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CREATE, ALTER, and DROP statements. When Database structure is created then we
use DML to RETRIEVE, INSERT, UPDATE AND DELETE rows (data) in database.
DDL
1. CREATE TABLE
Example:
CREATE TABLE Persons
(
PersonID int,
LastName varchar(255),
FirstName varchar(255),
Address varchar(255),
City varchar(255)
);
Note: For SQL open design of table and for oracle use DESCRIBE command to view
table structure. Example:
DESCRIBE Persons
2. ALTER TABLE
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype
Example
ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD Address2 varchar(255)
4. DROP TABLE
DROP TABLE table_name
Example:
DROP TABLE Persons
DML
1. SELECT
SELECT * FROM table_name;
Example
SELECT * FROM PERSONS
2. INSERT ROW/ROWS
INSERT INTO table_name (column1,column2,column3,...)
VALUES (value1,value2,value3,...);
Example
INSERT INTO Persons (PersonID, LastName, FirstName, Address, City)
VALUES (1, 'Shah', 'Zahid', 'Jhang', 'Jhang');
3. UPDATE
UPDATE table_name
SET column1=value1
WHERE some_column=some_value;
Example
UPDATE PERSONS
SET LastName = 'ZAHID SHAH', Address='TEST ADDRESS'
WHERE PersonID = 1;
4. DELETE
DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE some_column=some_value;
Example
DELETE FROM PERSONS
WHERE PersonID = 5;