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# TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF COLUMN------ALTER TABLE EMP(TABLE-NAME) ALTER COLUMN

EMPNAME(COLUMN-NAME) VARCHAR(40);
# TO ADD COLUMN TO EXISTING TABLE----ALTER TABLE EMP(TABLE-NAME) ADD DEPTNO(COLUMN-
NAME) INT(DATA-TYPE);
#TO DROP COLUMN FROM TABLE---------ALTER TABLE EMP(TABLE-NAME) DROP COLUMN
DEPTNO(COLUMN -NAME);
#TO CHANGE NAME OF ANY TABLE IN DB---SP_RENAME 'EMP',(OLD TABLE-NAME)'EMPDATA'(NEW
TABLE-NAME);

# TO CREATE NEW TABLE USING EXISTING ONE--SELECT * INTO EMPD(NEW TABLE-NAME) FROM
EMPDATA(OLD TABLE-NAME) WHERE 1=2;
# TO COPY DATA FROM ONE TABLE TO ANOTHER--INSERT INTO EMPD(TABLE TO WHICH DATA IS
TO BE INSERTED) SELECT * FROM EMPDATA(TABLE FROM WHICH DATA IS COPIED);
#TO ASSIGN UNIQUE ID/VALUE TO COLUMN--CREATE TABLE STUD1(STUDID INT IDENTITY(1,2),
STUDNAME VARCHAR(20));//IT WILL ASSIGN ID AS 1 TO FIRST RECORD AND AFTER FOR NEW
RECORD ID'S WILL BE 3,5,7,9ETC..........................BCZ WE HAVE PROVIDED
IDENTITY(1,2)......

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