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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 actor;
+SELECT * FROM film;
+SELECT * FROM customer;
+
+-- 3. 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 first_name FROM staff;
+
+-- 4. Retrieve unique release years. --
+
+SELECT DISTINCT release_year FROM film;
+
+-- 5. Counting records for database insights: --
+-- 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has. -- 
+
+SELECT
+COUNT(DISTINCT store_id)
+FROM store;
+
+-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has. -- 
+
+SELECT
+COUNT(DISTINCT staff_id)
+FROM staff;
+
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent --
+-- Distinct film titles --
+SELECT
+COUNT(DISTINCT film_id)
+FROM inventory;
+
+-- Or total number of films --
+SELECT
+COUNT(*)
+FROM inventory;
+
+-- and how many have been rented. -- 
+
+SELECT
+COUNT(DISTINCT rental_id)
+FROM rental;
+
+-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database. -- 
+
+SELECT
+COUNT(DISTINCT last_name)
+FROM actor;
+
+-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films. --
+
+SELECT length
+FROM film
+ORDER BY length DESC
+LIMIT 10;
+
+-- Use filtering techniques in order to: --
+-- 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT". --
+
+SELECT first_name
+FROM 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 film
+WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%' AND length > 100;
+
+-- 7.3 Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content --
+ 
+SELECT
+COUNT(*)
+FROM film
+WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind%the%Scenes';