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+USE sakila;
+
+
+SHOW TABLES ; 
+SELECT * FROM actor;
+SELECT * FROM film ;
+SELECT * FROM customer;
+SELECT name AS language FROM language ;
+SELECT first_name FROM staff ;
+SELECT DISTINCT release_year FROM film ;
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_of_stores FROM store ;
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS number_of_mployee FROM staff; 
+-- Exercise 5.3: Count films available for rent and films rented
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS films_available_for_rent
+FROM inventory;
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS films_rented
+FROM rental;
+-- Exercise 5.4: Count distinct actor last names
+
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) AS number_of_distinct_last_names
+FROM actor;
+-- Exercise 6: Retrieve the 10 longest films
+
+SELECT title, length
+FROM film
+ORDER BY length DESC
+LIMIT 10;
+-- Exercise 7.1: Retrieve actors whose first name is SCARLETT
+
+SELECT *
+FROM actor
+WHERE first_name = 'SCARLETT';
+-- Exercise 7.2: Films containing ARMAGEDDON and longer than 100 minutes
+
+SELECT title, length
+FROM film
+WHERE title LIKE '%ARMAGEDDON%'
+  AND length > 100;
+  -- Exercise 7.3: Count films containing Behind the Scenes content
+
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS films_with_behind_the_scenes
+FROM film
+WHERE special_features LIKE '%Behind the Scenes%';