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# Use sakila database
USE sakila;

# Display all available tables in the Sakila database.
SHOW tables;

# Retrieve all the data from the tables actor, film and customer.
SELECT * FROM actor, film, customer;

# 3. Retrieve the following columns from their respective tables:
# 3.1 Titles of all films from the film table
SELECT title FROM film;

# 3.2 List of languages used in films, with the column aliased as language from the language table
SELECT name AS language FROM language;

# 3.3 List of first names of all employees from the staff table
SELECT first_name FROM staff;

# 4. Retrieve unique release years.
SELECT DISTINCT release_year FROM film;

# 5. Counting records for database insights:
# 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has.
SELECT count(store_id) FROM store;

# 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
SELECT count(staff_id) FROM staff;

# 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
SELECT count(inventory_id) FROM inventory;
SELECT count(rental_id) FROM rental;

# 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
SELECT DISTINCT count(last_name) from actor;

# 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
SELECT film_id, title, length FROM film
ORDER BY length DESC
LIMIT 10;

# 7. Use filtering techniques in order to:
# 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT"
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM actor
WHERE first_name = "SCARLETT";

# 7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.