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The SQL SELECT DISTINCT Statement
The SELECT DISTINCT statement is used to return only distinct (different) values.
Inside a table, a column often contains many duplicate values; and sometimes you only want to list the different (distinct) values.
SELECT DISTINCT Syntax
SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;
Subquery The SQL ANY and ALL Operators The ANY and ALL operators are used with a WHERE or HAVING clause.
The ANY operator returns true if any of the subquery values meet the condition.
The ALL operator returns true if all of the subquery values meet the condition.
ANY Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator ANY (SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE condition);
ALL Syntax
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator ALL (SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE condition);
Note: The operator must be a standard comparison operator (=, <>, !=, >, >=, <, or <=).
SQL ANY Examples
The ANY operator returns TRUE if any of the subquery values meet the condition. The following SQL statement returns TRUE and lists the product names if it finds ANY records in the OrderDetails table that quantity = 10:
Example
SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ANY (SELECT ProductID FROM OrderDetails WHERE Quantity = 10);
The following SQL statement returns TRUE and lists the product names if it finds ANY records in the OrderDetails table that quantity > 99:
Example
SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ANY (SELECT ProductID FROM OrderDetails WHERE Quantity > 99);
SQL ALL Example
The ALL operator returns TRUE if all of the subquery values meet the condition.
The following SQL statement returns TRUE and lists the product names if ALL the records in the OrderDetails table has quantity = 10:
Example
SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ALL (SELECT ProductID FROM OrderDetails WHERE Quantity = 10); The SQL SELECT INTO Statement The SELECT INTO statement copies data from one table into a new table.
SELECT INTO Syntax
Copy all columns into a new table:
SELECT * INTO newtable [IN externaldb] FROM oldtable WHERE condition;
Copy only some columns into a new table:
SELECT column1, column2, column3, ...
INTO newtable [IN externaldb] FROM oldtable WHERE condition;
The new table will be created with the column-names and types as defined in the old table. You can create new column names using the AS clause. SQL SELECT INTO Examples The following SQL statement creates a backup copy of Customers:
SELECT * INTO CustomersBackup2017
FROM Customers;
Select * into DestinationDB.dbo.tableName from SourceDB.dbo.SourceTable
The following SQL statement copies only a few columns into a new table:
Example:
Select * into test.dbo.EmployeeBackup
From mindsol.dbo.EMPLOYEES
SELECT CustomerName, ContactName INTO CustomersBackup2017
FROM Customers;
The following SQL statement copies only the German customers into a new table:
SELECT * INTO CustomersGermany
FROM Customers WHERE Country = 'Germany';
The following SQL statement copies data from more than one table into a new table:
SELECT Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderID
INTO CustomersOrderBackup2017 FROM Customers LEFT JOIN Orders ON Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID;
Tip: SELECT INTO can also be used to create a new, empty table using the schema of another. Just add a WHERE clause that causes the query to return no data:
SELECT * INTO newtable
FROM oldtable WHERE 1 = 0;
Only backup for structure not Data
Select *into test.dbo.EmployeeBackup from mindsol.dbo.EMPLOYEES where 1 = 0 BACKUP DATABASE [Mindsol] TO DISK = 'D:\CE.bak' WITH CHECKSUM
