Guest House Assessment Medium
Database Description | Easy Problems | Medium Problems | Hard Problems
Ruth Cadbury. Show the total amount payable by guest Ruth Cadbury for her room bookings. You should JOIN to the rate table using room_type_requested and occupants.
SELECT first_name,last_name
FROM booking JOIN guest ON guest_id = guest.id
WHERE room_no=101 AND booking_date='2016-11-17'
+--------------------+ | SUM(nights*amount) | +--------------------+ | 552.00 | +--------------------+
Including Extras. Calculate the total bill for booking 5346 including extras.
+-------------+ | SUM(amount) | +-------------+ | 118.56 | +-------------+
Edinburgh Residents. For every guest who has the word “Edinburgh” in their address show the total number of nights booked. Be sure to include 0 for those guests who have never had a booking. Show last name, first name, address and number of nights. Order by last name then first name.
+-----------+------------+---------------------------+--------+ | last_name | first_name | address | nights | +-----------+------------+---------------------------+--------+ | Brock | Deidre | Edinburgh North and Leith | 0 | | Cherry | Joanna | Edinburgh South West | 0 | | Murray | Ian | Edinburgh South | 13 | | Sheppard | Tommy | Edinburgh East | 0 | | Thomson | Michelle | Edinburgh West | 3 | +-----------+------------+---------------------------+--------+
How busy are we? For each day of the week beginning 2016-11-25 show the number of bookings starting that day. Be sure to show all the days of the week in the correct order.
+------------+----------+ | i | arrivals | +------------+----------+ | 2016-11-25 | 7 | | 2016-11-26 | 8 | | 2016-11-27 | 12 | | 2016-11-28 | 7 | | 2016-11-29 | 13 | | 2016-11-30 | 6 | | 2016-12-01 | 7 | +------------+----------+
How many guests? Show the number of guests in the hotel on the night of 2016-11-21. Include all occupants who checked in that day but not those who checked out.
+----------------+ | SUM(occupants) | +----------------+ | 39 | +----------------+
Database Description | Easy Problems | Medium Problems | Hard Problems
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