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DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE (DDL) COMMANDS
OBJECTIVE (AIM) OF THE EXPERIMENT
To practice and implement data definition language commands like Create, Alter, Drop etc.
EQUIPMENT USED
Sl. Facilities Required Quantity
No.
1 System 1
2 Operating System Windows 7
3 DBMS Sql Server Management Studio
2012
TASKS
The SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement
The CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create a database.
SQL CREATE DATABASE Syntax
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
SQL CREATE DATABASE Example
The following SQL statement creates a database called "my_db":
CREATE DATABASE my_db;
Database tables can be added with the CREATE TABLE statement.
The SQL CREATE TABLE Statement
The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create a table in a database.
Tables are organized into rows and columns; and each table must have a name.
SQL CREATE TABLE Syntax
CREATE TABLE table_name
(
column_name1 data_type(size),
column_name2 data_type(size),
column_name3 data_type(size),
....
);
The column_name parameters specify the names of the columns of the table.
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The data_type parameter specifies what type of data the column can hold (e.g. varchar,
integer, decimal, date, etc.).
The size parameter specifies the maximum length of the column of the table.
SQL CREATE TABLE Example
Now we want to create a table called "Persons" that contains five columns: PersonID,
LastName, FirstName, Address, and City.
We use the following CREATE TABLE statement:
Example
CREATE TABLE Persons
(
PersonID int,
LastName varchar(255),
FirstName varchar(255),
Address varchar(255),
City varchar(255)
);
The PersonID column is of type int and will hold an integer.
The LastName, FirstName, Address, and City columns are of type varchar and will hold
characters, and the maximum length for these fields is 255 characters.
The empty "Persons" table will now look like this:
PersonID LastName FirstName Address City
Tip: The empty table can be filled with data with the INSERT INTO statement.
The ALTER TABLE Statement
The ALTER TABLE statement is used to add, delete, or modify columns in an existing table.
SQL ALTER TABLE Syntax
To add a column in a table, use the following syntax:
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype
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To delete a column in a table, use the following syntax (notice that some database systems
don't allow deleting a column):
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name
To change the data type of a column in a table, use the following syntax:
ALTER TABLE table_name
ALTER COLUMN column_name datatype
SQL ALTER TABLE Example
Look at the "Persons" table:
P_Id LastName FirstName Address City
1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Now we want to add a column named "DateOfBirth" in the "Persons" table.
We use the following SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD DateOfBirth date
Notice that the new column, "DateOfBirth", is of type date and is going to hold a date. The
data type specifies what type of data the column can hold. For a complete reference of all
the data types available in MS Access, MySQL, and SQL Server, go to our complete Data
Types reference.
The "Persons" table will now look like this:
P_Id LastName FirstName Address City DateOfBirth
1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
Change Data Type Example
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Now we want to change the data type of the column named "DateOfBirth" in the "Persons"
table.
We use the following SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE Persons
ALTER COLUMN DateOfBirth year
Notice that the "DateOfBirth" column is now of type year and is going to hold a year in a
two-digit or four-digit format.
DROP COLUMN Example
Next, we want to delete the column named "DateOfBirth" in the "Persons" table.
We use the following SQL statement:
ALTER TABLE Persons
DROP COLUMN DateOfBirth
The "Persons" table will now look like this:
P_Id LastName FirstName Address City
1 Hansen Ola Timoteivn 10 Sandnes
2 Svendson Tove Borgvn 23 Sandnes
3 Pettersen Kari Storgt 20 Stavanger
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EXPECTED DELIVERABLE
Create the database and the table mentioned in the above diagram using SQL queries.
Create a spool file having all the commands and their executions.
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