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Easy Database Employees whose manager left the company
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Table: Employees
+-------------+----------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+----------+
| employee_id | int |
| name | varchar |
| manager_id | int |
| salary | int |
+-------------+----------+
In SQL, employee_id is the primary key for this table.
This table contains information about the employees, their salary, and the ID of their manager. Some employees do not have a manager (manager_id is null).
Find the IDs of the employees whose salary is strictly less than $30000 and whose manager left the company. When a manager leaves the company, their information is deleted from the Employees table, but the reports still have their manager_id set to the manager that left.
Return the result table ordered by employee_id.
The result format is in the following example.
Solution
SQL
#
# Table: Employees
# +-------------+----------+
# | Column Name | Type |
# +-------------+----------+
# | employee_id | int |
# | name | varchar |
# | manager_id | int |
# | salary | int |
# +-------------+----------+
# In SQL, employee_id is the primary key for this table.
# This table contains information about the employees, their salary, and the ID of their manager. Some employees do not have a manager (manager_id is null).
# Find the IDs of the employees whose salary is strictly less than $30000 and whose manager left the company. When a manager leaves the company, their information is deleted from the Employees table, but the reports still have their manager_id set to the manager that left.
# Return the result table ordered by employee_id.
# The result format is in the following example.
# Example 1:
# Input:
# Employees table:
# +-------------+-----------+------------+--------+
# | employee_id | name | manager_id | salary |
# +-------------+-----------+------------+--------+
# | 3 | Mila | 9 | 60301 |
# | 12 | Antonella | null | 31000 |
# | 13 | Emery | null | 67084 |
# | 1 | Kalel | 11 | 21241 |
# | 9 | Mikaela | null | 50937 |
# | 11 | Joziah | 6 | 28485 |
# +-------------+-----------+------------+--------+
# Output:
# +-------------+
# | employee_id |
# +-------------+
# | 11 |
# +-------------+
# Explanation:
# The employees with a salary less than $30000 are 1 (Kalel) and 11 (Joziah).
# Kalel's manager is employee 11, who is still in the company (Joziah).
# Joziah's manager is employee 6, who left the company because there is no row for employee 6 as it was deleted.
#
# Write your MySQL query statement below
SELECT employee_id
FROM Employees
WHERE salary < 30000
AND manager_id IS NOT NULL
AND manager_id NOT IN (SELECT employee_id FROM Employees)
ORDER BY employee_id;