Amisha Dalal PGT (Computer Science) SQL Practice: Here Here Here

AMISHA DALAL PGT (COMPUTER SCIENCE)SQL PRACTICE
1. Show all databases: show databases;

2. Access database: mysql -u [username] -p [database] (will prompt for password)
3. Create new database: create database [database];
4. Select database: use [database];
5. Determine what database is in use: select database();
6. Show all tables: show tables;
7. Show table structure: describe [table];
8. List all indexes on a table: show index from [table];
9. Create new table with columns: CREATE TABLE [table] ([column] VARCHAR(120), [another-
column] DATETIME);
10. Adding a column: ALTER TABLE [table] ADD COLUMN [column] VARCHAR(120);
11. Adding a column with an unique, auto-incrementing ID: ALTER TABLE [table] ADD
COLUMN [column] int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY;
12. Inserting a record: INSERT INTO [table] ([column], [column]) VALUES ('[value]', [value]');
13. MySQL function for datetime input: NOW()
14. Selecting records: SELECT * FROM [table];
15. Explain records: EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM [table];
16. Selecting parts of records: SELECT [column], [another-column] FROM [table];
17. Counting records: SELECT COUNT([column]) FROM [table];
18. Counting and selecting grouped records: SELECT *, (SELECT COUNT([column]) FROM
[table]) AS count FROM [table] GROUP BY [column];
19. Selecting specific records: SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE [column] =
[value]; (Selectors: <, >, !=; combine multiple selectors with AND, OR)
20. Select records containing [value]: SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE [column] LIKE '%[value]%';
21. Select records starting with [value]: SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE [column] LIKE '[value]%';
22. Select records starting with val and ending with ue: SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE
[column] LIKE '[val_ue]';
23. Select a range: SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE [column] BETWEEN [value1] and [value2];
24. Select with custom order and only limit: SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE [column] ORDER BY
[column] ASC LIMIT [value];(Order: DESC, ASC)
25. Updating records: UPDATE [table] SET [column] = '[updated-value]' WHERE [column] = [value];
26. Deleting records: DELETE FROM [table] WHERE [column] = [value];
27. Delete all records from a table (without dropping the table itself): DELETE FROM
[table]; (This also resets the incrementing counter for auto generated columns like an
id column.)
28. Delete all records in a table: truncate table [table];
29. Removing table columns: ALTER TABLE [table] DROP COLUMN [column];
30. Deleting tables: DROP TABLE [table];
31. Deleting databases: DROP DATABASE [database];
32. Custom column output names: SELECT [column] AS [custom-column] FROM [table];
33. Export a database dump (more info here): mysqldump -u [username] -p [database] >
db_backup.sql
34. Use --lock-tables=false option for locked tables (more info here).
35. Import a database dump (more info here): mysql -u [username] -p -h localhost [database] <
db_backup.sql
36. Logout: exit;
AMISHA DALAL PGT (COMPUTER SCIENCE)SQL PRACTICE
Aggregate functions
37. Select but without duplicates: SELECT distinct name, email, acception FROM owners WHERE
acception = 1 AND date >= 2015-01-01 00:00:00
38. Calculate total number of records: SELECT SUM([column]) FROM [table];
39. Count total number of [column] and group by [category-column]: SELECT [category-column],
SUM([column]) FROM [table] GROUP BY [category-column];
40. Get largest value in [column]: SELECT MAX([column]) FROM [table];
41. Get smallest value: SELECT MIN([column]) FROM [table];
42. Get average value: SELECT AVG([column]) FROM [table];
43. Get rounded average value and group by [category-column]: SELECT [category-column],
ROUND(AVG([column]), 2) FROM [table] GROUP BY [category-column];
Multiple tables
44. Select from multiple tables: SELECT [table1].[column], [table1].[another-column],
[table2].[column] FROM [table1], [table2];
45. Combine rows from different tables: SELECT * FROM [table1] INNER JOIN [table2] ON
[table1].[column] = [table2].[column];
46. Combine rows from different tables but do not require the join condition: SELECT *
FROM [table1] LEFT OUTER JOIN [table2] ON [table1].[column] = [table2].[column]; (The left
table is the first table that appears in the statement.)
47. Rename column or table using an alias: SELECT [table1].[column] AS '[value]',
[table2].[column] AS '[value]' FROM [table1], [table2];
Users functions
48. List all users: SELECT User,Host FROM mysql.user;
49. Create new user: CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
50. Grant ALL access to user for * tables: GRANT ALL ON database.* TO 'user'@'localhost';
Find out the IP Address of the Mysql Host
51. SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = 'hostname'; (source)

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1. Show all databases: show databases;

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