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SQL Command

The document discusses SQL syntax and commands. It defines a foreign key as a column in one table that refers to the primary key in another table. It provides an example of creating a table with a foreign key that references the primary key in another table. It also lists and briefly describes multiple common SQL commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOINs and more.

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SQL Command

The document discusses SQL syntax and commands. It defines a foreign key as a column in one table that refers to the primary key in another table. It provides an example of creating a table with a foreign key that references the primary key in another table. It also lists and briefly describes multiple common SQL commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOINs and more.

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

CREATE TABLE tblpatient (patient# number(4) NOT NULL, surname varchar2(20), name varchar2(25), ward# varchar2(3), CONSTRAINT patient# PRIMARY KEY (patient#), CONSTRAINT ward# FOREIGN KEY (ward#) REFERENCE tblward);

SQL Syntax Statemen t AND / OR SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition AND|OR condition ALTER TABLE ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name datatype or ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMN column_name AS (alias) SELECT column_name AS column_alias FROM table_name or 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 CREATE DATABASE database_name DATABASE CREATE TABLE CREATE TABLE table_name ( column_name1 data_type, column_name2 data_type, column_name2 data_type, ... ) CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name) or 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 table_name WHERE some_column=some_value or DELETE FROM table_name (Note: Deletes the entire table!!) DELETE * FROM table_name (Note: Deletes the entire table!!) DROP DROP DATABASE database_name

CREATE INDEX

DELETE

DATABASE DROP INDEX DROP INDEX table_name.index_name (SQL Server) DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name (MS Access) DROP INDEX index_name (DB2/Oracle) ALTER TABLE table_name DROP INDEX index_name (MySQL) DROP TABLE table_name

DROP TABLE

GROUP BY SELECT column_name, aggregate_function(column_name) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator value GROUP BY column_name HAVING SELECT column_name, aggregate_function(column_name) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator value GROUP BY column_name HAVING aggregate_function(column_name) operator value SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name IN (value1,value2,..) INSERT INTO table_name VALUES (value1, value2, value3,....) or INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3,...) VALUES (value1, value2, value3,....) INNER JOIN SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 INNER JOIN table_name2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_na

IN

INSERT INTO

me LEFT JOIN SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 LEFT JOIN table_name2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_na me RIGHT JOIN SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 RIGHT JOIN table_name2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_na me

FULL JOIN SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 FULL JOIN table_name2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_na me 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 * SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name SELECT * FROM table_name

SELECT SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s) DISTINCT FROM table_name SELECT INTO SELECT * INTO new_table_name [IN externaldatabase] FROM old_table_name

or SELECT column_name(s) INTO new_table_name [IN externaldatabase] FROM old_table_name SELECT TOP SELECT TOP number|percent column_name(s) FROM table_name

TRUNCATE TRUNCATE TABLE table_name TABLE UNION SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 UNION SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name2 SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 UNION ALL SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name2 UPDATE table_name SET column1=value, column2=value,... WHERE some_column=some_value SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator value

UNION ALL UPDATE

WHERE

Source : http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_quickref.asp

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