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5>
6> CREATE TABLE titles(
7> title_id varchar(20),
8> title varchar(80) NOT NULL,
9> type char(12) NOT NULL,
10> pub_id char(4) NULL,
11> price money NULL,
12> advance money NULL,
13> royalty int NULL,
14> ytd_sales int NULL,
15> notes varchar(200) NULL,
16> pubdate datetime NOT NULL
17> )
18> GO
1>
2> insert titles values ('1', 'Secrets', 'popular_comp', '1389', $20.00, $8000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 1','06/12/94')
3> insert titles values ('2', 'The', 'business', '1389', $19.99, $5000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 2','06/12/91')
4> insert titles values ('3', 'Emotional', 'psychology', '0736', $7.99, $4000.00, 10, 3336,'Note 3','06/12/91')
5> insert titles values ('4', 'Prolonged', 'psychology', '0736', $19.99, $2000.00, 10, 4072,'Note 4','06/12/91')
6> insert titles values ('5', 'With', 'business', '1389', $11.95, $5000.00, 10, 3876,'Note 5','06/09/91')
7> insert titles values ('6', 'Valley', 'mod_cook', '0877', $19.99, $0.00, 12, 2032,'Note 6','06/09/91')
8> insert titles values ('7', 'Any?', 'trad_cook', '0877', $14.99, $8000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 7','06/12/91')
9> insert titles values ('8', 'Fifty', 'trad_cook', '0877', $11.95, $4000.00, 14, 1509,'Note 8','06/12/91')
10> GO
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1>
2>
3> SELECT title_id,
4> CASE SUBSTRING(title_id,1,2)
5> WHEN 'BU' THEN 'Business'
6> WHEN 'MC' THEN 'Modern Cooking'
7> WHEN 'PC' THEN 'Popular Computing'
8> WHEN 'PS' THEN 'Psychology'
9> WHEN 'TC' THEN 'Traditional Cooking'
10> END AS BookType
11> FROM titles
12> GO
title_id BookType
-------------------- -------------------
1 NULL
2 NULL
3 NULL
4 NULL
5 NULL
6 NULL
7 NULL
8 NULL
(8 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table titles;
3> GO
1>
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