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Name: Avinash Kumar Batch ID: 04/04/2025
Topic: Introduction to Database
1. Create a database with a sales table containing data types like int,
varchar, char ,date, time, timestamp, Boolean, decimal, text ?
2. Insert 10 random values in the table ?
3. Change the data type of the existing column from DECIMAL (10,2) to
FLOAT ?
4. Change the data type of the existing column from Text to Varchar?
5. What is “BLOB” Data Type in SQL, what are different types of BLOB?
6. Write different character data types and different numerical data
types?
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Answers
1. Create a database with a sales table containing data types like int,
varchar, char, date, time, timestamp, boolean, decimal, text
create database classroom;
use classroom;
create table sales (
sale_id int,
customer_name varchar(50),
product_code char(5),
sale_date date,
sale_time time,
sale_timestamp timestamp,
is_paid boolean,
amount decimal(10,2),
notes text
);
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2. Insert 10 random values in the table
insert into sales values
(1, 'Ravi Kumar', 'P1001', '2024-06-12', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
1250.50, 'purchased mobile phone'),
(2, 'Sneha Patil', 'P1002', '2024-06-13', '[Link]', current_timestamp, false,
300.00, 'pending payment for headphones'),
(3, 'Amit Sharma', 'P1003', '2024-06-14', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
999.99, 'laptop accessory paid in cash'),
(4, 'Kiran Rao', 'P1004', '2024-06-15', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
2500.00, 'home appliance with discount'),
(5, 'Meena Gupta', 'P1005', '2024-06-16', '[Link]', current_timestamp,
false, 600.75, 'order placed, EMI pending'),
(6, 'Vikas Singh', 'P1006', '2024-06-17', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
350.40, 'grocery purchase via UPI'),
(7, 'Pooja Verma', 'P1007', '2024-06-18', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
4500.00, 'premium furniture order'),
(8, 'Ramesh Iyer', 'P1008', '2024-06-19', '[Link]', current_timestamp,
false, 799.00, 'order placed but not delivered'),
(9, 'Anjali Desai', 'P1009', '2024-06-20', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
100.50, 'trial cosmetics order'),
(10,'Sanjay Nair', 'P1010', '2024-06-21', '[Link]', current_timestamp, true,
2200.00, 'return requested for smartwatch');
3) Change the data type of the existing column from decimal(10,2) to float
alter table sales
modify column amount float;
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4) Change the data type of the existing column from text to varchar
alter table sales
modify column notes varchar(255);
5. What is “BLOB” Data Type in SQL, what are different types of BLOB?
A BLOB (Binary Large Object) is a data type used to store binary data like
images, audio, or video files. It allows storing large unstructured objects in a
database.
Types of BLOB in SQL:
TINYBLOB – very small binary objects (up to 255 bytes).
BLOB – normal binary objects (up to 65 KB).
MEDIUMBLOB – medium binary objects (up to 16 MB).
LONGBLOB – very large binary objects (up to 4 GB).
6. Write different character data types and different numerical data types
Character Data Types:
Char, varchar, text, tinytext, mediumtext, longtext
Numerical Data Types:
int, smallint, bigint, decimal(p,s), float, double
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