1.
fromDATA BASE CLASS
What is database?
A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed,
managed, and updated.
What is RDBMS?
RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. RDBMS data is structured in
database tables, fields and records. Each RDBMS table consists of database table rows. Each
database table row consists of one or more database table fields.
RDBMS store the data into collection of tables, which might be related by common fields
(database table columns). RDBMS also provide relational operators to manipulate the data
stored into the database tables. Most RDBMS use SQL as database query language.
2. SQL
DDL- Data Definition Language
DML- Data Manipulation Language
DCL- Data Control Language
TCL- Transaction Control Language
2.1 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
o allocated for the records are removed
COMMENT : Add comments to the data dictionary
RENAME : Rename an object
2.2 DML
Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements are used for managing data within
schema objects. Some examples:
1. SELECT - retrieve data from the a database
SELECT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name
SELECT *
FROM table_name
2. SELECT DISTINCT Syntax
SELECT DISTINCT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name;
3. INSERT - insert data into a table
INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1,value2,value3,...);
INSERT INTO table_name (column1,column2,column3,...)
VALUES (value1,value2,value3,...);
4. UPDATE - updates existing data within a table
UPDATE table name
SET column1=value1,column2=value2,...
WHERE some column=some value;
5. DELETE - deletes all records from a table, the space for the recordsremain
DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE some_column=some_value;
6. WHERE Clause - The WHERE clause is used to extract only those records
that fulfill a specified criterion.
SELECT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value;
7. AND Operator - The following SQL statement selects all customers from the
country "Germany" AND the city "Berlin", in the "Customers" table:
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country='Germany'
AND City='Berlin';
8. OR Operator - The following SQL statement selects all customers from the
city "Berlin" OR "München", in the "Customers" table:
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City='Berlin'
OR City='München';
9. Combining AND & OR
You can also combine AND and OR (use parenthesis to form complex expressions).
The following SQL statement selects all customers from the country "Germany" AND the city
must be equal to "Berlin" OR "München", in the "Customers" table:
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country='Germany
AND (City='Berlin' OR City='München')
10.ORDER BY Keyword
The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set by one or more columns.
The ORDER BY keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default. To sort the records
in a descending order, you can use the DESC keyword.
SELECT column_name, column_nameFROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name,column_name ASC|DESC
11.LIKE Operator
The LIKE operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column.
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE pattern;
12.Wildcard Characters
In SQL, wildcard characters are used with the SQL LIKE operator.
SQL wildcards are used to search for data within a table.
With SQL, the wildcards are:
Wildcard Description
% A substitute for zero or more characters
_ A substitute for a single character
[charlist] Sets and ranges of characters to match
[^charlist] Matches only a character NOT specified within the brackets
or
[!charlist]
Using the SQL % Wildcard
Example 1
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City starting with "ber":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE 'ber%';
Example 2
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City containing the pattern "es":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE '%es%';
Example 3
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City starting with any character,
followed by "erlin":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE '_erlin';
Example 4
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City starting with "L", followed by
any character, followed by "n", followed by any character, followed by "on":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE 'L_n_on';
Example 5
Using the SQL [charlist] Wildcard
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City starting with "b", "s", or "p":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE '[bsp]%';
Example 6
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City starting with "a", "b", or "c":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE '[a-c]%';
Example 7
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a City NOT starting with "b", "s", or
"p":
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE City LIKE '[!bsp]%';
13.SQL Aliases
SQL aliases are used to give a database table, or a column in a table, a temporary name.
Basically aliases are created to make column names more readable.
SQL Alias Syntax for Columns
SELECT column_name AS alias_name
FROM table_name;
SQL Alias Syntax for Tables
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name AS alias_name;
14.BETWEEN Operator
The BETWEEN operator selects values within a range. The values can be numbers, text, or
dates.
SQL BETWEEN Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;
2.3 DCL
Data Control Language (DCL) statements. Some examples:
1. GRANT : Gives user's access privileges to database
2. REVOKE : Withdraw access privileges given with the GRANT command
2.4 TCL
Transaction Control (TCL) statements are used to manage the changes made by DML
statements. It allows statements to be grouped together into logical transactions.
1. COMMIT : Save work done
2. SAVEPOINT : Identify a point in a transaction to which you can later roll back
3. ROLLBACK : Restore database to original since the last COMMIT
4. SET TRANSACTION: Change transaction options like isolation level and what rollback
segment to use
2.5 SQL Advanced
SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint
The PRIMARY KEY constraint uniquely identifies each record in a database table.
Primary keys must contain unique values.
A primary key column cannot contain NULL values.
Each table should have a primary key, and each table can have only ONE primary key.
SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint
A FOREIGN KEY in one table points to a PRIMARY KEY in another table.
Let's illustrate the foreign key with an example. Look at the following two tables:
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
The "Orders" table:
O_Id OrderNo P_Id
1 77895 3
2 44678 3
3 22456 2
4 24562 1
SQL JOINS
SQL joins are used to combine rows from two or more tables.
1. INNER JOIN
The INNER JOIN keyword selects all rows from both tables as long as there is a match
between the columns in both tables.
SELECT column_name(s)FROM table1INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
SELECT column_name(s)FROM table1JOIN table2ON table1.column_name=table2.colu
mn_name;
PS! INNER JOIN is the same as JOIN.
2. LEFT JOIN Keyword
The LEFT JOIN keyword returns all rows from the left table (table1), with the matching rows
in the right table (table2). The result is NULL in the right side when there is no match.
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
or:
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
LEFT OUTER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
PS! In some databases LEFT JOIN is called LEFT OUTER JOIN.
3. RIGHT JOIN Keyword
The RIGHT JOIN keyword returns all rows from the right table (table2), with the matching
rows in the left table (table1). The result is NULL in the left side when there is no match.
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
RIGHT JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
or:
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
RIGHT OUTER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
PS! In some databases RIGHT JOIN is called RIGHT OUTER JOIN.
4. FULL OUTER JOIN Keyword
The FULL OUTER JOIN keyword returns all rows from the left table (table1) and from the right
table (table2).
The FULL OUTER JOIN keyword combines the result of both LEFT and RIGHT joins.
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
FULL OUTER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name=table2.column_name;
