SQL Commands

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List of SQL Commands
Commands
ALTER TABLE
ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column datartpe;
- lets you add columns to a table in a database.
AND
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_1 = value_1
AND column_2 = value_2;
- is an operator that combines two conditions. Both conditions must be true for the row to be included in the result set.
AS
SELECT column_name AS ‘Alias’
FROM table_name;
- is a keyword in SQL that allows you to rename a column or table using an alias.
AVG
SELECT AVG(column_name)
FROM table_name;
- is an aggregate function that returns the average value for a numeric column.
BETWEEN
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value_1 AND value_2;
- used to filter the result set within a certain range. The values can be numbers, text or dates.
COUNT
SELECT COUNT(column_name)
FROM table_name;
- is a function that takes the name of a column as an argument and counts the number of rows where the column is not NULL.
CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE table_name (column_1 datatype,
column_2 datatype, column_3 datatype);
- creates a new table in the database. It allows you to specify the name of the table and the name of each column in the table.
DELETE
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE some_column = some_value;
-used to remove rows from a table.
GROUP BY
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM table_name
GROUP BY column_name;
- is a clause in SQL that is only used with aggregate functions. It is used in collaboration with the SELECT statement
to arrange identical data into groups.
INNER JOIN
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_1
JOIN table_2
ON table_1.column_name = table_2.column_name;
- will combine rows from different tables if the join condition is true.
INSERT
INSERT INTO table_name (column_1, column_2, column_3)
VALUES (value_1, ‘value_2’, value_3);
- used to add a new row to a table.

LIKE
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE pattern;
- is a special operator used with the WHERE clause to search for a specific pattern in a column.
LIMIT
FROM table_name
LIMIT number;
- is a clause that lets you specify the maximum number of rows the result set will have.
MAX
SELECT MAX(column_name)
FROM table_name;
- is a function that takes the name of a column as an argument and returns the largest value in that column.
MIN
SELECT MIN(column_name)
FROM table_name;
- is a function that takes the name of a column as an argument and returns the smallest value in that column.
OR
SELECT column_name
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name = value_1
OR column_name = value_2;
- is an operator that filters the result set to only include rows where either condition is true.
ORDER BY
SELECT column_name
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name ASC|DESC;
- is a clause that indicates you want to sort the result set by a particular column either alphabetically or numerically.
OUTER JOIN
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_1
LEFT JOIN table_2
ON table_1.column_name = table_2.column_name;
- will combine rows from different tables even if the the join condition is not met. Every row in the left table is returned in the result set, and if
the join condition is not met, then NULL values are used to fill in the columns from the right table.
ROUND
SELECT ROUND(column_name, integer)
FROM table_name;
- is a function that takes a column name and an integer as an argument. It rounds the values in the column to the number of decimal places
specified by the integer.
SELECT
SELECT column_name FROM table_name;
- at the beginning of every query, used to fetch data from a database.
SELECT DISTINCT
SELECT DISTINCT column_name FROM table_name;
- specifies that the statement is going to be a query that returns unique values in the specified column(s).
SUM
SELECT SUM(column_name)
FROM table_name;
- is a function that takes the name of a column as an argument and returns the sum of all the values in that column.
UPDATE
UPDATE table_name
SET some_column = some_value
WHERE some_column = some_value;
- statments allow you to edit rows in a table.

WHERE
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value;
- is a clause that indicates you want to filter the result set to include only rows where the following condition is true.

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List of SQL Commands

- lets you add columns to a table in a database.

-used to remove rows from a table.

- used to add a new row to a table.

- at the beginning of every query, used to fetch data from a database.

- statments allow you to edit rows in a table.

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