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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
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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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2> CREATE TABLE sales(
3>    stor_id        char(4)           NOT NULL,
4>    ord_num        varchar(20)       NOT NULL,
5>    ord_date       datetime          NOT NULL,
6>    qty            smallint          NOT NULL,
7>    payterms       varchar(12)       NOT NULL,
8>    title_id       varchar(80)
9> )
10> GO
1> insert sales values('1', 'QA7442.3', '09/13/94', 75, 'ON Billing','1')
2> insert sales values('2', 'D4482',    '09/14/94', 10, 'Net 60',    '1')
3> insert sales values('3', 'N914008',  '09/14/94', 20, 'Net 30',    '2')
4> insert sales values('4', 'N914014',  '09/14/94', 25, 'Net 30',    '3')
5> insert sales values('5', '423LL922', '09/14/94', 15, 'ON Billing','3')
6> insert sales values('6', '423LL930', '09/14/94', 10, 'ON Billing','2')
7>
8> GO

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2>      SELECT    title, price
3>      FROM      titles
4>      WHERE     title_id IN
5>                (SELECT   title_id
6>                FROM      sales
7>                WHERE     qty > 30)
8> GO
title                                                                            price
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Secrets                                                                                        20.0000

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2> drop table sales;
3> drop table titles;
4> GO
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