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Ch2 Working With Tables

This document discusses working with tables in SQL. It covers creating a table using the CREATE TABLE command and specifying various constraints like primary key, foreign key, check and default constraints. The different types of constraints - NOT NULL, UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY and FOREIGN KEY are explained. Examples are provided to illustrate creating a table with different constraints like check, primary key and foreign key. The overall goal is to familiarize students with SQL commands for working with tables and constraints.

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Ch2 Working With Tables

This document discusses working with tables in SQL. It covers creating a table using the CREATE TABLE command and specifying various constraints like primary key, foreign key, check and default constraints. The different types of constraints - NOT NULL, UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY and FOREIGN KEY are explained. Examples are provided to illustrate creating a table with different constraints like check, primary key and foreign key. The overall goal is to familiarize students with SQL commands for working with tables and constraints.

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CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH

TABLES
LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Familiarizing students with the


different commands of SQL and
their use respectively.
TOPICS COVERED

• Working with database- creating a database


• Creating a table
• Types of Constraints-Unique Constraint, Primary Key Constraint,
Default Constraint
• Check Constraint
• Keywords used with check constraint
• Table Constraints
• Index
• Modifying a Table
• Deleting a Table
SQL COMMANDS

▪ CREATE TABLE Command:


▪ Create table command is used to create a table in SQL. It is a DDL type of command.
▪ Syntax :
▪ CREATE TABLE <table name> ( <column name> <data types>[(size)] [,<column name>
<data types>[(size)]….); e.g.
Create table student (
rollno number(2),
name varchar2(20),
dob date);
▪
CONSTRAINTS:

Constraints are the conditions that can be enforced on the attributes of a relation. The
constraints come in play when ever we try to insert, delete or update a record in a
relation. They are used to ensure integrity of a relation, hence named as integrity
constraints.
1. NOT NULL
2. UNIQUE
3. PRIMARY KEY
4. FOREIGN KEY
5. CHECK
6. DEFAULT
CONSTRAINTS:

i. Not Null constraint : It ensures that the column


cannot contain a NULL value.

ii. Unique constraint : A candidate key is a


combination of one or more columns, the value of
which uniquely identifies each row of a table.
CONSTRAINTS:

Primary Key : It ensures two things : (i) Unique identification of each


row in the table. (ii) No column that is part of the Primary Key
constraint can contain a NULL value.

iv. Foreign Key : The foreign key designates a column or combination


of columns as a foreign key and establishes its relationship with a
primary key in different table.
CONSTRAINTS:

Check Constraint : Sometimes we may require that values in some of the


columns of our table are to be within a certain range or they must satisfy
conditions.
Example:
Create table Employee
(EmpNo number(4) Primary Key,
Name varchar2(20) Not Null,
Salary number(6,2) check (salary > 0),
DeptNo number(3) );
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME

Students will learn about


commands and constraints.

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