Lewis Cunningham

The SQL Starter SeriesBook 1 - DML

An Introduction to the SQL Data Manipulation Language

SQL is

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Oracle

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MySQL

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Postgres

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Ingres

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DB2

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SQL Server

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Firebird

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Other SQL Databases

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Table of Contents

Copyright Notice......................................................................................................................2Preface....................................................................................................................................6About this Book...................................................................................................................6Conventions........................................................................................................................6About the Author .................................................................................................................6Chapter 1 - Introduction...........................................................................................................8SQL.....................................................................................................................................8DML.....................................................................................................................................9DDL.....................................................................................................................................9Data Types........................................................................................................................10

String..........................................................................................................................................11 Numeric......................................................................................................................................13Date............................................................................................................................................14Boolean.......................................................................................................................................15

Expressions and Operators..............................................................................................15Common SQL Functions...................................................................................................17

String Functions.........................................................................................................................17 Numeric Functions.....................................................................................................................18Date Functions............................................................................................................................18Conversion Functions.................................................................................................................19Aggregate Functions..................................................................................................................19

Chapter 2 - Transaction Control............................................................................................21Begin Transaction/End Transaction..................................................................................21Rollback............................................................................................................................22Savepoint..........................................................................................................................23Commit..............................................................................................................................24Chapter 3 - Viewing Data......................................................................................................26Thinking in Sets.................................................................................................................26Select................................................................................................................................27