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Database Management Sotwares: MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, Sybase, DB2
Standard Query Language
Quiz: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_quiz.asp
- SELECT - extracts data from a database
- UPDATE - updates data in a database
- DELETE - deletes data from a database
- INSERT INTO - inserts new data into a database
- CREATE DATABASE - creates a new database
- ALTER DATABASE - modifies a database
- CREATE TABLE - creates a new table
- ALTER TABLE - modifies a table
- DROP TABLE - deletes a table
- CREATE INDEX - creates an index (search key)
- DROP INDEX - deletes an index
SQL SELECT Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name
SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s) FROM table_name
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator value
| = |
Equal |
| <> |
Not equal |
| > |
Greater than |
| < |
Less than |
| >= |
Greater than or equal |
| <= |
Less than or equal |
| BETWEEN |
Between an inclusive range |
| LIKE |
Search for a pattern |
| IN |
To specify multiple possible values for a column | | | | |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE
LastName='Svendson'
AND (FirstName='Tove' OR FirstName='Ola')
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name(s) ASC|DESC
DELETE FROM Persons WHERE LastName='Tjessem' AND FirstName='Jakob'
UPDATE Persons SET Address='Nissestien 67', City='Sandnes' WHERE LastName='Tjessem' AND FirstName='Jakob'
INSERT INTO Persons (P_Id, LastName, FirstName) VALUES (5, 'Tjessem', 'Jakob')