diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 61f3ad2..5fad623 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ sqlite> **4. Query the database** +4.1 + After steps two and three, the database is fully populated and exists in memory / RAM. We can now query the database and its contents. The SQL query we will execute fetches the contents of chapter 112 in the English locale (i.e: `en`): @@ -231,6 +233,41 @@ en 112 3 He has never had offspring, nor was He born. en 112 4 And there is none comparable to Him.” ``` +4.2 + +The next query we will execute demonstrates how to find a particular word or +phrse in the english translation of The Qur'an, using the LIKE operator: + +```sql +SELECT qurans.locale, + chapters.number as chapter, + verses.number as verse, + verses.content from verses +INNER JOIN qurans ON qurans.id = verses.quran_id +INNER JOIN chapters ON chapters.id = verses.chapter_id +WHERE qurans.locale = "en" AND + verses.content LIKE '%reflected light%'; +``` + +The output should look like this: + +``` +sqlite> SELECT qurans.locale, + ...> chapters.number as chapter, + ...> verses.number as verse, + ...> verses.content from verses + ...> INNER JOIN qurans ON qurans.id = verses.quran_id + ...> INNER JOIN chapters ON chapters.id = verses.chapter_id + ...> WHERE qurans.locale = "en" AND + ...> verses.content LIKE '%reflected light%'; +locale chapter verse content +------ ------- ----- ------------------------------------------------------------ +en 10 5 He is the One Who made the sun a radiant source and the moon + a reflected light, with precisely ordained phases, so that + you may know the number of years and calculation ˹of time˺. + Allah did not create all this except for a purpose. He makes + the signs clear for people of knowledge. +``` ### `bin/` directory