CONTENTS : ------------------1. SQL BASIC 2. SQL Syntax 3.

SQL SELECT Statement

4. SQL SELECT DISTINCT Statement 5.SQL WHERE Clause 6. SQL AND & OR Operators 7.
SQL ORDER BY Keyword 8. SQL INSERT INTO Statement 9. SQL UPDATE Statement 10. SQ
L DELETE Statement 11. SQL TOP Clause 12. SQL LIKE Operator 13.SQL Wildcards 14.
SQL IN Operator 15.SQL BETWEEN Operator 16. SQL Alias 17.SQL Joins 18. SQL INNE
R JOIN Keyword 19.SQL LEFT JOIN Keyword 20. SQL RIGHT JOIN Keyword 21.SQL FULL J
OIN Keyword 22. SQL UNION Operator 23. SQL SELECT INTO Statement 24. SQL CREATE
DATABASE Statement 25. SQL CREATE TABLE Statement 26. SQL Constraints 27. SQL NO
T NULL Constraint 28. SQL UNIQUE Constraint 29. SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint 30. S
QL FOREIGN KEY Constraint 31. SQL CHECK Constraint 32. SQL DEFAULT Constraint 33
. SQL CREATE INDEX Statement 34. SQL DROP INDEX, DROP TABLE, and DROP DATABASE 3
5. SQL ALTER TABLE Statement 36. SQL AUTO INCREMENT Field 37. SQL Views
38. SQL Date Functions 39. SQL NULL Values 40. SQL NULL Functions 41.SQL Data Ty
pes 42. SQL Functions 43. SQL AVG() Function 44. SQL COUNT() Function 45. SQL FI
RST() Function 46. SQL LAST() Function 47. SQL MAX() Function 48. SQL MIN() Func
tion 49. SQL SUM() Function 50. SQL GROUP BY Statement 51. SQL HAVING Clause 52.
SQL UCASE() Function 53. SQL LCASE() Function 54. SQL MID() Function 55. SQL LE
N() Function 56. SQL ROUND() Function 57. SQL NOW() Function 58. SQL FORMAT() Fu
nction 59. SQL Quick Reference From W3Schools 60. SQL Hosting
SQL BASIC 1. What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language SQL lets you
access and manipulate databases SQL is an ANSI (American National Standards Inst
itute) standard What Can SQL do? SQL can execute queries against a database SQL
can retrieve data from a database SQL can insert records in a database SQL can u
pdate records in a database SQL can delete records from a database SQL can creat
e new databases SQL can create new tables in a database SQL can create stored pr
ocedures in a database SQL can create views in a database SQL can set permission
s on tables, procedures, and views SQL is a Standard - BUT.... Although SQL is a
n ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard, there are many differen
t versions of the SQL language. However, to be compliant with the ANSI standard,
they all support at least the major commands (such as SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, I
NSERT, WHERE) in a similar manner. Note: Most of the SQL database programs also
have their own proprietary extensions in addition to the SQL standard! Using SQL
in Your Web Site To build a web site that shows some data from a database, you
will need the following: An RDBMS database program (i.e. MS Access, SQL Server,
MySQL) A server-side scripting language, like PHP or ASP SQL HTML / CSS RDBMS RD
BMS stands for Relational Database Management System. RDBMS is the basis for SQL
, and for all modern database systems like MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL
, and Microsoft Access. The data in RDBMS is stored in database objects called t
ables. A table is a collections of related data entries and it consists of colum
ns and rows. 2. SQL Syntax Database Tables A database most often contains one or
more tables. Each table is identified by a name (e.g. "Customers" or "Orders").
Tables contain records (rows) with data. Below is an example of a table called
"Persons": P_Id LastName FirstName Address City
1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen
Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The table above contains three records (one for each pe
rson) and five columns (P_Id, LastName, FirstName, Address, and City). SQL State
ments Most of the actions you need to perform on a database are done with SQL st
atements. The following SQL statement will select all the records in the "Person
s" table: SELECT * FROM Persons In this tutorial we will teach you all about the
different SQL statements. Keep in Mind That... SQL is not case sensitive Semico
lon after SQL Statements? Some database systems require a semicolon at the end o
f each SQL statement. Semicolon is the standard way to separate each SQL stateme
nt in database systems that allow more than one SQL statement to be executed in
the same call to the server. We are using MS Access and SQL Server 2000 and we d
o not have to put a semicolon after each SQL statement, but some database progra
ms force you to use it. SQL DML and DDL SQL can be divided into two parts: The D
ata Manipulation Language (DML) and the Data Definition Language (DDL). The quer
y and update commands form the DML part of SQL: SELECT - extracts data from a da
tabase UPDATE - updates data in a database DELETE - deletes data from a database
INSERT INTO - inserts new data into a database The DDL part of SQL permits data
base tables to be created or deleted. It also define indexes (keys), specify lin
ks between tables, and impose constraints between tables. The most important DDL
statements in SQL are: CREATE DATABASE - creates a new database ALTER DATABASE
- modifies a database CREATE TABLE - creates a new table ALTER TABLE - modifies
a table DROP TABLE - deletes a table CREATE INDEX - creates an index (search key
) DROP INDEX - deletes an index 3. SQL SELECT Statement This chapter will explai
n the SELECT and the SELECT * statements. The SQL SELECT Statement The SELECT st
atement is used to select data from a database. The result is stored in a result
table, called the result-set. SQL SELECT Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name and SELECT * FROM table_name Note: SQL is
not case sensitive. SELECT is the same as select. An SQL SELECT Example The "Per
sons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sand
nes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now w
e want to select the content of the columns named "LastName" and "FirstName" fro
m the table above. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT LastName,FirstN
ame FROM Persons The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName Hansen O
la Svendson Tove Pettersen Kari SELECT * Example Now we want to select all the c
olumns from the "Persons" table. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT *
FROM Persons Tip: The asterisk (*) is a quick way of selecting all columns! The
result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Ti
moteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger
Navigation in a Result-set Most database software systems allow navigation in th
e result-set with programming functions, like: Move-To-First-Record, Get-Record-
Content, Move-To-Next-Record, etc. Programming functions like these are not a pa
rt of this tutorial. To learn about accessing data with function calls, please v
isit our ADO tutorial or our PHP tutorial. 4. SQL SELECT DISTINCT Statement This
chapter will explain the SELECT DISTINCT statement. The SQL SELECT DISTINCT Sta
tement
In a table, some of the columns may contain duplicate values. This is not a prob
lem, however, sometimes you will want to list only the different (distinct) valu
es in a table. The DISTINCT keyword can be used to return only distinct (differe
nt) values. SQL SELECT DISTINCT Syntax SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s) FROM table
_name SELECT DISTINCT Example The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Addre
ss City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pe
ttersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to select only the distinct values
from the column named "City" from the table above. We use the following SELECT s
tatement: SELECT DISTINCT City FROM Persons The result-set will look like this:
City Sandnes Stavanger 5.SQL WHERE Clause The WHERE clause is used to filter rec
ords. The WHERE Clause The WHERE clause is used to extract only those records th
at fulfill a specified criterion. SQL WHERE Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM ta
ble_name WHERE column_name operator value WHERE Clause Example The "Persons" tab
le: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Sve
ndson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to
select only the persons living in the city "Sandnes" from the table above. We u
se the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons
WHERE City='Sandnes' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName
1 Hansen Ola 2 Svendson Tove
Address Timoteivn 10 Borgvn 23
City Sandnes Sandnes
Quotes Around Text Fields SQL uses single quotes around text values (most databa
se systems will also accept double quotes). Although, numeric values should not
be enclosed in quotes. For text values: This is correct: SELECT * FROM Persons W
HERE FirstName='Tove' This is wrong: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=Tove
For numeric values: This is correct: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE Year=1965 This
is wrong: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE Year='1965' Operators Allowed in the WHERE
Clause With the WHERE clause, the following operators can be used: Operator Des
cription = Equal <> Not equal > Greater than < Less than >= Greater than or equa
l <= Less than or equal BETWEEN Between an inclusive range LIKE Search for a pat
tern IN If you know the exact value you want to return for at least one of the c
olumns Note: In some versions of SQL the <> operator may be written as != 6. SQL
AND & OR Operators The AND & OR operators are used to filter records based on m
ore than one condition. .
The AND operator displays a record if both the first condition and the second co
ndition is true. The OR operator displays a record if either the first condition
or the second condition is true. AND Operator Example The "Persons" table: P_Id
LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson To
ve Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to select
only the persons with the first name equal to "Tove" AND the last name equal to
"Svendson": We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE F
irstName='Tove' AND LastName='Svendson' The result-set will look like this: P_Id
LastName FirstName Address City 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes OR Operator E
xample Now we want to select only the persons with the first name equal to "Tove
" OR the first name equal to "Ola": We use the following SELECT statement: SELEC
T * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Tove' OR FirstName='Ola' The result-set will l
ook like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sa
ndnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes Combining AND & OR You can also combine
AND and OR (use parenthesis to form complex expressions). Now we want to select
only the persons with the last name equal to "Svendson" AND the first name equal
to "Tove" OR to "Ola": We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Per
sons WHERE LastName='Svendson' AND (FirstName='Tove' OR FirstName='Ola') The res
ult-set will look like this:
P_Id 2
LastName Svendson
FirstName Tove
Address Borgvn 23
City Sandnes
7.SQL ORDER BY Keyword The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set. The
ORDER BY Keyword The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set by a specif
ied column. The ORDER BY keyword sort the records in ascending order by default.
If you want to sort the records in a descending order, you can use the DESC key
word. SQL ORDER BY Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name ORDER BY column_
name(s) ASC|DESC ORDER BY Example The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName A
ddress City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger 4 Nilsen Tom Vingvn 23 Stavanger Now we wan
t to select all the persons from the table above, however, we want to sort the p
ersons by their last name. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM
Persons ORDER BY LastName The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName Firs
tName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 4 Nilsen Tom Vingvn 23 Stav
anger 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes ORD
ER BY DESC Example Now we want to select all the persons from the table above, h
owever, we want to sort the persons descending by their last name. We use the fo
llowing SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY LastName DESC The resul
t-set will look like this:
P_Id 2 3 4 1
LastName Svendson Pettersen Nilsen Hansen
FirstName Tove Kari Tom Ola
Address Borgvn 23 Storgt 20 Vingvn 23 Timoteivn 10
City Sandnes Stavanger Stavanger Sandnes
8. SQL INSERT INTO Statement The INSERT INTO statement is used to insert new rec
ords in a table. The INSERT INTO Statement The INSERT INTO statement is used to
insert a new row in a table. SQL INSERT INTO Syntax It is possible to write the
INSERT INTO statement in two forms. The first form doesn't specify the column na
mes where the data will be inserted, only their values: INSERT INTO table_name V
ALUES (value1, value2, value3,...) The second form specifies both the column nam
es and the values to be inserted: INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, colu
mn3,...) VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...) . SQL INSERT INTO Example We have t
he following "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Timot
eivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Now we want to inse
rt a new row in the "Persons" table. We use the following SQL statement: INSERT
INTO Persons VALUES (4,'Nilsen', 'Johan', 'Bakken 2', 'Stavanger') The "Persons"
table will now look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Tim
oteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 4 Nilsen Johan Ba
kken 2
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger Stavanger
Insert Data Only in Specified Columns It is also possible to only add data in sp
ecific columns. The following SQL statement will add a new row, but only add dat
a in the "P_Id", "LastName" and the "FirstName" columns: INSERT INTO Persons (P_
Id, LastName, FirstName) VALUES (5, 'Tjessem', 'Jakob') The "Persons" table will
now look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn
10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavang
er 4 Nilsen Johan Bakken 2 Stavanger 5 Tjessem Jakob 9. SQL UPDATE Statement The
UPDATE statement is used to update records in a table. The UPDATE Statement The
UPDATE statement is used to update existing records in a table. SQL UPDATE Synt
ax UPDATE table_name SET column1=value, column2=value2,... WHERE some_column=som
e_value Note: Notice the WHERE clause in the UPDATE syntax. The WHERE clause spe
cifies which record or records that should be updated. If you omit the WHERE cla
use, all records will be updated! SQL UPDATE Example The "Persons" table: P_Id L
astName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove
Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger 4 Nilsen Johan Bakken 2
Stavanger 5 Tjessem Jakob Now we want to update the person "Tjessem, Jakob" in t
he "Persons" table. We use the following SQL statement: UPDATE Persons SET Addre
ss='Nissestien 67', City='Sandnes' WHERE LastName='Tjessem' AND FirstName='Jakob
' The "Persons" table will now look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address C
ity
1 2 3 4 5
Hansen Svendson Pettersen Nilsen Tjessem
Ola Tove Kari Johan Jakob
Timoteivn 10 Borgvn 23 Storgt 20 Bakken 2 Nissestien 67
Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger Stavanger Sandnes
SQL UPDATE Warning Be careful when updating records. If we had omitted the WHERE
clause in the example above, like this: UPDATE Persons SET Address='Nissestien
67', City='Sandnes' The "Persons" table would have looked like this: P_Id LastNa
me FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Nissestien 67 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Nis
sestien 67 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Nissestien 67 Sandnes 4 Nilsen Johan Nissest
ien 67 Sandnes 5 Tjessem Jakob Nissestien 67 Sandnes 10. SQL DELETE Statement Th
e DELETE statement is used to delete records in a table. The DELETE Statement Th
e DELETE statement is used to delete rows in a table. SQL DELETE Syntax DELETE F
ROM table_name WHERE some_column=some_value Note: Notice the WHERE clause in the
DELETE syntax. The WHERE clause specifies which record or records that should b
e deleted. If you omit the WHERE clause, all records will be deleted! SQL DELETE
Example The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola
Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 2
0 Stavanger 4 Nilsen Johan Bakken 2 Stavanger 5 Tjessem Jakob Nissestien 67 Sand
nes Now we want to delete the person "Tjessem, Jakob" in the "Persons" table. We
use the following SQL statement:
DELETE FROM Persons WHERE LastName='Tjessem' AND FirstName='Jakob' The "Persons"
table will now look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Tim
oteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 4 Nilsen Johan Ba
kken 2
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger Stavanger
Delete All Rows It is possible to delete all rows in a table without deleting th
e table. This means that the table structure, attributes, and indexes will be in
tact: DELETE FROM table_name or DELETE * FROM table_name Note: Be very careful w
hen deleting records. You cannot undo this statement! SQL ADVANCED 11. SQL TOP C
lause The TOP Clause The TOP clause is used to specify the number of records to
return. The TOP clause can be very useful on large tables with thousands of reco
rds. Returning a large number of records can impact on performance. Note: Not al
l database systems support the TOP clause. SQL Server Syntax SELECT TOP number|p
ercent column_name(s) FROM table_name SQL SELECT TOP Equivalent in MySQL and Ora
cle MySQL Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name LIMIT number Example SELE
CT * FROM Persons LIMIT 5 Oracle Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WH
ERE ROWNUM <= number
Example SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE ROWNUM <= 5 SQL TOP Example The "Persons" ta
ble: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove B
orgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 4 Nilsen Tom Vingvn 23 Now we want to select
only the two first records in the table above. We use the following SELECT stat
ement: SELECT TOP 2 * FROM Persons The result-set will look like this: P_Id Last
Name FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 SQL T
OP PERCENT Example The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen
Ola Timoteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 4 Nilsen
Tom Vingvn 23 Now we want to select only 50% of the records in the table above.
We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT TOP 50 PERCENT * FROM Persons The
result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address 1 Hansen Ola Tim
oteivn 10 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger Stavanger
City Sandnes Sandnes
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger Stavanger
City Sandnes Sandnes
12. SQL LIKE Operator The LIKE operator is used in a WHERE clause to search for
a specified pattern in a column.The LIKE Operator The LIKE operator is used to s
earch for a specified pattern in a column. SQL LIKE Syntax SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE pattern LIKE Operator Example The "Perso
ns" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandne
s 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we
want to select the persons living in a city that starts with "s" from the table
above. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE City L
IKE 's%' The "%" sign can be used to define wildcards (missing letters in the pa
ttern) both before and after the pattern. The result-set will look like this: P_
Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson
Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Next, we want to sel
ect the persons living in a city that ends with an "s" from the "Persons" table.
We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE City LIKE '%
s' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Ha
nsen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes Next, we want to
select the persons living in a city that contains the pattern "tav" from the "P
ersons" table. We use the following SELECT statement:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE City LIKE '%tav%' The result-set will look like this
: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger It i
s also possible to select the persons living in a city that NOT contains the pat
tern "tav" from the "Persons" table, by using the NOT keyword. We use the follow
ing SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE City NOT LIKE '%tav%' The resu
lt-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Ti
moteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
13.SQL Wildcards SQL wildcards can be used when searching for data in a database
. SQL Wildcards SQL wildcards can substitute for one or more characters when sea
rching for data in a database. SQL wildcards must be used with the SQL LIKE oper
ator. With SQL, the following wildcards can be used: Wildcard Description % A su
bstitute for zero or more characters _ A substitute for exactly one character [c
harlist] Any single character in charlist [^charlist] Any single character not i
n charlist or [!charlist] SQL Wildcard Examples We have the following "Persons"
table: P_Id LastName FirstName 1 Hansen Ola 2 Svendson Tove 3 Pettersen Kari Usi
ng the % Wildcard
Address Timoteivn 10 Borgvn 23 Storgt 20
City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger
Now we want to select the persons living in a city that starts with "sa" from th
e "Persons" table. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons
WHERE City LIKE 'sa%' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstNam
e Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandn
es Next, we want to select the persons living in a city that contains the patter
n "nes" from the "Persons" table. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT
* FROM Persons WHERE City LIKE '%nes%' The result-set will look like this: P_Id
LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tov
e Borgvn 23 Sandnes Using the _ Wildcard Now we want to select the persons with
a first name that starts with any character, followed by "la" from the "Persons"
table. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE First
Name LIKE '_la' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Addr
ess City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes Next, we want to select the persons w
ith a last name that starts with "S", followed by any character, followed by "en
d", followed by any character, followed by "on" from the "Persons" table. We use
the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName LIKE 'S_en
d_on' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 2
Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes Using the [charlist] Wildcard Now we want to se
lect the persons with a last name that starts with "b" or "s" or "p" from the "P
ersons" table.
We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName LIKE
'[bsp]%' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address Ci
ty 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Next,
we want to select the persons with a last name that do not start with "b" or "s"
or "p" from the "Persons" table. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT
* FROM Persons WHERE LastName LIKE '[!bsp]%' The result-set will look like this:
P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
14. SQL IN Operator The IN Operator The IN operator allows you to specify multip
le values in a WHERE clause. SQL IN Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN (value1,value2,...) IN Operator Example The "Persons" tabl
e: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Sven
dson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to
select the persons with a last name equal to "Hansen" or "Pettersen" from the ta
ble above. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE La
stName IN ('Hansen','Pettersen') The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastNa
me FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
3
Pettersen
Kari
Storgt 20
Stavanger
15.SQL BETWEEN Operator The BETWEEN operator is used in a WHERE clause to select
a range of data between two values. The BETWEEN Operator The BETWEEN operator s
elects a range of data between two values. The values can be numbers, text, or d
ates.
SQL BETWEEN Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value
2
BETWEEN Operator Example The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address Ci
ty 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Petters
en Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to select the persons with a last name a
lphabetically between "Hansen" and "Pettersen" from the table above. We use the
following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen
' AND 'Pettersen' The result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Ad
dress City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes Note: The BETWEEN operator is treat
ed differently in different databases. In some databases, persons with the LastN
ame of "Hansen" or "Pettersen" will not be listed, because the BETWEEN operator
only selects fields that are between and excluding the test values). In other da
tabases, persons with the LastName of "Hansen" or "Pettersen" will be listed, be
cause the BETWEEN operator selects fields that are between and including the tes
t values). And in other databases, persons with the LastName of "Hansen" will be
listed, but "Pettersen" will not be listed (like the example above), because th
e BETWEEN operator selects fields between the test values, including the first t
est value and excluding the last test value. Therefore: Check how your database
treats the BETWEEN operator. Example 2
To display the persons outside the range in the previous example, use NOT BETWEE
N: SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName NOT BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen' The
result-set will look like this: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 2 Svendson
Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
16. SQL Alias With SQL, an alias name can be given to a table or to a column. SQ
L Alias You can give a table or a column another name by using an alias. This ca
n be a good thing to do if you have very long or complex table names or column n
ames. An alias name could be anything, but usually it is short. SQL Alias Syntax
for Tables SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name AS alias_name SQL Alias Syntax
for Columns SELECT column_name AS alias_name FROM table_name Alias Example Assu
me we have a table called "Persons" and another table called "Product_Orders". W
e will give the table aliases of "p" an "po" respectively. Now we want to list a
ll the orders that "Ola Hansen" is responsible for. We use the following SELECT
statement: SELECT po.OrderID, p.LastName, p.FirstName FROM Persons AS p, Product
_Orders AS po WHERE p.LastName='Hansen' WHERE p.FirstName='Ola' The same SELECT
statement without aliases: SELECT Product_Orders.OrderID, Persons.LastName, Pers
ons.FirstName FROM Persons, Product_Orders WHERE Persons.LastName='Hansen' WHERE
Persons.FirstName='Ola' As you'll see from the two SELECT statements above; ali
ases can make queries easier to both write and to read.
17.SQL Joins SQL joins are used to query data from two or more tables, based on
a relationship between certain columns in these tables. SQL JOIN The JOIN keywor
d is used in an SQL statement to query data from two or more tables, based on a
relationship between certain columns in these tables. Tables in a database are o
ften related to each other with keys. A primary key is a column (or a combinatio
n of columns) with a unique value for each row. Each primary key value must be u
nique within the table. The purpose is to bind data together, across tables, wit
hout repeating all of the data in every table. Look at the "Persons" table: P_Id
LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson To
ve Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Note that the "P_Id" c
olumn is the primary key in the "Persons" table. This means that no two rows can
have the same P_Id. The P_Id distinguishes two persons even if they have the sa
me name. Next, we have the "Orders" table: O_Id OrderNo P_Id 1 77895 3 2 44678 3
3 22456 1 4 24562 1 5 34764 15 Note that the "O_Id" column is the primary key i
n the "Orders" table and that the "P_Id" column refers to the persons in the "Pe
rsons" table without using their names. Notice that the relationship between the
two tables above is the "P_Id" column. Different SQL JOINs Before we continue w
ith examples, we will list the types of JOIN you can use, and the differences be
tween them. JOIN: Return rows when there is at least one match in both tables LE
FT JOIN: Return all rows from the left table, even if there are no matches in th
e right table RIGHT JOIN: Return all rows from the right table, even if there ar
e no matches in the left table FULL JOIN: Return rows when there is a match in o
ne of the tables 18. SQL INNER JOIN Keyword SQL INNER JOIN Keyword The INNER JOI
N keyword return rows when there is at least one match in both tables.
SQL INNER JOIN Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 INNER JOIN table_na
me2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name PS: INNER JOIN is the sam
e as JOIN. SQL INNER JOIN Example The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName A
ddress City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The "Orders" table: O_Id OrderNo P_Id 1 778
95 3 2 44678 3 3 22456 1 4 24562 1 5 34764 15 Now we want to list all the person
s with any orders. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT Persons.LastNam
e, Persons.FirstName, Orders.OrderNo FROM Persons INNER JOIN Orders ON Persons.P
_Id=Orders.P_Id ORDER BY Persons.LastName The result-set will look like this: La
stName FirstName OrderNo Hansen Ola 22456 Hansen Ola 24562 Pettersen Kari 77895
Pettersen Kari 44678 The INNER JOIN keyword return rows when there is at least o
ne match in both tables. If there are rows in "Persons" that do not have matches
in "Orders", those rows will NOT be listed. 19.SQL LEFT JOIN Keyword SQL LEFT J
OIN Keyword The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all rows from the left table (table_na
me1), even if there are no matches in the right table (table_name2).
SQL LEFT JOIN Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 LEFT JOIN table_name
2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name PS: In some databases LEFT
JOIN is called LEFT OUTER JOIN. SQL LEFT JOIN Example The "Persons" table: P_Id
LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tov
e Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The "Orders" table: O_I
d OrderNo P_Id 1 77895 3 2 44678 3 3 22456 1 4 24562 1 5 34764 15 Now we want to
list all the persons and their orders - if any, from the tables above. We use t
he following SELECT statement: SELECT Persons.LastName, Persons.FirstName, Order
s.OrderNo FROM Persons LEFT JOIN Orders ON Persons.P_Id=Orders.P_Id ORDER BY Per
sons.LastName The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName OrderNo Han
sen Ola 22456 Hansen Ola 24562 Pettersen Kari 77895 Pettersen Kari 44678 Svendso
n Tove The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the left table (Persons),
even if there are no matches in the right table (Orders). 20. SQL RIGHT JOIN Ke
yword SQL RIGHT JOIN Keyword The RIGHT JOIN keyword Return all rows from the rig
ht table (table_name2), even if there are no matches in the left table (table_na
me1).
SQL RIGHT JOIN Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 RIGHT JOIN table_na
me2 ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name PS: In some databases RIG
HT JOIN is called RIGHT OUTER JOIN. SQL RIGHT JOIN Example The "Persons" table:
P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendso
n Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The "Orders" table
: O_Id OrderNo P_Id 1 77895 3 2 44678 3 3 22456 1 4 24562 1 5 34764 15 Now we wa
nt to list all the orders with containing persons - if any, from the tables abov
e. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT Persons.LastName, Persons.First
Name, Orders.OrderNo FROM Persons RIGHT JOIN Orders ON Persons.P_Id=Orders.P_Id
ORDER BY Persons.LastName The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName
OrderNo Hansen Ola 22456 Hansen Ola 24562 Pettersen Kari 77895 Pettersen Kari 4
4678 34764 The RIGHT JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the right table (Ord
ers), even if there are no matches in the left table (Persons). 21.SQL FULL JOIN
Keyword SQL FULL JOIN Keyword The FULL JOIN keyword return rows when there is a
match in one of the tables. SQL FULL JOIN Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 FULL JOIN table_name2 ON table_name1.colu
mn_name=table_name2.column_name SQL FULL JOIN Example The "Persons" table: P_Id
LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tov
e Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The "Orders" table: O_I
d OrderNo P_Id 1 77895 3 2 44678 3 3 22456 1 4 24562 1 5 34764 15 Now we want to
list all the persons and their orders, and all the orders with their persons. W
e use the following SELECT statement: SELECT Persons.LastName, Persons.FirstName
, Orders.OrderNo FROM Persons FULL JOIN Orders ON Persons.P_Id=Orders.P_Id ORDER
BY Persons.LastName The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName Orde
rNo Hansen Ola 22456 Hansen Ola 24562 Pettersen Kari 77895 Pettersen Kari 44678
Svendson Tove 34764 The FULL JOIN keyword returns all the rows from the left tab
le (Persons), and all the rows from the right table (Orders). If there are rows
in "Persons" that do not have matches in "Orders", or if there are rows in "Orde
rs" that do not have matches in "Persons", those rows will be listed as well. 22
. SQL UNION Operator The SQL UNION operator combines two or more SELECT statemen
ts.
The SQL UNION Operator The UNION operator is used to combine the result-set of t
wo or more SELECT statements. Notice that each SELECT statement within the UNION
must have the same number of columns. The columns must also have similar data t
ypes. Also, the columns in each SELECT statement must be in the same order. SQL
UNION Syntax SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1 UNION SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name2 Note: The UNION operator selects only distinct values by defaul
t. To allow duplicate values, use UNION ALL. SQL UNION ALL Syntax SELECT column_
name(s) FROM table_name1 UNION ALL SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name2 PS: Th
e column names in the result-set of a UNION are always equal to the column names
in the first SELECT statement in the UNION. SQL UNION Example Look at the follo
wing tables: "Employees_Norway": E_ID E_Name 01 Hansen, Ola 02 Svendson, Tove 03
Svendson, Stephen 04 Pettersen, Kari "Employees_USA": E_ID E_Name 01 Turner, Sa
lly 02 Kent, Clark 03 Svendson, Stephen 04 Scott, Stephen Now we want to list al
l the different employees in Norway and USA. We use the following SELECT stateme
nt: SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_Norway UNION SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_USA T
he result-set will look like this: E_Name Hansen, Ola
Svendson, Tove Svendson, Stephen Pettersen, Kari Turner, Sally Kent, Clark Scott
, Stephen Note: This command cannot be used to list all employees in Norway and
USA. In the example above we have two employees with equal names, and only one o
f them will be listed. The UNION command selects only distinct values. SQL UNION
ALL Example Now we want to list all employees in Norway and USA: SELECT E_Name
FROM Employees_Norway UNION ALL SELECT E_Name FROM Employees_USA Result E_Name H
ansen, Ola Svendson, Tove Svendson, Stephen Pettersen, Kari Turner, Sally Kent,
Clark Svendson, Stephen Scott, Stephen
23. SQL SELECT INTO Statement The SQL SELECT INTO statement can be used to creat
e backup copies of tables. The SQL SELECT INTO Statement The SELECT INTO stateme
nt selects data from one table and inserts it into a different table. The SELECT
INTO statement is most often used to create backup copies of tables. SQL SELECT
INTO Syntax We can select all columns into the new table: SELECT * INTO new_tab
le_name [IN externaldatabase] FROM old_tablename Or we can select only the colum
ns we want into the new table: SELECT column_name(s) INTO new_table_name [IN ext
ernaldatabase]
FROM old_tablename SQL SELECT INTO Example Make a Backup Copy - Now we want to m
ake an exact copy of the data in our "Persons" table. We use the following SQL s
tatement: SELECT * INTO Persons_Backup FROM Persons We can also use the IN claus
e to copy the table into another database: SELECT * INTO Persons_Backup IN 'Back
up.mdb' FROM Persons We can also copy only a few fields into the new table: SELE
CT LastName,FirstName INTO Persons_Backup FROM Persons SQL SELECT INTO - With a
WHERE Clause We can also add a WHERE clause. The following SQL statement creates
a "Persons_Backup" table with only the persons who lives in the city "Sandnes":
SELECT LastName,Firstname INTO Persons_Backup FROM Persons WHERE City='Sandnes'
SQL SELECT INTO - Joined Tables Selecting data from more than one table is also
possible. The following example creates a "Persons_Order_Backup" table contains
data from the two tables "Persons" and "Orders": SELECT Persons.LastName,Orders
.OrderNo INTO Persons_Order_Backup FROM Persons INNER JOIN Orders ON Persons.P_I
d=Orders.P_Id 24. SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement The CREATE DATABASE Statement Th
e CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create a database. SQL CREATE DATABASE Sy
ntax CREATE DATABASE database_name CREATE DATABASE Example Now we want to create
a database called "my_db".
We use the following CREATE DATABASE statement: CREATE DATABASE my_db Database t
ables can be added with the CREATE TABLE statement 25. SQL CREATE TABLE Statemen
t The CREATE TABLE Statement The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create a tabl
e in a database. SQL CREATE TABLE Syntax CREATE TABLE table_name ( column_name1
data_type, column_name2 data_type, column_name3 data_type, .... ) The data type
specifies what type of data the column can hold. For a complete reference of all
the data types available in MS Access, MySQL, and SQL Server, go to our complet
e Data Types reference. CREATE TABLE Example Now we want to create a table calle
d "Persons" that contains five columns: P_Id, LastName, FirstName, Address, and
City. We use the following CREATE TABLE statement: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id i
nt, LastName varchar(255), FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City va
rchar(255) ) The P_Id column is of type int and will hold a number. The LastName
, FirstName, Address, and City columns are of type varchar with a maximum length
of 255 characters. The empty "Persons" table will now look like this: P_Id Last
Name FirstName Address City The empty table can be filled with data with the INS
ERT INTO statement. 26. SQL Constraints SQL Constraints Constraints are used to
limit the type of data that can go into a table. Constraints can be specified wh
en a table is created (with the CREATE TABLE statement) or after the table is cr
eated (with the ALTER TABLE statement). We will focus on the following constrain
ts: NOT NULL
UNIQUE PRIMARY KEY FOREIGN KEY CHECK DEFAULT The next chapters will describe eac
h constraint in details. 27. SQL NOT NULL Constraint
By default, a table column can hold NULL values. SQL NOT NULL Constraint The NOT
NULL constraint enforces a column to NOT accept NULL values. The NOT NULL const
raint enforces a field to always contain a value. This means that you cannot ins
ert a new record, or update a record without adding a value to this field. The f
ollowing SQL enforces the "P_Id" column and the "LastName" column to not accept
NULL values: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT
NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(255) )
28. SQL UNIQUE Constraint SQL UNIQUE Constraint The UNIQUE constraint uniquely i
dentifies each record in a database table. The UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraint
s both provide a guarantee for uniqueness for a column or set of columns. A PRIM
ARY KEY constraint automatically has a UNIQUE constraint defined on it. Note tha
t you can have have many UNIQUE constraints per table, but only one PRIMARY KEY
constraint per table. SQL UNIQUE Constraint on CREATE TABLE The following SQL cr
eates a UNIQUE constraint on the "P_Id" column when the "Persons" table is creat
ed: MySQL: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT N
ULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(255), UNIQUE (P_
Id) )
SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL UNIQUE
, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255),
City varchar(255) ) To allow naming of a UNIQUE constraint, and for defining a U
NIQUE constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax: MySQL / SQL
Server / Oracle / MS Access: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName
varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varcha
r(255), CONSTRAINT uc_PersonID UNIQUE (P_Id,LastName) ) SQL UNIQUE Constraint on
ALTER TABLE To create a UNIQUE constraint on the "P_Id" column when the table i
s already created, use the following SQL: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Acces
s: ALTER TABLE Persons ADD UNIQUE (P_Id) To allow naming of a UNIQUE constraint,
and for defining a UNIQUE constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL
syntax: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Persons ADD CONSTR
AINT uc_PersonID UNIQUE (P_Id,LastName) To DROP a UNIQUE Constraint To drop a UN
IQUE constraint, use the following SQL: MySQL: ALTER TABLE Persons DROP INDEX uc
_PersonID SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Persons DROP CONSTRAINT u
c_PersonID
29. SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint The PRIMARY KEY constr
aint uniquely identifies each record in a database table. Primary keys must cont
ain unique values. A primary key column cannot contain NULL values. Each table s
hould have a primary key, and each table can have only one primary key. SQL PRIM
ARY KEY Constraint on CREATE TABLE The following SQL creates a PRIMARY KEY on th
e "P_Id" column when the "Persons" table is created: MySQL: CREATE TABLE Persons
( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Ad
dress varchar(255), City varchar(255), PRIMARY KEY (P_Id) ) SQL Server / Oracle
/ MS Access: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, LastName varc
har(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(25
5) ) To allow naming of a PRIMARY KEY constraint, and for defining a PRIMARY KEY
constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax: MySQL / SQL Serve
r / Oracle / MS Access: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varch
ar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(255
), CONSTRAINT pk_PersonID PRIMARY KEY (P_Id,LastName) ) SQL PRIMARY KEY Constrai
nt on ALTER TABLE To create a PRIMARY KEY constraint on the "P_Id" column when t
he table is already created, use the following SQL: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle
/ MS Access:
ALTER TABLE Persons ADD PRIMARY KEY (P_Id) To allow naming of a PRIMARY KEY cons
traint, and for defining a PRIMARY KEY constraint on multiple columns, use the f
ollowing SQL syntax: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Person
s ADD CONSTRAINT pk_PersonID PRIMARY KEY (P_Id,LastName) Note: If you use the AL
TER TABLE statement to add a primary key, the primary key column(s) must already
have been declared to not contain NULL values (when the table was first created
). To DROP a PRIMARY KEY Constraint To drop a PRIMARY KEY constraint, use the fo
llowing SQL: MySQL: ALTER TABLE Persons DROP PRIMARY KEY SQL Server / Oracle / M
S Access: ALTER TABLE Persons DROP CONSTRAINT pk_PersonID
30. SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint A FOREIGN KEY in one table points to a PRIMARY KE
Y in another table. Let's illustrate the foreign key with an example. Look at th
e following two tables: The "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address Cit
y 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Petterse
n Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger The "Orders" table: O_Id OrderNo P_Id 1 77895 3 2 446
78 3 3 22456 2 4 24562 1 Note that the "P_Id" column in the "Orders" table point
s to the "P_Id" column in the "Persons" table. The "P_Id" column in the "Persons
" table is the PRIMARY KEY in the "Persons" table. The "P_Id" column in the "Ord
ers" table is a FOREIGN KEY in the "Orders" table. The FOREIGN KEY constraint is
used to prevent actions that would destroy link between tables.
The FOREIGN KEY constraint also prevents that invalid data is inserted into the
foreign key column, because it has to be one of the values contained in the tabl
e it points to. SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint on CREATE TABLE The following SQL cre
ates a FOREIGN KEY on the "P_Id" column when the "Orders" table is created: MySQ
L: CREATE TABLE Orders ( O_Id int NOT NULL, OrderNo int NOT NULL, P_Id int, PRIM
ARY KEY (O_Id), FOREIGN KEY (P_Id) REFERENCES Persons(P_Id) ) SQL Server / Oracl
e / MS Access: CREATE TABLE Orders ( O_Id int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, OrderNo int
NOT NULL, P_Id int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Persons(P_Id) ) To allow naming of a F
OREIGN KEY constraint, and for defining a FOREIGN KEY constraint on multiple col
umns, use the following SQL syntax: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: CRE
ATE TABLE Orders ( O_Id int NOT NULL, OrderNo int NOT NULL, P_Id int, PRIMARY KE
Y (O_Id), CONSTRAINT fk_PerOrders FOREIGN KEY (P_Id) REFERENCES Persons(P_Id) )
SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint on ALTER TABLE To create a FOREIGN KEY constraint on
the "P_Id" column when the "Orders" table is already created, use the following
SQL: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Orders ADD FOREIGN KEY
(P_Id) REFERENCES Persons(P_Id) To allow naming of a FOREIGN KEY constraint, an
d for defining a FOREIGN KEY constraint on multiple columns, use the following S
QL syntax: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access:
ALTER TABLE Orders ADD CONSTRAINT fk_PerOrders FOREIGN KEY (P_Id) REFERENCES Per
sons(P_Id) To DROP a FOREIGN KEY Constraint To drop a FOREIGN KEY constraint, us
e the following SQL: MySQL: ALTER TABLE Orders DROP FOREIGN KEY fk_PerOrders SQL
Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Orders DROP CONSTRAINT fk_PerOrders
31. SQL CHECK Constraint The CHECK constraint is used to limit the value range t
hat can be placed in a column. If you define a CHECK constraint on a single colu
mn it allows only certain values for this column. If you define a CHECK constrai
nt on a table it can limit the values in certain columns based on values in othe
r columns in the row. SQL CHECK Constraint on CREATE TABLE The following SQL cre
ates a CHECK constraint on the "P_Id" column when the "Persons" table is created
. The CHECK constraint specifies that the column "P_Id" must only include intege
rs greater than 0. My SQL: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName va
rchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(
255), CHECK (P_Id>0) ) SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P
_Id int NOT NULL CHECK (P_Id>0), LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varch
ar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(255)
) To allow naming of a CHECK constraint, and for defining a CHECK constraint on
multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS
Access: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT NUL
L, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(255), CONSTRAINT c
hk_Person CHECK (P_Id>0 AND City='Sandnes') ) SQL CHECK Constraint on ALTER TABL
E To create a CHECK constraint on the "P_Id" column when the table is already cr
eated, use the following SQL: MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TAB
LE Persons ADD CHECK (P_Id>0) To allow naming of a CHECK constraint, and for def
ining a CHECK constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax: MySQ
L / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Persons ADD CONSTRAINT chk_Pers
on CHECK (P_Id>0 AND City='Sandnes') To DROP a CHECK Constraint To drop a CHECK
constraint, use the following SQL: SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE
Persons DROP CONSTRAINT chk_Person
32. SQL DEFAULT Constraint SQL DEFAULT Constraint The DEFAULT constraint is used
to insert a default value into a column. The default value will be added to all
new records, if no other value is specified. SQL DEFAULT Constraint on CREATE T
ABLE The following SQL creates a DEFAULT constraint on the "City" column when th
e "Persons" table is created: My SQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: CREATE T
ABLE Persons (
P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Addre
ss varchar(255), City varchar(255) DEFAULT 'Sandnes' ) The DEFAULT constraint ca
n also be used to insert system values, by using functions like GETDATE(): CREAT
E TABLE Orders ( O_Id int NOT NULL, OrderNo int NOT NULL, P_Id int, OrderDate da
te DEFAULT GETDATE() ) SQL DEFAULT Constraint on ALTER TABLE To create a DEFAULT
constraint on the "City" column when the table is already created, use the foll
owing SQL: MySQL: ALTER TABLE Persons ALTER City SET DEFAULT 'SANDNES' SQL Serve
r / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Persons ALTER COLUMN City SET DEFAULT 'SANDN
ES' To drop a DEFAULT constraint, use the following SQL: MySQL: ALTER TABLE Pers
ons ALTER City DROP DEFAULT SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access: ALTER TABLE Persons
ALTER COLUMN City DROP DEFAULT 33. SQL CREATE INDEX Statement The CREATE INDEX
statement is used to create indexes in tables. Indexes allow the database applic
ation to find data fast; without reading the whole table. Indexes An index can b
e created in a table to find data more quickly and efficiently. The users cannot
see the indexes, they are just used to speed up searches/queries. Note: Updatin
g a table with indexes takes more time than updating a table without (because th
e indexes also need an update). So you should only create indexes on columns (an
d tables) that will be frequently searched against. SQL CREATE INDEX Syntax Crea
tes an index on a table. Duplicate values are allowed:
CREATE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name) SQL CREATE UNIQUE INDEX Synt
ax Creates a unique index on a table. Duplicate values are not allowed: CREATE U
NIQUE INDEX index_name ON table_name (column_name) Note: The syntax for creating
indexes varies amongst different databases. Therefore: Check the syntax for cre
ating indexes in your database. CREATE INDEX Example The SQL statement below cre
ates an index named "PIndex" on the "LastName" column in the "Persons" table: CR
EATE INDEX PIndex ON Persons (LastName) If you want to create an index on a comb
ination of columns, you can list the column names within the parentheses, separa
ted by commas: CREATE INDEX PIndex ON Persons (LastName, FirstName)
34. SQL DROP INDEX, DROP TABLE, and DROP DATABASE Indexes, tables, and databases
can easily be deleted/removed with the DROP statement. The DROP INDEX Statement
The DROP INDEX statement is used to delete an index in a table. DROP INDEX Synt
ax for MS Access: DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name DROP INDEX Syntax for MS S
QL Server: DROP INDEX table_name.index_name DROP INDEX Syntax for DB2/Oracle: DR
OP INDEX index_name DROP INDEX Syntax for MySQL: ALTER TABLE table_name DROP IND
EX index_name The DROP TABLE Statement The DROP TABLE statement is used to delet
e a table. DROP TABLE table_name The DROP DATABASE Statement The DROP DATABASE s
tatement is used to delete a database. DROP DATABASE database_name The TRUNCATE
TABLE Statement What if we only want to delete the data inside the table, and no
t the table itself? Then, use the TRUNCATE TABLE statement:
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name 35. SQL ALTER TABLE Statement The ALTER TABLE Statemen
t The ALTER TABLE statement is used to add, delete, or modify columns in an exis
ting table. SQL ALTER TABLE Syntax To add a column in a table, use the following
syntax: ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name datatype To delete a column in a
table, use the following syntax (notice that some database systems don't allow
deleting a column): ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMN column_name To change the
data type of a column in a table, use the following syntax: ALTER TABLE table_n
ame ALTER COLUMN column_name datatype SQL ALTER TABLE Example Look at the "Perso
ns" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandne
s 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we
want to add a column named "DateOfBirth" in the "Persons" table. We use the foll
owing SQL statement: ALTER TABLE Persons ADD DateOfBirth date Notice that the ne
w column, "DateOfBirth", is of type date and is going to hold a date. The data t
ype specifies what type of data the column can hold. For a complete reference of
all the data types available in MS Access, MySQL, and SQL Server, go to our com
plete Data Types reference. The "Persons" table will now like this: P_Id LastNam
e FirstName Address City DateOfBirth 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendso
n Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Change Data Type E
xample Now we want to change the data type of the column named "DateOfBirth" in
the "Persons" table. We use the following SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE Persons ALTER COLUMN DateOfBirth year Notice that the "DateOfBirth"
column is now of type year and is going to hold a year in a two-digit or four-di
git format. DROP COLUMN Example Next, we want to delete the column named "DateOf
Birth" in the "Persons" table. We use the following SQL statement: ALTER TABLE P
ersons DROP COLUMN DateOfBirth The "Persons" table will now like this: P_Id Last
Name FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Bo
rgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
36. SQL AUTO INCREMENT Field Auto-increment allows a unique number to be generat
ed when a new record is inserted into a table. AUTO INCREMENT a Field Very often
we would like the value of the primary key field to be created automatically ev
ery time a new record is inserted. We would like to create an auto-increment fie
ld in a table. Syntax for MySQL The following SQL statement defines the "P_Id" c
olumn to be an auto-increment primary key field in the "Persons" table: CREATE T
ABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL,
FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(255), City varchar(255), PRIMARY KEY (P
_Id) ) MySQL uses the AUTO_INCREMENT keyword to perform an auto-increment featur
e. By default, the starting value for AUTO_INCREMENT is 1, and it will increment
by 1 for each new record. To let the AUTO_INCREMENT sequence start with another
value, use the following SQL statement: ALTER TABLE Persons AUTO_INCREMENT=100
To insert a new record into the "Persons" table, we will not have to specify a v
alue for the "P_Id" column (a unique value will be added automatically):
INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName,LastName) VALUES ('Lars','Monsen') The SQL statem
ent above would insert a new record into the "Persons" table. The "P_Id" column
would be assigned a unique value. The "FirstName" column would be set to "Lars"
and the "LastName" column would be set to "Monsen". Syntax for SQL Server The fo
llowing SQL statement defines the "P_Id" column to be an auto-increment primary
key field in the "Persons" table: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int PRIMARY KEY ID
ENTITY, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(
255), City varchar(255) ) The MS SQL Server uses the IDENTITY keyword to perform
an auto-increment feature. By default, the starting value for IDENTITY is 1, an
d it will increment by 1 for each new record. To specify that the "P_Id" column
should start at value 10 and increment by 5, change the identity to IDENTITY(10,
5). To insert a new record into the "Persons" table, we will not have to specify
a value for the "P_Id" column (a unique value will be added automatically): INS
ERT INTO Persons (FirstName,LastName) VALUES ('Lars','Monsen') The SQL statement
above would insert a new record into the "Persons" table. The "P_Id" column wou
ld be assigned a unique value. The "FirstName" column would be set to "Lars" and
the "LastName" column would be set to "Monsen". Syntax for Access The following
SQL statement defines the "P_Id" column to be an auto-increment primary key fie
ld in the "Persons" table: CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCRE
MENT, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Address varchar(25
5), City varchar(255) ) The MS Access uses the AUTOINCREMENT keyword to perform
an auto-increment feature. By default, the starting value for AUTOINCREMENT is 1
, and it will increment by 1 for each new record.
To specify that the "P_Id" column should start at value 10 and increment by 5, c
hange the autoincrement to AUTOINCREMENT(10,5). To insert a new record into the
"Persons" table, we will not have to specify a value for the "P_Id" column (a un
ique value will be added automatically): INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName,LastName
) VALUES ('Lars','Monsen') The SQL statement above would insert a new record int
o the "Persons" table. The "P_Id" column would be assigned a unique value. The "
FirstName" column would be set to "Lars" and the "LastName" column would be set
to "Monsen". Syntax for Oracle In Oracle the code is a little bit more tricky. Y
ou will have to create an auto-increment field with the sequence object (this ob
ject generates a number sequence). Use the following CREATE SEQUENCE syntax: CRE
ATE SEQUENCE seq_person MINVALUE 1 START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 CACHE 10 The code
above creates a sequence object called seq_person, that starts with 1 and will
increment by 1. It will also cache up to 10 values for performance. The cache op
tion specifies how many sequence values will be stored in memory for faster acce
ss. To insert a new record into the "Persons" table, we will have to use the nex
tval function (this function retrieves the next value from seq_person sequence):
INSERT INTO Persons (P_Id,FirstName,LastName) VALUES (seq_person.nextval,'Lars'
,'Monsen') The SQL statement above would insert a new record into the "Persons"
table. The "P_Id" column would be assigned the next number from the seq_person s
equence. The "FirstName" column would be set to "Lars" and the "LastName" column
would be set to "Monsen". 37. SQL Views A view is a virtual table. This chapter
shows how to create, update, and delete a view. SQL CREATE VIEW Statement In SQ
L, a view is a virtual table based on the result-set of an SQL statement. A view
contains rows and columns, just like a real table. The fields in a view are fie
lds from one or more real tables in the database. You can add SQL functions, WHE
RE, and JOIN statements to a view and present the data as if the data were comin
g from one single table. SQL CREATE VIEW Syntax CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT
column_name(s) FROM table_name
WHERE condition Note: A view always shows up-to-date data! The database engine r
ecreates the data, using the view's SQL statement, every time a user queries a v
iew. SQL CREATE VIEW Examples If you have the Northwind database you can see tha
t it has several views installed by default. The view "Current Product List" lis
ts all active products (products that are not discontinued) from the "Products"
table. The view is created with the following SQL: CREATE VIEW [Current Product
List] AS SELECT ProductID,ProductName FROM Products WHERE Discontinued=No We can
query the view above as follows: SELECT * FROM [Current Product List] Another v
iew in the Northwind sample database selects every product in the "Products" tab
le with a unit price higher than the average unit price: CREATE VIEW [Products A
bove Average Price] AS SELECT ProductName,UnitPrice FROM Products WHERE UnitPric
e>(SELECT AVG(UnitPrice) FROM Products) We can query the view above as follows:
SELECT * FROM [Products Above Average Price] Another view in the Northwind datab
ase calculates the total sale for each category in 1997. Note that this view sel
ects its data from another view called "Product Sales for 1997": CREATE VIEW [Ca
tegory Sales For 1997] AS SELECT DISTINCT CategoryName,Sum(ProductSales) AS Cate
gorySales FROM [Product Sales for 1997] GROUP BY CategoryName We can query the v
iew above as follows: SELECT * FROM [Category Sales For 1997] We can also add a
condition to the query. Now we want to see the total sale only for the category
"Beverages": SELECT * FROM [Category Sales For 1997] WHERE CategoryName='Beverag
es' SQL Updating a View You can update a view by using the following syntax: SQL
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW Syntax CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW view_name AS SELECT column
_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition
Now we want to add the "Category" column to the "Current Product List" view. We
will update the view with the following SQL: CREATE VIEW [Current Product List]
AS SELECT ProductID,ProductName,Category FROM Products WHERE Discontinued=No SQL
Dropping a View You can delete a view with the DROP VIEW command. SQL DROP VIEW
Syntax DROP VIEW view_name
38. SQL Date Functions SQL Dates The most difficult part when working with dates
is to be sure that the format of the date you are trying to insert, matches the
format of the date column in the database. As long as your data contains only t
he date portion, your queries will work as expected. However, if a time portion
is involved, it gets complicated. Before talking about the complications of quer
ying for dates, we will look at the most important built-in functions for workin
g with dates. MySQL Date Functions The following table lists the most important
built-in date functions in MySQL: Function Description NOW() Returns the current
date and time CURDATE() Returns the current date CURTIME() Returns the current
time DATE() Extracts the date part of a date or date/time expression EXTRACT() R
eturns a single part of a date/time DATE_ADD() Adds a specified time interval to
a date DATE_SUB() Subtracts a specified time interval from a date DATEDIFF() Re
turns the number of days between two dates DATE_FORMAT() Displays date/time data
in different formats SQL Server Date Functions The following table lists the mo
st important built-in date functions in SQL Server: Function Description GETDATE
() Returns the current date and time DATEPART() Returns a single part of a date/
time DATEADD() Adds or subtracts a specified time interval from a date DATEDIFF(
) Returns the time between two dates
CONVERT()
Displays date/time data in different formats
SQL Date Data Types MySQL comes with the following data types for storing a date
or a date/time value in the database: DATE - format YYYY-MM-DD DATETIME - forma
t: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS TIMESTAMP - format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS YEAR - format YYY
Y or YY SQL Server comes with the following data types for storing a date or a d
ate/time value in the database: DATE - format YYYY-MM-DD DATETIME - format: YYYY
-MM-DD HH:MM:SS SMALLDATETIME - format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS TIMESTAMP - format:
a unique number Note: The date types are chosen for a column when you create a n
ew table in your database! For an overview of all data types available, go to ou
r complete Data Types reference. SQL Working with Dates You can compare two date
s easily if there is no time component involved! Assume we have the following "O
rders" table: OrderId ProductName OrderDate 1 Geitost 2008-11-11 2 Camembert Pie
rrot 2008-11-09 3 Mozzarella di Giovanni 2008-11-11 4 Mascarpone Fabioli 2008-10
-29 Now we want to select the records with an OrderDate of "2008-11-11" from the
table above. We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE
OrderDate='2008-11-11' The result-set will look like this: OrderId ProductName O
rderDate 1 Geitost 2008-11-11 3 Mozzarella di Giovanni 2008-11-11 Now, assume th
at the "Orders" table looks like this (notice the time component in the "OrderDa
te" column): OrderId ProductName OrderDate 1 Geitost 2008-11-11 13:23:44 2 Camem
bert Pierrot 2008-11-09 15:45:21 3 Mozzarella di Giovanni 2008-11-11 11:12:01
4 Mascarpone Fabioli 2008-10-29 14:56:59 If we use the same SELECT statement as
above: SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE OrderDate='2008-11-11' we will get no result!
This is because the query is looking only for dates with no time portion. Tip: I
f you want to keep your queries simple and easy to maintain, do not allow time c
omponents in your dates! 39. SQL NULL Values NULL values represent missing unkno
wn data. By default, a table column can hold NULL values. This chapter will expl
ain the IS NULL and IS NOT NULL operators. SQL NULL Values If a column in a tabl
e is optional, we can insert a new record or update an existing record without a
dding a value to this column. This means that the field will be saved with a NUL
L value. NULL values are treated differently from other values. NULL is used as
a placeholder for unknown or inapplicable values. Note: It is not possible to co
mpare NULL and 0; they are not equivalent. SQL Working with NULL Values Look at
the following "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola
Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Stavanger Suppose th
at the "Address" column in the "Persons" table is optional. This means that if w
e insert a record with no value for the "Address" column, the "Address" column w
ill be saved with a NULL value. How can we test for NULL values? It is not possi
ble to test for NULL values with comparison operators, such as =, <, or <>. We w
ill have to use the IS NULL and IS NOT NULL operators instead. SQL IS NULL How d
o we select only the records with NULL values in the "Address" column? We will h
ave to use the IS NULL operator: SELECT LastName,FirstName,Address FROM Persons
WHERE Address IS NULL The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName Add
ress Hansen Ola Pettersen Kari Tip: Always use IS NULL to look for NULL values.
SQL IS NOT NULL How do we select only the records with no NULL values in the "Ad
dress" column? We will have to use the IS NOT NULL operator: SELECT LastName,Fir
stName,Address FROM Persons WHERE Address IS NOT NULL The result-set will look l
ike this: LastName FirstName Address Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 In the next chapter
we will look at the ISNULL(), NVL(), IFNULL() and COALESCE() functions. 40. SQL
NULL Functions SQL ISNULL(), NVL(), IFNULL() and COALESCE() Functions Look at t
he following "Products" table: P_Id ProductName UnitPrice UnitsInStock UnitsOnOr
der 1 Jarlsberg 10.45 16 15 2 Mascarpone 32.56 23 3 Gorgonzola 15.67 9 20 Suppos
e that the "UnitsOnOrder" column is optional, and may contain NULL values. We ha
ve the following SELECT statement: SELECT ProductName,UnitPrice*(UnitsInStock+Un
itsOnOrder) FROM Products In the example above, if any of the "UnitsOnOrder" val
ues are NULL, the result is NULL. Microsoft's ISNULL() function is used to speci
fy how we want to treat NULL values. The NVL(), IFNULL(), and COALESCE() functio
ns can also be used to achieve the same result. In this case we want NULL values
to be zero. Below, if "UnitsOnOrder" is NULL it will not harm the calculation,
because ISNULL() returns a zero if the value is NULL: SQL Server / MS Access SEL
ECT ProductName,UnitPrice*(UnitsInStock+ISNULL(UnitsOnOrder,0)) FROM Products Or
acle Oracle does not have an ISNULL() function. However, we can use the NVL() fu
nction to achieve the same result: SELECT ProductName,UnitPrice*(UnitsInStock+NV
L(UnitsOnOrder,0)) FROM Products MySQL MySQL does have an ISNULL() function. How
ever, it works a little bit different from Microsoft's ISNULL() function.
In MySQL we can use the IFNULL() function, like this: SELECT ProductName,UnitPri
ce*(UnitsInStock+IFNULL(UnitsOnOrder,0)) FROM Products or we can use the COALESC
E() function, like this: SELECT ProductName,UnitPrice*(UnitsInStock+COALESCE(Uni
tsOnOrder,0)) FROM Products
41.SQL Data Types Data types and ranges for Microsoft Access, MySQL and SQL Serv
er. Microsoft Access Data Types Data type Description Storage Text Use for text
or combinations of text and numbers. 255 characters maximum Memo Memo is used fo
r larger amounts of text. Stores up to 65,536 characters. Note: You cannot sort
a memo field. However, they are searchable Byte Allows whole numbers from 0 to 2
55 1 byte Integer Allows whole numbers between -32,768 and 32,767 2 bytes Long A
llows whole numbers between -2,147,483,648 and 4 bytes 2,147,483,647 Single Sing
le precision floating-point. Will handle most decimals 4 bytes Double Double pre
cision floating-point. Will handle most decimals 8 bytes Currency Use for curren
cy. Holds up to 15 digits of whole dollars, plus 8 bytes 4 decimal places. Tip:
You can choose which country's currency to use AutoNumber AutoNumber fields auto
matically give each record its own 4 bytes number, usually starting at 1 Date/Ti
me Use for dates and times 8 bytes Yes/No A logical field can be displayed as Ye
s/No, True/False, or 1 bit On/Off. In code, use the constants True and False (eq
uivalent to -1 and 0). Note: Null values are not allowed in Yes/No fields Ole Ob
ject Can store pictures, audio, video, or other BLOBs (Binary up to Large OBject
s) 1GB Hyperlink Contain links to other files, including web pages Lookup Wizard
Let you type a list of options, which can then be chosen from a 4 bytes drop-do
wn list MySQL Data Types In MySQL there are three main types : text, number, and
Date/Time types.
Text types: Data type CHAR(size) Description Holds a fixed length string (can co
ntain letters, numbers, and special characters). The fixed size is specified in
parenthesis. Can store up to 255 characters VARCHAR(size) Holds a variable lengt
h string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The maximum siz
e is specified in parenthesis. Can store up to 255 characters. Note: If you put
a greater value than 255 it will be converted to a TEXT type TINYTEXT Holds a st
ring with a maximum length of 255 characters TEXT Holds a string with a maximum
length of 65,535 characters BLOB For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 6
5,535 bytes of data MEDIUMTEXT Holds a string with a maximum length of 16,777,21
5 characters MEDIUMBLOB For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 16,777,215
bytes of data LONGTEXT Holds a string with a maximum length of 4,294,967,295 ch
aracters LONGBLOB For BLOBs (Binary Large OBjects). Holds up to 4,294,967,295 by
tes of data ENUM(x,y,z,etc.) Let you enter a list of possible values. You can li
st up to 65535 values in an ENUM list. If a value is inserted that is not in the
list, a blank value will be inserted. Note: The values are sorted in the order
you enter them. You enter the possible values in this format: ENUM('X','Y','Z')
Similar to ENUM except that SET may contain up to 64 list items and can store mo
re than one choice
SET
Number types: Data type TINYINT(size) Description -128 to 127 normal. 0 to 255 U
NSIGNED*. The maximum number of digits may be specified in parenthesis SMALLINT(
size) -32768 to 32767 normal. 0 to 65535 UNSIGNED*. The maximum number of digits
may be specified in parenthesis MEDIUMINT(size) -8388608 to 8388607 normal. 0 t
o 16777215 UNSIGNED*. The maximum number of digits may be specified in parenthes
is INT(size) -2147483648 to 2147483647 normal. 0 to 4294967295 UNSIGNED*. The ma
ximum number of digits may be specified in parenthesis
BIGINT(size)
-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807 normal. 0 to 18446744073709551615 UN
SIGNED*. The maximum number of digits may be specified in parenthesis FLOAT(size
,d) A small number with a floating decimal point. The maximum number of digits m
ay be specified in the size parameter. The maximum number of digits to the right
of the decimal point is specified in the d parameter DOUBLE(size,d) A large num
ber with a floating decimal point. The maximum number of digits may be specified
in the size parameter. The maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal
point is specified in the d parameter DECIMAL(size,d) A DOUBLE stored as a stri
ng , allowing for a fixed decimal point. The maximum number of digits may be spe
cified in the size parameter. The maximum number of digits to the right of the d
ecimal point is specified in the d parameter *The integer types have an extra op
tion called UNSIGNED. Normally, the integer goes from an negative to positive va
lue. Adding the UNSIGNED attribute will move that range up so it starts at zero
instead of a negative number. Date types: Data type DATE() Description A date. F
ormat: YYYY-MM-DD Note: The supported range is from '1000-01-01' to '9999-12-31'
*A date and time combination. Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
DATETIME()
Note: The supported range is from '1000-01-01 00:00:00' to '9999-12-31 23:59:59'
TIMESTAMP() *A timestamp. TIMESTAMP values are stored as the number of seconds
since the Unix epoch ('1970-01-01 00:00:00' UTC). Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS No
te: The supported range is from '1970-01-01 00:00:01' UTC to '203801-09 03:14:07
' UTC A time. Format: HH:MM:SS Note: The supported range is from '-838:59:59' to
'838:59:59' A year in two-digit or four-digit format. Note: Values allowed in f
our-digit format: 1901 to 2155. Values allowed in two-digit format: 70 to 69, re
presenting years from 1970 to
TIME()
YEAR()
2069 *Even if DATETIME and TIMESTAMP return the same format, they work very diff
erently. In an INSERT or UPDATE query, the TIMESTAMP automatically set itself to
the current date and time. TIMESTAMP also accepts various formats, like YYYYMMD
DHHMMSS, YYMMDDHHMMSS, YYYYMMDD, or YYMMDD. SQL Server Data Types Character stri
ngs: Data type char(n) varchar(n) varchar(max) text Unicode strings: Data type n
char(n) nvarchar(n) nvarchar(max) ntext Binary types: Data type bit binary(n) va
rbinary(n) varbinary(max) image Number types: Data type Description Storage Desc
ription Allows 0, 1, or NULL Fixed-length binary data. Maximum 8,000 bytes Varia
ble-length binary data. Maximum 8,000 bytes Variable-length binary data. Maximum
2GB Variable-length binary data. Maximum 2GB Storage Description Fixed-length U
nicode data. Maximum 4,000 characters Variable-length Unicode data. Maximum 4,00
0 characters Variable-length Unicode data. Maximum 536,870,912 characters Variab
le-length Unicode data. Maximum 2GB of text data Storage Description Fixed-lengt
h character string. Maximum 8,000 characters Variable-length character string. M
aximum 8,000 characters Variable-length character string. Maximum 1,073,741,824
characters Variable-length character string. Maximum 2GB of text data Storage n
tinyint smallint int bigint decimal(p,s)
Allows whole numbers from 0 to 255 Allows whole numbers between -32,768 and 32,7
67 Allows whole numbers between -2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647 Allows whole nu
mbers between -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 and 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 Fixed pre
cision and scale numbers. Allows numbers from -10^38 +1 to 10^38 â 1. The p parameter
indicates the maximum total number of digits that can be stored (both to the le
ft and to the right of the decimal point). p must be a value from 1 to 38. Defau
lt is 18.
1 byte 2 bytes 4 bytes 8 bytes 5-17 bytes
numeric(p,s)
The s parameter indicates the maximum number of digits stored to the right of th
e decimal point. s must be a value from 0 to p. Default value is 0 Fixed precisi
on and scale numbers. 5-17 bytes Allows numbers from -10^38 +1 to 10^38 â 1. The p pa
rameter indicates the maximum total number of digits that can be stored (both to
the left and to the right of the decimal point). p must be a value from 1 to 38
. Default is 18. The s parameter indicates the maximum number of digits stored t
o the right of the decimal point. s must be a value from 0 to p. Default value i
s 0 Monetary data from -214,748.3648 to 214,748.3647 Monetary data from -922,337
,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807 Floating precision number data fro
m -1.79E + 308 to 1.79E + 308.
smallmoney money float(n)
4 bytes 8 bytes 4 or 8 bytes
real
The n parameter indicates whether the field should hold 4 or 8 bytes. float(24)
holds a 4-byte field and float(53) holds an 8byte field. Default value of n is 5
3. Floating precision number data from -3.40E + 38 to 3.40E + 4 bytes 38
Date types: Data type Description Storage
datetime datetime2 smalldatetime date time datetimeoffset timestamp
From January 1, 1753 to December 31, 9999 with an accuracy 8 bytes of 3.33 milli
seconds From January 1, 0001 and December 31, 9999 with an 6-8 bytes accuracy of
100 nanoseconds From January 1, 1900 to June 6, 2079 with an accuracy of 1 4 by
tes minute Store a date only. From January 1, 0001 to December 31, 9999 3 bytes
Store a time only to an accuracy of 100 nanoseconds 3-5 bytes The same as dateti
me2 with the addition of a time zone offset 8-10 bytes Stores a unique number th
at gets updated every time a row gets created or modified. The timestamp value i
s based upon an internal clock and does not correspond to real time. Each table
may have only one timestamp variable
Other data types: Data type sql_variant Description Stores up to 8,000 bytes of
data of various data types, except text, ntext, and timestamp uniqueidentifier S
tores a globally unique identifier (GUID) xml Stores XML formatted data. Maximum
2GB cursor Stores a reference to a cursor used for database operations table St
ores a result-set for later processing
42. SQL Functions
SQL has many built-in functions for performing calculations on data. SQL Aggrega
te Functions SQL aggregate functions return a single value, calculated from valu
es in a column. Useful aggregate functions:
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AVG() - Returns the average value COUNT() - Returns the number of rows FIRST() -
Returns the first value LAST() - Returns the last value MAX() - Returns the lar
gest value MIN() - Returns the smallest value SUM() - Returns the sum
SQL Scalar functions SQL scalar functions return a single value, based on the in
put value. Useful scalar functions:
â ¢ â ¢ â ¢ â ¢ â ¢ â ¢ â ¢
UCASE() - Converts a field to upper case LCASE() - Converts a field to lower cas
e MID() - Extract characters from a text field LEN() - Returns the length of a t
ext field ROUND() - Rounds a numeric field to the number of decimals specified N
OW() - Returns the current system date and time FORMAT() - Formats how a field i
s to be displayed
Tip: The aggregate functions and the scalar functions will be explained in detai
ls in the next chapters. 43. SQL AVG() Function The AVG() function returns the a
verage value of a numeric column.
SQL AVG() Syntax
SELECT AVG(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL AVG() Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPric
e Customer 1 2008/11/12 1000 Hansen 2 2008/10/23 1600 Nilsen 3 2008/09/02 700 Ha
nsen 4 2008/09/03 300 Hansen 5 2008/08/30 2000 Jensen 6 2008/10/04 100 Nilsen No
w we want to find the average value of the "OrderPrice" fields. We use the follo
wing SQL statement:
SELECT AVG(OrderPrice) AS OrderAverage FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this: OrderAverage 950 Now we want to find the cus
tomers that have an OrderPrice value higher then the average OrderPrice value. W
e use the following SQL statement:
SELECT Customer FROM Orders WHERE OrderPrice>(SELECT AVG(OrderPrice) FROM Orders
)
The result-set will look like this: Customer
Hansen Nilsen Jensen 44. SQL COUNT() Function The COUNT() function returns the n
umber of rows that matches a specified criteria. SQL COUNT(column_name) Syntax T
he COUNT(column_name) function returns the number of values (NULL values will no
t be counted) of the specified column:
SELECT COUNT(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL COUNT(*) Syntax
The COUNT(*) function returns the number of records in a table:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name
SQL COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) Syntax The COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) function
returns the number of distinct values of the specified column:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) FROM table_name
Note: COUNT(DISTINCT) works with ORACLE and Microsoft SQL Server, but not with M
icrosoft Access. SQL COUNT(column_name) Example We have the following "Orders" t
able: O_Id OrderDate OrderPrice Customer 1 2008/11/12 1000 Hansen 2 2008/10/23 1
600 Nilsen 3 2008/09/02 700 Hansen 4 2008/09/03 300 Hansen 5 2008/08/30 2000 Jen
sen 6 2008/10/04 100 Nilsen Now we want to count the number of orders from "Cust
omer Nilsen". We use the following SQL statement:
SELECT COUNT(Customer) AS CustomerNilsen FROM Orders WHERE Customer='Nilsen'
The result of the SQL statement above will be 2, because the customer Nilsen has
made 2 orders in total: CustomerNilsen 2 SQL COUNT(*) Example If we omit the WH
ERE clause, like this:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS NumberOfOrders FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this: NumberOfOrders 6 which is the total number o
f rows in the table. SQL COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) Example Now we want to coun
t the number of unique customers in the "Orders" table. We use the following SQL
statement:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Customer) AS NumberOfCustomers FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this: NumberOfCustomers 3 which is the number of u
nique customers (Hansen, Nilsen, and Jensen) in the "Orders" table. 45. SQL FIRS
T() Function The FIRST() function returns the first value of the selected column
.
SQL FIRST() Syntax
SELECT FIRST(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL FIRST() Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPr
ice 1 2008/11/12 1000 2 2008/10/23 1600 3 2008/09/02 700 4 2008/09/03 300 5 2008
/08/30 2000 6 2008/10/04 100 Now we want to find the first value of the "OrderPr
ice" column. We use the following SQL statement: The result-set will look like t
his: FirstOrderPrice 1000
Customer Hansen Nilsen Hansen Hansen Jensen Nilsen
SELECT FIRST(OrderPrice) AS FirstOrderPrice FROM Orders
46. SQL LAST() Function The LAST() function returns the last value of the select
ed column. SQL LAST() Syntax
SELECT LAST(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL LAST() Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPri
ce 1 2008/11/12 1000 2 2008/10/23 1600 3 2008/09/02 700 4 2008/09/03 300 5 2008/
08/30 2000 6 2008/10/04 100 Now we want to find the last value of the "OrderPric
e" column. We use the following SQL statement:
SELECT LAST(OrderPrice) AS LastOrderPrice FROM Orders
Customer Hansen Nilsen Hansen Hansen Jensen Nilsen
The result-set will look like this: LastOrderPrice 100
47. SQL MAX() Function The MAX() function returns the largest value of the selec
ted column. SQL MAX() Syntax
SELECT MAX(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL MAX() Example : We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPr
ice Customer 1 2008/11/12 1000 Hansen 2 2008/10/23 1600 Nilsen 3 2008/09/02 700
Hansen 4 2008/09/03 300 Hansen 5 2008/08/30 2000 Jensen 6 2008/10/04 100 Nilsen
Now we want to find the largest value of the "OrderPrice" column. We use the fol
lowing SQL statement:
SELECT MAX(OrderPrice) AS LargestOrderPrice FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this: LargestOrderPrice 2000
48. SQL MIN() Function The MIN() Function The MIN() function returns the smalles
t value of the selected column. SQL MIN() Syntax
SELECT MIN(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL MIN() Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPric
e Customer 1 2008/11/12 1000 Hansen 2 2008/10/23 1600 Nilsen 3 2008/09/02 700 Ha
nsen 4 2008/09/03 300 Hansen 5 2008/08/30 2000 Jensen 6 2008/10/04 100 Nilsen No
w we want to find the smallest value of the "OrderPrice" column. We use the foll
owing SQL statement:
SELECT MIN(OrderPrice) AS SmallestOrderPrice FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this: SmallestOrderPrice 100
49. SQL SUM() Function The SUM() function returns the total sum of a numeric col
umn. SQL SUM() Syntax
SELECT SUM(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL SUM() Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPric
e 1 2008/11/12 1000 2 2008/10/23 1600 3 2008/09/02 700 4 2008/09/03 300 5 2008/0
8/30 2000 6 2008/10/04 100 Now we want to find the sum of all "OrderPrice" field
s". We use the following SQL statement:
SELECT SUM(OrderPrice) AS OrderTotal FROM Orders
Customer Hansen Nilsen Hansen Hansen Jensen Nilsen
The result-set will look like this:
OrderTotal 5700
50. SQL GROUP BY Statement Aggregate functions often need an added GROUP BY stat
ement. The GROUP BY statement is used in conjunction with the aggregate function
s to group the result-set by one or more columns.
SQL GROUP BY Syntax
SELECT column_name, aggregate_function(column_name) FROM table_name WHERE column
_name operator value GROUP BY column_name
SQL GROUP BY Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderP
rice Customer 1 2008/11/12 1000 Hansen 2 2008/10/23 1600 Nilsen 3 2008/09/02 700
Hansen 4 2008/09/03 300 Hansen 5 2008/08/30 2000 Jensen 6 2008/10/04 100 Nilsen
Now we want to find the total sum (total order) of each customer. We will have
to use the GROUP BY statement to group the customers. We use the following SQL s
tatement:
SELECT Customer,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders GROUP BY Customer
The result-set will look like this: Customer SUM(OrderPrice) Hansen 2000 Nilsen
1700 Jensen 2000 Nice! Isn't it? :) Let's see what happens if we omit the GROUP
BY statement:
SELECT Customer,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this: Customer SUM(OrderPrice) Hansen 5700 Nilsen
5700
Hansen 5700 Hansen 5700 Jensen 5700 Nilsen 5700 The result-set above is not what
we wanted. Explanation of why the above SELECT statement cannot be used: The SE
LECT statement above has two columns specified (Customer and SUM(OrderPrice). Th
e "SUM(OrderPrice)" returns a single value (that is the total sum of the "OrderP
rice" column), while "Customer" returns 6 values (one value for each row in the
"Orders" table). This will therefore not give us the correct result. However, yo
u have seen that the GROUP BY statement solves this problem. GROUP BY More Than
One Column We can also use the GROUP BY statement on more than one column, like
this:
SELECT Customer,OrderDate,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders GROUP BY Customer,OrderDat
e
51. SQL HAVING Clause The HAVING clause was added to SQL because the WHERE keywo
rd could not be used with aggregate functions. SQL HAVING Syntax
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
SQL HAVING Example We have the following "Orders" table: O_Id OrderDate OrderPri
ce Customer 1 2008/11/12 1000 Hansen 2 2008/10/23 1600 Nilsen 3 2008/09/02 700 H
ansen 4 2008/09/03 300 Hansen 5 2008/08/30 2000 Jensen 6 2008/10/04 100 Nilsen N
ow we want to find if any of the customers have a total order of less than 2000.
We use the following SQL statement:
SELECT Customer,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders GROUP BY Customer
HAVING SUM(OrderPrice)<2000
The result-set will look like this: Customer SUM(OrderPrice) Nilsen 1700 Now we
want to find if the customers "Hansen" or "Jensen" have a total order of more th
an 1500. We add an ordinary WHERE clause to the SQL statement:
SELECT Customer,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders WHERE Customer='Hansen' OR Customer=
'Jensen' GROUP BY Customer HAVING SUM(OrderPrice)>1500
The result-set will look like this: Customer SUM(OrderPrice) Hansen 2000 Jensen
2000
52. SQL UCASE() Function The UCASE() Function The UCASE() function converts the
value of a field to uppercase. SQL UCASE() Syntax
SELECT UCASE(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL UCASE() Example We have the following "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstNa
me Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sand
nes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to select the content of th
e "LastName" and "FirstName" columns above, and convert the "LastName" column to
uppercase. We use the following SELECT statement:
SELECT UCASE(LastName) as LastName,FirstName FROM Persons
The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName HANSEN Ola SVENDSON Tove
PETTERSEN Kari
53. SQL LCASE() Function
The LCASE() function converts the value of a field to lowercase. SQL LCASE() Syn
tax
SELECT LCASE(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL LCASE() Example We have the following "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstNa
me Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sand
nes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to select the content of th
e "LastName" and "FirstName" columns above, and convert the "LastName" column to
lowercase. We use the following SELECT statement:
SELECT LCASE(LastName) as LastName,FirstName FROM Persons
The result-set will look like this: LastName FirstName hansen Ola svendson Tove
pettersen Kari
54. SQL MID() Function The MID() function is used to extract characters from a t
ext field.
SQL MID() Syntax
SELECT MID(column_name,start[,length]) FROM table_name
Parameter column_name start length
Description Required. The field to extract characters from. Required. Specifies
the starting position (starts at 1). Optional. The number of characters to retur
n. If omitted, the MID() function returns the rest of the text.
SQL MID() Example : we have the following "Persons" table: P_Id LastName FirstNa
me Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sand
nes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to extract the first four c
haracters of the "City" column above.
We use the following SELECT statement: SELECT MID(City,1,4) as SmallCity FROM Pe
rsons The result-set will look like this: SmallCity Sand Sand Stav 55. SQL LEN()
Function
The LEN() function returns the length of the value in a text field. SQL LEN() Sy
ntax SELECT LEN(column_name) FROM table_name SQL LEN() Example We have the follo
wing "Persons" table:
P_Id LastName FirstName Address City 1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes 2 Svendso
n Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes 3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger Now we want to sel
ect the length of the values in the "Address" column above. We use the following
SELECT statement: SELECT LEN(Address) as LengthOfAddress FROM Persons The resul
t-set will look like this: LengthOfAddress 12 9 9
56. SQL ROUND() Function The ROUND() function is used to round a numeric field t
o the number of decimals specified. SQL ROUND() Syntax
SELECT ROUND(column_name,decimals) FROM table_name
Parameter column_name decimals
Description Required. The field to round. Required. Specifies the number of deci
mals to be returned.
SQL ROUND() Example
We have the following "Products" table: Prod_Id ProductName Unit UnitPrice 1 Jar
lsberg 1000 g 10.45 2 Mascarpone 1000 g 32.56 3 Gorgonzola 1000 g 15.67 Now we w
ant to display the product name and the price rounded to the nearest integer. We
use the following SELECT statement: SELECT ProductName, ROUND(UnitPrice,0) as U
nitPrice FROM Products The result-set will look like this: ProductName UnitPrice
Jarlsberg 10 Mascarpone 33 Gorgonzola 16
57. SQL NOW() Function The NOW() function returns the current system date and ti
me. SQL NOW() Syntax SELECT NOW() FROM table_name SQL NOW() Example : We have th
e following "Products" table: Prod_Id ProductName Unit 1 Jarlsberg 1000 g 2 Masc
arpone 1000 g 3 Gorgonzola 1000 g Now we want to display the products and prices
per today's date. We use the following SELECT statement: The result-set will lo
ok like this: ProductName UnitPrice Jarlsberg 10.45 Mascarpone 32.56 Gorgonzola
15.67
UnitPrice 10.45 32.56 15.67
SELECT ProductName, UnitPrice, Now() as PerDate FROM Products
PerDate 10/7/2008 11:25:02 AM 10/7/2008 11:25:02 AM 10/7/2008 11:25:02 AM
58. SQL FORMAT() Function The FORMAT() function is used to format how a field is
to be displayed.
SQL FORMAT() Syntax
SELECT FORMAT(column_name,format) FROM table_name
Parameter column_name format
Description Required. The field to be formatted. Required. Specifies the format.
SQL FORMAT() Example : We have the following "Products" table: Prod_Id ProductNa
me Unit UnitPrice 1 Jarlsberg 1000 g 10.45 2 Mascarpone 1000 g 32.56 3 Gorgonzol
a 1000 g 15.67 Now we want to display the products and prices per today's date (
with today's date displayed in the following format "YYYY-MM-DD"). We use the fo
llowing SELECT statement:
SELECT ProductName, UnitPrice, FORMAT(Now(),'YYYY-MM-DD') as PerDate FROM Produc
ts
The result-set will look like this: ProductName Jarlsberg Mascarpone Gorgonzola
UnitPrice 10.45 32.56 15.67
PerDate 2008-10-07 2008-10-07 2008-10-07
59.
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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
SQL Statement AND / OR
ALTER TABLE
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name ON table_name (column_name) CREATE VIEW CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT col
umn_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition DELETE 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 DATABASE DR
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r) DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name (MS Access) DROP INDEX index_name (DB2/Or
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ble_name WHERE column_name operator value GROUP BY column_name HAVING SELECT col
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