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Adding to cart

Write the INSERT query to add a product to the cart.

Viewing the cart

To view the cart you use SELECT. You filter one customer's lines.

SELECT product_id, qty
FROM cart
WHERE customer_id = 100;

This query returns products and quantities in customer 100's cart.

product_id, qty is selected from cart. WHERE keeps only the rows where customer_id = 100 holds.

Viewing the cart — details

Filter the cart by customer id to see what one person picked. Sum the quantities to find the total count.

Practice Viewing the cart

Select product_id and qty from cart where customer_id=100.

Starter code

query.sql
-- view the cart
SELECT
FROM cart
WHERE

Sample solution

query.sql
SELECT product_id, qty
FROM cart
WHERE customer_id = 100

Expected output

product_id  qty
5            2
7            1

Questions and answers

Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.

1 Which statement shows the cart?

  • INSERT
  • DROP
  • SELECT Correct answer
  • ALTER

Explanation: You read the cart with SELECT.

2 Filter cart

Question 
SELECT product_id, qty FROM cart
WHERE ____ = 100;
Answer 
SELECT product_id, qty FROM cart
WHERE customer_id = 100;

Explanation: customer_id is the right answer.

3 Adding to cart: match the terms

Term Meaning
SELECT read
FROM table
WHERE filter
INSERT insert

All lessons in Beginner

1 SELECT basics

  1. What is SELECT?
  2. Selecting all columns
  3. Selecting specific columns
  4. Column aliases with AS
  5. Literal values
  6. Summary - SELECT basics

2 WHERE filtering

  1. What is WHERE?
  2. Comparison operators
  3. AND and OR
  4. IN and BETWEEN
  5. Pattern matching with LIKE
  6. Summary - WHERE filtering

3 Ordering and limit

  1. ORDER BY
  2. ASC and DESC
  3. Multi-column ordering
  4. LIMIT
  5. OFFSET
  6. Summary - Ordering and limit

4 Project: CRUD app

  1. Project design
  2. Reading data
  3. Inserting data
  4. Updating data
  5. Deleting data

5 Data types

  1. Integer types
  2. Decimal types
  3. CHAR and VARCHAR
  4. DATE and TIME
  5. BOOLEAN
  6. Summary - Data types

6 Operators

  1. Arithmetic operators
  2. Comparison operators
  3. Logical operators
  4. IS NULL
  5. String concatenation
  6. Summary - Operators

7 String functions

  1. UPPER and LOWER
  2. LENGTH
  3. SUBSTRING
  4. TRIM
  5. CONCAT
  6. Summary - String functions

8 Project: Shopping cart

  1. Cart design
  2. Listing products
  3. Adding to cart
  4. Calculating total
  5. Removing from cart

9 Number functions

  1. ROUND
  2. CEIL and FLOOR
  3. ABS
  4. POWER and SQRT
  5. MOD
  6. Summary - Number functions

10 Date functions

  1. CURRENT_DATE and NOW
  2. EXTRACT
  3. Date arithmetic
  4. DATEDIFF
  5. Date formatting
  6. Summary - Date functions

11 NULL handling

  1. What is NULL?
  2. IS NULL
  3. COALESCE
  4. NULLIF
  5. Three-valued logic
  6. Summary - NULL handling

12 DISTINCT

  1. What is DISTINCT?
  2. DISTINCT on one column
  3. Multi-column DISTINCT
  4. DISTINCT with aggregates
  5. DISTINCT vs GROUP BY
  6. Summary - DISTINCT

13 INSERT

  1. INSERT basics
  2. Inserting into specific columns
  3. Multiple rows
  4. INSERT with SELECT
  5. DEFAULT values
  6. Summary - INSERT

14 UPDATE

  1. UPDATE basics
  2. Conditional UPDATE
  3. Multi-column UPDATE
  4. Calculated updates
  5. UPDATE pitfalls
  6. Summary - UPDATE

15 DELETE

  1. DELETE basics
  2. Conditional DELETE
  3. DELETE vs TRUNCATE
  4. Emptying a table
  5. Safe deletion
  6. Summary - DELETE

16 CREATE TABLE

  1. CREATE TABLE basics
  2. Column definitions
  3. NOT NULL
  4. DEFAULT
  5. PRIMARY KEY
  6. Summary - CREATE TABLE

17 Constraints

  1. UNIQUE constraint
  2. CHECK constraint
  3. FOREIGN KEY
  4. CASCADE
  5. Constraint management
  6. Summary - Constraints

18 Simple JOIN

  1. What is JOIN?
  2. INNER JOIN
  3. The ON clause
  4. Table aliases
  5. Multi-table JOIN
  6. Summary - Simple JOIN

19 Project: Inventory system

  1. Inventory design
  2. Product table
  3. Stock movements
  4. Stock report
  5. Low stock alert

20 Beginner final

  1. Customer query
  2. Order report
  3. Data update
  4. Table redesign