Question 7

Table Name: College

Relevant Table: College(Professor (Text), Department (text), Salary (INT))

Professor Department  Salary
John Computer Science 60,000
Van der Mechanical Engineering 57,500
Ackerman Physics 45,000
Suyash Mathematics 52,000
Simrit Computer Science 56,500
Jessica Computer Science 55,000
Jenny Personality Development 50,000

QUERY: Write a Query that returns the name and salary of the professor of the computer science department with the highest salary.

Execute: Sol1:  SELECT Professor, Salary
                           FROM College WHERE Department = 'Computer Science'
                          ORDER BY Salary DESC
                           LIMIT 1;

 
Sol 2:  SELECT Professor, MAX(Salary)
            FROM College WHERE Department = 'Computer Science';

Answer:

Professor  Salary
John 60,000