows :
select * from emp where rownum<6;
64) Display details about 5th employee :
select * from emp where rownum < 6 minus select * from emp where rownum
< 5;
65) List out the details of those employees whose salary is greter than the aver
age salary of their dept :

66) List the last five employees from emp :

select * from emp minus select * from emp where rownum < 10;
67) Write a query to increment basic salary (salary + comm) by 10% for those emp
loyees whose
basic salary is less than 1000 and 20% :
 select sal,decode(sal,sal,(sal+0.1*sal+nvl(comm,0))) from emp where sal
<=1000
union
select sal,decode(sal,sal,(sal+0.2*sal+nvl(comm,0))) from emp where sal
>=1000
68) Display the top 3 salaries from emp table :

69) Display experience of each employee :

select months_between(sysdate,hiredate) from emp;
70) Display most expereiced employee :

71) Display the list of employees , number of employees joined in each year :
select count(*), to_char(hiredate,'yyyy') from emp group by to_char(hire
date,'yyyy');
72) Dislpaly the year in which , maximum employees recruited :
select to_char(hiredate,'yy') from emp having count(*)=(select max(count
(*)) from emp group by to_char(hiredate,'yy') ) group by to_char(hiredate,'yy')
;
73) TRUNC :
select trunc(15.7) from dual; output --> 15
select trunc(15.4) from dual; output --> 15
select trunc(15.678,2) from dual; output --> 15.67
select trunc(15.678,1) from dual; output --> 15.6
select trunc(15.678,-1) from dual; output --> 10
select trunc(15.678,-2) from dual; output --> 0
select trunc(115.678,-2) from dual; output --> 100
select trunc(115.678,-3) from dual; output --> 0
74) ROUND :
select round(15.7) from dual; output --> 16
select round(15.4) from dual; output --> 15
select round(115.5,-1) from dual; output --> 120
select round(115.5,-2) from dual; output --> 100
75) MOD :
select mod(99,4) from dual; output --> 3
76) Operators :
select 5/2 from dual; output --> 2.5
select 5*3 from dual; output --> 15
select 5+3 from dual; output --> 8
 select 5-3 from dual; output --> 2
77) FLOOR :
select floor(3.4) from dual; output --> 3
select floor(3.7) from dual; output --> 3
78) CEIL :
select ceil(3.4) from dual; output -->4
select ceil(3.7) from dual; output -->4
79) SUBSTR :
select ename,substr(ename,1,3) from emp;
select ename,substr(ename,-3,3) from emp;
80 ) TRANSLATE :
select translate('RAGHU40020','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ012345789',
'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ') from dual;
select translate('RAGHU40020','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ012345789',
' 0123456789') from dual
81) INSTR :
It used to search the place of a substring in a string.
select instr('RAGHU','G',1) from dual; output --> 3
select instr('RAGHU','GH',1) from dual; output --> 3
select instr('RAGHU','GU',1) from dual; output --> 0
82) Arthmatic Fuction :
sin,sinh,cos,cosh,tan,tanh etc..
select sin(A) from dual; NOTE : A should be in Radians
select sin(30) from dual; output --> -.98803162
select exp(2) from dual; output --> 7.3890561
select log(100,10) from dual; output --> 0.5
LOG takes two arguments.
select ln(10) from dual; output --> 2.30258509
POWER :
To raise one number to the power of another , use power. In this
function the first argument is raised to the power of second argu
ment.
select power(2,3) from dual; output --> 8
select power(-2,3) from dual; output --> -8
select power(2,-3) from dual; output --> 0.125
select power(-2,-3) from dual; output --> -0.125
83) SIGN :
Sign returns 1 if its argument is greater than zero, -1 if its argument
is lesser than zero , 0 if its argument is equal to zero.
select sign(10-2) from dual; output --> 1
select sign(2-10) from dual; output --> -1
select sign(3-3) from dual; output --> 0
84) SQRT :
select sqrt(16) from dual; output --> 4
85) LPAD,RPAD :
select lpad('Raghu',4) from dual; output --> Ragh
select lpad('Raghu',2) from dual; output --> Ra
select lpad('Raghu',1) from dual; output --> R
select rpad('Raghu',2) from dual; output --> Ra
select rpad('Raghu',4) from dual; output --> Ragh