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SQL Statement Syntax

This document provides summaries and syntax examples for common SQL statements including SELECT, ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, CREATE VIEW, DELETE, DROP statements, JOINs, LIKE, ORDER BY, SELECT DISTINCT, SELECT INTO, TRUNCATE TABLE, UNION, and UPDATE. Keywords like AND, OR, BETWEEN, EXISTS, GROUP BY, HAVING, IN are also defined. Syntax examples are given for CREATE DATABASE, USE DATABASE, and CREATE TABLE.

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SQL Statement Syntax

This document provides summaries and syntax examples for common SQL statements including SELECT, ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, CREATE VIEW, DELETE, DROP statements, JOINs, LIKE, ORDER BY, SELECT DISTINCT, SELECT INTO, TRUNCATE TABLE, UNION, and UPDATE. Keywords like AND, OR, BETWEEN, EXISTS, GROUP BY, HAVING, IN are also defined. Syntax examples are given for CREATE DATABASE, USE DATABASE, and CREATE TABLE.

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SQL Statement

AND / OR

ALTER TABLE

Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
AND|OR condition
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype
or
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name
SELECT column_name AS column_alias
FROM table_name

AS (alias)

or

SELECT column_name
FROM table_name AS table_alias
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
BETWEEN
WHERE column_name
BETWEEN value1 AND value2
CREATE DATABASE CREATE DATABASE database_name
CREATE TABLE table_name
(
column_name1 data_type,
CREATE TABLE
column_name2 data_type,
column_name3 data_type,
...
)
CREATE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column_name)
CREATE INDEX

CREATE VIEW

DELETE

or
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column_name)
CREATE VIEW view_name AS
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
DELETE FROM table_name

WHERE some_column=some_value
or
DELETE FROM table_name
(Note: Deletes the entire table!!)

DROP DATABASE
DROP INDEX
DROP TABLE

EXISTS

GROUP BY

HAVING

IN

DELETE * FROM table_name


(Note: Deletes the entire table!!)
DROP DATABASE database_name
DROP INDEX table_name.index_name (SQL Server)
DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name (MS Access)
DROP INDEX index_name (DB2/Oracle)
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP INDEX index_name (MySQL)
DROP TABLE table_name
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE id = ?)
BEGIN
--do what needs to be done if exists
END
ELSE
BEGIN
--do what needs to be done if not
END
SELECT column_name, aggregate_function(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value
GROUP BY column_name
SELECT column_name, aggregate_function(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value
GROUP BY column_name
HAVING aggregate_function(column_name) operator value
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name
IN (value1,value2,..)
INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2, value3,....)
or

INSERT INTO

INNER JOIN

INSERT INTO table_name


(column1, column2, column3,...)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3,....)
SELECT column_name(s)

LEFT JOIN

RIGHT JOIN

FULL JOIN

LIKE
ORDER BY
SELECT
SELECT *
SELECT DISTINCT

SELECT INTO

SELECT TOP
TRUNCATE TABLE
UNION
UNION ALL
UPDATE

FROM table_name1
INNER JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
LEFT JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
RIGHT JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name1
FULL JOIN table_name2
ON table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE pattern
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name [ASC|DESC]
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
SELECT *
FROM table_name
SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
SELECT *
INTO new_table_name [IN externaldatabase]
FROM old_table_name
or
SELECT column_name(s)
INTO new_table_name [IN externaldatabase]
FROM old_table_name
SELECT TOP number|percent column_name(s)
FROM table_name
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1
UNION
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name2
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name1
UNION ALL
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name2
UPDATE table_name

WHERE

SET column1=value, column2=value,...


WHERE some_column=some_value
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value

SQL

SQL CREATE DATABASE Syntax


CREATE DATABASE dbname;

USE DATABASE Syntax


Use dbname;

SQL CREATE TABLE Syntax


CREATE TABLE table_name(column_name1 data_type(size),column_name2 data_type(size)
Not null,column_name3 data_type(size),....);

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