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SQL Query Syntaxes Sectioned

This document outlines the basic SQL command syntaxes for various operations including creating, altering, and dropping tables, as well as inserting, updating, deleting, and selecting data. It also covers advanced features such as creating indexes, views, joins, and using aggregate functions with GROUP BY and HAVING clauses. Additionally, it explains the use of LIMIT and FETCH for controlling result set size, along with the CASE statement and UNION operations for combining results from multiple queries.

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SQL Query Syntaxes Sectioned

This document outlines the basic SQL command syntaxes for various operations including creating, altering, and dropping tables, as well as inserting, updating, deleting, and selecting data. It also covers advanced features such as creating indexes, views, joins, and using aggregate functions with GROUP BY and HAVING clauses. Additionally, it explains the use of LIMIT and FETCH for controlling result set size, along with the CASE statement and UNION operations for combining results from multiple queries.

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SQL Query Command Syntaxes

1. CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE table_name (
column1 datatype constraints,
column2 datatype constraints,
...
);

2. ALTER TABLE
- Add a new column:
ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name datatype;

- Modify a column:
ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY column_name new_datatype;

- Drop a column:
ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMN column_name;

3. DROP TABLE
DROP TABLE table_name;

4. INSERT INTO
- Insert values into all columns:
INSERT INTO table_name VALUES (value1, value2, ...);

- Insert values into specific columns:


INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2) VALUES (value1, value2);

5. UPDATE
UPDATE table_name SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2 WHERE condition;

6. DELETE
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE condition;

7. SELECT
- Select all columns:
SELECT * FROM table_name;

- Select specific columns:


SELECT column1, column2 FROM table_name;

- With WHERE condition:


SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE condition;

8. CREATE INDEX
CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name);

9. DROP INDEX
DROP INDEX index_name;

10. CREATE VIEW


CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT column1, column2 FROM table_name WHERE condition;

11. DROP VIEW


DROP VIEW view_name;

12. JOINS
- INNER JOIN:
SELECT columns FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column;

- LEFT JOIN:
SELECT columns FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column;

- RIGHT JOIN:
SELECT columns FROM table1 RIGHT JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column;

- FULL JOIN:
SELECT columns FROM table1 FULL JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column;

13. GROUP BY & HAVING


SELECT column_name, COUNT(*) FROM table_name GROUP BY column_name HAVING COUNT(*) > value;

14. ORDER BY
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name ASC/DESC;

15. LIMIT (For MySQL, PostgreSQL)


SELECT * FROM table_name LIMIT number;

16. FETCH (For Oracle)


SELECT * FROM table_name FETCH FIRST number ROWS ONLY;

17. CASE Statement


SELECT column_name,
CASE
WHEN condition1 THEN result1
WHEN condition2 THEN result2
ELSE default_result
END AS alias_name
FROM table_name;

18. UNION & UNION ALL


SELECT column_names FROM table1 UNION SELECT column_names FROM table2;

SELECT column_names FROM table1 UNION ALL SELECT column_names FROM table2;

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