SQL Reference for OCR A Level Computer Science (H446)
During the exam, you will be expected to interpret and use SQL to create, enter and extract data from a
database. Some great online and interactive tutorials to revise this topic. I would suggest ​https://sqlzoo.net/
and also ​https://www.w3schools.com/sql/
Command Explanation
Select Select the fields which will be
displayed in the result.
From Identifies the tables where the data
is stored
Where The condition
Nested Select It is possible to “nest” the select
(Taken from SQLzoo) statement. In this example, the
second select statement is used to
obtain the population.
Like Like is used to create a “template”
for search criteria.
In this example, the “st%” will find
all of the names that begin with st
and end with any other letter or
number.
AND / OR And / Or can be used in the same
way as computational logic. They
are used to create more complex
WHERE expressions.
Delete Delete is used to delete an existing
record or set of records from a
table.
Insert Insert will add a new record into
the given table, notice the fields
Code
SELECT​ ​name​, dob, address
FROM​ customer
WHERE​ ​name​ = ​"Smith"
SELECT​ ​name​ ​FROM​ world
​WHERE​ population >
(​SELECT​ population ​FROM​ world
​WHERE​ ​name​=​'Romania'​)
SELECT​ ​name​ ​FROM​ customer
WHERE​ ​name​ ​LIKE​ ​"St%"
SELECT​ ​name​ ​FROM​ customer
WHERE​ ​name​ ​LIKE​ ​"St%"​ A
​ ND​ Address
= ​"Oldham"
SELECT​ ​name​ ​FROM​ customer
WHERE​ ​name​ ​LIKE​ ​"St%"​ O
​ R ​Address =
"Oldham"
Delete​ ​From​ customer
Where name​ = ​"Smith"
INSERT​ ​INTO​ Customers (​Name​, Dob,
 and also the VALUES are added. Address)
VALUES​ (​'Minnie Mouse'​,
'12/11/89'​, ​'123 Any Road'​)

Drop The drop command is used to Drop​ ​Table​ customer

delete an existing table from the
database. Take care once deleted
it can't be undone and all of the
associated data will be lost.

Join The join command is used to SELECT Orders, Customers,

combine 2 or more rows from OrderDate
tables based on a linking field FROM Orders
JOIN Customers ON
Orders.CustomerID=Customers.Custom
erID;

Taken from W3Schools

Wildcards %​​ - Meaning zero or more SELECT​ * ​FROM​ customer

characters WHERE​ ​name​ ​LIKE​ ​"St%"

* ​any fields

Order By Allows the results of the query to Select​ ​name​, address ​from​ Customer
be sorted into a specific order. Where​ ​name​ ​LIKE​ ​"st%"
Order​ ​BY​ Surname

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