DBMS & SQL NOTES

Database: A database is a collection of related data which represents some aspect of the real
world. A database system is designed to be built and populated with data for a certain task.
Data: This is raw, unprocessed information. It can be numbers, text, images, or any other form
of input that computers process.
Database: A structured collection of data that is stored and managed electronically. Databases
allow for efficient retrieval, insertion, and updating of data.
Physical Model: This refers to how data is physically stored on hardware. It focuses on storage
systems and the internal structure of the database, such as indexes, file structures, and paths.
Integrity Rules: These are guidelines or constraints that ensure the accuracy and consistency
of data within a database. They prevent errors and inconsistencies by enforcing rules like
primary keys, foreign keys, and unique constraints.
Cardinality: In database terminology, cardinality refers to the uniqueness of data values
contained in a particular column (attribute) of a database table. It can also describe the
relationship between two tables, such as one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many.

Database Management System (DBMS) is a software for storing and retrieving users' data
while considering appropriate security measures. It consists of a group of programs which
manipulate the database. The DBMS accepts the request for data from an application and
instructs the operating system to provide the specific data. In large systems, a DBMS helps
users and other third-party software to store and retrieve data.

Database management systems were developed to handle the following difficulties of

typical File-processing systems supported by conventional operating systems.
1. Data redundancy and inconsistency
2. Difficulty in accessing data
3. Data isolation – multiple files and formats
4. Integrity problems
5. Atomicity of updates
6. Concurrent access by multiple users
7. Security problems

ER diagram:

● ER diagram or Entity Relationship diagram is a conceptual model that gives the graphical
representation of the logical structure of the database.

● It shows all the constraints and relationships that exist among the different components.

● An ER diagram is mainly composed of following three components- Entity Sets, Attributes

and Relationship Set.
 ● Roll_no is a primary key that can identify each entity uniquely.
● Thus, by using a student's roll number, a student can be identified uniquely.

Entity Set:

An entity set is a set of the same type of entities.

● Strong Entity Set:

o A strong entity set is an entity set that contains sufficient attributes to uniquely
identify all its entities.
o In other words, a primary key exists for a strong entity set.
o Primary key of a strong entity set is represented by underlining it.
● Weak Entity Set:
o A weak entity set is an entity set that does not contain sufficient attributes to
uniquely identify its entities.
o In other words, a primary key does not exist for a weak entity set.
o However, it contains a partial key called a discriminator. o Discriminator can
identify a group of entities from the entity set.
o Discriminator is represented by underlining with a dashed line.

Relationship:

A relationship is defined as an association among several entities.

● Unary Relationship Set - Unary relationship set is a relationship set where only one entity
set participates in a relationship set.
● Binary Relationship Set - Binary relationship set is a relationship set where two entity sets
participate in a relationship set.
● Ternary Relationship Set - Ternary relationship set is a relationship set where three entity
sets participate in a relationship set.
● N-ary Relationship Set - N-ary relationship set is a relationship set where ‘n’ entity sets
participate in a relationship set.
Cardinality Constraint:

Cardinality constraint defines the maximum number of relationship instances in which an entity
can participate.

● One-to-One Cardinality - An entity in set A can be associated with at most one entity in
set B. An entity in set B can be associated with at most one entity in set A.
● One-to-Many Cardinality - An entity in set A can be associated with any number (zero or
more) of entities in set B. An entity in set B can be associated with at most one entity in
set A.
● Many-to-One Cardinality - An entity in set A can be associated with at most one entity in
set B. An entity in set B can be associated with any number of entities in set A. ●
Many-to-Many Cardinality - An entity in set A can be associated with any number (zero or
more) of entities in set B. An entity in set B can be associated with any number (zero or
more) of entities in set A.

Attributes:

Attributes are the descriptive properties which are owned by each entity of an Entity Set.

Types of Attributes:

● Simple Attributes - Simple attributes are those attributes which cannot be divided
further. Ex. Age
● Composite Attributes - Composite attributes are those attributes which are composed of
many other simple attributes. Ex. Name, Address
● Multi Valued Attributes - Multi valued attributes are those attributes which can take
more than one value for a given entity from an entity set. Ex. Mobile No, Email ID ●
Derived Attributes - Derived attributes are those attributes which can be derived from
other attribute(s). Ex. Age can be derived from DOB.
● Key Attributes - Key attributes are those attributes which can identify an entity uniquely
in an entity set. Ex. Roll No.

Constraints:

Relational constraints are the restrictions imposed on the database contents and
operations. They ensure the correctness of data in the database.
 ● Domain Constraint - Domain constraint defines the domain or set of values for an
attribute. It specifies that the value taken by the attribute must be the atomic value from
its domain.
● Tuple Uniqueness Constraint - Tuple Uniqueness constraint specifies that all the tuples
must be necessarily unique in any relation.
● Key Constraint - All the values of the primary key must be unique. The value of the
primary key must not be null.
● Entity Integrity Constraint - Entity integrity constraint specifies that no attribute of
primary key must contain a null value in any relation.
● Referential Integrity Constraint - It specifies that all the values taken by the foreign key
must either be available in the relation of the primary key or be null.

Closure of an Attribute Set:

The set of all those attributes which can be functionally determined from an attribute set is
called a closure of that attribute set.

Keys:

A key is a set of attributes that can identify each tuple uniquely in the given relation.

Types of Keys:

● Super Key - A superkey is a set of attributes that can identify each tuple uniquely in the
given relation. A super key may consist of any number of attributes.
● Candidate Key - A set of minimal attribute(s) that can identify each tuple uniquely in the
given relation is called a candidate key.
● Primary Key - A primary key is a candidate key that the database designer selects while
designing the database. Primary Keys are unique and NOT NULL.

● Alternate Key - Candidate keys that are left unimplemented or unused after
implementing the primary key are called as alternate keys.
 ● Foreign Key - An attribute ‘X’ is called as a foreign key to some other attribute ‘Y’ when its
values are dependent on the values of attribute ‘Y’. The relation in which attribute ‘Y’ is
present is called as the referenced relation. The relation in which attribute ‘X’ is present is
called as the referencing relation.
● Composite Key - A primary key composed of multiple attributes and not just a single
attribute is called a composite key.
● Unique Key - It is unique for all the records of the table. Once assigned, its value cannot
be changed i.e. it is non-updatable. It may have a NULL value. Functional Dependency:
In any relation, a functional dependency α → β holds if- Two tuples having same
value of attribute α also have same value for attribute β.

Types of Functional Dependency:

● Trivial Functional Dependencies – o A functional dependency X → Y is said to be trivial if

and only if Y X. o Thus, if RHS of a functional dependency is a subset of LHS, then it is
called a trivial functional dependency.
● Non-Trivial Functional Dependencies –
o A functional dependency X → Y is said to be non-trivial if and only if Y X. o
Thus, if there exists at least one attribute in the RHS of a functional dependency
that is not a part of LHS, then it is called a non-trivial functional dependency.

Decomposition of a Relation:

The process of breaking up or dividing a single relation into two or more sub relations is called
the decomposition of a relation.

Properties of Decomposition:

● Lossless Decomposition - Lossless decomposition ensures o No information is lost

from the original relation during decomposition. o When
the sub relations are joined back, the same relation is obtained that was
decomposed.
● Dependency Preservation - Dependency preservation ensures o None of the
functional dependencies that hold on the original relation are lost. o The sub
relations still hold or satisfy the functional dependencies of the original relation.

Types of Decomposition:

● Lossless Join Decomposition:

o Consider there is a relation R which is decomposed into sub relations R1, R2, ….,
Rn.
 o This decomposition is called lossless join decomposition when the join of the sub
relations results in the same relation R that was decomposed.
o For lossless join decomposition, we always have- R1 R2 R3 ……. Rn = R
where is a natural join operator ● Lossy Join Decomposition:
o Consider there is a relation R which is decomposed into sub relations R1, R2, ….,
Rn.
o This decomposition is called lossy join decomposition when the join of the sub
relations does not result in the same relation R that was decomposed.
o For lossy join decomposition, we always have- R1 ⋈ R2 ⋈ R3 ……. ⋈ Rn ⊃ R where
⋈ is a natural join operator

Normalization:

In DBMS, database normalization is a process of making the database consistent by-

● Reducing the redundancies

● Ensuring the integrity of data through lossless decomposition

Normal Forms:

● First Normal Form (1NF) - A given relation is called in First Normal Form (1NF) if each
cell of the table contains only an atomic value i.e. if the attribute of every tuple is
either single valued or a null value.
● Second Normal Form (2NF) - A given relation is called in Second Normal Form (2NF) if
and only if o Relation already exists in 1NF.
o No partial dependency exists in the relation.
A → B is called a partial dependency if and only if- A is a subset of some
candidate key and B is a non-prime attribute.
● Third Normal Form (3NF) - A given relation is called in Third Normal Form (3NF) if and
only if o Relation already exists in 2NF.
o No transitive dependency exists for non-prime attributes.
A → B is called a transitive dependency if and only if- A is not a super key and B
is a non-prime attribute.
● Boyce-Codd Normal Form - A given relation is called in BCNF if and only if o Relation
already exists in 3NF.
o For each non-trivial functional dependency ‘A → B’, A is a super key of the
relation.
Transaction:
Transaction is a single logical unit of work formed by a set of operations.
Operations in Transaction:

● Read Operation - Read(A) instruction will read the value of ‘A’ from the database and
will store it in the buffer in main memory.
● Write Operation – Write(A) will write the updated value of ‘A’ from the buffer to the
database.

Transaction States:

● Active State – o This is the first state in the life cycle of a transaction.
o A transaction is called in an active state as long as its instructions are getting
executed.
o All the changes made by the transaction now are stored in the buffer in main
memory.
● Partially Committed State – o After the last instruction of the transaction has been
executed, it enters into a partially committed state.
o After entering this state, the transaction is considered to be partially committed.
o It is not considered fully committed because all the changes made by the
transaction are still stored in the buffer in main memory.
 ● Committed State – o After all the changes made by the transaction have been
successfully stored into the database, it enters into a committed state.
o Now, the transaction is considered to be fully committed.
● Failed State – o When a transaction is getting executed in the active state or partially
committed state and some failure occurs due to which it becomes impossible to
continue the execution, it enters into a failed state.
● Aborted State – o After the transaction has failed and entered into a failed state, all
the changes made by it have to be undone.
o To undo the changes made by the transaction, it becomes necessary to roll back
the transaction.
o After the transaction has rolled back completely, it enters into an aborted state.
● Terminated State – o This is the last state in the life cycle of a transaction.
o After entering the committed state or aborted state, the transaction finally
enters into a terminated state where its life cycle finally comes to an end.

ACID Properties:

To ensure the consistency of the database, certain properties are followed by all the
transactions occurring in the system. These properties are called as ACID Properties of a
transaction.

● Atomicity – o This property ensures that either the transaction occurs completely or
it does not occur at all.
o In other words, it ensures that no transaction occurs partially.
● Consistency – o This property ensures that integrity constraints are maintained.
o In other words, it ensures that the database remains consistent before and after
the transaction.
● Isolation – o This property ensures that multiple transactions can occur
simultaneously without causing any inconsistency.
o The resultant state of the system after executing all the transactions is the same as
the state that would be achieved if the transactions were executed serially one
after the other.
● Durability – o This property ensures that all the changes made by a transaction after
its successful execution are written successfully to the disk.
o It also ensures that these changes exist permanently and are never lost even if
there occurs a failure of any kind.
Schedules:

The order in which the operations of multiple transactions appear for execution is called as a
schedule.

● Serial Schedules – o All the transactions execute serially one after the other.
o When one transaction executes, no other transaction is allowed to execute.
o Serial schedules are always- Consistent, Recoverable, Cascadeless and Strict. ●
Non-Serial Schedules – o Multiple transactions execute concurrently. o Operations of
all the transactions are inter leaved or mixed with each other.
o Non-serial schedules are not always- Consistent, Recoverable, Cascadeless and
Strict.

Serializability –

● Some non-serial schedules may lead to inconsistency of the database. ●

Serializability is a concept that helps to identify which non-serial schedules are
correct and will maintain the consistency of the database.
● Serializable Schedules – o If a given non-serial schedule of ‘n’ transactions is
equivalent to some serial schedule of ‘n’ transactions, then it is called as a
serializable schedule.
o Serializable schedules are always- Consistent, Recoverable, Cascadeless and
 Strict.

Types of Serializability –

● Conflict Serializability - If a given non-serial schedule can be converted into a serial

schedule by swapping its non-conflicting operations, then it is called a conflict serializable
schedule.
● View Serializability - If a given schedule is found to be viewed as equivalent to some
serial schedule, then it is called a view serializable schedule.

Non-Serializable Schedules –

● A non-serial schedule which is not serializable is called a non-serializable schedule. ● A

non-serializable schedule is not guaranteed to produce the same effect as produced by
some serial schedule on any consistent database.
● Non-serializable schedules- may or may not be consistent, may or may not be
recoverable.
● Irrecoverable Schedules –
If in a schedule, o A transaction performs a dirty read operation from an
uncommitted transaction
o And commits before the transaction from which it has read the value then such a
schedule is known as an Irrecoverable Schedule.
● Recoverable Schedules –
If in a schedule, o A transaction performs a dirty read operation from an
uncommitted transaction o And its commit operation is delayed till the
uncommitted transaction either commits or roll backs
then such a schedule is known as a Recoverable Schedule.
Types of Recoverable Schedules –

● Cascading Schedule - If in a schedule, failure of one transaction causes several other

dependent transactions to rollback or abort, then such a schedule is called as a Cascading
Schedule or Cascading Rollback or Cascading Abort.
● Cascadeless Schedule - If in a schedule, a transaction is not allowed to read a data item
until the last transaction that has written it is committed or aborted, then such a
schedule is called as a Cascadeless Schedule.
 ● Strict Schedule - If in a schedule, a transaction is neither allowed to read nor write a data
item until the last transaction that has written it is committed or aborted, then such a
schedule is called as a Strict Schedule.

Relational Algebra:

Relational Algebra is a procedural query language which takes a relation as an input and
generates a relation as an output.

Basic Operator Semantic

σ(Selection) Select rows based on given condition

∏(Projection) Project some columns

X (Cross Product) Cross product of relations, returns m*n rows where m and n
are number of rows in R1 and R2 respectively.

U (Union) Return those tuples which are either in R1 or in R2. Max no.
of rows returned = m+n and Min no. of rows returned =
max(m,n)

−(Minus) R1-R2 returns those tuples which are in R1 but not in R2.
Max no. of rows returned = m and Min no. of rows returned
= m-n

ρ(Rename) Renaming a relation to another relation.

Extended Operator Semantic

∩ (Intersection) Returns those tuples which are in both R1 and R2. Max no.
of rows returned = min(m,n) and Min no. of rows returned
=0
 c(Conditional Join) Selection from two or more tables based on some
condition (Cross product followed by selection)

(Equi Join) It is a special case of conditional join when only equality

conditions are applied between attributes.

(Natural Join) In natural join, equality conditions on common attributes

hold and duplicate attributes are removed by default.
Note: Natural Join is equivalent to cross product if two
relations have no attribute in common and natural join of a
relation R with itself will return R only.

𝔴(Left Outer Join) When applying join on two relations R and S, some tuples of R
or S do not appear in the result set which does not satisfy the
join conditions. But Left Outer Joins gives all tuples of R in the
result set. The tuples of R which do not satisfy the join
condition will have values as NULL for attributes of S.

⟖(Right Outer Join) When applying join on two relations R and S, some tuples of R
or S do not appear in the result set which does not satisfy the
join conditions. But Right Outer Joins gives all tuples of S in the
result set. The tuples of S which do not satisfy the join
condition will have values as NULL for attributes of R.

𝔴(Full Outer Join) When applying join on two relations R and S, some tuples of R
or S do not appear in the result set which does not satisfy the
join conditions. But Full Outer Joins gives all tuples of S and all
tuples of R in the result set. The tuples of S which do not
satisfy the join condition will have values as NULL for attributes
of R and vice versa.
/(Division Operator) Division operator A/B will return those tuples in A which are
associated with every tuple of B. Note: Attributes of B should
be a proper subset of attributes of A. The attributes in A/B will
be Attributes of A- Attribute of B.

File Structures:
 ● Primary Index: A primary index is an ordered file, records of fixed length with two fields.
First field is the same as the primary key as a data file and the second field is a pointer to
the data block, where the key is available. The average number of block accesses using
index = log2 Bi + 1, where Bi = number of index blocks.
● Clustering Index: Clustering index is created on data file whose records are physically
ordered on a non-key field (called Clustering field).
● Secondary Index: Secondary index provides secondary means of accessing a file for which
primary access already exists.

B Trees
At every level , we have Key and Data Pointer and data pointer points to either block or record.

Properties of B-Trees:
Root of B-tree can have children between 2 and P, where P is Order of tree.
Order of tree – Maximum number of children a node can have.

Internal node can have children between ⌈ P/2 ⌉ and P

Internal node can have keys between ⌈ P/2 ⌉ – 1 and P-1
B+ Trees
In B+ trees, the structure of leaf and non-leaf are different, so their order is. Order of non-leaf
will be higher as compared to leaf nodes.

Searching time will be less in B+ trees, since it doesn’t have record pointers in non-leaf because
of which depth will decrease.

SQL
DDL:

DDL is short name of Data Definition Language, which deals with database schemas and
descriptions, of how the data should reside in the database.

● CREATE - to create a database and its objects like (table, index, views, store procedure,
function, and triggers)
● ALTER - alters the structure of the existing database
 ● DROP - delete objects from the database
● TRUNCATE - remove all records from a table, including all spaces allocated for the records
are removed
● RENAME - rename an object
DML:

DML is short name of Data Manipulation Language which deals with data manipulation and
includes most common SQL statements such SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc., and it is
used to store, modify, retrieve, delete and update data in a database.

● SELECT - retrieve data from a database

● INSERT - insert data into a table
● UPDATE - updates existing data within a table
● DELETE - Delete all records from a database table
● MERGE - UPSERT operation (insert or update)

DCL:
DCL is short name of Data Control Language which includes commands such as GRANT and
mostly concerned with rights, permissions and other controls of the database system.

● GRANT - allow users access privileges to the database

● REVOKE - withdraw users access privileges given by using the GRANT command

TCL:

TCL is short name of Transaction Control Language which deals with a transaction within a
database.

● COMMIT - commits a Transaction

● ROLLBACK - rollback a transaction in case of any error occurs
● SAVEPOINT - to roll back the transaction making points within groups
SQL:

SQL is a standard language for storing, manipulating and retrieving data in databases.

SELECT:

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database.

Syntax -

● SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM table_name;

● Here, column1, column2, ... are the field names of the table
you want to select data from. If you want to select all the
fields available in the table, use the following syntax: ●
SELECT * FROM table_name;

Ex –

● SELECT CustomerName, City FROM Customers;

SELECT DISTINCT:

The SELECT DISTINCT statement is used to return only distinct (different) values.

Syntax –

● SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2, ... FROM

table_name;

Ex –
● SELECT DISTINCT Country FROM Customers;

WHERE:

The WHERE clause is used to filter records.

Syntax –

● SELECT column1, column2,

... FROM table_name
WHERE condition;

Ex –

● SELECT * FROM Customers

WHERE Country='Mexico';
Operator Description

= Equal
 > Greater than

< Less than

>= Greater than or equal

<= Less than or equal

<> Not equal. Note: In some versions of SQL this operator may be written as !=

AND, OR and NOT:

The WHERE clause can be combined with AND, OR, and NOT operators.

The AND and OR operators are used to filter records based on more than one condition:

● The AND operator displays a record if all the conditions separated by AND are
TRUE. ● The OR operator displays a record if any of the conditions separated by OR is
TRUE.

The NOT operator displays a record if the condition(s) is NOT TRUE.

Syntax –

● SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM

table_name
WHERE condition1 AND condition2 AND condition3 ...;
● SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM table_name
WHERE condition1 OR condition2 OR condition3
...; ● SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM table_name
WHERE NOT condition;

Ex –

● SELECT * FROM Customers

WHERE Country='Germany' AND City='Berlin';
● SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country='Germany' AND (City='Berlin' OR City='München');

ORDER BY:

The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set in ascending or descending order.
The ORDER BY keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default. To sort the records in
descending order, use the DESC keyword.

Syntax –

● SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM

table_name
ORDER BY column1, column2, ... ASC|DESC;

Ex –

● SELECT * FROM Customers ORDER BY Country;

● SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY Country ASC, CustomerName DESC;

INSERT INTO:

The INSERT INTO statement is used to insert new records in a table.

Syntax –

● INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3, ...) VALUES (value1, value2,
value3, ...);
● INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);

*In the second syntax, make sure the order of the values is in the same order as the columns in
the table. Ex –

● INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName, ContactName, Address, City, PostalCode,

Country)
VALUES ('Cardinal', 'Tom B. Erichsen', 'Skagen 21', 'Stavanger', '4006', 'Norway');

NULL Value:

It is not possible to test for NULL values with comparison operators, such as =, <, or

<>. We will have to use the IS NULL and IS NOT NULL operators instead.
Syntax –

● SELECT column_names FROM

table_name
WHERE column_name IS NULL;
● SELECT column_names FROM
table_name
WHERE column_name IS NOT NULL;

Ex –

● SELECT CustomerName, ContactName, Address

FROM Customers
WHERE Address IS NULL;

UPDATE:

The UPDATE statement is used to modify the existing records in a table.

Syntax –

● UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2,
... WHERE condition; Ex –

● UPDATE Customers
SET ContactName = 'Alfred Schmidt', City= 'Frankfurt'
WHERE CustomerID = 1; DELETE:
The DELETE statement is used to delete existing records in a table.

Syntax –

● DELETE FROM table_name WHERE condition;

● DELETE FROM table_name;

In 2ndsyntax, all rows are deleted. The table structure, attributes, and indexes will be intact

Ex –

● DELETE FROM Customers WHERE CustomerName='Alfreds Futterkiste';

SELECT TOP:

The SELECT TOP clause is used to specify the number of records to return.

Syntax –

● SELECT TOP number|percent

column_name(s) FROM table_name
WHERE condition;
● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
LIMIT number;
● SELECT column_name(s) FROM
table_name
ORDER BY column_name(s)
FETCH FIRST number ROWS ONLY;
● SELECT column_name(s) FROM
table_name
WHERE ROWNUM <= number;
*In case the interviewer asks other than the TOP, rest are also correct. (Diff. DB Systems)
Ex –

● SELECT TOP 3 * FROM Customers;

● SELECT * FROM Customers LIMIT 3;
● SELECT * FROM Customers
FETCH FIRST 3 ROWS ONLY;
Aggregate Functions:
MIN():

The MIN() function returns the smallest value of the selected column.
Syntax –

● SELECT MIN(column_name)
FROM table_name WHERE
condition;
Ex –

● SELECT MIN(Price) AS SmallestPrice

FROM Products;

MAX():

The MAX() function returns the largest value of the selected column.

Syntax –

● SELECT MAX(column_name)
FROM table_name WHERE
condition;

Ex –

● SELECT MAX(Price) AS LargestPrice

FROM Products;

COUNT():

The COUNT() function returns the number of rows that matches a specified criterion.
Syntax –

● SELECT COUNT(column_name)
FROM table_name WHERE
condition;

Ex –

● SELECT COUNT(ProductID)
FROM Products;

AVG():
The AVG() function returns the average value of a numeric column.
Syntax –

● SELECT AVG(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition;
Ex –

● SELECT AVG(Price)
FROM Products;

SUM():

The SUM() function returns the total sum of a numeric column.

Syntax –

● SELECT SUM(column_name)
FROM table_name WHERE
condition;

Ex –

● SELECT SUM(Quantity) FROM OrderDetails;

LIKE Operator:

The LIKE operator is used in a WHERE clause to search for a specified pattern in a column.

There are two wildcards often used in conjunction with the LIKE operator:

● The percent sign (%) represents zero, one, or multiple characters

● The underscore sign (_) represents one, single character

Syntax –

● SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM

table_name
WHERE columnN LIKE pattern;
LIKE Operator Description

WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a%' Finds any values that start with "a"

WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%a' Finds any values that end with "a"
WHERE CustomerName LIKE
Finds any values that have "or" in any position
'%or%'
 WHERE CustomerName LIKE '_r%' Finds any values that have "r" in the second position

WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a_%' Finds any values that start with "a" and are at least
2 characters in length

WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a %' Finds any values that start with "a" and are at least
3 characters in length

WHERE ContactName LIKE 'a%o' Finds any values that start with "a" and ends with "o"

IN:

The IN operator allows you to specify multiple values in a WHERE clause.

The IN operator is a shorthand for multiple OR conditions.

Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN (value1, value2, ...);
● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN (SELECT STATEMENT);

Ex –

● SELECT * FROM Customers

WHERE Country IN ('Germany', 'France', 'UK'); ●
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country IN (SELECT Country FROM Suppliers);

BETWEEN:

The BETWEEN operator selects values within a given range. The values can be numbers, text, or
dates.

The BETWEEN operator is inclusive: begin and end values are included.
 Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;

Ex –
● SELECT * FROM Products
WHERE Price BETWEEN 10 AND 20;

Joins:

A JOIN clause is used to combine rows from two or more tables, based on a related column
between them.

INNER JOIN:

The INNER JOIN keyword selects records that have matching values in both tables.

Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name = table2.column_name;

Ex –

● SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName

FROM Orders
INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID;

LEFT (OUTER) JOIN:

 LEFT JOIN keyword returns all records from the left table (table1), and the matching
records from the right table (table2). The result is 0 records from the right side, if there is no
match.

Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name = table2.column_name;

Ex –

● SELECT Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderID

FROM Customers
LEFT JOIN Orders ON Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY Customers.CustomerName; RIGHT
(OUTER) JOIN:
The RIGHT JOIN keyword returns all records from the right table (table2), and the matching
records from the left table (table1). The result is 0 records from the left side, if there is no
match.

Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
RIGHT JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name = table2.column_name;

Ex –

● SELECT Orders.OrderID, Employees.LastName, Employees.FirstName

FROM Orders
RIGHT JOIN Employees ON Orders.EmployeeID = Employees.EmployeeID
ORDER BY Orders.OrderID;

FULL (OUTER) JOIN:

The FULL OUTER JOIN keyword returns all records when there is a match in left (table1) or right
(table2) table records.

Syntax:
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● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table1
FULL OUTER JOIN table2
ON table1.column_name = table2.column_name
WHERE condition;

Ex –

● SELECT Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderID

FROM Customers
FULL OUTER JOIN Orders ON Customers.CustomerID=Orders.CustomerID
ORDER BY Customers.CustomerName;

UNION:

The UNION operator is used to combine the result-set of two or more SELECT statements.
● Every SELECT statement within UNION must have the same number of columns
● The columns must also have similar data types
● The columns in every SELECT statement must also be in the same order

The UNION operator selects only distinct values by default. To allow duplicate values,
use UNION ALL

Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s) FROM table1 UNION

SELECT column_name(s) FROM table2;
● SELECT column_name(s) FROM table1 UNION
ALL
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table2;

Ex –

● SELECT City FROM Customers UNION

SELECT City FROM Suppliers
ORDER BY City;

GROUP BY:
The GROUP BY statement groups rows that have the same values into summary rows, like "find
the number of customers in each country".
GROUP BY statement is often used with aggregate functions
(COUNT(), MAX(), MIN(), SUM(), AVG()) to group the result-set by one or more
columns. Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
GROUP BY column_name(s)
ORDER BY column_name(s);

Ex –

● SELECT COUNT(CustomerID), Country

FROM Customers
GROUP BY Country
ORDER BY COUNT(CustomerID) DESC;
HAVING:

The HAVING clause was added to SQL because the WHERE keyword cannot be used with
aggregate functions.

*WHERE is given priority over HAVING.

Syntax –

● SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
GROUP BY column_name(s)
HAVING condition
ORDER BY column_name(s);

Ex –

● SELECT COUNT(CustomerID), Country

FROM Customers
GROUP BY Country
HAVING COUNT(CustomerID) > 5;
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CREATE DATABASE:

The CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create a new SQL database.

Syntax –

● CREATE DATABASE databasename;

DROP DATABASE:

The DROP DATABASE statement is used to drop an existing SQL database.

Syntax –

● DROP DATABASE databasename;

CREATE TABLE:

The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create a new table in a database.

Syntax –

● CREATE TABLE table_name (

column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
....
);

DROP TABLE:

The DROP TABLE statement is used to drop an existing table in a database.

Syntax –

● DROP TABLE table_name;

TRUNCATE TABLE:

The TRUNCATE TABLE statement is used to delete the data inside a table, but not the table
itself.
Syntax –

● TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;

ALTER TABLE:

ALTER TABLE statement is used to add, delete, or modify columns in an existing table.
The ALTER TABLE statement is also used to add and drop various constraints on an existing
table.

Syntax –

● ALTER TABLE table_name

ADD column_name datatype;
● ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name;
● ALTER TABLE table_name
MODIFY COLUMN column_name datatype;

Ex –

● ALTER TABLE Customers

ADD Email varchar(255);
● ALTER TABLE Customers DROP COLUMN Email;
● ALTER TABLE Persons
ALTER COLUMN DateOfBirth year;