SQL Interview Question: Counting Words & Occurrences in a Sentence | sqlonline.in

Are you preparing for a technical interview and need to master SQL? In this comprehensive and easy-to-follow tutorial, we'll dive deep into a common SQL problem asked in interviews: counting the number of words in a sentence and the number of occurrences of a specific word within that sentence.

Learn the logic, understand the queries, and discover the best practices to tackle this SQL challenge. Perfect for beginners and experienced developers alike, this video offers clear explanations and practical solutions that you can apply to real-world scenarios.

🔑 Topics covered:

Counting the number of words in a sentence using SQL
Finding the number of occurrences of a specific word in a sentence with SQL
SQL tips and tricks for optimizing your queries
Real-world examples and practice questions to sharpen your skills
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Table Creation

CREATE TABLE phrases (
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
text VARCHAR(255)
);

INSERT INTO Phrases (id, text) VALUES
(1, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'),
(2, 'Hit the like, share the channel on linkedin'),
(3, 'And then hit the subscribe button on this video');

select * from phrases

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[Mahesh_]

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[neoyt]

This approach might fail for a text like "Make up the" since it will not count the ending 'the' because there is no space after that