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+USE sakila;
+
+-- 1. Display all available tables in the Sakila database.
+SHOW TABLES;
+
+-- 2. Retrieve all the data from the tables actor, film and customer.
+SELECT * FROM sakila.actor;
+SELECT * FROM sakila.film;
+SELECT * FROM sakila.customer;
+
+-- 3. Retrieve the following columns from their respective tables:
+-- 3.1 Titles of all films from the film table
+SELECT title FROM sakila.film;
+-- 3.2 List of languages used in films, with the column aliased as language from the language table
+SELECT name AS language FROM sakila.language;
+-- 3.3 List of first names of all employees from the staff table
+SELECT first_name FROM sakila.staff;
+
+-- 4. Retrieve unique release years.
+SELECT DISTINCT release_year FROM sakila.film;
+
+-- 5. Counting records for database insights:
+-- 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has.
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_stores FROM sakila.store;
+-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_employees FROM sakila.staff;
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT inventory_id) AS available_films FROM sakila.inventory;
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT inventory_id) AS films_rented FROM sakila.rental;
+-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) FROM sakila.actor;
+
+-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
+SELECT title, length FROM sakila.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 actor_id, first_name FROM sakila.actor
+WHERE first_name='SCARLETT';
+-- BONUS:
+-- 7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.
+SELECT title, length FROM sakila.film
+WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDON%' AND length>100;
+-- Hint: use LIKE operator. More information here.
+-- 7.3. Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content.
+SELECT COUNT(film_id) FROM sakila.film
+WHERE special_features='Behind the Scenes';
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