Database Fundamentals

Lab 2
DDL: Data Definition Language
All DDL commands are auto-committed.
That means it saves all the changes
permanently in the database.
Command Description

Create To create a new table or

database
Alter For alteration

Truncate To delete data from table

Drop To drop a table

Rename To rename a table/column

 Data Definition Language :
Create command
Create is a DDL command used to create
a table or a database.

Example for creating table:-

Create table Employee(Name varchar(20), Email varchar(100), DOB data);
- The above command will create a new table named employee in the database
system with 3 columns named (Name, Email, DOB)
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Alter table persons alter address varchar(20) check (address in (‘minya’,

‘cairo’))
or
ALTER TABLE Persons ADD CHECK (Age>=18);
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