Homework 12
Due by 11:59pm on Tuesday, 11/21
Instructions
Download hw12.zip.
Submission: When you are done, submit with
python3 ok --submit
.
You may submit more than once before the deadline; only the final submission
will be scored. Check that you have successfully submitted your code on
okpy.org.
See Lab 0
for more instructions on submitting assignments.
Using Ok: If you have any questions about using Ok, please refer to this guide.
Readings: You might find the following references useful:
To complete this homework assignment, you will need to use SQLite version 3.8.3 or greater. See Lab 12 for setup and usage instructions.
To check your progress, you can run sqlite3
directly by running:
sqlite3 --init hw12.sql
You should also check your work using ok
:
python3 ok
Dog Data
In each question below, you will define a new table based on the following tables.
CREATE TABLE parents AS
SELECT "abraham" AS parent, "barack" AS child UNION
SELECT "abraham" , "clinton" UNION
SELECT "delano" , "herbert" UNION
SELECT "fillmore" , "abraham" UNION
SELECT "fillmore" , "delano" UNION
SELECT "fillmore" , "grover" UNION
SELECT "eisenhower" , "fillmore";
CREATE TABLE dogs AS
SELECT "abraham" AS name, "long" AS fur, 26 AS height UNION
SELECT "barack" , "short" , 52 UNION
SELECT "clinton" , "long" , 47 UNION
SELECT "delano" , "long" , 46 UNION
SELECT "eisenhower" , "short" , 35 UNION
SELECT "fillmore" , "curly" , 32 UNION
SELECT "grover" , "short" , 28 UNION
SELECT "herbert" , "curly" , 31;
CREATE TABLE sizes AS
SELECT "toy" AS size, 24 AS min, 28 AS max UNION
SELECT "mini" , 28 , 35 UNION
SELECT "medium" , 35 , 45 UNION
SELECT "standard" , 45 , 60;
Your tables should still perform correctly even if the values in these tables change. For example, if you are asked to list all dogs with a name that starts with h, you should write:
SELECT name FROM dogs WHERE "h" <= name AND name < "i";
Instead of assuming that the dogs
table has only the data above and writing
SELECT "herbert";
The former query would still be correct if the name grover
were changed to
hoover
or a row was added with the name harry
.
Q1: Size of Dogs
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale classifies a standard poodle as over 45 cm and up to 60 cm. Thesizes
table describes this and other such
classifications, where a dog must be over the min
and less than or equal to
the max
in height to qualify as a size
.
Create a size_of_dogs
table with two columns, one for each dog's name
and
another for its size
.
-- The size of each dog
CREATE TABLE size_of_dogs AS
SELECT "REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR SOLUTION";
-- Example:
SELECT name FROM size_of_dogs WHERE size="toy" OR size="mini";
-- Expected output:
-- abraham
-- eisenhower
-- fillmore
-- grover
-- herbert
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q small
Q2: By Height
Create a tableby_height
that has a column of the names of all dogs that have
a parent
, ordered by the height of the parent from tallest parent to shortest
parent.
-- All dogs with parents ordered by decreasing height of their parent
CREATE TABLE by_height AS
SELECT "REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR SOLUTION";
For example, fillmore
has a parent (eisenhower
) with height 35, and so
should appear before grover
who has a parent (fillmore
) with height 32.
The names of dogs with parents of the same height should appear together in any
order. For example, barack
and clinton
should both appear at the end, but
either one can come before the other.
-- Example:
SELECT * FROM by_height;
-- Expected output:
-- herbert
-- fillmore
-- abraham
-- delano
-- grover
-- barack
-- clinton
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q parent-height
Q3: Sentences
Create a single string for every pair of siblings that have the same size. Each value should be a sentence describing the siblings by their size, as shown in the expected output below.-- Sentences about siblings that are the same size
CREATE TABLE sentences AS
SELECT "REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR SOLUTION";
Each sibling pair should appear only once in the output.
Make sure to list the siblings in each row in alphabetical order (that is, "barack and clinton..." instead of "clinton and barack..." for example).
-- Example:
SELECT * FROM sentences;
-- Expected output:
-- barack and clinton are standard siblings
-- abraham and grover are toy siblings
Hint: First use a
WITH
clause to create a local table of siblings. Comparing the size of siblings will be simplified.Hint: If you join a table with itself, use
AS
within theFROM
clause to give each table an alias.Hint: In order to concatenate two strings into one, use the
||
operator.
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q size-siblings
Q4: Stacks
Sufficiently sure-footed dogs can stand on either other's backs to form a stack (up to a point). We'll say that the total height of such a stack is the sum of the heights of the dogs.Create a two-column table describing all stacks of four dogs at least 170 cm high. The first column should contain a comma-separated list of dogs in the stack, and the second column should contain the total height of the stack. Order the stacks in increasing order of total height.
-- Ways to stack 4 dogs to a height of at least 170, ordered by total height
CREATE TABLE stacks AS
SELECT "REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR SOLUTION";
A valid stack of dogs includes each dog only once, and the dogs should be listed in increasing order of height within the stack. Assume that no two dogs have the same height.
-- Example:
SELECT * FROM stacks;
-- Expected output:
-- abraham, delano, clinton, barack|171
-- grover, delano, clinton, barack|173
-- herbert, delano, clinton, barack|176
-- fillmore, delano, clinton, barack|177
-- eisenhower, delano, clinton, barack|180
Hint: You could, of course, write a humongous
SELECT
that uses thedogs
table four times and imposes all the constraints at once. You will probably find it cleaner, however, to use aWITH
clause to create a recursive table with additional columns, such as the number of dogs that have been stacked and information about the height of the last dog added (to control the dog order). The recursiveSELECT
on this table could then add dogs one at a time. Then, select the rows and columns from this larger table to generate the final solution.Hint: Use height comparisons to ensure that dogs are not repeated in a stack.
Hint: Generating the comma-separated list of dogs is easier if your base case includes the name of one dog without any commas before or after it, rather than no dogs at all.
Use Ok to test your code:
python3 ok -q stack