Create a table for following condition

condition for the problem to be solved:

The code i tried to do is

create table article ( 
    ArCode CHAR(5),
    ArName VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL , 
    Rate Number(8,2) , 
    Quantity NUMBER(4) CHECK (Quantity>0) DEFAULT 0 ,
    Class CHAR(1)
);

I couldn’t solve the first condition and so i am getting right parenthesis missing for final condition

Answer

I would translate your requirement as follows:

CREATE TABLE article ( 
    ArCode   CHAR(5) PRIMARY KEY CHECK(ArCode like 'A%'), 
    ArName   VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, 
    Rate     NUMERIC(8,2),
    Quantity NUMERIC(4) DEFAULT 0 CHECK (Quantity >= 0),
    Class    CHAR(1) CHECK(Class in ('A', 'B', 'C'))
);

Changes to your original code:

• you want NUMERIC rather than NUMBER

• ArCode must be declared as PRIMARY KEY, and needs a check constraint to enfore the “Must begin with A” requirement

• the check constraint on Quantity should allow 0 value (that’s the default!)

• Class needs a check constraint on the list of allowed values