Understanding Basic SQL Syntax

 

What you'll learn

Identify and use correct syntax when writing SQL retrieval queries.

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About this Guided Project

In this project you will learn to identify and use correct syntax when writing SQL retrieval queries. Through hands-on activities in SQLiteStudio, you will gain experience with the SQL syntax used to display specific columns, filter for specific rows, and determine the sequence of those columns and rows in query output. Familiarity with SQL syntax is a marketable skill for both Information Technology professionals and non-IT super users.

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

•Describe basic SQL syntax rules along with requirements for the names of tables, and the naming and data type requirements for table columns (fields).

•Use the SELECT command and FROM clause to control the columns that are displayed and the order in which they display in query output.

•Limit the rows retrieved by an SQL query by applying the WHERE clause with one or more conditions.

•Use the ORDER BY clause to modify the sort order of the rows returned from an SQL retrieval query.

•Code an SQL retrieval query that uses the JOIN command to retrieve data rows from tables that are related via a common column.

Join - Understanding Basic SQL Syntax

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JOINs

The JOIN is used to combine rows from two or more tables.

SQL Inner Join :-

Select all rows from tables for the match between the columns in tables.
Same as JOIN

Syntax :-
SELECT column FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
on table1.column = table2.column;

[only matching rows are retrieved]

 Example :-

SELECT emp.eno, emp.ename, dept.dno, dept.dname FROM emp
INNER JOIN dept
on emp.dno = dept.dno; 

SQL LEFT JOIN :-

Returns all rows from the left table, with the matching rows in the right table.
The result is NULL in the right side when there is no match.

Syntax :-

SELECT Columns FROM table1
LEFT [OUTER] JOIN table2
on table1.column = table2.column;
 
Example :-
SELECT emp.eno, emp.ename,dept.dno, dept.dname FROM emp
LEFT JOIN dept
on emp dno = dept.dno; 

SQL RIGHT JOIN :-

Returns all rows from the right table, with the matching rows in the left table.
The result is NULL in the left side when there is no match.

Syntax :-

SELECT columns FROM table1
RIGHT [OUTER] JOIN table2
on table1.column = table2.column;

Example :-

 FULL OUTER JOIN

Returns all rows from the left table and from the right table.
The combines the result of both LEFT and RIGHT joins.

Syntax :-

SELECT columns FROM table1
FULL [OUTER] JOIN table2
on table1.column = table2.column;

Example :-

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UNION Operator

Combines the result of two or more select statement.

Each Select Statement must have same number of columns and columns must have same data types.

Columns should also be in same order.

Syntax :-

[ Removes the duplicate Values ]

SELECT Column1, Column2, FROM table1 
UNION 
SELECT Column1, Column2, FROM table2 

[ Duplicate Values are retained ]

SELECT Column FROM table1
UNION ALL
SELECT Column FROM table2


Example :-

SELECT ename, job FROM emp1
UNION
SELECT ename, job FROM emp2

We have two tables :-

After use UNION  operator we get this table,

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FOREIGN KEY

A FOREIGN KEY in one table points to PRIMARY KEY in another table.

A foreign key can have a different name than the primary key it comes from.

The primary key used by a foreign key is also known as a parent key. The table where the primary key is from is known as a parent table.

The foreign key can be used to make sure that the row in one table have corresponding row in another table.

Foreign key value can be null, even though primary key value can't.

Foreign key don't have to be unique in fact, they often aren't.

Create table from use a FOREIGN KEY:-

CREATE TABLE department
(
D_id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
D_Name varchar (40),
E_id int,'
CONSTRAINT employee_Eid_fk
FOREIGN KEY (E_id) REFERENCES employee (E_id)

The CONSTRAINT clause allows to define constraints name for the foreign key constraint. If we omit it MySQL will generate a name automatically. It is optional.

The REFERENCES clause specifies the parent table and its columns to which the columns in the child table refer. The number of columns in the child table and parent table specified in the FOREIGN KEY and REFERENCES must be the same.

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ALTER TABLE

This command is used to Add/Change/Modify/Drop existing structure of the table.

ADD Column
Enable/Disable Constraints
Change Column
Modify Column
Drop Column

ADD Column :- When a new column is to be added to the table structure without constraints.

Syntax :-

ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD COLUMN column_name datatype (size);

Example:-

ALTER TABLE my_tab
ADD COLUMN stu_id integer (5);

Change Column :-This is used to change name and data type of an existing column without constraints.

Syntax:-

ALTER TABLE table_name
CHANGE COLUMN old_column_name new_column_name new_data_type (size);

Example:-

ALTER TABLE my_tab
CHANGE COLUMN name student varchar (5);

Modify Column :- This is used to modify size of the data type or the data type itself of an existing column without changing column name.

Syntax:-

ALTER TABLE table_name
MODIFY COLUMN column_name datatype (size);

Example:-

ALTER TABLE  my_tab
MODIFY COLUMN roll integer (10);

DROP COLUMN :- When a column in a table need to delete

Syntax :- 

ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name;

Example:-

ALTER TABLE my_tab
DROP COLUMN roll;

When removing constraints from a column

Syntax:-

ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP constraints_name column_name;

Example:-

ALTER TABLE my_tab
DROP UNIQUE KEY (roll);

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Auto Increment

Auto increment is used to  generate an unique, when a new record is inserted into a table.
If use a auto increment than increase by 1. 
In table sequence is increment automatically.
Auto increment ignore null value.

Syntax :-

CREATE TABLE table_name
(
Column_name int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
Column_name1 varchar (50) NOT NULL,
Column_name2 varchar (50),
PRIMARY KEY (column_name)
);

Example :-

CREATE TABLE emp
(
Emp_id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
Emp_name varchar (50) NOT NULL,
City varchar (50),
PRIMARY KEY (Emp_id)
);

Insert rule are different 

INSERT INTO emp (emp_name, city)
VALUES
('Subham', 'Delhi'),
('Ankit', 'Mumbai');

INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, emp_name, city)
VALUES
(NULL, 'Subham', 'Delhi'),
(NULL, 'Ankit', 'Mumbai');

INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, emp_name, city)
VALUES
(NULL, 'Subham', 'Delhi'),
(1, 'Ankit', 'Mumbai');

Table:-

Use NULL VALUE

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PRIMARY KEY

The PRIMARY KEY constraints uniquely identifies each record in a database table. Primary keys must contain UNIQUE values. A primary key column cannot contain NULL values. Most a tables should have a primary key, and each table can have only ONE primary key.

Example:-

CREATE TABLE student 
(
Name varchar (30),
Roll integer (5) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
Mobile_no integer (10)
);

CREATE TABLE student 
(
Name varchar (30),
Roll integer (5) NOT NULL,
Mobile_no integer (10),
PRIMARY KEY (Roll)
);

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UNIQUE KEY

The UNIQUE constraint uniquely identifies each record in a database table. There can be many UNIQUE constraints per table. 

A Unique key column can contain NULL values.

Syntax :-

   CREATE TABLE student
   (
    Name varchar (30),
    Roll integer (5),
    Mobile_no integer (10) UNIQUE KEY
    );

Example :-

CREATE TABLE u_tab
(
stu_id int (5) UNIQUE KEY,
name varchar (30),
roll int (5) UNIQUE KEY,
city varchar (40)
);

Insert Table :-

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ORDER BY

This is used to sort the record.

ASC - It sorts in ascending order (by default).
DESC - It sorts in descending order.

1. Sorts in descending order

Syntax :-

   SELECT * FROM table_name
   ORDER BY column_name DESC;

Example :-

   SELECT * FROMemp
   ORDER BY emp_name DESC;


 Example :-

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LIKE Operator

The LIKE operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column.

Syntax :-

    SELECT * FROM table_name
    WHERE column_name LIKE 'pattern';

Example :-

    SELECT * FROM new_tab
    WHERE name LIKE '%nu';

Wildcards:-

Wildcards are used to search for data within a table. These characters are used with the LIKE operator.

1. % - Zero or more characters

    'Irawen%' - All starting with Irawen  Ex:-  Pirawen
    '%shows' - All ending with shows Ex:-  Pirawen
    '%sh%' - All containing with sh.  Ex:-  Pirawen

2.  - One single character

     'show_ '- Starting with show then any character. Ex:-  shows
     '_rawen' - any character then eek.  Ex:- irawen
     'I_r_a' -  I then any character, then r then any character, then a Ex:-  -Irawen

Solve Example :-

Use LIKE operator :-

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BETWEEN Number operator

The BETWEEN operator selects values within a range. The values can be numbers, text, or dates.

1. Between Number

Syntax :- 

  SELECT * FROM table_name
  WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 and value2;

Example :-

  SELECT * FROM new_tab
  WHERE stu_id BETWEEN 6 and 8;

Solve Example :-

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IN Operator

The IN operator allows you to specify multiple values in a WHERE clause.

Syntax :-

   SELECT * FROM table_name
   WHERE column_name IN ('value1' , 'value2' , ......);

Example :-

  SELECT * FROM table_name
  WHERE name IN ('Anu' , 'Sonu');

New table create 

Solve Example :-

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OR Operator

The OR operator displays a record if either the first condition OR the second condition is true.

Syntax :-

  SELECT * FROM table_name
  WHERE column_name = 'value'
   OR column = 'value';

Example :-

   SELECT * FROM new_tab
   WHERE name = 'Anu'
    OR stu_id = 5;

First we see a table :-
  

Example :-

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AND Operator

The AND operator display a records if both the first condition AND the second condition are true.

Syntax :- 
    SELECT * FROM table_name
    WHERE column_name = 'value'
    AND column = 'value';

Ex:-
 SELECT * FROM new_tab
 WHERE name = 'Anu'
 AND stu_id = '5';

This is a database.

Example :-

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SQL Statements and Rules

SQL command or statement is a special kind of sentence that contains clauses and all end with a semicolon(;) just as a sequence ends with a period.

SQL statements are divided into four sub language:

(i) Data Definition Language (DDL):- It is used to define the structure of tables in the database.It contains the necessary statement to CREATE , RENAME , ALTER and DROP the tables.

(ii) Data Manipulation Language (DML):- It is a used to manipulate the data in the database.It contains statement to UPDATE , DELETE , INSERT and SELECT data that is stored in the database.

(iii)Data Control Language (DCL):- It is used to control data stored in the database.It contains statement give permission to access the data in the database.These statements are GRANT and REVOKE.

(iv) Transaction Control Language(TCL):- It is used to control the transaction in a database system. It contains statements like COMMIT , ROLLBACK and SAVEPOINT.

Rules for SQL Command/Statements

Rules for SQL commands are given below:
* SQL statements are not case sensitive.
* SQL statements can be executed on one or more tables.
* Keywords cannot be abbreviated.
* The statement can be typed in single line or multiple lines.
* Place a semicolon at the end of the SQL statements.
* A comma (,) is used to separate parameters without a clause.
* Characters and data constants or literals must be enclosed in single quotes(' ').

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WHERE Clause and Equal Operator

WHERE is used to search for a specific data.

Syntax :-

1. Specific data from all column
     Syntax:-
      SELECT * FROM table_name
      WHERE column_name operator 'value';

Ex :-
SELECT * FROM new_tab WHERE name='Anu';

SELECT * FROM new_tab WHERE stu_id = 7;

2. Specific data from specific column
   
    Syntax :-
      SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator 'value';

Ex:-
   SELECT name FROM new_tab WHERE name = 'Anu';

  SELECT name FROM new_tab WHERE stu_id = 5;

 

Note :- Value can be text or numeric. if it is text then we have to  put single quotes.

 Example :-

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Single quotes Problem

We will write a simple/normal syntax.
INSERT INTO my_tab (t_id, c_name, address) VALUES (142, 'K.K's Company', 'Delhi');

There are two way to solve this problem :-

Use backslash
Ex :-  'K.K\'s Company'

Use two time single quotes
Ex :- 'K.K"s Company

Example :-

Output :-

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