INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

MODULE 7: Data Manipulation Language (DML)

and Transaction Control
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Overview of DML

■At the end of the chapter, the learner should be able to:
• Define terms
• Describe each data manipulation language (DML) statement
• Insert, update, and delete data
• A DML statement is executed when you:
• Add new rows to a table
• Modify existing rows in a table
• Remove existing rows from a table
• A transaction consists of a collection of DML statements that form a
logical unit of work.

Database Systems 1
 New
DEPARTMENTS row

Insert new row

into the
DEPARTMENTS table.
• Add new rows to a table by using the INSERT statement:
INSERT INTO table [(column [, column...])]
VALUES (value [, value...]);

• With this syntax, only one row is inserted at a time.

Adds one or more rows to a table
Inserting into a table

Inserting a record that has some null attributes requires identifying the
fields that actually get data

Inserting from another table

 Introduced with SQL:2008

Inserting into a table does not require explicit customer ID entry or field list

INSERT INTO CUSTOMER_T VALUES ( ‘Contemporary Casuals’, ‘1355 S. Himes

Blvd.’, ‘Gainesville’, ‘FL’, 32601);
•Use & substitution in a SQL statement to prompt for values.
•& is a placeholder for the variable value.
INSERT INTO departments
(department_id, department_name, location_id)
VALUES (&department_id, '&department_name',&location);
EMPLOYEES

Update rows in the EMPLOYEES table:

•Modify existing values in a table with the UPDATE
statement: UPDATE table
SET column = value [, column = value, ...]
[WHERE condition];

•Update more than one row at a time (if required).

Modifies data in existing rows
DEPARTMENTS

Delete a row from the DEPARTMENTS table:

You can remove existing rows from a table by using the DELETE
statement:
DELETE [FROM] table
[WHERE condition];
Removes rows from a table
Delete certain rows
• DELETE FROM CUSTOMER_T WHERE CUSTOMERSTATE = ‘HI’;
Delete all rows
• DELETE FROM CUSTOMER_T;
Makes it easier to update a table…allows combination of Insert and
Update in one statement

Useful for updating master tables with new data

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