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SQL Syntax

This document describes SQL syntax for common SQL statements including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE, JOIN, WHERE and more. Keywords and clauses covered include SELECT, FROM, WHERE, AND, OR, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, HAVING, LIKE, JOIN, UNION, DISTINCT and operators for filtering query results. The syntax shown selects data from tables and allows adding, modifying or deleting table columns and data.

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SQL Syntax

This document describes SQL syntax for common SQL statements including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE, JOIN, WHERE and more. Keywords and clauses covered include SELECT, FROM, WHERE, AND, OR, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, HAVING, LIKE, JOIN, UNION, DISTINCT and operators for filtering query results. The syntax shown selects data from tables and allows adding, modifying or deleting table columns and data.

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SQL Statement Syntax

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
AND|OR condition
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype
or
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name
SELECT column_name AS column_alias
FROM table_name
or
SELECT column_name
FROM table_name AS table_alias
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name
BETWEEN value1 AND value2
CREATE DATABASE CREATE DATABASE database_name
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 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
CREATE INDEX
AND / OR
ALTER TABLE
AS (alias)
BETWEEN
CREATE TABLE
CREATE VIEW
DELETE
(Note:Deletes the entire table!!)
DELETE * FROM table_name
(Note:Deletes the entire table!!)
DROP DATABASE DROP DATABASE database_name
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 DROP TABLE table_name
SELECT column_name,
aggregate_function(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value
GROUP BY column_name
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,....)
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
INNER JOIN table_name2
ON
table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
LEFT JOIN table_name2
ON
table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
DELETE
DROP INDEX
GROUP BY
HAVING
IN
INSERT INTO
INNER JOIN
LEFT JOIN
RIGHT JOIN
RIGHT JOIN table_name2
ON
table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
FULL JOIN table_name2
ON
table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE pattern
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name [ASC|DESC]
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
SELECT *
FROM table_name
SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
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 number|percent column_name(s)
FROM table_name
TRUNCATE TABLE TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
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
LIKE
RIGHT JOIN
FULL JOIN
UNION
UNION ALL
UPDATE
WHERE
ORDER BY
SELECT
SELECT *
SELECT DISTINCT
SELECT INTO
SELECT TOP

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