LU08.A01 - Preparatory work

• Work type: Individual
• Timeframe: 10 Minutes
• Means of aid:
  • Only teaching materials, no websearch, no use of ai.
• Expected result:
  • Conduct the database schema (instance) as foundation for our employee's data.
  • Establishment of a MySQL table employees including all relevant attributes.

First of all we need a database schema (database workspace). Execute the following two lines on your MySQL installation.

CREATE DATABASE hr_database;
SHOW DATABASES;
USE hr_database;

To exercise the DML commands, we need a suitable table including a reasonable amout of data. The following SQL statement will create a table employee regarding all necessary attributes of an „average employee“.

CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEES (
  employee_ID INT PRIMARY KEY,       -- Employee ID as the primary key
  name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,         -- Name of the employee (max length 50 characters)
  surname VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,      -- Surname of the employee (max length 50 characters)
  birthdate DATE NOT NULL,           -- Birthdate of the employee
  sex CHAR(1),                       -- Sex of the employee (M/F/O for other)
  pronomen VARCHAR(10),              -- Pronoun of the employee
  employment_date DATE NOT NULL,     -- Date when the employee was hired
  salary DECIMAL(10, 2) NOT NULL,    -- Salary of the employee (up to 10 digits, 2 decimal places)
  department VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL    -- Department where the employee works
);

Explanation

1. employee_ID is the primary key and ensures that each employee has a unique ID.
2. name and surname are 'VARCHAR' fields that store the name and surname of the employee.
3. birthdate and employment_date use the 'DATE' data type to store the birth and employment dates.
4. sex is stored as a 'CHAR(1)' type to represent gender with one letter ('M' for male, 'F' for female, etc.).
5. pronomen stores the employee's pronouns.
6. salary is stored as a 'DECIMAL' value to account for financial precision.
7. department is a VARCHAR(50) field that stores the name of the department the employee is associated with. It has a NOT NULL constraint to ensure that every employee is assigned to a department.

Lösung

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