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DML COMMAND INFORMATION WITH EXAMPLES AND SYNTAX

Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands in SQL


deals with manipulation of data records stored within
the database tables. It does not deal with changes to
database objects and its structure. The commonly
known DML commands are INSERT, UPDATE and
DELETE. Liberally speaking, we can consider even
SELECT statement as a part of DML commands. Albeit,
it strictly forms part of the Data Query Language (DQL)
command.
we will be learning about all the above mentioned DML
commands in great detail in the subsequent sections.
But let us first have a look at this summary table for a
brief overview on each of them.

Command Description

SELECT Used to query or fetch selected fields or columns


from a database table

INSERT Used to insert new data records or rows in the


database table

UPDATE Used to set the value of a field or column for a


particular record to a new value
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DELETE Used to remove one or more rows from the


database table

1. SELECT
SELECT command or statement in SQL is used to fetch
data records from the database table and present it in
the form of a result set. It is usually considered as a
DQL command but it can also be considered as DML.
The basic syntax for writing a SELECT query in SQL is as
follows :
SELECT column_name1, column_name2, …
FROM table_name
WHERE condition_ expression;
The parameters used in the above syntax are as
follows:
 column_name1, column_name2, … : Specify the
column_names which have to be fetched or
selected for the final result set.
 table_name: Specify the name of the database
table from which these results have to be fetched.
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 condition_expression: Specify the condition


expression for filtering records for the final result
set.
Here are a few examples to illustrate the use of SELECT
command.
SELECT customer_id,
sale_date,
order_id,
store_state
FROM customers;
SELECT * FROM customers;

2. INSERT
INSERT commands in SQL are used to insert data
records or rows in a database table. In an INSERT
statement, we specify both the column_names for
which the entry has to be made along with the data
value that has to be inserted.
The basic syntax for writing INSERT statements in SQL
is as follows :
DML COMMAND INFORMATION WITH EXAMPLES AND SYNTAX

INSERT INTO table_name (column_name_1,


column_name_2, column_name_3, ...)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...)
By VALUES, we mean the value of the corresponding
columns.
Here are a few examples to further illustrate the
INSERT statement.
INSERT INTO public.customers(
customer_id, sale_date, sale_amount, salesperson,
store_state, order_id)
VALUES (1005,'2019-12-12',4200,'R K
Rakesh','MH','1007');
Here we have tried to insert a new row in the
Customers table using the INSERT command. The
query accepts two sets of arguments, namely field
names or column names and their corresponding
values.
Suppose if we have to insert values into all the fields of
the database table, then we need not specify the
column names, unlike the previous query. Follow the
following query for further illustration.
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INSERT INTO customers


VALUES ('1006','2020-03-04',3200,'DL', '1008');
3. UPDATE
UPDATE command or statement is used to modify the
value of an existing column in a database table.
The syntax for writing an UPDATE statement is as
follows :
UPDATE table_name
SET column_name_1 = value1, column_name_2 =
value2, ...
WHERE condition;
Having learnt the syntax, let us now try an example
based on the UPDATE statement in SQL.
UPDATE customers
SET store_state = 'DL'
WHERE store_state = 'NY';
4. DELETE
DELETE statement in SQL is used to remove one or
more rows from the database table. It does not delete
the data records permanently. We can always perform
a rollback operation to undo a DELETE command. With
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DELETE statements we can use the WHERE clause for


filtering specific rows.
The syntax for writing an DELETE statement is as
follows :
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE condition;
Having learnt the syntax, we are all set to try an
example based on the DELETE command in SQL.
DELETE FROM customers
WHERE store_state = 'MH'
AND customer_id = '1001';
Conclusion
DML commands are used to modify or manipulate data
records present in the database tables. Some of the
basic DML operations are data insert (INSERT), data
updation (UPDATE), data removal (DELETE) and data
querying (SELECT).
Recommend ed Articles
This is a guide to SQL DML Commands. Here we also
discuss the syntax and parameters along with DML
commands in detail with examples.
DML COMMAND INFORMATION WITH EXAMPLES AND SYNTAX

The structured query language (SQL) commands deal


with the manipulation of data present in the database
that belongs to the DML or Data Manipulation
Language. This includes most of the SQL statements.
Examples of DML
The examples of DML in the Database Management
System (DBMS) are as follows −
 SELECT − Retrieve data from the database.
 INSERT − Insert data into a table.
 UPDATE − Update existing data within a table.
 DELETE − Delete records from a database table.
Syntax for DML Commands
The syntax for the DML commands are as follows −
INSERT
Insert command is used to insert data into a table.
The syntax for insert command is as follows −
Syntax
Insert into <table_name> (column list) values (column
values);
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For example, if we want to insert multiple rows to the


Employee table, we can use the following command −
Example
Insert into Employee(Emp_id, Emp_name) values (001,
“ bhanu”);
Insert into Employee(Emp_id, Emp_name) values (002,
“ hari”);
Insert into Employee(Emp_id, Emp_name) values (003,
“ bob”);
SELECT
Select command is used to retrieve data from the
database.
The syntax for the select command is as follows −
Syntax
SELECT * from <table_name>;
For example, if we want to select all rows from the
Employee database, we can use the following
command −
Example
SELECT * from Employee;
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DELETE
Delete command is used to delete records from a
database table.
The syntax for the delete command is as follows -
Syntax
Delete from <table_name>WHERE condition;
For example, if we want to delete an entire row of
employee id 002, we can use the following command −
Example
DELETE from Employee WHERE Emp_id=002;
UPDATE
Update command is used to update existing data
within a table.
The syntax for the update command is as follows -
Syntax
UPDATE <table_name> SET column_number
=value_number WHERE condition;
For example, if we want to update the name of the
employee having the employee id 001, we can use the
command given below −
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Example
UPDATE Employee SET Emp_name= Ram WHERE
Emp_id= 001;

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