TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are expected to write an SQL query that will return the data asked for in the question. An SQL query works by selecting data from a table where certain conditions apply. A table contains columns where every row in that table must have a value for each column. Every table has a primary key that uniquely identifies each row, usually an id. To choose which columns are returned you specify that after the "SELECT" statement. Next, you use a "FROM" statement to specify what tables you want to select the data from. When you specify a table you can rename it with the "AS" statement. You can reference that table by whatever name follows the "AS" statement. If you want to select data from multiple tables you need to use the "JOIN" statement. This will join the tables together by pairing a row in one table with every row in the other table (Cartesian Product). To limit the number of rows returned you should use the "ON" statement. This will only return rows where the condition specified after the statement is true, this is usually an equals operator with primary keys. You can also use the "WHERE" statement to specify that only rows with column values statisfying a certain condition, should be returned. The "GROUP BY" statement will group rows together that have equal column values for whatever columns follows the statement. The "HAVING" statement will return groups that statisfy whatever condition follows the statement. Any column(s) being returned from grouped rows must either be an aggregate function, (AVG, MAX, COUNT, SUM, ...) of a column, or the column(s) that the data was grouped by. To sort the returned data you can use the "ORDER BY" command which will order the data by whatever aggregate function or column follows the statement. The "DESC" statement will sort in descending order and the "ASC" statement will sort in ascending order. Finally, you can use the "LIMIT" statement to return a certain number of rows. When "*" is used in an SQL statement every column is returned. For example, SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute = 1, will select every column from rows with the attribute column equal to 1.
PROBLEM: Show names of technicians and the number of machines they are assigned to repair.

SOLUTION: SELECT T2.Name ,  COUNT(*) FROM repair_assignment AS T1 JOIN technician AS T2 ON T1.technician_ID  =  T2.technician_ID GROUP BY T2.Name

PROBLEM: For each dorm, how many amenities does it have?

SOLUTION: SELECT count(*) ,  T1.dormid FROM dorm AS T1 JOIN has_amenity AS T2 ON T1.dormid  =  T2.dormid WHERE T1.student_capacity  >  100 GROUP BY T1.dormid

PROBLEM: What are the distinct creation years of the departments managed by a secretary born in state 'Alabama'?

SOLUTION:
SELECT DISTINCT T1.creation FROM department AS T1 JOIN management AS T2 ON T1.department_id  =  T2.department_id JOIN head AS T3 ON T2.head_id  =  T3.head_id WHERE T3.born_state  =  'Alabama'