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What Are The Difference Between SQL

DDL commands like CREATE, ALTER, and DROP are used to define and manage database schemas and objects. DML commands such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE manipulate and retrieve data within database objects. DCL commands including GRANT and REVOKE manage user privileges and access control.

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What Are The Difference Between SQL

DDL commands like CREATE, ALTER, and DROP are used to define and manage database schemas and objects. DML commands such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE manipulate and retrieve data within database objects. DCL commands including GRANT and REVOKE manage user privileges and access control.

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What are the difference between DDL, DML

and DCL commands?

DDL
Data Definition Language (DDL) statements are used to define the database structure or schema. Some
examples:

CREATE - to create objects in the database


ALTER - alters the structure of the database
DROP - delete objects from the database
TRUNCATE - remove all records from a table, including all spaces allocated for the records are removed
COMMENT - add comments to the data dictionary
RENAME - rename an object

DML
Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements are used for managing data within schema objects. Some
examples:

SELECT - retrieve data from the a database


INSERT - insert data into a table
UPDATE - updates existing data within a table
DELETE - deletes all records from a table, the space for the records remain
MERGE - UPSERT operation (insert or update)
CALL - call a PL/SQL or Java subprogram
EXPLAIN PLAN - explain access path to data
LOCK TABLE - control concurrency

DCL
Data Control Language (DCL) statements. Some examples:
GRANT - gives user's access privileges to database
REVOKE - withdraw access privileges given with the GRANT command

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