SELECT * FROM table_name;
SELECT Syntax:
SELECT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name;
ex:
SELECT CustomerName,City FROM Customers;
SELECT DISTINCT Syntax:
SELECT DISTINCT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name;(column may contain many
duplicate values, it doesn't allows duplicate values &
display in assending order)
ex:
SELECT DISTINCT City FROM Customers;
WHERE Syntax:
SELECT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value;
ex:
{SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country='Mexico';}
{SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country='Germany'
AND City='Berlin';}
{SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City='Berlin'
OR City='Mnchen';}
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country='Germany'
AND (City='Berlin' OR City='Mnchen');
ORDER BY Syntax:
SELECT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name,column_name ASC|DESC;
ex:
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY Country;
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY Country DESC;
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY Country,CustomerName;
INSERT INTO Syntax:
INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1,value2,value3,...);
INSERT INTO table_name
(column1,column2,column3,...)
VALUES (value1,value2,value3,...);
ex:
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName,
ContactName, Address, City, PostalCode, Country)
VALUES ('Cardinal','Tom B. Erichsen','Skagen
21','Stavanger','4006','Norway');
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName, City,
Country)
VALUES ('Cardinal', 'Stavanger', 'Norway');
UPDATE Syntax:
UPDATE table_name
SET column1=value1,column2=value2,...
WHERE some_column=some_value;
ex:
UPDATE Customers
SET ContactName='Alfred Schmidt', City='Hamburg'
WHERE CustomerName='Alfreds Futterkiste';
Update Warning!
we had omitted the WHERE clause:
UPDATE Customers
SET ContactName='Alfred Schmidt', City='Hamburg';
(x) statement
DELETE Syntax:
DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE some_column=some_value;
ex:
DELETE FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName='Alfreds Futterkiste' AND
ContactName='Maria Anders';
DELETE FROM table_name;
or
DELETE * FROM table_name;
SELECT TOP Clause:
SELECT TOP number|percent column_name(s)
FROM table_name;
ex:
SELECT TOP 2 * FROM Customers;
SELECT TOP 50 PERCENT * FROM Customers;
LIKE Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE pattern;
ex:
selects all customers with a City starting with the
letter "s":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE 's%';
selects all customers with a City ending with the
letter "s":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE '%s';
selects all customers with a Country containing the
pattern "land":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country LIKE '%land%';
selects all customers with a Country NOT containing
the pattern "land":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country NOT LIKE '%land%';
