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An Introduction To Database & SQL

What is database?
Often abbreviated DB. A collection of information organized in such a
way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data. You can
think of a database as an electronic filing system.
Traditional databases are organized by fields, records, and files. A field
is a single piece of information; a record is one complete set of fields; and a file
is a collection of records. For example, a telephone book is analogous to a file. It
contains a list of records, each of which consists of three fields: name, address,
and telephone number.

A computer database is a structured collection of records or data that


is stored in a computer system so that a computer program or person using a
query language can consult it to answer queries. The records retrieved in
answer to queries are information that can be used to make decisions. The
computer program used to manage and query a database is known as a
database management system (DBMS).
The central concept of a database is that of a collection of records, or
pieces of information. Typically, for a given database, there is a structural
description of the type of facts held in that database: this description is known
as a schema. The schema describes the objects that are represented in the
database, and the relationships among them. There are a number of different
ways of organizing a schema, that is, of modelling the database structure: these
are known as database models (or data models). The model in most common
use today is the relational model, which in layman's terms represents all

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information in the form of multiple related tables each consisting of rows and
columns (the true definition uses mathematical terminology). This model
represents relationships by the use of values common to more than one table.
Other models such as the hierarchical model and the network model use a more
explicit representation of relationships.
The term database refers to the collection of related records, and the
software should be referred to as the database management system or DBMS.
When the context is unambiguous, however, many database administrators and
programmers use the term database to cover both meanings.

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What is DBMS?
Stands for "Database Management System." In short, a DBMS is a database
program. Technically speaking, it is a software system that uses a standard method
of cataloging, retrieving, and running queries on data. The DBMS manages incoming
data, organizes it, and provides ways for the data to be modified or extracted by
users or other programs.
Some DBMS examples include MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, SQL
Server, FileMaker, Oracle, RDBMS, dBASE, Clipper, and FoxPro. Since there are so
many database management systems available, it is important for there to be a
way for them to communicate with each other. For this reason, most database
software comes with an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver that allows the
database to integrate with other databases. For example, common SQL statements
such as SELECT and INSERT are translated from a program's proprietary syntax into
a syntax other databases can understand.

Description

A DBMS is a complex set of software programs that controls the


organization, storage, management, and retrieval of data in a
database. A DBMS includes:

1. A modeling language to define the schema of each database hosted in


the DBMS, according to the DBMS data model.
o The four most common types of organizations are the hierarchical,
network, relational and object models. Inverted lists and other
methods are also used. A given database management system
may provide one or more of the four models. The optimal
structure depends on the natural organization of the application's
data, and on the application's requirements (which include
transaction rate (speed), reliability, maintainability, scalability,
and cost).

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o The dominant model in use today is the ad hoc one embedded in


SQL, despite the objections of purists who believe this model is a
corruption of the relational model, since it violates several of its
fundamental principles for the sake of practicality and
performance. Many DBMSs also support the Open Database
Connectivity API that supports a standard way for programmers to
access the DBMS.
2. Data structures (fields, records, files and objects) optimized to deal with
very large amounts of data stored on a permanent data storage device
(which implies relatively slow access compared to volatile main memory).
3. A database query language and report writer to allow users to
interactively interrogate the database, analyze its data and update it
according to the users privileges on data.
o It also controls the security of the database.
o Data security prevents unauthorized users from viewing or
updating the database. Using passwords, users are allowed access
to the entire database or subsets of it called subschemas. For
example, an employee database can contain all the data about an
individual employee, but one group of users may be authorized to
view only payroll data, while others are allowed access to only
work history and medical data.
o If the DBMS provides a way to interactively enter and update the
database, as well as interrogate it, this capability allows for
managing personal databases. However, it may not leave an audit
trail of actions or provide the kinds of controls necessary in a
multi-user organization. These controls are only available when a
set of application programs are customized for each data entry
and updating function.
4. A transaction mechanism, that ideally would guarantee the ACID
properties, in order to ensure data integrity, despite concurrent user
accesses (concurrency control), and faults (fault tolerance).
o It also maintains the integrity of the data in the database.
o The DBMS can maintain the integrity of the database by not
allowing more than one user to update the same record at the
same time. The DBMS can help prevent duplicate records via
unique index constraints; for example, no two customers with the

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same customer numbers (key fields) can be entered into the


database. See ACID properties for more information (Redundancy
avoidance).

The DBMS accepts requests for data from the application


program and instructs the operating system to transfer the
appropriate data.

When a DBMS is used, information systems can be changed


much more easily as the organization's information requirements
change. New categories of data can be added to the database without
disruption to the existing system.

Organizations may use one kind of DBMS for daily transaction


processing and then move the detail onto another computer that uses
another DBMS better suited for random inquiries and analysis. Overall
systems design decisions are performed by data administrators and
systems analysts. Detailed database design is performed by database
administrators.

Database servers are specially designed computers that hold


the actual databases and run only the DBMS and related software.
Database servers are usually multiprocessor computers, with RAID
disk arrays used for stable storage. Connected to one or more servers
via a high-speed channel, hardware database accelerators are also
used in large volume transaction processing environments.

DBMS's are found at the heart of most database applications.


Sometimes DBMSs are built around a private multitasking kernel with
built-in networking support although nowadays these functions are
left to the operating system.

Advantages of Using a
Database Management System
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There are three main features of a database management system


that make it attractive to use a DBMS in preference to other systems.
These features are:

• Centralised data management,


• Data independence
• Systems integration.

In a database system, the data is managed by the DBMS and all


access to the data is through the DBMS providing a key to effective
data processing. This contrasts with conventional data processing
systems where each application program has direct access to the
data it reads or manipulates.

In the conventional data processing application programs, the


programs usually are based on a considerable knowledge of data
structure and format. In such environment any change of data
structure or format would require appropriate changes to the
application programs. If major changes were to be made to the data,
the application programs may need to be rewritten.

In a database system, the database management system provides


the interface between the application programs and the data. When
changes are made to the data representation, the metadata
maintained by the DBMS is changed but the DBMS continues to
provide data to application programs in the previously used way. The
DBMS handles the task of transformation of data wherever necessary.

This independence between the programs and the data is called


data independence. Data independence is important because every
time some change needs to be made to the data structure, the
programs that were being used before the change would continue to
work. To provide a high degree of data independence, a DBMS must
include a sophisticated metadata management system.

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In DBMS, all files are integrated into one system thus reducing
redundancies and making data management more efficient. In
addition, DBMS provides centralised control of the operational data.
Some of the advantages of data independence, integration and
centralised control are:

1. Redundancies and inconsistencies can be reduced


2. Better service to the Users
3. Flexibility of the system is improved
4. Cost of developing and maintaining systems is lower
5. Standards can be enforced
6. Security can be improved
7. Integrity can be improved
8. Enterprise requirements can be identified
9. Data model must be developed

Features and Abilities Of DBMS

One can characterize a DBMS as an "attribute management


system" where attributes are small chunks of information that
describe something. For example, "color" is an attribute of a car. The
value of the attribute may be a color such as "red", "blue", "silver",
etc. Lately databases have been modified to accept large or
unstructured (pre-digested or pre-categorized) information as well,
such as images and text documents. However, the main focus is still
on descriptive attributes.

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DBMS roll together frequently-needed services or features of


attribute management. This allows one to get powerful functionality
"out of the box" rather than program each from scratch or add and
integrate them incrementally. Such features include:

1. Query ability

Querying is the process of requesting attribute information


from various perspectives and combinations of factors. Example:
"How many 2-door cars in Texas are green?"

A database query language and report writer to allow users to


interactively interrogate the database, analyze its data and update it
according to the users privileges on data. It also controls the security
of the database. Data security prevents unauthorized users from
viewing or updating the database. Using passwords, users are allowed
access to the entire database or subsets of it called subschemas. For
example, an employee database can contain all the data about an
individual employee, but one group of users may be authorized to
view only payroll data, while others are allowed access to only work
history and medical data. If the DBMS provides a way to interactively
enter and update the database, as well as interrogate it, this
capability allows for managing personal databases. However, it may
not leave an audit trail of actions or provide the kinds of controls
necessary in a multi-user organization. These controls are only
available when a set of application programs are customized for each
data entry and updating function.

2. Backup and replication

Copies of attributes need to be made regularly in case primary


disks or other equipment fails. A periodic copy of attributes may also
be created for a distant organization that cannot readily access the
original. DBMS usually provide utilities to facilitate the process of
extracting and disseminating attribute sets.

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When data is replicated between database servers, so that the


information remains consistent throughout the database system and
users cannot tell or even know which server in the DBMS they are
using, the system is said to exhibit replication transparency.

3. Rule enforcement

Often one wants to apply rules to attributes so that the attributes are
clean and reliable. For example, we may have a rule that says each
car can have only one engine associated with it (identified by Engine
Number). If somebody tries to associate a second engine with a given
car, we want the DBMS to deny such a request and display an error
message. However, with changes in the model specification such as,
in this example, hybrid gas-electric cars, rules may need to change.
Ideally such rules should be able to be added and removed as needed
without significant data layout redesign.

4. Security

Often it is desirable to limit who can see or change which attributes or


groups of attributes. This may be managed directly by individual, or
by the assignment of individuals and privileges to groups, or (in the
most elaborate models) through the assignment of individuals and
groups to roles which are then granted entitlements.

5. Computation

There are common computations requested on attributes such as


counting, summing, averaging, sorting, grouping, cross-referencing,
etc. Rather than have each computer application implement these
from scratch, they can rely on the DBMS to supply such calculations.

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6. Change and access logging

Often one wants to know who accessed what attributes, what was
changed, and when it was changed. Logging services allow this by
keeping a record of access occurrences and changes

7. Automated optimization

If there are frequently occurring usage patterns or requests, some


DBMS can adjust themselves to improve the speed of those
interactions. In some cases the DBMS will merely provide tools to
monitor performance, allowing a human expert to make the
necessary adjustments after reviewing the statistics collected.

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RDBMS
Short for relational database management system and pronounced as
separate letters, a type of database management system (DBMS) that
stores data in the form of related tables. Relational databases are
powerful because they require few assumptions about how data is
related or how it will be extracted from the database. As a result, the
same database can be viewed in many different ways.

An important feature of relational systems is that a single


database can be spread across several tables. This differs from flat-
file databases, in which each database is self-contained in a single
table.

Almost all full-scale database systems are RDBMS's. Small


database systems, however, use other designs that provide less
flexibility in posing queries.

What is RDBMS?
RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System.
RDBMS data is structured in database tables, fields and records. Each
RDBMS table consists of database table rows. Each database table
row consists of one or more database table fields.

RDBMS store the data into collection of tables, which might be


related by common fields (database table columns). RDBMS also

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provide relational operators to manipulate the data stored into the


database tables. Most RDBMS use SQL as database query language.

Edgar Codd introduced the relational database model. Many


modern DBMS do not conform to the Codd’s definition of a RDBMS,
but nonetheless they are still considered to be RDBMS.

The most popular RDBMS are MS SQL Server, DB2, Oracle and
MySQL

What is the Difference between DBMS and RDBMS?

A DBMS has to be persistent, that is it should be accessible when the


program created the data ceases to exist or even the application that created
the data restarted. A DBMS also has to provide some uniform methods
independent of a specific application for accessing the information that is
stored.
RDBMS is a Relational Data Base Management System Relational DBMS.
This adds the additional condition that the system supports a tabular structure
for the data, with enforced relationships between the tables. This excludes the
databases that don't support a tabular structure or don't enforce relationships
between tables.
Many DBA's think that RDBMS is a Client Server Database system but
thats not the case with RDBMS.
Yes you can say DBMS does not impose any constraints or security with
regard to data manipulation it is user or the programmer responsibility to
ensure the ACID PROPERTY of the database whereas the rdbms is more with this
regard bcz rdbms difine the integrity constraint for the purpose of holding ACID
PROPERTY.

Quote:

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DBMS are for smaller organizations with small amount of data, where
security of the data is not of major concern and RDBMS are designed to
take care of large amounts of data and also the security of this data.

What is SQL?
Abbreviation of structured query language, and pronounced either see-
kwell or as separate letters. SQL is a standardized query language for
requesting information from a database. The original version called SEQUEL
(structured English query language) was designed by an IBM research center in
1974 and 1975. SQL was first introduced as a commercial database system in
1979 by Oracle Corporation.

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a specialized language for


updating, deleting, and requesting information from databases. SQL is
an ANSI and ISO standard, and is the de facto standard database
query language. A variety of established database products support
SQL, including products from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. It is
widely used in both industry and academia, often for enormous,
complex databases.

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In a distributed database system, a program often referred to


as the database's "back end" runs constantly on a server, interpreting
data files on the server as a standard relational database. Programs
on client computers allow users to manipulate that data, using tables,
columns, rows, and fields. To do this, client programs send SQL
statements to the server. The server then processes these statements
and returns replies to the client program.

SQL is -

• SQL stands for Structured Query Language


• SQL allows you to access a database
• SQL is an ANSI standard computer language
• SQL can execute queries against a database
• SQL can retrieve data from a database
• SQL can insert new records in a database
• SQL can delete records from a database
• SQL can update records in a database
• SQL is easy to learn

SQL Database Tables

A database most often contains one or more tables. Each table is


identified by a name (e.g. "Customers" or "Orders"). Tables contain
records (rows) with data.

Below is an example of a table called "Persons":

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

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The table above contains three records (one for each person) and four
columns (LastName, FirstName, Address, and City).

SQL Queries

With SQL, we can query a database and have a result set returned.

A query like this:

SELECT LastName FROM Persons

Gives a result set like this:

LastName
Hansen
Svendson
Pettersen

Note: Some database systems require a semicolon at the end of the


SQL statement. We don't use the semicolon in our tutorials.

SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML)

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a syntax for executing queries.


But the SQL language also includes a syntax to update, insert, and
delete records.

These query and update commands together form the Data


Manipulation Language (DML) part of SQL:

• SELECT - extracts data from a database table


• UPDATE - updates data in a database table
• DELETE - deletes data from a database table
• INSERT INTO - inserts new data into a database table

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SQL Data Definition Language (DDL)

The Data Definition Language (DDL) part of SQL permits database


tables to be created or deleted. We can also define indexes (keys),
specify links between tables, and impose constraints between
database tables.

The most important DDL statements in SQL are:

• CREATE TABLE - creates a new database table


• ALTER TABLE - alters (changes) a database table
• DROP TABLE - deletes a database table
• CREATE INDEX - creates an index (search key)
• DROP INDEX - deletes an index

The SQL SELECT Statement

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a table. The tabular
result is stored in a result table (called the result-set).

Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)

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FROM table_name

Note: SQL statements are not case sensitive. SELECT is the same
as select.

SQL SELECT Example

To select the content of columns named "LastName" and "FirstName",


from the database table called "Persons", use a SELECT statement like
this:

SELECT LastName,FirstName FROM Persons

The database table "Persons":

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

The result

LastName FirstName
Hansen Ola
Svendson Tove
Pettersen Kari

Select All Columns

To select all columns from the "Persons" table, use a * symbol instead
of column names, like this:

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SELECT * FROM Persons

Result

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

The Result Set

The result from a SQL query is stored in a result-set. Most database


software systems allow navigation of the result set with programming
functions, like: Move-To-First-Record, Get-Record-Content, Move-To-
Next-Record, etc.

Programming functions like these are not a part of this tutorial. To


learn about accessing data with function calls, please visit our ADO
tutorial.

Semicolon after SQL Statements?

Semicolon is the standard way to separate each SQL statement in


database systems that allow more than one SQL statement to be
executed in the same call to the server.

Some SQL tutorials end each SQL statement with a semicolon. Is this
necessary? We are using MS Access and SQL Server 2000 and we do
not have to put a semicolon after each SQL statement, but some
database programs force you to use it.

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The SELECT DISTINCT Statement

The DISTINCT keyword is used to return only distinct (different)


values.

The SELECT statement returns information from table columns. But


what if we only want to select distinct elements?

With SQL, all we need to do is to add a DISTINCT keyword to the


SELECT statement:

Syntax
SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s)

FROM table_name

Using the DISTINCT keyword

To select ALL values from the column named "Company" we use a


SELECT statement like this:

SELECT Company FROM Orders

"Orders" table

Company OrderNumber
Sega 3412
W3Schools 2312
Trio 4678
W3Schools 6798

Result

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Company
Sega
W3Schools
Trio
W3Schools

Note that "W3Schools" is listed twice in the result-set.

To select only DIFFERENT values from the column named "Company"


we use a SELECT DISTINCT statement like this:

SELECT DISTINCT Company FROM Orders

Result:

Company
Sega
W3Schools
Trio

Now "W3Schools" is listed only once in the result-set.

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The WHERE clause is used to specify a selection criterion.

The WHERE Clause

To conditionally select data from a table, a WHERE clause can be


added to the SELECT statement.

Syntax
SELECT column FROM table

WHERE column operator value

With the WHERE clause, the following operators can be used:

Operator Description
= Equal
<> Not equal
> Greater than
< Less than
>= Greater than or equal
<= Less than or equal
BETWEEN Between an inclusive range
LIKE Search for a pattern
IN If you know the exact value you want
to return for at least one of the
columns

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Note: In some versions of SQL the <> operator may be written as !=

Using the WHERE Clause

To select only the persons living in the city "Sandnes", we add a


WHERE clause to the SELECT statement:

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE City='Sandnes'

"Persons" table

LastName FirstName Address City Year


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 1951
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 1978
Svendson Stale Kaivn 18 Sandnes 1980
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger 1960

Result

LastName FirstName Address City Year


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 1951
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 1978
Svendson Stale Kaivn 18 Sandnes 1980

Using Quotes

Note that we have used single quotes around the conditional values in
the examples.

SQL uses single quotes around text values (most database systems
will also accept double quotes). Numeric values should not be
enclosed in quotes.

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For text values:

This is correct:

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Tove'

This is wrong:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=Tove

For numeric values:

This is correct:

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE Year>1965

This is wrong:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE Year>'1965'

The LIKE Condition

The LIKE condition is used to specify a search for a pattern in a


column.

Syntax
SELECT column FROM table

WHERE column LIKE pattern

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A "%" sign can be used to define wildcards (missing letters in the


pattern) both before and after the pattern.

Using LIKE

The following SQL statement will return persons with first names that
start with an 'O':

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE FirstName LIKE 'O%'

The following SQL statement will return persons with first names that
end with an 'a':

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a'

The following SQL statement will return persons with first names that
contain the pattern 'la':

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE FirstName LIKE '%la%'

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The INSERT INTO Statement

The INSERT INTO statement is used to insert new rows into a table.

Syntax
INSERT INTO table_name

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VALUES (value1, value2,....)

You can also specify the columns for which you want to insert data:

INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2,...)

VALUES (value1, value2,....)

Insert a New Row

This "Persons" table:

LastName FirstName Address City


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

And this SQL statement:

INSERT INTO Persons

VALUES ('Hetland', 'Camilla', 'Hagabakka 24', 'Sandnes')

Will give this result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Hetland Camilla Hagabakka 24 Sandnes

Insert Data in Specified Columns

This "Persons" table:

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LastName FirstName Address City


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Hetland Camilla Hagabakka 24 Sandnes

And This SQL statement:

INSERT INTO Persons (LastName, Address)

VALUES ('Rasmussen', 'Storgt 67')

Will give this result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Hetland Camilla Hagabakka 24 Sandnes
Rasmussen Storgt 67

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The Update Statement

The UPDATE statement is used to modify the data in a table.

Syntax
UPDATE table_name

SET column_name = new_value


WHERE column_name = some_value

Person:

LastName FirstName Address City


Nilsen Fred Kirkegt 56 Stavanger
Rasmussen Storgt 67

Update one Column in a Row

We want to add a first name to the person with a last name of


"Rasmussen":

UPDATE Person SET FirstName = 'Nina'

WHERE LastName = 'Rasmussen'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Nilsen Fred Kirkegt 56 Stavanger
Rasmussen Nina Storgt 67

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Update several Columns in a Row

We want to change the address and add the name of the city:

UPDATE Person

SET Address = 'Stien 12', City = 'Stavanger'


WHERE LastName = 'Rasmussen'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Nilsen Fred Kirkegt 56 Stavanger
Rasmussen Nina Stien 12 Stavanger

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The DELETE Statement

The DELETE statement is used to delete rows in a table.

Syntax
DELETE FROM table_name

WHERE column_name = some_value

Person:

LastName FirstName Address City


Nilsen Fred Kirkegt 56 Stavanger
Rasmussen Nina Stien 12 Stavanger

Delete a Row

"Nina Rasmussen" is going to be deleted:

DELETE FROM Person WHERE LastName = 'Rasmussen'

Result

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LastName FirstName Address City


Nilsen Fred Kirkegt 56 Stavanger

Delete All Rows

It is possible to delete all rows in a table without deleting the table.


This means that the table structure, attributes, and indexes will be
intact:

DELETE FROM table_name

or
DELETE * FROM table_name

Practice  :

To practice the SQL try the following link:

http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_tryit.asp

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SQL ORDER BY
The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result.

Sort the Rows

The ORDER BY clause is used to sort the rows.

Orders:

Company OrderNumber
Sega 3412
ABC Shop 5678
W3Schools 6798
W3Schools 2312

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Example

To display the company names in alphabetical order:

SELECT Company, OrderNumber FROM Orders

ORDER BY Company

Result:

Company OrderNumber
ABC Shop 5678
Sega 3412
W3Schools 6798
W3Schools 2312

Example

To display the company names in alphabetical order AND the


OrderNumber in numerical order:

SELECT Company, OrderNumber FROM Orders

ORDER BY Company, OrderNumber

Result:

Company OrderNumber
ABC Shop 5678
Sega 3412
W3Schools 2312

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W3Schools 6798

Example

To display the company names in reverse alphabetical order:

SELECT Company, OrderNumber FROM Orders

ORDER BY Company DESC

Result:

Company OrderNumber
W3Schools 6798
W3Schools 2312
Sega 3412
ABC Shop 5678

Example

To display the company names in reverse alphabetical order AND the


OrderNumber in numerical order:

SELECT Company, OrderNumber FROM Orders

ORDER BY Company DESC, OrderNumber ASC

Result:

Company OrderNumber
W3Schools 2312
W3Schools 6798
Sega 3412
ABC Shop 5678

Notice that there are two equal company names (W3Schools) in the
result above. The only time you will see the second column in ASC

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order would be when there are duplicated values in the first sort
column, or a handful of nulls.

SQL AND & OR


AND & OR

AND and OR join two or more conditions in a WHERE clause.

The AND operator displays a row if ALL conditions listed are true. The
OR operator displays a row if ANY of the conditions listed are true.

Original Table (used in the examples)


LastName FirstName Address City
Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Svendson Stephen Kaivn 18 Sandnes

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Example

Use AND to display each person with the first name equal to "Tove",
and the last name equal to "Svendson":

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE FirstName='Tove'
AND LastName='Svendson'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes

Example

Use OR to display each person with the first name equal to "Tove", or
the last name equal to "Svendson":

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE firstname='Tove'
OR lastname='Svendson'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Svendson Stephen Kaivn 18 Sandnes

Example

You can also combine AND and OR (use parentheses to form complex
expressions):

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SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE

(FirstName='Tove' OR FirstName='Stephen')
AND LastName='Svendson'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Svendson Stephen Kaivn 18 Sandnes

SQL IN
IN

The IN operator may be used if you know the exact value you want to
return for at least one of the columns.

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SELECT column_name FROM table_name

WHERE column_name IN (value1,value2,..)

Original Table (used in the examples)


LastName FirstName Address City
Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Nordmann Anna Neset 18 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes

Example 1

To display the persons with LastName equal to "Hansen" or


"Pettersen", use the following SQL:

SELECT * FROM Persons

WHERE LastName IN ('Hansen','Pettersen')

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

SQL BETWEEN

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BETWEEN ... AND

The BETWEEN ... AND operator selects a range of data between two
values. These values can be numbers, text, or dates.

SELECT column_name FROM table_name

WHERE column_name
BETWEEN value1 AND value2

Original Table (used in the examples)


LastName FirstName Address City
Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Nordmann Anna Neset 18 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes

Example 1

To display the persons alphabetically between (and including)


"Hansen" and exclusive "Pettersen", use the following SQL:

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName

BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Nordmann Anna Neset 18 Sandnes

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IMPORTANT! The BETWEEN...AND operator is treated differently in


different databases. With some databases a person with the
LastName of "Hansen" or "Pettersen" will not be listed
(BETWEEN..AND only selects fields that are between and excluding
the test values). With some databases a person with the last name of
"Hansen" or "Pettersen" will be listed (BETWEEN..AND selects fields
that are between and including the test values). With other databases
a person with the last name of "Hansen" will be listed, but "Pettersen"
will not be listed (BETWEEN..AND selects fields between the test
values, including the first test value and excluding the last test value).
Therefore: Check how your database treats the BETWEEN....AND
operator!

Example 2

To display the persons outside the range used in the previous


example, use the NOT operator:

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName

NOT BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes

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SQL Alias
With SQL, aliases can be used for column names and table names.

Column Name Alias

The syntax is:

SELECT column AS column_alias FROM table

Table Name Alias

The syntax is:

SELECT column FROM table AS table_alias

Example: Using a Column Alias

This table (Persons):

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

And this SQL:

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SELECT LastName AS Family, FirstName AS Name

FROM Persons

Returns this result:

Family Name
Hansen Ola
Svendson Tove
Pettersen Kari

Example: Using a Table Alias

This table (Persons):

LastName FirstName Address City


Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger

And this SQL:

SELECT LastName, FirstName

FROM Persons AS Employees

Returns this result:

Table Employees:

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LastName FirstName
Hansen Ola
Svendson Tove
Pettersen Kari

SQL JOIN
Joins and Keys

Sometimes we have to select data from two or more tables to make


our result complete. We have to perform a join.

Tables in a database can be related to each other with keys. A primary


key is a column with a unique value for each row. Each primary key
value must be unique within the table. The purpose is to bind data
together, across tables, without repeating all of the data in every
table.

In the "Employees" table below, the "Employee_ID" column is the


primary key, meaning that no two rows can have the same
Employee_ID. The Employee_ID distinguishes two persons even if they
have the same name.

When you look at the example tables below, notice that:

• The "Employee_ID" column is the primary key of the "Employees" table


• The "Prod_ID" column is the primary key of the "Orders" table
• The "Employee_ID" column in the "Orders" table is used to refer to the
persons in the "Employees" table without using their names

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Employees:

Employee_ID Name
01 Hansen, Ola
02 Svendson, Tove
03 Svendson, Stephen
04 Pettersen, Kari

Orders:

Prod_ID Product Employee_ID


234 Printer 01
657 Table 03
865 Chair 03

Referring to Two Tables

We can select data from two tables by referring to two tables, like
this:

Example

Who has ordered a product, and what did they order?

SELECT Employees.Name, Orders.Product

FROM Employees, Orders


WHERE Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID

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Result

Name Product
Hansen, Ola Printer
Svendson, Stephen Table
Svendson, Stephen Chair

Example

Who ordered a printer?

SELECT Employees.Name

FROM Employees, Orders


WHERE Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID
AND Orders.Product='Printer'

Result

Name
Hansen, Ola

Using Joins

OR we can select data from two tables with the JOIN keyword, like
this:

Example INNER JOIN

Syntax

SELECT field1, field2, field3

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FROM first_table
INNER JOIN second_table
ON first_table.keyfield = second_table.foreign_keyfield

Who has ordered a product, and what did they order?

SELECT Employees.Name, Orders.Product

FROM Employees
INNER JOIN Orders
ON Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID

The INNER JOIN returns all rows from both tables where there is a
match. If there are rows in Employees that do not have matches in
Orders, those rows will not be listed.

Result

Name Product
Hansen, Ola Printer
Svendson, Stephen Table
Svendson, Stephen Chair

Example LEFT JOIN

Syntax

SELECT field1, field2, field3

FROM first_table
LEFT JOIN second_table
ON first_table.keyfield = second_table.foreign_keyfield

List all employees, and their orders - if any.

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SELECT Employees.Name, Orders.Product

FROM Employees
LEFT JOIN Orders
ON Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID

The LEFT JOIN returns all the rows from the first table (Employees),
even if there are no matches in the second table (Orders). If there are
rows in Employees that do not have matches in Orders, those rows
also will be listed.

Result

Name Product
Hansen, Ola Printer
Svendson, Tove
Svendson, Stephen Table
Svendson, Stephen Chair
Pettersen, Kari

Example RIGHT JOIN

Syntax

SELECT field1, field2, field3

FROM first_table
RIGHT JOIN second_table
ON first_table.keyfield = second_table.foreign_keyfield

List all orders, and who has ordered - if any.

SELECT Employees.Name, Orders.Product

FROM Employees
RIGHT JOIN Orders

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ON Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID

The RIGHT JOIN returns all the rows from the second table (Orders),
even if there are no matches in the first table (Employees). If there
had been any rows in Orders that did not have matches in Employees,
those rows also would have been listed.

Result

Name Product
Hansen, Ola Printer
Svendson, Stephen Table
Svendson, Stephen Chair

Example

Who ordered a printer?

SELECT Employees.Name

FROM Employees
INNER JOIN Orders
ON Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID
WHERE Orders.Product = 'Printer'

Result

Name
Hansen, Ola

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SQL UNION and UNION ALL


UNION

The UNION command is used to select related information from two


tables, much like the JOIN command. However, when using the UNION
command all selected columns need to be of the same data type.

Note: With UNION, only distinct values are selected.

SQL Statement 1

UNION
SQL Statement 2

Employees_Norway:

E_ID E_Name
01 Hansen, Ola
02 Svendson, Tove
03 Svendson, Stephen
04 Pettersen, Kari

Employees_USA:

E_ID E_Name
01 Turner, Sally
02 Kent, Clark
03 Svendson, Stephen
04 Scott, Stephen

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Using the UNION Command


Example

List all different employee names in Norway and USA:

SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_Norway

UNION
SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_USA

Result

E_Name
Hansen, Ola
Svendson, Tove
Svendson, Stephen
Pettersen, Kari
Turner, Sally
Kent, Clark
Scott, Stephen

Note: This command cannot be used to list all employees in Norway


and USA. In the example above we have two employees with equal
names, and only one of them is listed. The UNION command only
selects distinct values.

UNION ALL

The UNION ALL command is equal to the UNION command, except


that UNION ALL selects all values.

SQL Statement 1

UNION ALL

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SQL Statement 2

Using the UNION ALL Command


Example

List all employees in Norway and USA:

SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_Norway

UNION ALL
SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_USA

Result

E_Name
Hansen, Ola
Svendson, Tove
Svendson, Stephen
Pettersen, Kari
Turner, Sally
Kent, Clark
Svendson, Stephen
Scott, Stephen

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SQL Create Database, Table,


and Index
Create a Database

To create a database:

CREATE DATABASE database_name

Create a Table

To create a table in a database:

CREATE TABLE table_name

(
column_name1 data_type,
column_name2 data_type,
.......
)

Example

This example demonstrates how you can create a table named


"Person", with four columns. The column names will be "LastName",
"FirstName", "Address", and "Age":

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CREATE TABLE Person

(
LastName varchar,
FirstName varchar,
Address varchar,
Age int
)

This example demonstrates how you can specify a maximum length


for some columns:

CREATE TABLE Person

(
LastName varchar(30),
FirstName varchar,
Address varchar,
Age int(3)
)

The data type specifies what type of data the column can hold. The
table below contains the most common data types in SQL:

Data Type Description


integer(size) Hold integers only. The maximum number of digits are
int(size) specified in parenthesis.
smallint(size)
tinyint(size)
decimal(size,d) Hold numbers with fractions. The maximum number of
numeric(size,d) digits are specified in "size". The maximum number of

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digits to the right of the decimal is specified in "d".


char(size) Holds a fixed length string (can contain letters, numbers,
and special characters). The fixed size is specified in
parenthesis.
varchar(size) Holds a variable length string (can contain letters,
numbers, and special characters). The maximum size is
specified in parenthesis.
date(yyyymmdd) Holds a date

Create Index

Indices are created in an existing table to locate rows more quickly


and efficiently. It is possible to create an index on one or more
columns of a table, and each index is given a name. The users cannot
see the indexes, they are just used to speed up queries.

Note: Updating a table containing indexes takes more time than updating a
table without, this is because the indexes also need an update. So, it is a good
idea to create indexes only on columns that are often used for a search.

A Unique Index

Creates a unique index on a table. A unique index means that two


rows cannot have the same index value.

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name

ON table_name (column_name)

The "column_name" specifies the column you want indexed.

A Simple Index

Creates a simple index on a table. When the UNIQUE keyword is


omitted, duplicate values are allowed.

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CREATE INDEX index_name

ON table_name (column_name)

The "column_name" specifies the column you want indexed.

Example

This example creates a simple index, named "PersonIndex", on the


LastName field of the Person table:

CREATE INDEX PersonIndex

ON Person (LastName)

If you want to index the values in a column in descending order, you


can add the reserved word DESC after the column name:

CREATE INDEX PersonIndex

ON Person (LastName DESC)

If you want to index more than one column you can list the column
names within the parentheses, separated by commas:

CREATE INDEX PersonIndex

ON Person (LastName, FirstName)

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SQL Drop Index, Table and


Database
Drop Index

You can delete an existing index in a table with the DROP INDEX
statement.

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Syntax for Microsoft SQLJet (and Microsoft Access):

DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name

Syntax for MS SQL Server:

DROP INDEX table_name.index_name

Syntax for IBM DB2 and Oracle:

DROP INDEX index_name

Syntax for MySQL:

ALTER TABLE table_name DROP INDEX index_name

Delete a Table or Database

To delete a table (the table structure, attributes, and indexes will also
be deleted):

DROP TABLE table_name

To delete a database:

DROP DATABASE database_name

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Truncate a Table

What if we only want to get rid of the data inside a table, and not the
table itself? Use the TRUNCATE TABLE command (deletes only the
data inside the table):

TRUNCATE TABLE table_name

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SQL ALTER TABLE


ALTER TABLE

The ALTER TABLE statement is used to add or drop columns in an


existing table.

ALTER TABLE table_name

ADD column_name datatype


ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name

Note: Some database systems don't allow the dropping of a column


in a database table (DROP COLUMN column_name).

Person:

LastName FirstName Address


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20

Example―To add a column named "City" in the "Person" table:


ALTER TABLE Person ADD City varchar(30)

Result:

LastName FirstName Address City


Pettersen Kari Storgt 20

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Example

To drop the "Address" column in the "Person" table:

ALTER TABLE Person DROP COLUMN Address

Result:

LastName FirstName City


Pettersen Kari

SQL Functions
SQL has a lot of built-in functions for counting and calculations.

Function Syntax

The syntax for built-in SQL functions is:

SELECT function(column) FROM table

Types of Functions

There are several basic types and categories of functions in SQL. The
basic types of functions are:

• Aggregate Functions
• Scalar functions

Aggregate functions

Aggregate functions operate against a collection of values, but return


a single value.

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Note: If used among many other expressions in the item list of a


SELECT statement, the SELECT must have a GROUP BY clause!!

"Persons" table (used in most examples)


Name Age
Hansen, Ola 34
Svendson, Tove 45
Pettersen, Kari 19

Aggregate functions in MS Access


Function Description
AVG(column) Returns the average value of a column
COUNT(column) Returns the number of rows (without a NULL value)
of a column
COUNT(*) Returns the number of selected rows
FIRST(column) Returns the value of the first record in a specified
field
LAST(column) Returns the value of the last record in a specified
field
MAX(column) Returns the highest value of a column
MIN(column) Returns the lowest value of a column
STDEV(column)
STDEVP(column)
SUM(column) Returns the total sum of a column
VAR(column)
VARP(column)

Aggregate functions in SQL Server


Function Description
AVG(column) Returns the average value of a column
BINARY_CHECKSUM
CHECKSUM
CHECKSUM_AGG
COUNT(column) Returns the number of rows (without a NULL value)
of a column
COUNT(*) Returns the number of selected rows
COUNT(DISTINCT column) Returns the number of distinct results
FIRST(column) Returns the value of the first record in a specified
field (not supported in SQLServer2K)
LAST(column) Returns the value of the last record in a specified
field (not supported in SQLServer2K)

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MAX(column) Returns the highest value of a column


MIN(column) Returns the lowest value of a column
STDEV(column)
STDEVP(column)
SUM(column) Returns the total sum of a column
VAR(column)
VARP(column)

Scalar functions

Scalar functions operate against a single value, and return a single


value based on the input value.

Useful Scalar Functions in MS Access


Function Description
UCASE(c) Converts a field to upper case
LCASE(c) Converts a field to lower case
MID(c,start[,end]) Extract characters from a text field
LEN(c) Returns the length of a text field
INSTR(c,char) Returns the numeric position of a named character
within a text field
LEFT(c,number_of_char) Return the left part of a text field requested
RIGHT(c,number_of_char) Return the right part of a text field requested
ROUND(c,decimals) Rounds a numeric field to the number of decimals
specified
MOD(x,y) Returns the remainder of a division operation
NOW() Returns the current system date
FORMAT(c,format) Changes the way a field is displayed
DATEDIFF(d,date1,date2) Used to perform date calculations

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SQL GROUP BY and HAVING


Aggregate functions (like SUM) often need an added GROUP BY
functionality.

GROUP BY...

GROUP BY... was added to SQL because aggregate functions (like


SUM) return the aggregate of all column values every time they are
called, and without the GROUP BY function it was impossible to find
the sum for each individual group of column values.

The syntax for the GROUP BY function is:

SELECT column,SUM(column) FROM table GROUP BY column

GROUP BY Example

This "Sales" Table:

Company Amount
W3Schools 5500
IBM 4500
W3Schools 7100

And This SQL:

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SELECT Company, SUM(Amount) FROM Sales

Returns this result:

Company SUM(Amount)
W3Schools 17100
IBM 17100
W3Schools 17100

The above code is invalid because the column returned is not part of
an aggregate. A GROUP BY clause will solve this problem:

SELECT Company,SUM(Amount) FROM Sales

GROUP BY Company

Returns this result:

Company SUM(Amount)
W3Schools 12600
IBM 4500

HAVING...

HAVING... was added to SQL because the WHERE keyword could not
be used against aggregate functions (like SUM), and without
HAVING... it would be impossible to test for result conditions.

The syntax for the HAVING function is:

SELECT column,SUM(column) FROM table

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GROUP BY column
HAVING SUM(column) condition value

This "Sales" Table:

Company Amount
W3Schools 5500
IBM 4500
W3Schools 7100

This SQL:

SELECT Company,SUM(Amount) FROM Sales

GROUP BY Company
HAVING SUM(Amount)>10000

Returns this result

Company SUM(Amount)
W3Schools 12600

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SQL SELECT INTO Statement


The SELECT INTO Statement

The SELECT INTO statement is most often used to create backup


copies of tables or for archiving records.

Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) INTO newtable [IN externaldatabase]

FROM source

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Make a Backup Copy

The following example makes a backup copy of the "Persons" table:

SELECT * INTO Persons_backup

FROM Persons

The IN clause can be used to copy tables into another database:

SELECT Persons.* INTO Persons IN 'Backup.mdb'

FROM Persons

If you only want to copy a few fields, you can do so by listing them
after the SELECT statement:

SELECT LastName,FirstName INTO Persons_backup

FROM Persons

You can also add a WHERE clause. The following example creates a
"Persons_backup" table with two columns (FirstName and LastName)
by extracting the persons who lives in "Sandnes" from the "Persons"
table:

SELECT LastName,Firstname INTO Persons_backup

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FROM Persons
WHERE City='Sandnes'

Selecting data from more than one table is also possible. The
following example creates a new table "Empl_Ord_backup" that
contains data from the two tables Employees and Orders:

SELECT Employees.Name,Orders.Product

INTO Empl_Ord_backup
FROM Employees
INNER JOIN Orders
ON Employees.Employee_ID=Orders.Employee_ID

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SQL CREATE VIEW Statement


A view is a virtual table based on the result-set of a SELECT
statement.

What is a View?

In SQL, a VIEW is a virtual table based on the result-set of a SELECT


statement.

A view contains rows and columns, just like a real table. The fields in a
view are fields from one or more real tables in the database. You can
add SQL functions, WHERE, and JOIN statements to a view and
present the data as if the data were coming from a single table.

Note: The database design and structure will NOT be affected by the
functions, where, or join statements in a view.

Syntax
CREATE VIEW view_name AS

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition

Note: The database does not store the view data! The database
engine recreates the data, using the view's SELECT statement, every
time a user queries a view.

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Using Views

A view could be used from inside a query, a stored procedure, or from


inside another view. By adding functions, joins, etc., to a view, it
allows you to present exactly the data you want to the user.

The sample database Northwind has some views installed by default.


The view "Current Product List" lists all active products (products that
are not discontinued) from the Products table. The view is created
with the following SQL:

CREATE VIEW [Current Product List] AS

SELECT ProductID,ProductName
FROM Products
WHERE Discontinued=No

We can query the view above as follows:

SELECT * FROM [Current Product List]

Another view from the Northwind sample database selects every


product in the Products table that has a unit price that is higher than
the average unit price:

CREATE VIEW [Products Above Average Price] AS

SELECT ProductName,UnitPrice
FROM Products
WHERE UnitPrice>(SELECT AVG(UnitPrice) FROM Products)

We can query the view above as follows:

SELECT * FROM [Products Above Average Price]

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Another example view from the Northwind database calculates the


total sale for each category in 1997. Note that this view selects its
data from another view called "Product Sales for 1997":

CREATE VIEW [Category Sales For 1997] AS

SELECT DISTINCT CategoryName,Sum(ProductSales) AS CategorySales


FROM [Product Sales for 1997]
GROUP BY CategoryName

We can query the view above as follows:

SELECT * FROM [Category Sales For 1997]

We can also add a condition to the query. Now we want to see the
total sale only for the category "Beverages":

SELECT * FROM [Category Sales For 1997]

WHERE CategoryName='Beverages'

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SQL Servers - RDBMS


Modern SQL Servers are built on RDBMS.

DBMS - Database Management System

A Database Management System (DBMS) is a computer program that


can access data in a database.

The DBMS program enables you to extract, modify, or store


information in a database.

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Different DBMS programs provides different functions for querying


data, reporting data, and modifying data.

RDBMS - Relational Database Management System

A Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is a Database


Management System (DBMS) where the database is organized and
accessed according to the relationships between data.

RDBMS was invented by IBM in the early 1970's.

RDBMS is the basis for SQL, and for all modern database systems like
Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2, Sybase, MySQL, and Microsoft Access.

SQL Quick Reference


SQL Syntax
Statement Syntax
AND / OR SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
AND|OR condition
ALTER TABLE (add column) ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype

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ALTER TABLE (drop column) ALTER TABLE table_name


DROP COLUMN column_name
AS (alias for column) SELECT column_name AS column_alias
FROM table_name
AS (alias for table) SELECT column_name
FROM table_name AS table_alias
BETWEEN SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name
BETWEEN value1 AND value2
CREATE DATABASE CREATE DATABASE database_name
CREATE INDEX CREATE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column_name)
CREATE TABLE CREATE TABLE table_name
(
column_name1 data_type,
column_name2 data_type,
.......
)
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column_name)
CREATE VIEW CREATE VIEW view_name AS
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
DELETE FROM DELETE FROM table_name
(Note: Deletes the entire table!!)

or

DELETE FROM table_name


WHERE condition
DROP DATABASE DROP DATABASE database_name
DROP INDEX DROP INDEX table_name.index_name
DROP TABLE DROP TABLE table_name
GROUP BY SELECT column_name1,SUM(column_name2)
FROM table_name
GROUP BY column_name1
HAVING SELECT column_name1,SUM(column_name2)
FROM table_name
GROUP BY column_name1
HAVING SUM(column_name2) condition value
IN SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name

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WHERE column_name
IN (value1,value2,..)
INSERT INTO INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2,....)

or

INSERT INTO table_name


(column_name1, column_name2,...)
VALUES (value1, value2,....)
LIKE SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name
LIKE pattern
ORDER BY SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name [ASC|DESC]
SELECT SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
SELECT * SELECT *
FROM table_name
SELECT DISTINCT SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
SELECT INTO SELECT *
(used to create backup INTO new_table_name
copies of tables) FROM original_table_name

or

SELECT column_name(s)
INTO new_table_name
FROM original_table_name
TRUNCATE TABLE TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
(deletes only the data
inside the table)
UPDATE UPDATE table_name
SET column_name=new_value
[, column_name=new_value]
WHERE column_name=some_value
WHERE SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition

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SQL Summary

This tutorial has taught you the standard computer language


for accessing and manipulating database systems.

You have learned how to execute queries, retrieve data, insert


new records, delete records and update records in a database with
SQL.

SQL is a standard language that works with database programs


like MS Access, DB2, Informix, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL,
Sybase, and other database systems.

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