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Table Of Contents

Database Concept

Overview of DBMS

Database Architecture

Database Model

Codd's rule

RDBMS Concept

Database key

Normalization

E-R Diagrams

Generalization and Specialization

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SQL Concept

SQL Introduction
DDL Command

Create query

Alter query

Truncate, Drop and Rename query


DML Command

All DML command


TCL Command

All TCL Command


DCL Command

All DCL Command

WHERE clause

SELECT query

LIKE clause

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ORDER BY clause

Group BY clause

Having clause

DISTINCT keyword

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Advance SQL

SQL Constraints

SQL function

SQL Join

SQL Alias

SQL SET operation

SQL Sequences

SQL Views

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Overview of Database
A Database is a collection of related data organised in a way that data can be easily accessed, managed and
updated. Any piece of information can be a data, for example name of your school. Database is actualy a place
where related piece of information is stored and various operations can be performed on it.

DBMS
A DBMS is a software that allows creation, definition and manipulation of database. Dbms is actualy a tool used
to perform any kind of operation on data in database. Dbms also provides protection and security to database. It
maintains data consistency in case of multiple users. Here are some examples of popular dbms, MySql, Oracle,
Sybase, Microsoft Access and IBM DB2 etc.

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Components of Database System


The database system can be divided into four components.

Users : Users may be of various type such as DB administrator, System developer and End users.

Database application : Database application may be Personal, Departmental, Enterprise and Internal

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DBMS : Software that allow users to define, create and manages database access, Ex: MySql, Oracle etc.

Database : Collection of logical data.

Functions of DBMS

Provides data Independence

Concurrency Control

Provides Recovery services

Provides Utility services

Provides a clear and logical view of the process that manipulates data.

Advantages of DBMS

Segregation of applicaion program.

Minimal data duplicacy.

Easy retrieval of data.

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Reduced development time and maintainance need.

Disadvantages of DBMS

Complexity

Costly

Large in size

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Database Architecture
Database architecture is logically divided into two types.
1. Logical two-tier Client / Server architecture
2. Logical three-tier Client / Server architecture

Two-tier Client / Server Architecture

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Two-tier Client / Server architecture is used for User Interface program and Application Programs that runs on
client side. An interface called ODBC(Open Database Connectivity) provides an API that allow client side
program to call the dbms. Most DBMS vendors provide ODBC drivers. A client program may connect to several
DBMS's. In this architecture some variation of client is also possible for example in some DBMS's more
functionality is transferred to the client including data dictionary, optimization etc. Such clients are called Data
server.

Three-tier Client / Server Architecture

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Three-tier Client / Server database architecture is commonly used architecture for web applications.
Intermediate layer called Application server or Web Server stores the web connectivty software and the
business logic(constraints) part of application used to access the right amount of data from the database server.
This layer acts like medium for sending partially processed data between the database server and the client.

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Database Model
A Database model defines the logical design of data. The model describes the relationships between different
parts of the data. In history of database design, three models have been in use.

Hierarchical Model

Network Model

Relational Model

Hierarchical Model
In this model each entity has only one parent but can have several children . At the top of hierarchy there is only
one entity which is called Root.

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Network Model
In the network model, entities are organised in a graph,in which some entities can be accessed through sveral
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Relational Model
In this model, data is organised in two-dimesional tables called relations. The tables or relation are related to
each other.

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Codd's Rule
E.F Codd was a Computer Scientist who invented Relational model for Database management. Based on
relational model, Relation database was created. Codd proposed 13 rules popularly known as Codd's 12
rulesto test DBMS's concept against his relational model. Codd's rule actualy define what quality a DBMS
requires in order to become a Relational Database Management System(RDBMS). Till now, there is hardly any
commercial product that follows all the 13 Codd's rules. Even Oracle follows only eight and half out(8.5) of 13.
The Codd's 12 rules are as follows.

Rule zero
This rule states that for a system to qualify as an RDBMS, it must be able to manage database entirely through
the relational capabilities.

Rule 1 : Information rule


All information(including metadeta) is to be represented as stored data in cells of tables. The rows and columns
have to be strictly unordered.

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Rule 2 : Guaranted Access


Each unique piece of data(atomic value) should be accesible by : Table Name + primary key(Row) +
Attribute(column).
NOTE : Ability to directly access via POINTER is a violation of this rule.

Rule 3 : Systemetic treatment of NULL


Null has several meanings, it can mean missing data, not applicable or no value. It should be handled
consistently. Primary key must not be null. Expression on NULL must give null.

Rule 4 : Active Online Catalog


Database dictionary(catalog) must have description of Database. Catalog to be governed by same rule as rest
of the database. The same query language to be used on catalog as on application database.

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Rule 5 : Powerful language


One well defined language must be there to provide all manners of access to data. Example: SQL. If a file
supporting table can be accessed by any manner except SQL interface, then its a violation to this rule.

Rule 6 : View Updation rule


All view that are theoretically updatable should be updatable by the system.

Rule 7 : Relational Level Operation


There must be Insert, Delete, Update operations at each level of relations. Set operation like Union, Intersection
and minus should also be supported.

Rule 8 : Physical Data Independence


The physical storage of data should not matter to the system. If say, some file supporting table were renamed or
moved from one disk to another, it should not effect the application.

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Rule 9 : Logical Data Independence


If there is change in the logical structure(table structures) of the database the user view of data should not
change. Say, if a table is split into two tables, a new view should give result as the join of the two tables. This
rule is most difficult to satisfy.

Rule 10 : Integrity Independence


The database should be able to conforce its own integrity rather than using other programs. Key and Check
constraints, trigger etc should be stored in Data Dictionary. This also make RDBMS independent of front-end.

Rule 11 : Distribution Independence


A database should work properly regardless of its distribution across a network. This lays foundation of
distributed database.

Rule 12 : Nonsubversion rule


If low level access is allowed to a system it should not be able to subvert or bypass integrity rule to change data.
This can be achieved by some sort of looking or encryption.
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RDBMS Concepts
A Relational Database management System(RDBMS) is a database management system based on relational
model introduced by E.F Codd. In relational model, data is represented in terms of tuples(rows).
RDBMS is used to manage Relational database. Relational database is a collection of organized set of tables
from which data can be accessed easily. Relational Database is most commonly used database. It consists of
number of tables and each table has its own primary key.

What is Table ?
In Relational database, a table is a collection of data elements organised in terms of rows and columns. A table
is also considered as convenient representation of relations. But a table can have duplicate tuples while a
truerelation cannot have duplicate tuples. Table is the most simplest form of data storage.

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Below is an example of Employee table.


ID

Name

Age

Salary

Adam

34

13000

Alex

28

15000

Stuart

20

18000

Ross

42

19020

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What is a Record ?
A single entry in a table is called a Record or Row. A Record in a table represents set of related data. For
example, the above Employee table has 4 records. Following is an example of single record.
1

Adam

34

13000

What is Field ?
A table consists of several records(row), each record can be broken into several smaller entities known
asFields. The above Employee table consist of four fields, ID, Name, Age and Salary.

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What is a Column ?
In Relational table, a column is a set of value of a particular type. The term Attribute is also used to represent a
column. For example, in Employee table, Name is a column that represent names of employee.
Name

Adam

Alex

Stuart

Ross

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Database Keys
Keys are very important part of Relational database. They are used to establish and identify relation between
tables. They also ensure that each record within a table can be uniquely identified by combination of one or
more fields within a table.

Super Key
Super Key is defined as a set of attributes within a table that uniquely identifies each record within a table.
Super Key is a superset of Candidate key.

Candidate Key
Candidate keys are defined as the set of fields from which primary key can be selected. It is an attribute or set of
attribute that can act as a primary key for a table to uniquely identify each record in that table.

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Primary Key
Primary key is a candidate key that is most appropriate to become main key of the table. It is a key that uniquely
identify each record in a table.

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Composite Key
Key that consist of two or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurance is called Composite key. But
any attribute that makes up the Composite key is not a simple key in its own.

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Secondary or Alternative key


The candidate key which are not selected for primary key are known as secondary keys or alternative keys

Non-key Attribute
Non-key attributes are attributes other than candidate key attributes in a table.

Non-prime Attribute
Non-prime Attributes are attributes other than Primary attribute.

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Normalization of Database
Database Normalisation is a technique of organizing the data in the database. Normalization is a systematic
approach of decomposing tables to eliminate data redundancy and undesirable characteristics like Insertion,
Update and Deletion Anamolies. It is a multi-step process that puts data into tabular form by removing duplicated
data from the relation tables.
Normalization is used for mainly two purpose,

Eliminating reduntant(useless) data.

Ensuring data dependencies make sense i.e data is logically stored.

Problem Without Normalization


Without Normalization, it becomes difficult to handle and update the database, without facing data loss.
Insertion, Updation and Deletion Anamolies are very frequent if Database is not Normalized.

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To understand these anomalies let us take an example of Student table.


S_id

S_Name

S_Address

Subject_opted

401

Adam

Noida

Bio

402

Alex

Panipat

Maths

403

Stuart

Jammu

Maths

404

Adam

Noida

Physics

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Updation Anamoly : To update address of a student who occurs twice or more than twice in a table, we will
have to update S_Address column in all the rows, else data will become inconsistent.

Insertion Anamoly : Suppose for a new admission, we have a Student id(S_id), name and address of a
student but if student has not opted for any subjects yet then we have to insert NULL there, leading to
Insertion Anamoly.

Deletion Anamoly : If (S_id) 401 has only one subject and temporarily he drops it, when we delete that row,
entire student record will be deleted along with it.

Normalization Rule
Normalization rule are divided into following normal form.
1. First Normal Form
2. Second Normal Form
3. Third Normal Form
4. BCNF

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First Normal Form (1NF)


As per First Normal Form, no two Rows of data must contain repeating group of information i.e each set of
column must have a unique value, such that multiple columns cannot be used to fetch the same row. Each table
should be organized into rows, and each row should have a primary key that distinguishes it as unique.
The Primary key is usually a single column, but sometimes more than one column can be combined to create a
single primary key. For example consider a table which is not in First normal form
Student Table :
Student

Age

Subject

Adam

15

Biology, Maths

Alex

14

Maths

Stuart

17

Maths

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In First Normal Form, any row must not have a column in which more than one value is saved, like separated
with commas. Rather than that, we must separate such data into multiple rows.
Student Table following 1NF will be :
Student

Age

Subject

Adam

15

Biology

Adam

15

Maths

Alex

14

Maths

Stuart

17

Maths

Using the First Normal Form, data redundancy increases, as there will be many columns with same data in
multiple rows but each row as a whole will be unique.

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Second Normal Form (2NF)


As per the Second Normal Form there must not be any partial dependency of any column on primary key. It
means that for a table that has concatenated primary key, each column in the table that is not part of the primary
key must depend upon the entire concatenated key for its existence. If any column depends only on one part of
the concatenated key, then the table fails Second normal form.
In example of First Normal Form there are two rows for Adam, to include multiple subjects that he has opted for.
While this is searchable, and follows First normal form, it is an inefficient use of space. Also in the above Table
in First Normal Form, while the candidate key is {Student, Subject}, Age of Student only depends on Student
column, which is incorrect as per Second Normal Form. To achieve second normal form, it would be helpful to
split out the subjects into an independent table, and match them up using the student names as foreign keys.

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New Student Table following 2NF will be :


Student

Age

Adam

15

Alex

14

Stuart

17

In Student Table the candidate key will be Student column, because all other column i.e Age is dependent on it.

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New Subject Table introduced for 2NF will be :


Student

Subject

Adam

Biology

Adam

Maths

Alex

Maths

Stuart

Maths

In Subject Table the candidate key will be {Student, Subject} column. Now, both the above tables qualifies for
Second Normal Form and will never suffer from Update Anomalies. Although there are a few complex cases in
which table in Second Normal Form suffers Update Anomalies, and to handle those scenarios Third Normal
Form is there.

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Third Normal Form (3NF)


Third Normal form applies that every non-prime attribute of table must be dependent on primary key. The
transitive functional dependency should be removed from the table. The table must be in Second Normal form.
For example, consider a table with following fields.
Student_Detail Table :
Student_id

Student_name

DOB

Street

city

State

Zip

In this table Student_id is Primary key, but street, city and state depends upon Zip. The dependency between zip
and other fields is called transitive dependency. Hence to apply 3NF, we need to move the street, city and
state to new table, with Zip as primary key.

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New Student_Detail Table :


Student_id

Student_name

DOB

Zip

Address Table :
Zip

Street

city

state

The advantage of removing transtive dependency is,

Amount of data duplication is reduced.

Data integrity achieved.

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Boyce and Codd Normal Form (BCNF)


Boyce and Codd Normal Form is a higher version of the Third Normal form. This form deals with certain type
of anamoly that is not handled by 3NF. A 3NF table which does not have multiple overlapping candidate keys is
said to be in BCNF.

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E-R Diagram
ER-Diagram is a visual representation of data that describes how data is related to each other.

Symbols and Notations


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Components of E-R Diagram


The E-R diagram has three main components.

1) Entity
An Entity can be any object, place, person or class. In E-R Diagram, an entity is represented using rectangles.
Consider an example of an Organisation. Employee, Manager, Department, Product and many more can be
taken as entities from an Organisation.

Weak Entity
Weak entity is an entity that depends on another entity. Weak entity doen't have key attribute of their own.
Double rectangle represents weak entity.

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2) Attribute
An Attribute describes a property or characterstic of an entity. For example, Name, Age, Address etc can be
attributes of a Student. An attribute is represented using eclipse.

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Key Attribute
Key attribute represents the main characterstic of an Entity. It is used to represent Primary key. Ellipse with
underlying lines represent Key Attribute.

Composite Attribute
An attribute can also have their own attributes. These attributes are known as Composite attribute.

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3) Relationship
A Relationship describes relations between entities. Relationship is represented using diamonds.

There are three types of relationship that exist between Entities.

Binary Relationship

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Binary Relationship
Binary Relationship means relation between two Entities. This is further divided into three types.
1. One to One : This type of relationship is rarely seen in real world.

The above example describes that one student can enroll only for one course and a course will also have
only one Student. This is not what you will usually see in relationship.
2. One to Many : It reflects business rule that one entity is associated with many number of same entity. For
example, Student enrolls for only one Course but a Course can have many Students.
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The arrows in the diagram describes that one student can enroll for only one course.
3. Many to Many :

The above diagram represents that many students can enroll for more than one courses.

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Recursive Relationship
When an Entity is related with itself it is known as Recursive Relationship.

Ternary Relationship
Relationship of degree three is called Ternary relationship.

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Generalization
Generalization is a bottom-up approach in which two lower level entities combine to form a higher level entity.
In generalization, the higher level entity can also combine with other lower level entity to make further higher
level entity.

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Specialization
Specialization is opposite to Generalization. It is a top-down approach in which one higher level entity can be
broken down into two lower level entity. In specialization, some higher level entities may not have lower-level
entity sets at all.

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Aggregration
Aggregration is a process when relation between two entity is treated as a single entity. Here the relation
between Center and Course, is acting as an Entity in relation with Visitor.

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Introduction to SQL
Structure Query Language(SQL) is a programming language used for storing and managing data in RDBMS.
SQL was the first commercial language introduced for E.F Codd's Relational model. Today almost all
RDBMS(MySql, Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, MS Access) uses SQL as the standard database language. SQL is
used to perform all type of data operations in RDBMS.

SQL Command
SQL defines following data languages to manipulate data of RDBMS.

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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 new table or database

alter

for alteration

truncate

delete data from table

drop

to drop a table

rename

to rename a table

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DML : Data Manipulation Language


DML commands are not auto-committed. It means changes are not permanent to database, they can be rolled
back.
Command

Description

insert

to insert a new row

update

to update existing row

delete

to delete a row

merge

merging two rows or two tables

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TCL : Transaction Control Language


These commands are to keep a check on other commands and their affect on the database. These commands
can annul changes made by other commands by rolling back to original state. It can also make changes
permanent.
Command

Description

commit

to permanently save

rollback

to undo change

savepoint

to save temporarily

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DCL : Data Control Language


Data control language provides command to grant and take back authority.
Command

Description

grant

grant permission of right

revoke

take back permission.

DQL : Data Query Language


Command

Description

select

retrieve records from one or more table

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create command
create is a DDL command used to create a table or a database.

Creating a Database
To create a database in RDBMS, create command is uses. Following is the Syntax,
create database database-name;

Example for Creating Database


create database Test;
The above command will create a database named Test.

Creating a Table
create command is also used to create a table. We can specify names and datatypes of various columns
along.Following is the Syntax,
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create table table-name


{
column-name1 datatype1,
column-name2 datatype2,
column-name3 datatype3,
column-name4 datatype4
};
create table command will tell the database system to create a new table with given table name and column
information.

Example for creating Table


create table Student(id int, name varchar, age int);
The above command will create a new table Student in database system with 3 columns, namely id, name and
age.

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alter command
alter command is used for alteration of table structures. There are various uses of alter command, such as,

to add a column to existing table

to rename any existing column

to change datatype of any column or to modify its size.

alter is also used to drop a column.

To Add Column to existing Table


Using alter command we can add a column to an existing table. Following is the Syntax,
alter table table-name add(column-name datatype);
Here is an Example for this,
alter table Student add(address char);
The above command will add a new column address to the Student table

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To Add Multiple Column to existing Table


Using alter command we can even add multiple columns to an existing table. Following is the Syntax,
alter table table-name add(column-name1 datatype1, column-name2 datatype2, column-name3
datatype3);
Here is an Example for this,
alter table Student add(father-name varchar(60), mother-name varchar(60), dob date);
The above command will add three new columns to the Student table

To Add column with Default Value


alter command can add a new column to an existing table with default values. Following is the Syntax,
alter table table-name add(column-name1 datatype1 default data);
Here is an Example for this,
alter table Student add(dob date default '1-Jan-99');
The above command will add a new column with default value to the Student table

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To Modify an existing Column


alter command is used to modify data type of an existing column . Following is the Syntax,
alter table table-name modify(column-name datatype);
Here is an Example for this,
alter table Student modify(address varchar(30));
The above command will modify address column of the Student table

To Rename a column
Using alter command you can rename an existing column. Following is the Syntax,
alter table table-name rename old-column-name to column-name;
Here is an Example for this,
alter table Student rename address to Location;
The above command will rename address column to Location.

To Drop a Column
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alter command is also used to drop columns also. Following is the Syntax,
alter table table-name drop(column-name);
Here is an Example for this,
alter table Student drop(address);
The above command will drop address column from the Student table

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SQL queries to Truncate, Drop or Rename a Table


truncate command
truncate command removes all records from a table. But this command will not destroy the table's structure.
When we apply truncate command on a table its Primary key is initialized. Following is its Syntax,
truncate table table-name
Here is an Example explaining it.
truncate table Student;
The above query will delete all the records of Student table.
truncate command is different from delete command. delete command will delete all the rows from a table
whereas truncate command re-initializes a table(like a newly created table).
For eg. If you have a table with 10 rows and an auto_increment primary key, if you use delete command to
delete all the rows, it will delete all the rows, but will not initialize the primary key, hence if you will insert any row
after using delete command, the auto_increment primary key will start from 11. But in case
of truncate command, primary key is re-initialized.

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drop command
drop query completely removes a table from database. This command will also destroy the table structure.
Following is its Syntax,
drop table table-name
Here is an Example explaining it.
drop table Student;
The above query will delete the Student table completely. It can also be used on Databases. For Example, to
drop a database,
drop database Test;
The above query will drop a database named Test from the system.

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rename query
rename command is used to rename a table. Following is its Syntax,
rename table old-table-name to new-table-name
Here is an Example explaining it.
rename table Student to Student-record;
The above query will rename Student table to Student-record.

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DML command
Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements are used for managing data in database. DML commands are
not auto-committed. It means changes made by DML command are not permanent to database, it can be rolled
back.

1) INSERT command
Insert command is used to insert data into a table. Following is its general syntax,
INSERT into table-name values(data1,data2,..)
Lets see an example,
Consider a table Student with following fields.
S_id

S_Name

age

INSERT into Student values(101,'Adam',15);


The above command will insert a record into Student table.

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S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

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Example to Insert NULL value to a column


Both the statements below will insert NULL value into age column of the Student table.
INSERT into Student(id,name) values(102,'Alex');
Or,
INSERT into Student values(102,'Alex',null);

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The above command will insert only two column value other column is set to null.
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

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Example to Insert Default value to a column


INSERT into Student values(103,'Chris',default)
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

103

chris

14

Suppose the age column of student table has default value of 14.
Also, if you run the below query, it will insert default value into the age column, whatever the default value may
be.
INSERT into Student values(103,'Chris')

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2) UPDATE command
Update command is used to update a row of a table. Following is its general syntax,
UPDATE table-name set column-name = value where condition;
Lets see an example,
update Student set age=18 where s_id=102;
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

103

chris

14

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Example to Update multiple columns


UPDATE Student set s_name='Abhi',age=17 where s_id=103;
The above command will update two columns of a record.
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

103

Abhi

17

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3) Delete command
Delete command is used to delete data from a table. Delete command can also be used with condition to delete
a particular row. Following is its general syntax,
DELETE from table-name;

Example to Delete all Records from a Table


DELETE from Student;
The above command will delete all the records from Student table.

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Example to Delete a particular Record from a Table


Consider the following Student table
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

103

Abhi

17

DELETE from Student where s_id=103;

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The above command will delete the record where s_id is 103 from Student table.
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

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TCL command
Transaction Control Language(TCL) commands are used to manage transactions in database.These are used to
manage the changes made by DML statements. It also allows statements to be grouped together into logical
transactions.

Commit command
Commit command is used to permanently save any transaaction into database.
Following is Commit command's syntax,
commit;

Rollback command
This command restores the database to last commited state. It is also use with savepoint command to jump to a
savepoint in a transaction.
Following is Rollback command's syntax,
rollback to savepoint-name;
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Savepoint command
savepoint command is used to temporarily save a transaction so that you can rollback to that point whenever
necessary.
Following is savepoint command's syntax,
savepoint savepoint-name;

Example of Savepoint and Rollback


Following is the class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

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Lets use some SQL queries on the above table and see the results.
INSERT into class values(5,'Rahul');
commit;
UPDATE class set name='abhijit' where id='5';
savepoint A;
INSERT into class values(6,'Chris');
savepoint B;
INSERT into class values(7,'Bravo');
savepoint C;
SELECT * from class;

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The resultant table will look like,


ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

abhijit

chris

bravo

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Now rollback to savepoint B


rollback to B;
SELECT * from class;
The resultant table will look like
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

abhijit

chris

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Now rollback to savepoint A


rollback to A;
SELECT * from class;
The result table will look like
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

abhijit

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DCL command
Data Control Language(DCL) is used to control privilege in Database. To perform any operation in the
database, such as for creating tables, sequences or views we need privileges. Privileges are of two
types,

System : creating session, table etc are all types of system privilege.
Object : any command or query to work on tables comes under object privilege.
DCL defines two commands,

Grant : Gives user access privileges to database.


Revoke : Take back permissions from user.

To Allow a User to create Session


grant create session to username;

To Allow a User to create Table


grant create table to username;

To provide User with some Space on Tablespace to store Table


alter user username quota unlimited on system;

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To Grant all privilege to a User


grant sysdba to username

To Grant permission to Create any Table


grant create any table to username

To Grant permission to Drop any Table


grant drop any table to username

To take back Permissions


revoke create table from username
WHERE clause
Where clause is used to specify condition while retriving data from table. Where clause is used mostly
withSelect, Update and Delete query. If condititon specified by where clause is true then only the result
from table is returned.

Syntax for WHERE clause


SELECT column-name1,
column-name2,
column-name3,
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column-nameN
from table-name WHERE [condition];

Example using WHERE clause


Consider a Student table,
s_id

s_Name

age

address

101

Adam

15

Noida

102

Alex

18

Delhi

103

Abhi

17

Rohtak

104

Ankit

22

Panipat

Now we will use a SELECT statement to display data of the table, based on a condition, which we will
add to the SELECT query using WHERE clause.
SELECT s_id,

s_name, age,

address

from Student WHERE s_id=101;


s_id

s_Name

Age

Address

101

Adam

15

Noida

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SELECT Query
Select query is used to retrieve data from a tables. It is the most used SQL query. We can retrieve complete
tables, or partial by mentioning conditions using WHERE clause.

Syntax of SELECT Query


SELECT column-name1, column-name2, column-name3, column-nameN from table-name;

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Example for SELECT Query


Conside the following Student table,
S_id

S_Name

age

address

101

Adam

15

Noida

102

Alex

18

Delhi

103

Abhi

17

Rohtak

104

Ankit

22

Panipat

SELECT s_id, s_name, age from Student.

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The above query will fetch information of s_id, s_name and age column from Student table
S_id

S_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

103

Abhi

17

104

Ankit

22

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Example to Select all Records from Table


A special character asterisk * is used to address all the data(belonging to all columns) in a
query. SELECTstatement uses * character to retrieve all records from a table.
SELECT * from student;
The above query will show all the records of Student table, that means it will show complete Student table as
result.
S_id

S_Name

age

address

101

Adam

15

Noida

102

Alex

18

Delhi

103

Abhi

17

Rohtak

104

Ankit

22

Panipat

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Example to Select particular Record based on Condition


SELECT * from Student WHERE s_name = 'Abhi';
103

Abhi

17

Rohtak

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Example to Perform Simple Calculations using Select Query


Conside the following Employee table.
eid

Name

age

salary

101

Adam

26

5000

102

Ricky

42

8000

103

Abhi

22

10000

104

Rohan

35

5000

SELECT eid, name, salary+3000

from Employee;

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The above command will display a new column in the result, showing 3000 added into existing salaries of the
employees.
eid

Name

salary+3000

101

Adam

8000

102

Ricky

11000

103

Abhi

13000

104

Rohan

8000

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Like clause
Like clause is used as condition in SQL query. Like clause compares data with an expression using wildcard
operators. It is used to find similar data from the table.

Wildcard operators
There are two wildcard operators that are used in like clause.

Percent sign % : represents zero, one or more than one character.

Underscore sign _ : represents only one character.

Example of LIKE clause

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Consider the following Student table.


s_id

s_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

103

Abhi

17

SELECT * from Student where s_name like = 'A%';

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The above query will return all records where s_name starts with character 'A'.
s_id

s_Name

age

101

Adam

15

102

Alex

18

103

Abhi

17

Example
SELECT * from Student where s_name like = '_d%';

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The above query will return all records from Student table where s_name contain 'd' as second character.
s_id

s_Name

age

101

Adam

15

Example
SELECT * from Student where s_name like = '%x';

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The above query will return all records from Student table where s_name contain 'x' as last character.
s_id

s_Name

age

102

Alex

18

Order By Clause
Order by clause is used with Select statement for arranging retrieved data in sorted order. The Order
by clause by default sort data in ascending order. To sort data in descending order DESC keyword is
used with Order byclause.

Syntax of Order By
SELECT column-list|* from table-name order by asc|desc;

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Example using Order by


Consider the following Emp table,
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SELECT * from Emp order by salary;

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The above query will return result in ascending order of the salary.
eid

name

age

salary

403

Rohan

34

6000

402

Shane

29

8000

405

Tiger

35

8000

401

Anu

22

9000

404

Scott

44

10000

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Example of Order by DESC


Consider the Emp table described above,
SELECT * from Emp order by salary DESC;
The above query will return result in descending order of the salary.
eid

name

age

salary

404

Scott

44

10000

401

Anu

22

9000

405

Tiger

35

8000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

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Group By Clause
Group by clause is used to group the results of a SELECT query based on one or more columns. It is also used
with SQL functions to group the result from one or more tables.
Syntax for using Group by in a statement.
SELECT column_name, function(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
GROUP BY column_name

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Example of Group by in a Statement


Consider the following Emp table.
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

9000

405

Tiger

35

8000

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Here we want to find name and age of employees grouped by their salaries
SQL query for the above requirement will be,
SELECT name, age
from Emp group by salary
Result will be,
name

age

Rohan

34

shane

29

anu

22

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Example of Group by in a Statement with WHERE clause


Consider the following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

9000

405

Tiger

35

8000

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SQL query will be,


select name, salary
from Emp
where age > 25
group by salary
Result will be.
name

salary

Rohan

6000

Shane

8000

Scott

9000

You must remember that Group By clause will always come at the end, just like the Order by clause.

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HAVING Clause
having clause is used with SQL Queries to give more precise condition for a statement. It is used to mention
condition in Group based SQL functions, just like WHERE clause.
Syntax for having will be,
select column_name, function(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name condition
GROUP BY column_name
HAVING function(column_name) condition

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Example of HAVING Statement


Consider the following Sale table.
oid

order_name

previous_balance

customer

11

ord1

2000

Alex

12

ord2

1000

Adam

13

ord3

2000

Abhi

14

ord4

1000

Adam

15

ord5

2000

Alex

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Suppose we want to find the customer whose previous_balance sum is more than 3000.
We will use the below SQL query,
SELECT *
from sale group customer
having sum(previous_balance) > 3000
Result will be,
oid

order_name

previous_balance

customer

11

ord1

2000

Alex

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Distinct keyword
The distinct keyword is used with Select statement to retrieve unique values from the table. Distinct removes
all the duplicate records while retrieving from database.

Syntax for DISTINCT Keyword


SELECT distinct column-name from table-name;

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Example
Consider the following Emp table.
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

5000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

10000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

select distinct salary from Emp;

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The above query will return only the unique salary from Emp table
salary

5000

8000

10000

AND & OR operator


AND and OR operators are used with Where clause to make more precise conditions for fetching data from
database by combining more than one condition together.

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AND operator
AND operator is used to set multiple conditions with Where clause.

Example of AND
Consider the following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

5000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

12000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

9000

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SELECT * from Emp WHERE salary < 10000 AND age > 25
The above query will return records where salary is less than 10000 and age greater than 25.
eid

name

age

salary

402

Shane

29

8000

405

Tiger

35

9000

OR operator
OR operator is also used to combine multiple conditions with Where clause. The only difference between AND
and OR is their behaviour. When we use AND to combine two or more than two conditions, records satisfying all
the condition will be in the result. But in case of OR, atleast one condition from the conditions specified must be
satisfied by any record to be in the result.

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Example of OR
Consider the following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

5000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

12000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

9000

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SELECT * from Emp WHERE salary > 10000 OR age > 25


The above query will return records where either salary is greater than 10000 or age greater than 25.
402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

12000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

9000

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SQL Constraints
SQl Constraints are rules used to limit the type of data that can go into a table, to maintain the accuracy and
integrity of the data inside table.
Constraints can be divided into following two types,

Column level constraints : limits only column data

Table level constraints : limits whole table data

Constraints are used to make sure that the integrity of data is maintained in the database. Following are the
most used constraints that can be applied to a table.

NOT NULL

UNIQUE

PRIMARY KEY

FOREIGN KEY

CHECK

DEFAULT

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NOT NULL Constraint


NOT NULL constraint restricts a column from having a NULL value. Once NOT NULL constraint is applied to a
column, you cannot pass a null value to that column. It enforces a column to contain a proper value. One
important point to note about NOT NULL constraint is that it cannot be defined at table level.

Example using NOT NULL constraint


CREATE table Student(s_id int NOT NULL, Name varchar(60), Age int);
The above query will declare that the s_id field of Student table will not take NULL value.

UNIQUE Constraint
UNIQUE constraint ensures that a field or column will only have unique values. A UNIQUE constraint field will
not have duplicate data. UNIQUE constraint can be applied at column level or table level.

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Example using UNIQUE constraint when creating a Table (Table Level)


CREATE table Student(s_id int NOT NULL UNIQUE, Name varchar(60), Age int);
The above query will declare that the s_id field of Student table will only have unique values and wont take
NULL value.

Example using UNIQUE constraint after Table is created (Column Level)


ALTER table Student add UNIQUE(s_id);
The above query specifies that s_id field of Student table will only have unique value.

Primary Key Constraint


Primary key constraint uniquely identifies each record in a database. A Primary Key must contain unique value
and it must not contain null value. Usually Primary Key is used to index the data inside the table.

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Example using PRIMARY KEY constraint at Table Level


CREATE table Student (s_id int PRIMARY KEY, Name varchar(60) NOT NULL, Age int);
The above command will creates a PRIMARY KEY on the s_id.

Example using PRIMARY KEY constraint at Column Level


ALTER table Student add PRIMARY KEY (s_id);
The above command will creates a PRIMARY KEY on the s_id.

Foreign Key Constraint


FOREIGN KEY is used to relate two tables. FOREIGN KEY constraint is also used to restrict actions that would
destroy links between tables. To understand FOREIGN KEY, let's see it using two table.

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Customer_Detail Table :
c_id

Customer_Name

address

101

Adam

Noida

102

Alex

Delhi

103

Stuart

Rohtak

Order_Detail Table :
Order_id

Order_Name

c_id

10

Order1

101

11

Order2

103

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In Customer_Detail table, c_id is the primary key which is set as foreign key in Order_Detail table. The value
that is entered in c_id which is set as foreign key in Order_Detail table must be present
in Customer_Detailtable where it is set as primary key. This prevents invalid data to be inserted into c_id
column of Order_Detailtable.

Example using FOREIGN KEY constraint at Table Level


CREATE table Order_Detail(order_id int PRIMARY KEY,
order_name varchar(60) NOT NULL,
c_id int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Customer_Detail(c_id));
In this query, c_id in table Order_Detail is made as foriegn key, which is a reference of c_id column of
Customer_Detail.

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Example using FOREIGN KEY constraint at Column Level


ALTER table Order_Detail add FOREIGN KEY (c_id) REFERENCES Customer_Detail(c_id);

Behaviour of Foriegn Key Column on Delete


There are two ways to maintin the integrity of data in Child table, when a particular record is deleted in main
table. When two tables are connected with Foriegn key, and certain data in the main table is deleted, for which
record exit in child table too, then we must have some mechanism to save the integrity of data in child table.

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On Delete Cascade : This will remove the record from child table, if that value of foriegn key is deleted from
the main table.

On Delete Null : This will set all the values in that record of child table as NULL, for which the value of
foriegn key is eleted from the main table.

If we don't use any of the above, then we cannot delete data from the main table for which data in child table
exists. We will get an error if we try to do so.
ERROR : Record in child table exist

CHECK Constraint
CHECK constraint is used to restrict the value of a column between a range. It performs check on the values,
before storing them into the database. Its like condition checking before saving data into a column.

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Example using CHECK constraint at Table Level


create table Student(s_id int NOT NULL CHECK(s_id > 0),
Name varchar(60) NOT NULL,
Age int);
The above query will restrict the s_id value to be greater than zero.

Example using CHECK constraint at Column Level


ALTER table Student add CHECK(s_id > 0);

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SQL Functions
SQL provides many built-in functions to perform operations on data. These functions are useful while
performing mathematical calculations, string concatenations, sub-strings etc. SQL functions are divided
into two catagories,

Aggregrate Functions
Scalar Functions

Aggregrate Functions
These functions return a single value after calculating from a group of values.Following are some
frequently used Aggregrate functions.

1) AVG()
Average returns average value after calculating from values in a numeric column.
Its general Syntax is,
SELECT AVG(column_name) from table_name

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Example using AVG()


Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query to find average of salary will be,


SELECT avg(salary) from Emp;

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Result of the above query will be,


avg(salary)
8200

2) COUNT()
Count returns the number of rows present in the table either based on some condition or without
condition.
Its general Syntax is,
SELECT COUNT(column_name) from table-name

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Example using COUNT()


Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query to count employees, satisfying specified condition is,


SELECT COUNT(name) from Emp where salary = 8000;

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Result of the above query will be,


count(name)
2

Example of COUNT(distinct)
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query is,


SELECT COUNT(distinct salary) from emp;
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Result of the above query will be,


count(distinct salary)
4

3) FIRST()
First function returns first value of a selected column
Syntax for FIRST function is,
SELECT FIRST(column_name) from table-name

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Example of FIRST()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query
SELECT FIRST(salary) from Emp;
Result will be,
first(salary)
9000

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4) LAST()
LAST return the return last value from selected column
Syntax of LAST function is,
SELECT LAST(column_name) from table-name

Example of LAST()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query will be,


SELECT LAST(salary) from emp;

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Result of the above query will be,


last(salary)
8000

5) MAX()
MAX function returns maximum value from selected column of the table.
Syntax of MAX function is,
SELECT MAX(column_name) from table-name

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Example of MAX()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query to find Maximum salary is,


SELECT MAX(salary) from emp;
Result of the above query will be,
MAX(salary)
10000

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6) MIN()
MIN function returns minimum value from a selected column of the table.
Syntax for MIN function is,
SELECT MIN(column_name) from table-name

Example of MIN()
Consider following Emp table,
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query to find minimum salary is,


SELECT MIN(salary) from emp;

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Result will be,


MIN(salary)
8000

7) SUM()
SUM function returns total sum of a selected columns numeric values.
Syntax for SUM is,
SELECT SUM(column_name) from table-name

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Example of SUM()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

Anu

22

9000

402

Shane

29

8000

403

Rohan

34

6000

404

Scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query to find sum of salaries will be,


SELECT SUM(salary) from emp;

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Result of above query is,


SUM(salary)
41000

Scalar Functions
Scalar functions return a single value from an input value. Following are soe frequently used Scalar
Functions.

1) UCASE()
UCASE function is used to convert value of string column to Uppercase character.
Syntax of UCASE,
SELECT UCASE(column_name) from table-name

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Example of UCASE()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

anu

22

9000

402

shane

29

8000

403

rohan

34

6000

404

scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query for using UCASE is,


SELECT UCASE(name) from emp;

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Result is,
UCASE(name)
ANU
SHANE
ROHAN
SCOTT
TIGER

2) LCASE()
LCASE function is used to convert value of string column to Lowecase character.
Syntax for LCASE is,
SELECT LCASE(column_name) from table-name

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Example of LCASE()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

anu

22

9000

402

shane

29

8000

403

rohan

34

6000

404

scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query for converting string value to Lower case is,


SELECT LCASE(name) from emp;

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Result will be,


LCASE(name)
anu
shane
rohan
scott
tiger

3) MID()
MID function is used to extract substrings from column values of string type in a table.
Syntax for MID function is,
SELECT MID(column_name, start, length) from table-name

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Example of MID()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

anu

22

9000

402

shane

29

8000

403

rohan

34

6000

404

scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000

SQL query will be,


select MID(name,2,2) from emp;

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Result will come out to be,


MID(name,2,2)
nu
ha
oh
co
ig

4) ROUND()
ROUND function is used to round a numeric field to number of nearest integer. It is used on Decimal
point values. Syntax of Round function is,
SELECT ROUND(column_name, decimals) from table-name

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Example of ROUND()
Consider following Emp table
eid

name

age

salary

401

anu

22

9000.67

402

shane

29

8000.98

403

rohan

34

6000.45

404

scott

44

10000

405

Tiger

35

8000.01

SQL query is,


SELECT ROUND(salary) from emp;

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Result will be,


ROUND(salary)
9001
8001
6000
10000
8000

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Join in SQL
SQL Join is used to fetch data from two or more tables, which is joined to appear as single set of data. SQL Join
is used for combining column from two or more tables by using values common to both tables. Join Keyword is
used in SQL queries for joining two or more tables. Minimum required condition for joining table, is (n-1) wheren,
is number of tables. A table can also join to itself known as, Self Join.

Types of Join
The following are the types of JOIN that we can use in SQL.

Inner

Outer

Left

Right

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Cross JOIN or Cartesian Product


This type of JOIN returns the cartesian product of rows of from the tables in Join. It will return a table which
consists of records which combines each row from the first table with each row of the second table.
Cross JOIN Syntax is,
SELECT column-name-list
from table-name1
CROSS JOIN
table-name2;

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Example of Cross JOIN


The class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

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Cross JOIN query will be,


SELECT *
from class,
cross JOIN class_info;
The result table will look like,
ID

NAME

ID

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

DELHI

alex

DELHI

abhi

MUMBAI

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adam

MUMBAI

alex

MUMBAI

abhi

CHENNAI

adam

CHENNAI

alex

CHENNAI

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INNER Join or EQUI Join


This is a simple JOIN in which the result is based on matched data as per the equality condition specified in the
query.
Inner Join Syntax is,
SELECT column-name-list
from table-name1
INNER JOIN
table-name2
WHERE table-name1.column-name = table-name2.column-name;

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Example of Inner JOIN


The class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

anu

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

Inner JOIN query will be,


SELECT * from class, class_info where class.id = class_info.id;

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The result table will look like,


ID

NAME

ID

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

MUMBAI

alex

CHENNAI

Natural JOIN
Natural Join is a type of Inner join which is based on column having same name and same datatype present in
both the tables to be joined.

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Natural Join Syntax is,


SELECT *
from table-name1
NATURAL JOIN
table-name2;

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Example of Natural JOIN


The class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

anu

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

Natural join query will be,


SELECT * from class NATURAL JOIN class_info;

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The result table will look like,


ID

NAME

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

MUMBAI

alex

CHENNAI

In the above example, both the tables being joined have ID column(same name and same datatype), hence the
records for which value of ID matches in both the tables will be the result of Natural Join of these two tables.

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Outer JOIN
Outer Join is based on both matched and unmatched data. Outer Joins subdivide further into,

Left Outer Join

Right Outer Join

Full Outer Join

Left Outer Join


The left outer join returns a result table with the matched data of two tables then remaining rows of the left table
and null for the right table's column.

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Left Outer Join syntax is,


SELECT column-name-list
from table-name1
LEFT OUTER JOIN
table-name2
on table-name1.column-name = table-name2.column-name;
Left outer Join Syntax for Oracle is,
select column-name-list
from table-name1,
table-name2
on table-name1.column-name = table-name2.column-name(+);

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Example of Left Outer Join


The class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

anu

ashish

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

NOIDA

PANIPAT

Left Outer Join query will be,


SELECT * FROM class LEFT OUTER JOIN class_info ON (class.id=class_info.id);

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The result table will look like,


ID

NAME

ID

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

MUMBAI

alex

CHENNAI

anu

null

null

ashish

null

null

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Right Outer Join


The right outer join returns a result table with the matched data of two tables then remaining rows of the right
table and null for the left table's columns.
Right Outer Join Syntax is,
select column-name-list
from table-name1
RIGHT OUTER JOIN
table-name2
on table-name1.column-name = table-name2.column-name;
Right outer Join Syntax for Oracle is,
select column-name-list
from table-name1,
table-name2
on table-name1.column-name(+) = table-name2.column-name;

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Example of Right Outer Join


The class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

anu

ashish

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

NOIDA

PANIPAT

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Right Outer Join query will be,


SELECT * FROM class RIGHT OUTER JOIN class_info on (class.id=class_info.id);
The result table will look like,
ID

NAME

ID

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

MUMBAI

alex

CHENNAI

null

null

NOIDA

null

null

PANIPAT

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Full Outer Join


The full outer join returns a result table with the matched data of two table then remaining rows of both left table
and then the right table.
Full Outer Join Syntax is,
select column-name-list
from table-name1
FULL OUTER JOIN
table-name2
on table-name1.column-name = table-name2.column-name;

Example of Full outer join is,

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The class table,


ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

anu

ashish

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

NOIDA

PANIPAT

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Full Outer Join query will be like,


SELECT * FROM class FULL OUTER JOIN class_info on (class.id=class_info.id);
The result table will look like,
ID

NAME

ID

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

MUMBAI

alex

CHENNAI

anu

null

null

ashish

null

null

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null

null

NOIDA

null

null

PANIPAT

2014

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SQL Alias
Alias is used to give an alias name to a table or a column. This is quite useful in case of large or complex
queries. Alias is mainly used for giving a short alias name for a column or a table with complex names.
Syntax of Alias for table names,
SELECT column-name
from table-name
as alias-name
Following is an Example using Alias,
SELECT * from Employee_detail as ed;
Alias syntax for columns will be like,
SELECT
column-name as alias-name
from
table-name
Example using alias for columns,
SELECT customer_id as cid from Emp;
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Example of Alias in SQL Query


Consider the following two tables,
The class table,
ID

Name

abhi

adam

alex

anu

ashish

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The class_info table,


ID

Address

DELHI

MUMBAI

CHENNAI

NOIDA

PANIPAT

Below is the Query to fetch data from both the tables using SQL Alias,
SELECT C.id, C.Name, Ci.Address from Class as C, Class_info as Ci where C.id=Ci.id;

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Result table look like,


ID

Name

Address

abhi

DELHI

adam

MUMBAI

alex

CHENNAI

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Set Operation in SQL


SQL supports few Set operations to be performed on table data. These are used to get meaningful results from
data, under different special conditions.

Union
UNION is used to combine the results of two or more Select statements. However it will eliminate duplicate rows
from its result set. In case of union, number of columns and datatype must be same in both the tables.

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Example of UNION
The First table,
ID

Name

abhi

adam

The Second table,


ID

Name

adam

Chester

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Union SQL query will be,


select * from First
UNION
select * from second
The result table will look like,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

Chester

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Union All
This operation is similar to Union. But it also shows the duplicate rows.

Example of Union All


The First table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

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The Second table,


ID

NAME

adam

Chester

Union All query will be like,


select * from First
UNION ALL
select * from second

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The result table will look like,


ID

NAME

abhi

adam

adam

Chester

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Intersect
Intersect operation is used to combine two SELECT statements, but it only retuns the records which are
common from both SELECT statements. In case of Intersect the number of columns and datatype must be
same. MySQL does not support INTERSECT operator.

Example of Intersect

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The First table,


ID

NAME

abhi

adam

The Second table,


ID

NAME

adam

Chester

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Intersect query will be,


select * from First
INTERSECT
select * from second
The result table will look like
ID

NAME

adam

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Minus
Minus operation combines result of two Select statements and return only those result which belongs to first set
of result. MySQL does not support INTERSECT operator.

Example of Minus
The First table,
ID

NAME

abhi

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adam

The Second table,


ID

NAME

adam

Chester

Minus query will be,


select * from First
MINUS
select * from second

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The result table will look like,


ID

NAME

abhi

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SQL Sequence
Sequence is a feature supported by some database systems to produce unique values on demand. Some
DBMS like MySQL supports AUTO_INCREMENT in place of Sequence. AUTO_INCREMENT is applied on
columns, it automatically increments the column value by 1 each time a new record is entered into the table.
Sequence is also some what similar to AUTO_INCREMENT but its has some extra features.

Creating Sequence
Syntax to create sequences is,
CREATE Sequence sequence-name
start with initial-value
increment by increment-value
maxvalue maximum-value
cycle|nocycle
initial-value specifies the starting value of the Sequence, increment-value is the value by which sequence will
be incremented and maxvalue specifies the maximum value until which sequence will increment
itself. cyclespecifies that if the maximum value exceeds the set limit, sequence will restart its cycle from the
begining. No cycle specifies that if sequence exceeds maxvalue an error will be thrown.
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Example to create Sequence


The sequence query is following
CREATE Sequence seq_1
start with 1
increment by 1
maxvalue 999
cycle ;

Example to use Sequence


The class table,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

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alex

The sql query will be,


INSERT into class value(seq_1.nextval,'anu');
Result table will look like,
ID

NAME

abhi

adam

alex

anu

Once you use nextval the sequence will increment even if you don't Insert any record into the table.
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SQL View
A view in SQL is a logical subset of data from one or more tables. View is used to restrict data access.
Syntax for creating a View,
CREATE or REPLACE view view_name AS
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition

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Example of Creating a View


Consider following Sale table,
oid

order_name

previous_balance

customer

11

ord1

2000

Alex

12

ord2

1000

Adam

13

ord3

2000

Abhi

14

ord4

1000

Adam

15

ord5

2000

Alex

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SQL Query to Create View


CREATE or REPLACE view sale_view as select * from Sale where customer = 'Alex';
The data fetched from select statement will be stored in another object called sale_view. We can use create
seperately and replace too but using both together works better.

Example of Displaying a View


Syntax of displaying a view is similar to fetching data from table using Select statement.
SELECT * from sale_view;

Force View Creation


force keyword is used while creating a view. This keyword force to create View even if the table does not exist.
After creating a force View if we create the base table and enter values in it, the view will be automatically
updated.

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Syntax for forced View is,


CREATE or REPLACE force view view_name AS
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition

Update a View
Update command for view is same as for tables.
Syntax to Update a View is,
UPDATE view-name
set value
WHERE condition;
If we update a view it also updates base table data automatically.

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Read-Only View
We can create a view with read-only option to restrict access to the view.
Syntax to create a view with Read-Only Access
CREATE or REPLACE force view view_name AS
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition with read-only
The above syntax will create view for read-only purpose, we cannot Update or Insert data into read-only view. It
will throw an error.

Types of View
There are two types of view,

Simple View

Complex View

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Simple View

Complex View

Created from one table

Created from one or more table

Does not contain functions

Contain functions

Does not contain groups of data

Contains groups of data

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