SQL Example Databases and Tables Auto Shop Database

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Example

In the following example - Database for an auto shop business, we have a list of departments, employees, customers and customer cars. We are using foreign keys to create relationships between the various tables.

Live example: SQL fiddle


Relationships between tables

  • Each Department may have 0 or more Employees
  • Each Employee may have 0 or 1 Manager
  • Each Customer may have 0 or more Cars

Departments

IdName
1HR
2Sales
3Tech

SQL statements to create the table:

CREATE TABLE Departments (
    Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    Name VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY(Id)
);

INSERT INTO Departments
    ([Id], [Name])
VALUES
    (1, 'HR'),
    (2, 'Sales'),
    (3, 'Tech')
;

Employees

IdFNameLNamePhoneNumberManagerIdDepartmentIdSalaryHireDate
1JamesSmith1234567890NULL1100001-01-2002
2JohnJohnson24681012141140023-03-2005
3MichaelWilliams13579111311260012-05-2009
4JohnathonSmith12121212122150024-07-2016

SQL statements to create the table:

CREATE TABLE Employees (
    Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    FName VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL,
    LName VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL,
    PhoneNumber VARCHAR(11),
    ManagerId INT,
    DepartmentId INT NOT NULL,
    Salary INT NOT NULL,
    HireDate DATETIME NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY(Id),
    FOREIGN KEY (ManagerId) REFERENCES Employees(Id),
    FOREIGN KEY (DepartmentId) REFERENCES Departments(Id)
);

INSERT INTO Employees
    ([Id], [FName], [LName], [PhoneNumber], [ManagerId], [DepartmentId], [Salary], [HireDate])
VALUES
    (1, 'James', 'Smith', 1234567890, NULL, 1, 1000, '01-01-2002'),
    (2, 'John', 'Johnson', 2468101214, '1', 1, 400, '23-03-2005'),
    (3, 'Michael', 'Williams', 1357911131, '1', 2, 600, '12-05-2009'),
    (4, 'Johnathon', 'Smith', 1212121212, '2', 1, 500, '24-07-2016')
;

Customers

IdFNameLNameEmailPhoneNumberPreferredContact
1WilliamJones[email protected]3347927472PHONE
2DavidMiller[email protected]2137921892EMAIL
3RichardDavis[email protected]NULLEMAIL

SQL statements to create the table:

CREATE TABLE Customers (
    Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    FName VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL,
    LName VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL,
    Email varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    PhoneNumber VARCHAR(11),
    PreferredContact VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY(Id)
);

INSERT INTO Customers
    ([Id], [FName], [LName], [Email], [PhoneNumber], [PreferredContact])
VALUES
    (1, 'William', 'Jones', '[email protected]', '3347927472', 'PHONE'),
    (2, 'David', 'Miller', '[email protected]', '2137921892', 'EMAIL'),
    (3, 'Richard', 'Davis', '[email protected]', NULL, 'EMAIL')
;

Cars

IdCustomerIdEmployeeIdModelStatusTotal Cost
112Ford F-150READY230
212Ford F-150READY200
321Ford MustangWAITING100
433Toyota PriusWORKING1254

SQL statements to create the table:

CREATE TABLE Cars (
    Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    CustomerId INT NOT NULL,
    EmployeeId INT NOT NULL,
    Model varchar(50) NOT NULL,
    Status varchar(25) NOT NULL,
    TotalCost INT NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY(Id),
    FOREIGN KEY (CustomerId) REFERENCES Customers(Id),
    FOREIGN KEY (EmployeeId) REFERENCES Employees(Id)
);

INSERT INTO Cars
    ([Id], [CustomerId], [EmployeeId], [Model], [Status], [TotalCost])
VALUES
    ('1', '1', '2', 'Ford F-150', 'READY', '230'),
    ('2', '1', '2', 'Ford F-150', 'READY', '200'),
    ('3', '2', '1', 'Ford Mustang', 'WAITING', '100'),
    ('4', '3', '3', 'Toyota Prius', 'WORKING', '1254')
;


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