IN and EXISTS
You want to know which, if any, country capitals are listed as the nearest city to recorded earthquakes. You can get this information using INTERSECT and comparing the Nations table with the Earthquakes table. However, INTERSECT requires that the number and order of columns in the SELECT statements must be the same between queries and you would like to include additional columns from the outer query in the results.
You attempt two queries, each with a different operator that gives you the results you require.
This exercise is part of the course
Improving Query Performance in SQL Server
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
-- First attempt
SELECT CountryName,
___, -- 2017 country population
___, -- Capital city
WorldBankRegion
FROM Nations
WHERE Capital ___ -- Add the operator to compare queries
(SELECT NearestPop
FROM Earthquakes);