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+use sakila;
+show full tables;   -- Display all available tables in the Sakila database.
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM film;
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM film_text;
+-- =========
+-- Retrieve all the data from the tables actor, film and customer.
+select * from actor;
+select * from film;
+select * from customer;
+
+-- 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 * from staff;
+SELECT first_name from staff;
+
+-- Retrieve unique release years.
+SELECT DISTINCT(release_year) from film;
+
+-- Counting records for database insights:
+
+-- 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has.
+select * from store;
+select count(store_id) from sakila.store;
+-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
+select count(staff_id) from sakila.staff;
+
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
+select * from inventory;
+select * from rental;
+select count(distinct(film_id)) from sakila.inventory; 
+-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
+select distinct(last_name) from sakila.actor;
+ -- Retrieve the 10 longest films.
+select title from sakila.film
+order by length desc
+limit 10;
+
+-- 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT".
+select * from sakila.actor
+where first_name = 'SCARLETT';
+
+-- 7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.
+SELECT title FROM sakila.film
+WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%' and length > 100;
+
+-- 7.3 Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content
+SELECT count(title) FROM sakila.film
+WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind the Scenes%';
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