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Asked at Google, Microsoft • 2 years ago
Write SQL code to publish the Fibonacci series.
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"WITH RECURSIVE fibonacci_series AS ( SELECT 1 AS n, 0 AS fib1, 1 AS fib2 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 AS n, fib2 AS fib1, fib1 + fib2 AS fib2 FROM fibonacci_series WHERE n < 20 -- Limit the series to 20 numbers ) SELECT n, fib1 AS fib FROM fibonacci_series ORDER BY n; `"
Yashasvi V. - "WITH RECURSIVE fibonacci_series AS ( SELECT 1 AS n, 0 AS fib1, 1 AS fib2 UNION ALL SELECT n + 1 AS n, fib2 AS fib1, fib1 + fib2 AS fib2 FROM fibonacci_series WHERE n < 20 -- Limit the series to 20 numbers ) SELECT n, fib1 AS fib FROM fibonacci_series ORDER BY n; `"See full answer
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Asked at Amazon • 2 years ago
Session Data Analysis.
Hard
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5 answers I was asked this
"1) select avg(session) from table where session> 180 2) select round(sessiontime/300)*300 as sessionbin, count() as sessioncount from table group by round(sessiontime/300)300 order by session_bin 3) SELECT t1.country AS country_a, t2.country AS country_b FROM ( SELECT country, COUNT(*) AS session_count FROM yourtablename GROUP BY country ) AS t1 JOIN ( SELECT country, COUNT(*) AS session_count FROM yourtablename `GROUP BY countr"
Erjan G. - "1) select avg(session) from table where session> 180 2) select round(sessiontime/300)*300 as sessionbin, count() as sessioncount from table group by round(sessiontime/300)300 order by session_bin 3) SELECT t1.country AS country_a, t2.country AS country_b FROM ( SELECT country, COUNT(*) AS session_count FROM yourtablename GROUP BY country ) AS t1 JOIN ( SELECT country, COUNT(*) AS session_count FROM yourtablename `GROUP BY countr"See full answer
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Asked at Amazon, Apple, Walmart Labs • 23 days ago
What is the difference between NoSQL and SQL?
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SQL
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3 answers I was asked this
"SQL databases are relational, NoSQL databases are non-relational. SQL databases use structured query language and have a predefined schema. NoSQL databases have dynamic schemas for unstructured data. SQL databases are vertically scalable, while NoSQL databases are horizontally scalable."
Ali H. - "SQL databases are relational, NoSQL databases are non-relational. SQL databases use structured query language and have a predefined schema. NoSQL databases have dynamic schemas for unstructured data. SQL databases are vertically scalable, while NoSQL databases are horizontally scalable."See full answer
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