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SQL Tutorial
SQL is a database computer language designed for the retrieval and management of data in relational
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 Table of Content
SQL Tutorial ............................................................................. 2
Audience .................................................................................. 2
Prerequisites ............................................................................ 2
Copyright & Disclaimer Notice.................................................. 2
SQL Overview ........................................................................ 15
What is SQL? ........................................................................................... 15
Why SQL? ................................................................................................ 15
History: ..................................................................................................... 16
SQL Process: ........................................................................................... 16
SQL Commands: ...................................................................................... 17
DDL - Data Definition Language: ............................................................. 17
DML - Data Manipulation Language: ........................................................ 17
DCL - Data Control Language: ................................................................. 17
DQL - Data Query Language: .................................................................. 17
SQL RDBMS Concepts .......................................................... 18
What is field?............................................................................................ 19
What is record, or row? ............................................................................ 19
What is column? ....................................................................................... 19
What is NULL value?................................................................................ 19
SQL Constraints: ...................................................................................... 20
NOT NULL Constraint: ............................................................................. 20
DEFAULT Constraint:............................................................................... 21
Example: .................................................................................................. 21
Drop Default Constraint: ........................................................................... 21
UNIQUE Constraint: ................................................................................. 21
Example: .................................................................................................. 21
DROP a UNIQUE Constraint:................................................................... 22
PRIMARY Key: ......................................................................................... 22
Create Primary Key: ................................................................................. 22
Delete Primary Key: ................................................................................. 23
FOREIGN Key: ......................................................................................... 24
Example: .................................................................................................. 24
DROP a FOREIGN KEY Constraint: ........................................................ 25
CHECK Constraint: .................................................................................. 25
Example: .................................................................................................. 25
DROP a CHECK Constraint: .................................................................... 25
INDEX: ..................................................................................................... 26

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Example: .................................................................................................. 26
DROP a INDEX Constraint:...................................................................... 26
Data Integrity: ........................................................................................... 26
Database Normalization ........................................................................... 27
Third Rule of 1NF: .................................................................................... 29
SQL RDBMS Databases ........................................................ 32
MySQL ..................................................................................................... 32
History: ..................................................................................................... 32
Features: .................................................................................................. 33
MS SQL Server ........................................................................................ 33
History: ..................................................................................................... 33
Features: .................................................................................................. 34
ORACLE .................................................................................................. 34
History: ..................................................................................................... 34
Features: .................................................................................................. 35
MS- ACCESS ........................................................................................... 36
Features: .................................................................................................. 36
SQL Syntax ............................................................................ 37
SQL SELECT Statement: ......................................................................... 37
SQL DISTINCT Clause: ........................................................................... 37
SQL WHERE Clause:............................................................................... 37
SQL AND/OR Clause: .............................................................................. 37
SQL IN Clause: ........................................................................................ 38
SQL BETWEEN Clause: .......................................................................... 38
SQL Like Clause: ..................................................................................... 38
SQL ORDER BY Clause: ......................................................................... 38
SQL GROUP BY Clause: ......................................................................... 38
SQL COUNT Clause: ............................................................................... 38
SQL HAVING Clause: .............................................................................. 38
SQL CREATE TABLE Statement: ............................................................ 38
SQL DROP TABLE Statement: ................................................................ 39
SQL CREATE INDEX Statement: ............................................................ 39
SQL DROP INDEX Statement: ................................................................ 39
SQL DESC Statement: ............................................................................. 39
SQL TRUNCATE TABLE Statement: ....................................................... 39
SQL ALTER TABLE Statement: ............................................................... 39
SQL ALTER TABLE Statement (Rename): .............................................. 39
SQL INSERT INTO Statement: ................................................................ 39
SQL UPDATE Statement: ........................................................................ 39

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SQL DELETE Statement: ......................................................................... 40
SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement: .................................................... 40
SQL DROP DATABASE Statement: ........................................................ 40
SQL USE Statement: ............................................................................... 40
SQL COMMIT Statement: ........................................................................ 40
SQL ROLLBACK Statement:.................................................................... 40
SQL Data Types .................................................................... 41
Exact Numeric Data Types: ...................................................................... 41
Approximate Numeric Data Types: .......................................................... 41
Date and Time Data Types: ..................................................................... 42
Character Strings Data Types: ................................................................. 42
Unicode Character Strings Data Types: ................................................... 42
Binary Data Types: ................................................................................... 42
Misc Data Types: ..................................................................................... 43
SQL Operators ....................................................................... 44
What is an Operator in SQL? ................................................................... 44
SQL Arithmetic Operators: ....................................................................... 44
SQL Comparison Operators: .................................................................... 45
SQL Logical Operators: ............................................................................ 47
SQL Expressions ................................................................... 50
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 50
SQL - Boolean Expressions: .................................................................... 50
SQL - Numeric Expression: ...................................................................... 51
SQL - Date Expressions: .......................................................................... 51
SQL CREATE Database ........................................................ 53
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 53
Example: .................................................................................................. 53
DROP or DELETE Database ................................................. 54
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 54
Example: .................................................................................................. 54
SQL SELECT Database......................................................... 55
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 55
Example: .................................................................................................. 55
SQL CREATE Table .............................................................. 56
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 56
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 56
Example: .................................................................................................. 57
Example: .................................................................................................. 57
SQL DROP or DELETE Table................................................ 59

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Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 59
Example: .................................................................................................. 59
SQL INSERT Query ............................................................... 60
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 60
Example: .................................................................................................. 60
Populate one table using another table: ................................................... 61
SQL SELECT Query .............................................................. 62
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 62
Example: .................................................................................................. 62
SQL WHERE Clause ............................................................. 64
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 64
Example: .................................................................................................. 64
SQL AND and OR Operators ................................................. 66
The AND Operator: .................................................................................. 66
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 66
Example: .................................................................................................. 66
The OR Operator: .................................................................................... 67
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 67
Example: .................................................................................................. 67
SQL UPDATE Query.............................................................. 69
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 69
Example: .................................................................................................. 69
SQL DELETE Query .............................................................. 71
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 71
Example: .................................................................................................. 71
SQL LIKE Clause ................................................................... 73
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 73
Example: .................................................................................................. 74
SQL TOP Clause ................................................................... 75
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 75
Example: .................................................................................................. 75
SQL ORDER BY Clause ........................................................ 77
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 77
Example: .................................................................................................. 77
SQL Group By........................................................................ 79
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 79
Example: .................................................................................................. 79
SQL Distinct Keyword ............................................................ 81
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 81

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Example: .................................................................................................. 81
SQL SORTING Results.......................................................... 83
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 83
Example: .................................................................................................. 83
SQL Constraints..................................................................... 85
NOT NULL Constraint: ............................................................................. 85
DEFAULT Constraint:............................................................................... 86
Example: .................................................................................................. 86
Drop Default Constraint: ........................................................................... 86
UNIQUE Constraint: ................................................................................. 87
Example: .................................................................................................. 87
DROP a UNIQUE Constraint:................................................................... 87
PRIMARY Key: ......................................................................................... 88
Create Primary Key: ................................................................................. 88
Delete Primary Key: ................................................................................. 89
FOREIGN Key: ......................................................................................... 89
Example: .................................................................................................. 89
DROP a FOREIGN KEY Constraint: ........................................................ 90
CHECK Constraint: .................................................................................. 90
Example: .................................................................................................. 90
DROP a CHECK Constraint: .................................................................... 91
INDEX: ..................................................................................................... 91
Example: .................................................................................................. 91
DROP a INDEX Constraint:...................................................................... 91
Dropping Constraints:............................................................................... 92
Integrity Constraints: ................................................................................ 92
SQL Joins .............................................................................. 93
SQL Join Types: ....................................................................................... 94
INNER JOIN ............................................................................................. 94
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 94
Example: .................................................................................................. 94
LEFT JOIN ............................................................................................... 95
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 95
Example: .................................................................................................. 95
RIGHT JOIN ............................................................................................. 96
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 96
Example: .................................................................................................. 96
FULL JOIN ............................................................................................... 97
Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 97

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SQL Overview

S QL tutorial gives unique learning on Structured Query Language and it helps to make practice on SQL

commands which provides immediate results. SQL is a language of database, it includes database creation,
deletion, fetching rows and modifying rows etc.
SQL is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard, but there are many different versions of the
SQL language.

What is SQL?
SQL is Structured Query Language, which is a computer language for storing, manipulating and retrieving data
stored in relational database.

SQL is the standard language for Relation Database System. All relational database management systems like
MySQL, MS Access, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, postgres and SQL Server use SQL as standard database
language.

Also, they are using different dialects, such as:

 MS SQL Server using T-SQL,

 Oracle using PL/SQL,

 MS Access version of SQL is called JET SQL (native format) etc.

Why SQL?
 Allows users to access data in relational database management systems.

 Allows users to describe the data.

 Allows users to define the data in database and manipulate that data.

 Allows to embed within other languages using SQL modules, libraries & pre-compilers.

 Allows users to create and drop databases and tables.

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 Allows users to create view, stored procedure, functions in a database.

 Allows users to set permissions on tables, procedures and views

History:
 1970 -- Dr. E. F. "Ted" of IBM is known as the father of relational databases. He described a relational model
for databases.
 1974 -- Structured Query Language appeared.
 1978 -- IBM worked to develop Codd's ideas and released a product named System/R.
 1986 -- IBM developed the first prototype of relational database and standardized by ANSI. The first relational
database was released by Relational Software and its later becoming Oracle.

SQL Process:
When you are executing an SQL command for any RDBMS, the system determines the best way to carry out your
request and SQL engine figures out how to interpret the task.

There are various components included in the process. These components are Query Dispatcher, Optimization
Engines, Classic Query Engine and SQL Query Engine, etc. Classic query engine handles all non-SQL queries,
but SQL query engine won't handle logical files.

Following is a simple diagram showing SQL Architecture:

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SQL Commands:
The standard SQL commands to interact with relational databases are CREATE, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE,
DELETE and DROP. These commands can be classified into groups based on their nature:

DDL - Data Definition Language:

Command Description

CREATE Creates a new table, a view of a table, or other object in database

ALTER Modifies an existing database object, such as a table.

DROP Deletes an entire table, a view of a table or other object in the database.

DML - Data Manipulation Language:

Command Description

INSERT Creates a record

UPDATE Modifies records

DELETE Deletes records

DCL - Data Control Language:

Command Description

GRANT Gives a privilege to user

REVOKE Takes back privileges granted from user

DQL - Data Query Language:

Command Description

SELECT Retrieves certain records from one or more tables

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SQL RDBMS Concepts

What is RDBMS?

R DBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. RDBMS is the basis for SQL and for all

modern database systems like MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft Access.
A Relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on
the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd.

What is table?
The data0 in RDBMS is stored in database objects called tables. The table is a collection of related data entries
and it consists of columns and rows.
Remember, a table is the most common and simplest form of data storage in a relational database. Following is
the example of a CUSTOMERS table:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |

| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |

| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |

| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |

| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |

| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |

| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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What is field?
Every table is broken up into smaller entities called fields. The fields in the CUSTOMERS table consist of ID,
NAME, AGE, ADDRESS and SALARY.

A field is a column in a table that is designed to maintain specific information about every record in the table.

What is record or row?

A record, also called a row of data, is each individual entry that exists in a table. For example, there are 7 records
in the above CUSTOMERS table. Following is a single row of data or record in the CUSTOMERS table:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

A record is a horizontal entity in a table.

What is column?
A column is a vertical entity in a table that contains all information associated with a specific field in a table.

For example, a column in the CUSTOMERS table is ADDRESS, which represents location description and would
consist of the following:

+-----------+

| ADDRESS |

+-----------+

| Ahmedabad |

| Delhi |

| Kota |

| Mumbai |

| Bhopal |

| MP |

| Indore |

+----+------+

What is NULL value?

A NULL value in a table is a value in a field that appears to be blank, which means a field with a NULL value is a
field with no value.

It is very important to understand that a NULL value is different than a zero value or a field that contains spaces. A
field with a NULL value is one that has been left blank during record creation.

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SQL Constraints:
Constraints are the rules enforced on data columns on table. These are used to limit the type of data that can go
into a table. This ensures the accuracy and reliability of the data in the database.

Constraints could be column level or table level. Column level constraints are applied only to one column, whereas
table level constraints are applied to the whole table.

Following are commonly used constraints available in SQL:

 NOT NULL Constraint: Ensures that a column cannot have NULL value.
 DEFAULT Constraint: Provides a default value for a column when none is specified.
 UNIQUE Constraint: Ensures that all values in a column are different.
 PRIMARY Key: Uniquely identified each rows/records in a database table.
 FOREIGN Key: Uniquely identified a rows/records in any another database table.
 CHECK Constraint: The CHECK constraint ensures that all values in a column satisfy certain conditions.
 INDEX: Use to create and retrieve data from the database very quickly.

NOT NULL Constraint:

By default, a column can hold NULL values. If you do not want a column to have a NULL value, then you need to
define such constraint on this column specifying that NULL is now not allowed for that column.

A NULL is not the same as no data, rather, it represents unknown data.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns, three of which,
ID and NAME and AGE, specify not to accept NULLs:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a NOT NULL constraint to SALARY column in Oracle
and MySQL, you would write a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2) NOT NULL;

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DEFAULT Constraint:
The DEFAULT constraint provides a default value to a column when the INSERT INTO statement does not provide
a specific value.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns. Here, SALARY
column is set to 5000.00 by default, so in case INSERT INTO statement does not provide a value for this column.
then by default this column would be set to 5000.00.

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2) DEFAULT 5000.00,

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a DFAULT constraint to SALARY column, you would
write a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2) DEFAULT 5000.00;

Drop Default Constraint:

To drop a DEFAULT constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ALTER COLUMN SALARY DROP DEFAULT;

UNIQUE Constraint:
The UNIQUE Constraint prevents two records from having identical values in a particular column. In the
CUSTOMERS table, for example, you might want to prevent two or more people from having identical age.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns. Here, AGE
column is set to UNIQUE, so that you can not have two records with same age:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

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 NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL UNIQUE,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a UNIQUE constraint to AGE column, you would write
a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY AGE INT NOT NULL UNIQUE;

You can also use following syntax, which supports naming the constraint in multiple columns as well:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ADD CONSTRAINT myUniqueConstraint UNIQUE(AGE, SALARY);

DROP a UNIQUE Constraint:

To drop a UNIQUE constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP CONSTRAINT myUniqueConstraint;

If you are using MySQL, then you can use the following syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP INDEX myUniqueConstraint;

PRIMARY Key:
A primary key is a field in a table which uniquely identifies each row/record in a database table. Primary keys must
contain unique values. A primary key column cannot have NULL values.

A table can have only one primary key, which may consist of single or multiple fields. When multiple fields are used
as a primary key, they are called a composite key.

If a table has a primary key defined on any field(s), then you can not have two records having the same value of
that field(s).

Note: You would use these concepts while creating database tables.

Create Primary Key:

Here is the syntax to define ID attribute as a primary key in a CUSTOMERS table.

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 CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

To create a PRIMARY KEY constraint on the "ID" column when CUSTOMERS table already exists, use the
following SQL syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMER ADD PRIMARY KEY (ID);

NOTE: If you use the ALTER TABLE statement to add a primary key, the primary key column(s) must already have
been declared to not contain NULL values (when the table was first created).
For defining a PRIMARY KEY constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID, NAME)

);

To create a PRIMARY KEY constraint on the "ID" and "NAMES" columns when CUSTOMERS table already exists,
use the following SQL syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CUSTID PRIMARY KEY (ID, NAME);

Delete Primary Key:

You can clear the primary key constraints from the table, Use Syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS DROP PRIMARY KEY ;

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FOREIGN Key:
A foreign key is a key used to link two tables together. This is sometimes called a referencing key.

Foreign Key is a column or a combination of columns whose values match a Primary Key in a different table.

The relationship between 2 tables matches the Primary Key in one of the tables with a Foreign Key in the
second table.
If a table has a primary key defined on any field(s), then you can not have two records having the same value of
that field(s).

Example:
Consider the structure of the two tables as follows:

CUSTOMERS table:
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

ORDERS table:

CREATE TABLE ORDERS (

ID INT NOT NULL,

DATE DATETIME,

CUSTOMER_ID INT references CUSTOMERS(ID),

AMOUNT double,

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If ORDERS table has already been created, and the foreign key has not yet been set, use the syntax for specifying
a foreign key by altering a table.

ALTER TABLE ORDERS

ADD FOREIGN KEY (Customer_ID) REFERENCES CUSTOMERS (ID);

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DROP a FOREIGN KEY Constraint:
To drop a FOREIGN KEY constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE ORDERS

DROP FOREIGN KEY;

CHECK Constraint:
The CHECK Constraint enables a condition to check the value being entered into a record. If the condition
evaluates to false, the record violates the constraint and isn’t entered into the table.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns. Here, we add a
CHECK with AGE column, so that you can not have any CUSTOMER below 18 years:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL CHECK (AGE >= 18),

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a CHECK constraint to AGE column, you would write
a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY AGE INT NOT NULL CHECK (AGE >= 18 );

You can also use following syntax, which supports naming the constraint in multiple columns as well:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ADD CONSTRAINT myCheckConstraint CHECK(AGE >= 18);

DROP a CHECK Constraint:

To drop a CHECK constraint, use the following SQL. This syntax does not work with MySQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP CONSTRAINT myCheckConstraint;

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INDEX:
The INDEX is used to create and retrieve data from the database very quickly. Index can be created by using
single or group of columns in a table. When index is created, it is assigned a ROWID for each row before it sorts
out the data.

Proper indexes are good for performance in large databases, but you need to be careful while creating index.
Selection of fields depends on what you are using in your SQL queries.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

Now, you can create index on single or multiple columns using the following syntax:

CREATE INDEX index_name

ON table_name ( column1, column2.....);

To create an INDEX on AGE column, to optimize the search on customers for a particular age, following is the SQL
syntax:

CREATE INDEX idx_age

ON CUSTOMERS ( AGE );

DROP an INDEX Constraint:

To drop an INDEX constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP INDEX idx_age;

Data Integrity:
The following categories of the data integrity exist with each RDBMS:

 Entity Integrity : There are no duplicate rows in a table.

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 Domain Integrity : Enforces valid entries for a given column by restricting the type, the format, or the
range of values.
 Referential Integrity : Rows cannot be deleted which are used by other records.

 User-Defined Integrity : Enforces some specific business rules that do not fall into entity, domain, or
referential integrity.

Database Normalization
Database normalization is the process of efficiently organizing data in a database. There are two reasons of the
normalization process:

 Eliminating redundant data, for example, storing the same data in more than one table.

 Ensuring data dependencies make sense.

Both of these are worthy goals as they reduce the amount of space a database consumes and ensure that data is
logically stored. Normalization consists of a series of guidelines that help guide you in creating a good database
structure.

Normalization guidelines are divided into normal forms; think of form as the format or the way a database structure
is laid out. The aim of normal forms is to organize the database structure so that it complies with the rules of first
normal form, then second normal form, and finally third normal form.

It's your choice to take it further and go to fourth normal form, fifth normal form, and so on, but generally speaking,
third normal form is enough.

 First Normal Form (1NF)

 Second Normal Form (2NF)

 Third Normal Form (3NF)

First Normal Form

First normal form (1NF) sets the very basic rules for an organized database:

 Define the data items required, because they become the columns in a table. Place related data items in a
table.

 Ensure that there are no repeating groups of data.

 Ensure that there is a primary key.

First Rule of 1NF:

You must define the data items. This means looking at the data to be stored, organizing the data into columns,
defining what type of data each column contains, and finally putting related columns into their own table.

For example, you put all the columns relating to locations of meetings in the Location table, those relating to
members in the MemberDetails table, and so on.

Second Rule of 1NF:

The next step is ensuring that there are no repeating groups of data. Consider we have the following table:

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 CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25),

ORDERS VARCHAR(155)

);

So if we populate this table for a single customer having multiple orders, then it would be something as follows:

ID NAME AGE ADDRESS ORDERS

100 Sachin 36 Lower West Side Cannon XL-200

100 Sachin 36 Lower West Side Battery XL-200

100 Sachin 36 Lower West Side Tripod Large

But as per 1NF, we need to ensure that there are no repeating groups of data. So let us break above table into two
parts and join them using a key as follows:

CUSTOMERS table:
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

This table would have the following record:

ID NAME AGE ADDRESS

100 Sachin 36 Lower West Side

ORDERS table:
CREATE TABLE ORDERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

CUSTOMER_ID INT NOT NULL,

ORDERS VARCHAR(155),

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);

This table would have the following records:

ID CUSTOMER_ID ORDERS

10 100 Cannon XL-200

11 100 Battery XL-200

12 100 Tripod Large

Third Rule of 1NF:

The final rule of the first normal form, create a primary key for each table which we have already created.

Second Normal Form

Second normal form states that it should meet all the rules for 1NF and there must be no partial dependences of
any of the columns on the primary key:

Consider a customer-order relation and you want to store customer ID, customer name, order ID and order detail,
and date of purchase:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

CUST_ID INT NOT NULL,

CUST_NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

ORDER_ID INT NOT NULL,

ORDER_DETAIL VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

SALE_DATE DATETIME,

PRIMARY KEY (CUST_ID, ORDER_ID)

);

This table is in first normal form, in that it obeys all the rules of first normal form. In this table, the primary key
consists of CUST_ID and ORDER_ID. Combined, they are unique assuming same customer would hardly order
same thing.

However, the table is not in second normal form because there are partial dependencies of primary keys and
columns. CUST_NAME is dependent on CUST_ID, and there's no real link between a customer's name and what
he purchased. Order detail and purchase date are also dependent on ORDER_ID, but they are not dependent on
CUST_ID, because there's no link between a CUST_ID and an ORDER_DETAIL or their SALE_DATE.

To make this table comply with second normal form, you need to separate the columns into three tables.

First, create a table to store the customer details as follows:

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 CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

CUST_ID INT NOT NULL,

CUST_NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (CUST_ID)

);

Next, create a table to store details of each order:

CREATE TABLE ORDERS(

ORDER_ID INT NOT NULL,

ORDER_DETAIL VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (ORDER_ID)

);

Finally, create a third table storing just CUST_ID and ORDER_ID to keep track of all the orders for a customer:

CREATE TABLE CUSTMERORDERS(

CUST_ID INT NOT NULL,

ORDER_ID INT NOT NULL,

SALE_DATE DATETIME,

PRIMARY KEY (CUST_ID, ORDER_ID)

);

Third Normal Form

A table is in third normal form when the following conditions are met:

 It is in second normal form.

 All nonprimary fields are dependent on the primary key.

The dependency of nonprimary fields is between the data. For example, in the below table, street name, city, and
state are unbreakably bound to the zip code.

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

CUST_ID INT NOT NULL,

CUST_NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

DOB DATE,

STREET VARCHAR(200),

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STATE VARCHAR(100),

ZIP VARCHAR(12),

EMAIL_ID VARCHAR(256),

PRIMARY KEY (CUST_ID)

);

The dependency between zip code and address is called a transitive dependency. To comply with third normal
form, all you need to do is move the Street, City, and State fields into their own table, which you can call the Zip
Code table:

CREATE TABLE ADDRESS(

ZIP VARCHAR(12),

STREET VARCHAR(200),

CITY VARCHAR(100),

STATE VARCHAR(100),

PRIMARY KEY (ZIP)

);

Next, alter the CUSTOMERS table as follows:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

CUST_ID INT NOT NULL,

CUST_NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

DOB DATE,

ZIP VARCHAR(12),

EMAIL_ID VARCHAR(256),

PRIMARY KEY (CUST_ID)

);

The advantages of removing transitive dependencies are mainly twofold. First, the amount of data duplication is
reduced and therefore your database becomes smaller.

The second advantage is data integrity. When duplicated data changes, there's a big risk of updating only some of
the data, especially if it's spread out in a number of different places in the database. For example, if address and
zip code data were stored in three or four different tables, then any changes in zip codes would need to ripple out
to every record in those three or four tables.

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SQL RDBMS Databases

T here are many popular RDBMS available to work with. This tutorial gives a brief overview of few most

popular RDBMS. This would help you to compare their basic features.

MySQL
MySQL is an open source SQL database, which is developed by Swedish company MySQL AB. MySQL is
pronounced "my ess-que-ell," in contrast with SQL, pronounced "sequel."

MySQL is supporting many different platforms including Microsoft Windows, the major Linux distributions, UNIX,
and Mac OS X.

MySQL has free and paid versions, depending on its usage (non-commercial/commercial) and features. MySQL
comes with a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL database server.

History:
 Development of MySQL by Michael Widenius & David Axmark beginning in 1994.

 First internal release on 23 May 1995.

 Windows version was released on 8 January 1998 for Windows 95 and NT.

 Version 3.23: beta from June 2000, production release January 2001.

 Version 4.0: beta from August 2002, production release March 2003 (unions).

 Version 4.01: beta from August 2003, Jyoti adopts MySQL for database tracking.

 Version 4.1: beta from June 2004, production release October 2004.

 Version 5.0: beta from March 2005, production release October 2005.

 Sun Microsystems acquired MySQL AB on 26 February 2008.

 Version 5.1: production release 27 November 2008.

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Features:
 High Performance.

 High Availability.

 Scalability and Flexibility Run anything.

 Robust Transactional Support.

 Web and Data Warehouse Strengths.

 Strong Data Protection.

 Comprehensive Application Development.

 Management Ease.

 Open Source Freedom and 24 x 7 Support.

 Lowest Total Cost of Ownership.

MS SQL Server
MS SQL Server is a Relational Database Management System developed by Microsoft Inc. Its primary query
languages are:

 T-SQL.

 ANSI SQL.

History:
 1987 - Sybase releases SQL Server for UNIX.

 1988 - Microsoft, Sybase, and Aston-Tate port SQL Server to OS/2.

 1989 - Microsoft, Sybase, and Aston-Tate release SQL Server 1.0 for OS/2.

 1990 - SQL Server 1.1 is released with support for Windows 3.0 clients.

 Aston-Tate drops out of SQL Server development.

 2000 - Microsoft releases SQL Server 2000.

 2001 - Microsoft releases XML for SQL Server Web Release 1 (download).

 2002 - Microsoft releases SQLXML 2.0 (renamed from XML for SQL Server).

 2002 - Microsoft releases SQLXML 3.0.

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Features:
 High Performance.

 High Availability.

 Database mirroring.

 Database snapshots.

 CLR integration.

 Service Broker.

 DDL triggers.

 Ranking functions.

 Row version-based isolation levels.

 XML integration.

 TRY...CATCH.

 Database Mail.

ORACLE
It is a very large and multi-user database management system. Oracle is a relational database management
system developed by 'Oracle Corporation'.

Oracle works to efficiently manage its resource, a database of information, among the multiple clients requesting
and sending data in the network.

It is an excellent database server choice for client/server computing. Oracle supports all major operating systems
for both clients and servers, including MSDOS, NetWare, UnixWare, OS/2 and most UNIX flavors.

History:
Oracle began in 1977 and celebrating its 32 wonderful years in the industry (from 1977 to 2009).

 1977 - Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates founded Software Development Laboratories to undertake
development work.

 1979 - Version 2.0 of Oracle was released and it became first commercial relational database and first SQL
database. The company changed its name to Relational Software Inc. (RSI).

 1981 - RSI started developing tools for Oracle.

 1982 - RSI was renamed to Oracle Corporation.

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 1983 - Oracle released version 3.0, rewritten in C language and ran on multiple platforms.

 1984 - Oracle version 4.0 was released. It contained features like concurrency control - multi-version read
consistency, etc.

 1985 - Oracle version 4.0 was released. It contained features like concurrency control - multi-version read
consistency, etc.

 2007 - Oracle has released Oracle11g. The new version focused on better partitioning, easy migration, etc.

Features:
 Concurrency

 Read Consistency

 Locking Mechanisms

 Quiesce Database

 Portability

 Self-managing database

 SQL*Plus

 ASM

 Scheduler

 Resource Manager

 Data Warehousing

 Materialized views

 Bitmap indexes

 Table compression

 Parallel Execution

 Analytic SQL

 Data mining

 Partitioning

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MS ACCESS
This is one of the most popular Microsoft products. Microsoft Access is an entry-level database management
software. MS Access database is not only an inexpensive but also powerful database for small-scale projects.

MS Access uses the Jet database engine, which utilizes a specific SQL language dialect (sometimes referred to
as Jet SQL).

MS Access comes with the professional edition of MS Office package. MS Access has easy-to-use intuitive
graphical interface.

 1992 - Access version 1.0 was released.

 1993 - Access 1.1 released to improve compatibility with inclusion of the Access Basic programming
language.

 The most significant transition was from Access 97 to Access 2000.

 2007 - Access 2007, a new database format was introduced ACCDB which supports complex data types
such as multi valued and attachment fields.

Features:
 Users can create tables, queries, forms and reports and connect them together with macros.

 The import and export of data to many formats including Excel, Outlook, ASCII, dBase, Paradox, FoxPro,
SQL Server, Oracle, ODBC, etc.

 There is also the Jet Database format (MDB or ACCDB in Access 2007), which can contain the application
and data in one file. This makes it very convenient to distribute the entire application to another user, who
can run it in disconnected environments.

 Microsoft Access offers parameterized queries. These queries and Access tables can be referenced from
other programs like VB6 and .NET through DAO or ADO.

 The desktop editions of Microsoft SQL Server can be used with Access as an alternative to the Jet Database
Engine.

 Microsoft Access is a file server-based database. Unlike client-server relational database management
systems (RDBMS), Microsoft Access does not implement database triggers, stored procedures, or
transaction logging.

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SQL Syntax

S QL is followed by unique set of rules and guidelines called Syntax. This tutorial gives you a quick start with

SQL by listing all the basic SQL Syntax:

All the SQL statements start with any of the keywords like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALTER, DROP,
CREATE, USE, SHOW and all the statements end with a semicolon (;).

Important point to be noted is that SQL is case insensitive, which means SELECT and select have same meaning
in SQL statements, but MySQL makes difference in table names. So if you are working with MySQL, then you
need to give table names as they exist in the database.

SQL SELECT Statement:

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

SQL DISTINCT Clause:

SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name;

SQL WHERE Clause:

SELECT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION;

SQL AND/OR Clause:

SELECT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION-1 {AND|OR} CONDITION-2;

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SELECT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN (val-1, val-2,...val-N);

SQL BETWEEN Clause:

SELECT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN val-1 AND val-2;

SQL LIKE Clause:

SELECT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE { PATTERN };

SQL ORDER BY Clause:

SELECT column1, column2....columnN
FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION
ORDER BY column_name {ASC|DESC};

SQL GROUP BY Clause:

SELECT SUM(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION
GROUP BY column_name;

SQL COUNT Clause:

SELECT COUNT(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION;

SQL HAVING Clause:

SELECT SUM(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION
GROUP BY column_name
HAVING (arithematic function condition);

SQL CREATE TABLE Statement:

CREATE TABLE table_name(

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column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
.....
columnN datatype,
PRIMARY KEY( one or more columns )
);

SQL DROP TABLE Statement:

DROP TABLE table_name;

SQL CREATE INDEX Statement:

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
ON table_name ( column1, column2,...columnN);

SQL DROP INDEX Statement:

ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP INDEX index_name;

SQL DESC Statement:

DESC table_name;

SQL TRUNCATE TABLE Statement:

TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;

SQL ALTER TABLE Statement:

ALTER TABLE table_name {ADD|DROP|MODIFY} column_name {data_ype};

SQL ALTER TABLE Statement (Rename):

ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME TO new_table_name;

SQL INSERT INTO Statement:

INSERT INTO table_name( column1, column2....columnN)
VALUES ( value1, value2....valueN);

SQL UPDATE Statement:

UPDATE table_name

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[ WHERE CONDITION ];

SQL DELETE Statement:

DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE {CONDITION};

SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement:

CREATE DATABASE database_name;

SQL DROP DATABASE Statement:

DROP DATABASE database_name;

SQL USE Statement:

USE DATABASE database_name;

SQL COMMIT Statement:

COMMIT;

SQL ROLLBACK Statement:

ROLLBACK;

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SQL Data Types

S QL data type is an attribute that specifies type of data of any object. Each column, variable and expression

has related data type in SQL.

You would use these data types while creating your tables. You would choose a particular data type for a table
column based on your requirement.

SQL Server offers six categories of data types for your use:

Exact Numeric Data Types:

DATA TYPE FROM TO

Bigint -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 9,223,372,036,854,775,807

Int -2,147,483,648 2,147,483,647

Smallint -32,768 32,767

Tinyint 0 255

Bit 0 1

Decimal -10^38 +1 10^38 -1

Numeric -10^38 +1 10^38 -1

Money -922,337,203,685,477.5808 +922,337,203,685,477.5807

Smallmoney -214,748.3648 +214,748.3647

Approximate Numeric Data Types:

DATA TYPE FROM TO

Float -1.79E + 308 1.79E + 308

Real -3.40E + 38 3.40E + 38

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DATA TYPE FROM TO

Datetime Jan 1, 1753 Dec 31, 9999

Smalldatetime Jan 1, 1900 Jun 6, 2079

Date Stores a date like June 30, 1991

Time Stores a time of day like 12:30 P.M.

Note: Here, datetime has 3.33 milliseconds accuracy where as smalldatetime has 1 minute accuracy.

Character Strings Data Types:

DATA TYPE FROM TO

Maximum length of 8,000 characters.( Fixed length non-Unicode

Char Char
characters)

Varchar Varchar Maximum of 8,000 characters.(Variable-length non-Unicode data).

Maximum length of 231characters, Variable-length non-Unicode data

varchar(max) varchar(max)
(SQL Server 2005 only).

Variable-length non-Unicode data with a maximum length of

Text text
2,147,483,647 characters.

Unicode Character Strings Data Types:

DATA TYPE Description

Nchar Maximum length of 4,000 characters.( Fixed length Unicode)

Nvarchar Maximum length of 4,000 characters.(Variable length Unicode)

Maximum length of 231characters (SQL Server 2005 only).( Variable length

nvarchar(max)
Unicode)

Ntext Maximum length of 1,073,741,823 characters. ( Variable length Unicode )

Binary Data Types:

DATA TYPE Description

Binary Maximum length of 8,000 bytes(Fixed-length binary data )

Varbinary Maximum length of 8,000 bytes.(Variable length binary data)

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varbinary(max)
data)

Image Maximum length of 2,147,483,647 bytes. ( Variable length Binary Data)

Misc Data Types:

DATA TYPE Description

Stores values of various SQL Server-supported data types, except text, ntext, and
sql_variant
timestamp.

Stores a database-wide unique number that gets updated every time a row gets
timestamp
updated

uniqueidentifier Stores a globally unique identifier (GUID)

Stores XML data. You can store xml instances in a column or a variable (SQL Server
xml
2005 only).

cursor Reference to a cursor object

table Stores a result set for later processing

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SQL Operators
What is an Operator in SQL?

A n operator is a reserved word or a character used primarily in an SQL statement's WHERE clause to

perform operation(s), such as comparisons and arithmetic operations.

Operators are used to specify conditions in an SQL statement and to serve as conjunctions for multiple conditions
in a statement.

 Arithmetic operators

 Comparison operators

 Logical operators

 Operators used to negate conditions

SQL Arithmetic Operators:

Assume variable a holds 10 and variable b holds 20, then:

Operator Description Example

a + b will
+ Addition - Adds values on either side of the operator
give 30

a - b will
- Subtraction - Subtracts right hand operand from left hand operand
give -10

a * b will
* Multiplication - Multiplies values on either side of the operator
give 200

b / a will
/ Division - Divides left hand operand by right hand operand
give 2

b % a will
% Modulus - Divides left hand operand by right hand operand and returns remainder
give 0

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SQL> select 10+ 20;

+--------+
| 10+ 20 |
+--------+
| 30 |
+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> select 10 * 20;

+---------+
| 10 * 20 |
+---------+
| 200 |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> select 10 / 5;
+--------+
| 10 / 5 |
+--------+
| 2.0000 |
+--------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

SQL> select 12 % 5;
+---------+
| 12 % 5 |
+---------+
| 2 |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SQL Comparison Operators:

Assume variable a holds 10 and variable b holds 20, then:

Operator Description Example

(a = b) is
= Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true.
not true.

Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then (a != b)
!=
condition becomes true. is true.

Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then (a <> b)
<>
condition becomes true. is true.

Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand, if yes then (a > b) is
>
condition becomes true. not true.

Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand, if yes then (a < b) is
<
condition becomes true. true.

(a >= b)
Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand, if
>= is not
yes then condition becomes true.
true.

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 Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if (a <= b)
<=
yes then condition becomes true. is true.

Checks if the value of left operand is not less than the value of right operand, if yes then (a !< b)
!<
condition becomes true. is false.

Checks if the value of left operand is not greater than the value of right operand, if yes (a !> b)
!>
then condition becomes true. is true.

Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here are simple examples showing usage of SQL Comparison Operators:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY > 5000;

+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY = 2000;

+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY != 2000;

+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY <> 2000;

+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+

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+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY >= 6500;

+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+----------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL Logical Operators:

Here is a list of all the logical operators available in SQL.

Operator Description

ALL The ALL operator is used to compare a value to all values in another value set.

AND The AND operator allows the existence of multiple conditions in an SQL statement's WHERE clause.

The ANY operator is used to compare a value to any applicable value in the list according to the
ANY
condition.

The BETWEEN operator is used to search for values that are within a set of values, given the
BETWEEN
minimum value and the maximum value.

The EXISTS operator is used to search for the presence of a row in a specified table that meets
EXISTS
certain criteria.

IN The IN operator is used to compare a value to a list of literal values that have been specified.

LIKE The LIKE operator is used to compare a value to similar values using wildcard operators.

The NOT operator reverses the meaning of the logical operator with which it is used. Eg: NOT
NOT
EXISTS, NOT BETWEEN, NOT IN, etc. This is a negate operator.

OR The OR operator is used to combine multiple conditions in an SQL statement's WHERE clause.

IS NULL The NULL operator is used to compare a value with a NULL value.

UNIQUE The UNIQUE operator searches every row of a specified table for uniqueness (no duplicates).

Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here are simple examples showing usage of SQL Comparison Operators:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE AGE >= 25 AND SALARY >= 6500;
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE AGE >= 25 OR SALARY >= 6500;
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE AGE IS NOT NULL;

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE NAME LIKE 'Ko%';

+----+-------+-----+---------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+-------+-----+---------+---------+
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
+----+-------+-----+---------+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE AGE IN ( 25, 27 );

+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+

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| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE AGE BETWEEN 25 AND 27;

+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SQL> SELECT AGE FROM CUSTOMERS

WHERE EXISTS (SELECT AGE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY > 6500);
+-----+
| AGE |
+-----+
| 32 |
| 25 |
| 23 |
| 25 |
| 27 |
| 22 |
| 24 |
+-----+
7 rows in set (0.02 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

WHERE AGE > ALL (SELECT AGE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY > 6500);
+----+--------+-----+-----------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+--------+-----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
+----+--------+-----+-----------+---------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

WHERE AGE > ANY (SELECT AGE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY > 6500);
+----+----------+-----+-----------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+---------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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SQL Expressions

A
value.
n expression is a combination of one or more values, operators, and SQL functions that evaluate to a

SQL EXPRESSIONs are like formulas and they are written in query language. You can also use them to query the
database for specific set of data.

Syntax:
Consider the basic syntax of the SELECT statement as follows:

SELECT column1, column2, columnN

FROM table_name
WHERE [CONDITION|EXPRESSION];

There are different types of SQL expressions, which are mentioned below:

SQL - Boolean Expressions:

SQL Boolean Expressions fetch the data on the basis of matching single value. Following is the syntax:

SELECT column1, column2, columnN

FROM table_name
WHERE SINGLE VALUE MATCHTING EXPRESSION;

Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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Here is simple example showing usage of SQL Boolean Expressions:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE SALARY = 10000;

+----+-------+-----+---------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+-------+-----+---------+----------+
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+-------+-----+---------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SQL - Numeric Expression:

This expression is used to perform any mathematical operation in any query. Following is the syntax:

SELECT numerical_expression as OPERATION_NAME

[FROM table_name
WHERE CONDITION] ;

Here numerical_expression is used for mathematical expression or any formula. Following is a simple examples
showing usage of SQL Numeric Expressions:

SQL> SELECT (15 + 6) AS ADDITION

+----------+
| ADDITION |
+----------+
| 21 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

There are several built-in functions like avg(), sum(), count(), etc., to perform what is known as aggregate data
calculations against a table or a specific table column.

SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) AS "RECORDS" FROM CUSTOMERS;

+---------+
| RECORDS |
+---------+
| 7 |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SQL - Date Expressions:

Date Expressions return current system date and time values:

SQL> SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

+---------------------+
| Current_Timestamp |
+---------------------+
| 2009-11-12 06:40:23 |
+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Another date expression is as follows:

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+-------------------------+
| GETDATE |
+-------------------------+
| 2009-10-22 12:07:18.140 |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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SQL CREATE Database

T he SQL CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create new SQL database.

Syntax:
Basic syntax of CREATE DATABASE statement is as follows:

CREATE DATABASE DatabaseName;

Always database name should be unique within the RDBMS.

Example:
If you want to create new database <testDB>, then CREATE DATABASE statement would be as follows:

SQL> CREATE DATABASE testDB;

Make sure you have admin privilege before creating any database. Once a database is created, you can check it in
the list of databases as follows:

SQL> SHOW DATABASES;

+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| AMROOD |
| TUTORIALSPOINT |
| mysql |
| orig |
| test |
| testDB |
+--------------------+
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DROP or DELETE Database

T he SQL DROP DATABASE statement is used to drop an existing database in SQL schema.

Syntax:
Basic syntax of DROP DATABASE statement is as follows:

DROP DATABASE DatabaseName;

Always database name should be unique within the RDBMS.

Example:
If you want to delete an existing database <testDB>, then DROP DATABASE statement would be as follows:

SQL> DROP DATABASE testDB;

NOTE: Be careful before using this operation because by deleting an existing database would result in loss of
complete information stored in the database.
Make sure you have admin privilege before dropping any database. Once a database is dropped, you can check it.

SQL> in the list of databases as follows:SHOW DATABASES;

+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| AMROOD |
| TUTORIALSPOINT |
| mysql |
| orig |
| test |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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SQL SELECT Database

W hen you have multiple databases in your SQL Schema, then before starting your operation, you

would need to select a database where all the operations would be performed.

The SQL USE statement is used to select any existing database in SQL schema.

Syntax:
Basic syntax of USE statement is as follows:

USE DatabaseName;

Always database name should be unique within the RDBMS.

Example:
You can check available databases as follows:

SQL> SHOW DATABASES;

+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| AMROOD |
| TUTORIALSPOINT |
| mysql |
| orig |
| test |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Now, if you want to work with AMROOD database, then you can execute the following SQL command and start
working with AMROOD database:

SQL> USE AMROOD;

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SQL CREATE Table

C reating a basic table involves naming the table and defining its columns and each column's data type.

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

Syntax:
Basic syntax of CREATE TABLE statement is as follows:

CREATE TABLE table_name(

column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
.....
columnN datatype,
PRIMARY KEY( one or more columns )
);

CREATE TABLE is the keyword telling the database system what you want to do. In this case, you want to create
a new table. The unique name or identifier for the table follows the CREATE TABLE statement.

Then in brackets comes the list defining each column in the table and what sort of data type it is. The syntax
becomes clearer with an example below.

A copy of an existing table can be created using a combination of the CREATE TABLE statement and the SELECT
statement. You can check complete details at Create Table Using another Table.

Create Table Using another Table

A copy of an existing table can be created using a combination of the CREATE TABLE statement and the SELECT
statement.

The new table has the same column definitions. All columns or specific columns can be selected.

When you create a new table using existing table, new table would be populated using existing values in the old
table.

Syntax:
The basic syntax for creating a table from another table is as follows:

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SELECT [ column1, column2...columnN ]
FROM EXISTING_TABLE_NAME
[ WHERE ]

Here, column1, column2...are the fields of existing table and same would be used to create fields of new table.

Example:
Following is an example, which would create a table SALARY using CUSTOMERS table and having fields
customer ID and customer SALARY:

SQL> CREATE TABLE SALARY AS

SELECT ID, SALARY
FROM CUSTOMERS;

This would create new table SALARY, which would have the following records:

+----+----------+
| ID | SALARY |
+----+----------+
| 1 | 2000.00 |
| 2 | 1500.00 |
| 3 | 2000.00 |
| 4 | 6500.00 |
| 5 | 8500.00 |
| 6 | 4500.00 |
| 7 | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+

Example:
Following is an example, which creates a CUSTOMERS table with ID as primary key and NOT NULL are the
constraints showing that these fileds can not be NULL while creating records in this table:

SQL> CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,
NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,
AGE INT NOT NULL,
ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,
SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),
PRIMARY KEY (ID)
);

You can verify if your table has been created successfully by looking at the message displayed by the SQL server,
otherwise you can use DESC command as follows:

SQL> DESC CUSTOMERS;

+---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| ID | int(11) | NO | PRI | | |
| NAME | varchar(20) | NO | | | |
| AGE | int(11) | NO | | | |
| ADDRESS | char(25) | YES | | NULL | |
| SALARY | decimal(18,2) | YES | | NULL | |
+---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

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Now, you have CUSTOMERS table available in your database which you can use to store required information
related to customers.

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SQL DROP or DELETE Table

T he SQL DROP TABLE statement is used to remove a table definition and all data, indexes, triggers,

constraints, and permission specifications for that table.

NOTE: You have to be careful while using this command because once a table is deleted then all the information
available in the table would also be lost forever.

Syntax:
Basic syntax of DROP TABLE statement is as follows:

DROP TABLE table_name;

Example:
Let us first verify CUSTOMERS table and then we would delete it from the database:

SQL> DESC CUSTOMERS;

+---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| ID | int(11) | NO | PRI | | |
| NAME | varchar(20) | NO | | | |
| AGE | int(11) | NO | | | |
| ADDRESS | char(25) | YES | | NULL | |
| SALARY | decimal(18,2) | YES | | NULL | |
+---------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

This means CUSTOMERS table is available in the database, so let us drop it as follows:

SQL> DROP TABLE CUSTOMERS;

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

Now, if you would try DESC command, then you would get error as follows:

SQL> DESC CUSTOMERS;

ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table '[Link]' doesn't exist

Here, TEST is database name which we are using for our examples.

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SQL INSERT Query

T he SQL INSERT INTO Statement is used to add new rows of data to a table in the database.

Syntax:
There are two basic syntaxes of INSERT INTO statement as follows:

INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME (column1, column2, column3,...columnN)]

VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...valueN);

Here, column1, column2,...columnN are the names of the columns in the table into which you want to insert data.
You may not need to specify the column(s) name in the SQL query if you are adding values for all the columns of
the table. But make sure the order of the values is in the same order as the columns in the table. The SQL INSERT
INTO syntax would be as follows:

INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME VALUES (value1,value2,value3,...valueN);

Example:
Following statements would create six records in CUSTOMERS table:

INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)

VALUES (1, 'Ramesh', 32, 'Ahmedabad', 2000.00 );

INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)

VALUES (2, 'Khilan', 25, 'Delhi', 1500.00 );

INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)

VALUES (3, 'kaushik', 23, 'Kota', 2000.00 );

INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)

VALUES (4, 'Chaitali', 25, 'Mumbai', 6500.00 );

INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)

VALUES (5, 'Hardik', 27, 'Bhopal', 8500.00 );

INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS (ID,NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY)

VALUES (6, 'Komal', 22, 'MP', 4500.00 );

You can create a record in CUSTOMERS table using second syntax as follows:

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VALUES (7, 'Muffy', 24, 'Indore', 10000.00 );

All the above statements would produce the following records in CUSTOMERS table:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Populate one table using another table:

You can populate data into a table through select statement over another table provided another table has a set of
fields, which are required to populate first table. Here is the syntax:

INSERT INTO first_table_name [(column1, column2, ... columnN)]

SELECT column1, column2, ...columnN
FROM second_table_name
[WHERE condition];

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SQL SELECT Query

S QL SELECT Statement is used to fetch the data from a database table which returns data in the form of

result table. These result tables are called result-sets.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of SELECT statement is as follows:

SELECT column1, column2, columnN FROM table_name;

Here, column1, column2...are the fields of a table whose values you want to fetch. If you want to fetch all the fields
available in the field, then you can use the following syntax:

SELECT * FROM table_name;

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would fetch ID, Name and Salary fields of the customers available in
CUSTOMERS table:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, SALARY FROM CUSTOMERS;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | SALARY |

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| 1 | Ramesh | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+----------+

If you want to fetch all the fields of CUSTOMERS table, then use the following query:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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SQL WHERE Clause

T he SQL WHERE clause is used to specify a condition while fetching the data from single table or joining

with multiple tables.

If the given condition is satisfied, then only it returns specific value from the table. You would use WHERE clause
to filter the records and fetching only necessary records.

The WHERE clause is not only used in SELECT statement, but it is also used in UPDATE, DELETE statement,
etc., which we would examine in subsequent chapters.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of SELECT statement with WHERE clause is as follows:

SELECT column1, column2, columnN

FROM table_name
WHERE [condition]

You can specify a condition using comparison or logical operators like >, <, =, LIKE, NOT etc. Below examples
would make this concept clear.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would fetch ID, Name and Salary fields from the CUSTOMERS table where salary
is greater than 2000:

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FROM CUSTOMERS
WHERE SALARY > 2000;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | SALARY |
+----+----------+----------+
| 4 | Chaitali | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would fetch ID, Name and Salary fields from the CUSTOMERS table for a
customer with name Hardik. Here, it is important to note that all the strings should be given inside single quotes ('')
where as numeric values should be given without any quote as in above example:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, SALARY

FROM CUSTOMERS
WHERE NAME = 'Hardik';

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | SALARY |
+----+----------+----------+
| 5 | Hardik | 8500.00 |
+----+----------+----------+

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SQL AND and OR Operators

T he SQL AND and OR operators are used to combine multiple conditions to narrow data in an SQL

statement. These two operators are called conjunctive operators.

These operators provide a means to make multiple comparisons with different operators in the same SQL
statement.

The AND Operator:

The AND operator allows the existence of multiple conditions in an SQL statement's WHERE clause.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of AND operator with WHERE clause is as follows:

SELECT column1, column2, columnN

FROM table_name
WHERE [condition1] AND [condition2]...AND [conditionN];

You can combine N number of conditions using AND operator. For an action to be taken by the SQL statement,
whether it be a transaction or query, all conditions separated by the AND must be TRUE.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would fetch ID, Name and Salary fields from the CUSTOMERS table where salary
is greater than 2000 AND age is less tan 25 years:

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FROM CUSTOMERS
WHERE SALARY > 2000 AND age < 25;

This would produce the following result:

+----+-------+----------+
| ID | NAME | SALARY |
+----+-------+----------+
| 6 | Komal | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 10000.00 |
+----+-------+----------+

The OR Operator:
The OR operator is used to combine multiple conditions in an SQL statement's WHERE clause.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of OR operator with WHERE clause is as follows:

SELECT column1, column2, columnN

FROM table_name
WHERE [condition1] OR [condition2]...OR [conditionN]

You can combine N number of conditions using OR operator. For an action to be taken by the SQL statement,
whether it be a transaction or query, only any ONE of the conditions separated by the OR must be TRUE.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would fetch ID, Name and Salary fields from the CUSTOMERS table where salary
is greater than 2000 OR age is less tan 25 years:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, SALARY

FROM CUSTOMERS
WHERE SALARY > 2000 OR age < 25;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | SALARY |
+----+----------+----------+
| 3 | kaushik | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 6500.00 |

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| 6 | Komal | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+----------+

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SQL UPDATE Query

T he SQL UPDATE Query is used to modify the existing records in a table.

You can use WHERE clause with UPDATE query to update selected rows, otherwise all the rows would be
affected.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of UPDATE query with WHERE clause is as follows:

UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2...., columnN = valueN
WHERE [condition];

You can combine N number of conditions using AND or OR operators.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would update ADDRESS for a customer whose ID is 6:

SQL> UPDATE CUSTOMERS

SET ADDRESS = 'Pune'
WHERE ID = 6;

Now, CUSTOMERS table would have the following records:

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| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | Pune | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

If you want to modify all ADDRESS and SALARY column values in CUSTOMERS table, you do not need to use
WHERE clause and UPDATE query would be as follows:

SQL> UPDATE CUSTOMERS

SET ADDRESS = 'Pune', SALARY = 1000.00;

Now, CUSTOMERS table would have the following records:

+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Pune | 1000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Pune | 1000.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Pune | 1000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Pune | 1000.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Pune | 1000.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | Pune | 1000.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Pune | 1000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+---------+---------+

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SQL DELETE Query

T he SQL DELETE Query is used to delete the existing records from a table.

You can use WHERE clause with DELETE query to delete selected rows, otherwise all the records would be
deleted.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of DELETE query with WHERE clause is as follows:

DELETE FROM table_name

WHERE [condition];

You can combine N number of conditions using AND or OR operators.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would DELETE a customer, whose ID is 6:

SQL> DELETE FROM CUSTOMERS

WHERE ID = 6;

Now, CUSTOMERS table would have the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |

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| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

If you want to DELETE all the records from CUSTOMERS table, you do not need to use WHERE clause and
DELETE query would be as follows:

SQL> DELETE FROM CUSTOMERS;

Now, CUSTOMERS table would not have any record.

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SQL LIKE Clause

T he SQL LIKE clause is used to compare a value to similar values using wildcard operators. There are two

wildcards used in conjunction with the LIKE operator:

 The percent sign (%)

 The underscore (_)

The percent sign represents zero, one, or multiple characters. The underscore represents a single number or
character. The symbols can be used in combinations.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of % and _ is as follows:

SELECT FROM table_name

WHERE column LIKE 'XXXX%'

or

SELECT FROM table_name

WHERE column LIKE '%XXXX%'

or

SELECT FROM table_name

WHERE column LIKE 'XXXX_'

or

SELECT FROM table_name

WHERE column LIKE '_XXXX'

or

SELECT FROM table_name

WHERE column LIKE '_XXXX_'

You can combine N number of conditions using AND or OR operators. Here, XXXX could be any numeric or string
value.

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Here are number of examples showing WHERE part having different LIKE clause with '%' and '_' operators:

Statement Description

WHERE SALARY LIKE '200%' Finds any values that start with 200

WHERE SALARY LIKE

Finds any values that have 200 in any position
'%200%'

WHERE SALARY LIKE '_00%' Finds any values that have 00 in the second and third positions

WHERE SALARY LIKE

Finds any values that start with 2 and are at least 3 characters in length
'2_%_%'

WHERE SALARY LIKE '%2' Finds any values that end with 2

WHERE SALARY LIKE '_2%3' Finds any values that have a 2 in the second position and end with a 3

WHERE SALARY LIKE '2___3' Finds any values in a five-digit number that start with 2 and end with 3

Let us take a real example, consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would display all the records from CUSTOMERS table where SALARY starts with
200:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

WHERE SALARY LIKE '200%';

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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SQL TOP Clause

T he SQL TOP clause is used to fetch a TOP N number or X percent records from a table.

Note: All the databases do not support TOP clause. For example MySQL supports LIMIT clause to fetch limited
number of records and Oracle uses ROWNUM to fetch limited number of records.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of TOP clause with SELECT statement would be as follows:

SELECT TOP number|percent column_name(s)

FROM table_name
WHERE [condition]

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example on SQL server, which would fetch top 3 records from CUSTOMERS table:

SQL> SELECT TOP 3 * FROM CUSTOMERS;

This would produce the following result:

+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |

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| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+

If you are using MySQL server, then here is an equivalent example:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

LIMIT 3;

This would produce the following result:

+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+

If you are using Oracle server, then here is an equivalent example:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

WHERE ROWNUM <= 3;

This would produce the following result:

+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
+----+---------+-----+-----------+---------+

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SQL ORDER BY Clause

T he SQL ORDER BY clause is used to sort the data in ascending or descending order, based on one or

more columns. Some database sorts query results in ascending order by default.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of ORDER BY clause is as follows:

SELECT column-list
FROM table_name
[WHERE condition]
[ORDER BY column1, column2, .. columnN] [ASC | DESC];

You can use more than one column in the ORDER BY clause. Make sure whatever column you are using to sort,
that column should be in column-list.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would sort the result in ascending order by NAME and SALARY:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY NAME, SALARY;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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 | ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would sort the result in descending order by NAME:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY NAME DESC;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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SQL Group By

T he SQL GROUP BY clause is used in collaboration with the SELECT statement to arrange identical data

into groups.
The GROUP BY clause follows the WHERE clause in a SELECT statement and precedes the ORDER BY clause.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of GROUP BY clause is given below. The GROUP BY clause must follow the conditions in the
WHERE clause and must precede the ORDER BY clause if one is used.

SELECT column1, column2

FROM table_name
WHERE [ conditions ]
GROUP BY column1, column2
ORDER BY column1, column2

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

If you want to know the total amount of salary on each customer, then GROUP BY query would be as follows:

SQL> SELECT NAME, SUM(SALARY) FROM CUSTOMERS

GROUP BY NAME;

This would produce the following result:

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| NAME | SUM(SALARY) |
+----------+-------------+
| Chaitali | 6500.00 |
| Hardik | 8500.00 |
| kaushik | 2000.00 |
| Khilan | 1500.00 |
| Komal | 4500.00 |
| Muffy | 10000.00 |
| Ramesh | 2000.00 |
+----------+-------------+

Now, let us have following table where CUSTOMERS table has the following records with duplicate names:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Ramesh | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | kaushik | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Now again, if you want to know the total amount of salary on each customer, then GROUP BY query would be as
follows:

SQL> SELECT NAME, SUM(SALARY) FROM CUSTOMERS

GROUP BY NAME;

This would produce the following result:

+---------+-------------+
| NAME | SUM(SALARY) |
+---------+-------------+
| Hardik | 8500.00 |
| kaushik | 8500.00 |
| Komal | 4500.00 |
| Muffy | 10000.00 |
| Ramesh | 3500.00 |
+---------+-------------+

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SQL Distinct Keyword

T he SQL DISTINCT keyword is used in conjunction with SELECT statement to eliminate all the duplicate

records and fetching only unique records.

There may be a situation when you have multiple duplicate records in a table. While fetching such records, it
makes more sense to fetch only unique records instead of fetching duplicate records.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of DISTINCT keyword to eliminate duplicate records is as follows:

SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2,.....columnN

FROM table_name
WHERE [condition]

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

First, let us see how the following SELECT query returns duplicate salary records:

SQL> SELECT SALARY FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY SALARY;

This would produce the following result where salary 2000 is coming twice which is a duplicate record from the
original table.

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| SALARY |
+----------+
| 1500.00 |
| 2000.00 |
| 2000.00 |
| 4500.00 |
| 6500.00 |
| 8500.00 |
| 10000.00 |
+----------+

Now, let us use DISTINCT keyword with the above SELECT query and see the result:

SQL> SELECT DISTINCT SALARY FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY SALARY;

This would produce the following result where we do not have any duplicate entry:

+----------+
| SALARY |
+----------+
| 1500.00 |
| 2000.00 |
| 4500.00 |
| 6500.00 |
| 8500.00 |
| 10000.00 |
+----------+

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SQL SORTING Results

T he SQL ORDER BY clause is used to sort the data in ascending or descending order, based on one or

more columns. Some databases sort query results in ascending order by default.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of ORDER BY clause which would be used to sort result in ascending or descending order is as
follows:

SELECT column-list
FROM table_name
[WHERE condition]
[ORDER BY column1, column2, .. columnN] [ASC | DESC];

You can use more than one column in the ORDER BY clause. Make sure whatever column you are using to sort,
that column should be in column-list.

Example:
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would sort the result in ascending order by NAME and SALARY:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY NAME, SALARY;

This would produce the following result:

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| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would sort the result in descending order by NAME:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY NAME DESC;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

To fetch the rows with own preferred order, the SELECT query would be as follows:

SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS

ORDER BY (CASE ADDRESS
WHEN 'DELHI' THEN 1
WHEN 'BHOPAL' THEN 2
WHEN 'KOTA' THEN 3
WHEN 'AHMADABAD' THEN 4
WHEN 'MP' THEN 5
ELSE 100 END) ASC, ADDRESS DESC;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

This will sort customers by ADDRESS in your ownoOrder of preference first and in a natural order for the
remaining addresses. Also remaining Addresses will be sorted in the reverse alpha order.

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SQL Constraints

C onstraints are the rules enforced on data columns on table. These are used to limit the type of data that

can go into a table. This ensures the accuracy and reliability of the data in the database.

Contraints could be column level or table level. Column level constraints are applied only to one column where as
table level constraints are applied to the whole table.

Following are commonly used constraints available in SQL. These constraints have already been discussed
in SQL - RDBMS Concepts chapter but its worth to revise them at this point.

Following are commonly used constraints available in SQL:

 NOT NULL Constraint: Ensures that a column cannot have NULL value.
 DEFAULT Constraint: Provides a default value for a column when none is specified.
 UNIQUE Constraint: Ensures that all values in a column are different.
 PRIMARY Key: Uniquely identified each rows/records in a database table.
 FOREIGN Key: Uniquely identified a row/record in any other database table.
 CHECK Constraint: The CHECK constraint ensures that all values in a column satisfy certain conditions.
 INDEX: Use to create and retrieve data from the database very quickly.

NOT NULL Constraint:

By default, a column can hold NULL values. If you do not want a column to have a NULL value, then you need to
define such constraint on this column specifying that NULL is now not allowed for that column.

A NULL is not the same as no data, rather, it represents unknown data.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns, three of which,
ID and NAME and AGE, specify not to accept NULLs:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

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SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a NOT NULL constraint to SALARY column in Oracle
and MySQL, you would write a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2) NOT NULL;

DEFAULT Constraint:
The DEFAULT constraint provides a default value to a column when the INSERT INTO statement does not provide
a specific value.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns. Here, SALARY
column is set to 5000.00 by default, so in case INSERT INTO statement does not provide a value for this column,
then by default this column would be set to 5000.00.

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2) DEFAULT 5000.00,

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a DFAULT constraint to SALARY column, you would
write a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2) DEFAULT 5000.00;

Drop Default Constraint:

To drop a DEFAULT constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ALTER COLUMN SALARY DROP DEFAULT;

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The UNIQUE Constraint prevents two records from having identical values in a particular column. In the
CUSTOMERS table, for example, you might want to prevent two or more people from having identical age.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns. Here, AGE
column is set to UNIQUE, so that you can not have two records with same age:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL UNIQUE,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a UNIQUE constraint to AGE column, you would write
a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY AGE INT NOT NULL UNIQUE;

You can also use the following syntax, which supports naming the constraint in multiple columns as well:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ADD CONSTRAINT myUniqueConstraint UNIQUE(AGE, SALARY);

DROP a UNIQUE Constraint:

To drop a UNIQUE constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP CONSTRAINT myUniqueConstraint;

If you are using MySQL, then you can use the following syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP INDEX myUniqueConstraint;

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PRIMARY Key:
A primary key is a field in a table which uniquely identifies each row/record in a database table. Primary keys must
contain unique values. A primary key column cannot have NULL values.

A table can have only one primary key, which may consist of single or multiple fields. When multiple fields are used
as a primary key, they are called a composite key.

If a table has a primary key defined on any field(s), then you can not have two records having the same value of
that field(s).

Note: You would use these concepts while creating database tables.

Create Primary Key:

Here is the syntax to define ID attribute as a primary key in a CUSTOMERS table.

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

To create a PRIMARY KEY constraint on the "ID" column when CUSTOMERS table already exists, use the
following SQL syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMER ADD PRIMARY KEY (ID);

NOTE: If you use the ALTER TABLE statement to add a primary key, the primary key column(s) must already have
been declared to not contain NULL values (when the table was first created).
For defining a PRIMARY KEY constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID, NAME)

);

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To create a PRIMARY KEY constraint on the "ID" and "NAMES" columns when CUSTOMERS table already exists,
use the following SQL syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CUSTID PRIMARY KEY (ID, NAME);

Delete Primary Key:

You can clear the primary key constraints from the table, Use Syntax:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS DROP PRIMARY KEY ;

FOREIGN Key:
A foreign key is a key used to link two tables together. This is sometimes called a referencing key.

Primary key field from one table and insert it into the other table where it becomes a foreign key i.e., Foreign Key is
a column or a combination of columns, whose values match a Primary Key in a different table.

The relationship between 2 tables matches the Primary Key in one of the tables with a Foreign Key in the
second table.
If a table has a primary key defined on any field(s), then you can not have two records having the same value of
that field(s).

Example:
Consider the structure of the two tables as follows:

CUSTOMERS table:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

ORDERS table:
CREATE TABLE ORDERS (

ID INT NOT NULL,

DATE DATETIME,

CUSTOMER_ID INT references CUSTOMERS(ID),

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PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If ORDERS table has already been created, and the foreign key has not yet been, use the syntax for specifying a
foreign key by altering a table.

ALTER TABLE ORDERS

ADD FOREIGN KEY (Customer_ID) REFERENCES CUSTOMERS (ID);

DROP a FOREIGN KEY Constraint:

To drop a FOREIGN KEY constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE ORDERS

DROP FOREIGN KEY;

CHECK Constraint:
The CHECK Constraint enables a condition to check the value being entered into a record. If the condition
evaluates to false, the record violates the constraint and isn’t entered into the table.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns. Here, we add a
CHECK with AGE column, so that you can not have any CUSTOMER below 18 years:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL CHECK (AGE >= 18),

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If CUSTOMERS table has already been created, then to add a CHECK constraint to AGE column, you would write
a statement similar to the following:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

MODIFY AGE INT NOT NULL CHECK (AGE >= 18 );

You can also use following syntax, which supports naming the constraint and multiple columns as well:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

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DROP a CHECK Constraint:

To drop a CHECK constraint, use the following SQL. This syntax does not work with MySQL:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMERS

DROP CONSTRAINT myCheckConstraint;

INDEX:
The INDEX is used to create and retrieve data from the database very quickly. Index can be created by using
single or group of columns in a table. When index is created, it is assigned a ROWID for each row before it sorts
out the data.

Proper indexes are good for performance in large databases, but you need to be careful while creating index.
Selection of fields depends on what you are using in your SQL queries.

Example:
For example, the following SQL creates a new table called CUSTOMERS and adds five columns:

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

Now, you can create index on single or multiple columns using the followwng syntax:

CREATE INDEX index_name

ON table_name ( column1, column2.....);

To create an INDEX on AGE column, to optimize the search on customers for a particular age, following is the SQL
syntax:

CREATE INDEX idx_age

ON CUSTOMERS ( AGE );

DROP an INDEX Constraint:

To drop an INDEX constraint, use the following SQL:

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DROP INDEX idx_age;

Constraints can be specified when a table is created with the CREATE TABLE statement or you can use ALTER
TABLE statment to create constraints even after the table is created.

Dropping Constraints:
Any constraint that you have defined can be dropped using the ALTER TABLE command with the DROP
CONSTRAINT option.

For example, to drop the primary key constraint in the EMPLOYEES table, you can use the following command:

ALTER TABLE EMPLOYEES DROP CONSTRAINT EMPLOYEES_PK;

Some implementations may provide shortcuts for dropping certain constraints. For example, to drop the primary
key constraint for a table in Oracle, you can use the following command:

ALTER TABLE EMPLOYEES DROP PRIMARY KEY;

Some implementations allow you to disable constraints. Instead of permanently dropping a constraint from the
database, you may want to temporarily disable the constraint, and then enable it later.

Integrity Constraints:
Integrity constraints are used to ensure accuracy and consistency of data in a relational database. Data integrity is
handled in a relational database through the concept of referential integrity.

There are many types of integrity constraints that play a role in referential integrity (RI). These constraints include
Primary Key, Foreign Key, Unique Constraints and other constraints mentioned above.

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SQL Joins

T he SQL Joins clause is used to combine records from two or more tables in a database. A JOIN is a

means for combining fields from two tables by using values common to each.
Consider the following two tables, (a) CUSTOMERS table is as follows:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

(b) Another table is ORDERS as follows:

+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
|OID | DATE | CUSTOMER_ID | AMOUNT |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
| 102 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 3000 |
| 100 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 1500 |
| 101 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 | 2 | 1560 |
| 103 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 | 4 | 2060 |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+

Now, let us join these two tables in our SELECT statement as follows:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, AGE, AMOUNT

FROM CUSTOMERS, ORDERS
WHERE [Link] = ORDERS.CUSTOMER_ID;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+-----+--------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | AMOUNT |
+----+----------+-----+--------+
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | 3000 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | 1500 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | 1560 |

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+----+----------+-----+--------+

Here, it is noticeable that the join is performed in the WHERE clause. Several operators can be used to join tables,
such as =, <, >, <>, <=, >=, !=, BETWEEN, LIKE, and NOT; they can all be used to join tables. However, the most
common operator is the equal symbol.

SQL Join Types:

There are different types of joins available in SQL:
 INNER JOIN: returns rows when there is a match in both tables.
 LEFT JOIN: returns all rows from the left table, even if there are no matches in the right table.
 RIGHT JOIN: returns all rows from the right table, even if there are no matches in the left table.
 FULL JOIN: returns rows when there is a match in one of the tables.
 SELF JOIN: is used to join a table to itself as if the table were two tables, temporarily renaming at least one
table in the SQL statement.
 CARTESIAN JOIN: returns the Cartesian product of the sets of records from the two or more joined tables.

INNER JOIN
The most frequently used and important of the joins is the INNER JOIN. They are also referred to as an
EQUIJOIN.
The INNER JOIN creates a new result table by combining column values of two tables (table1 and table2) based
upon the join-predicate. The query compares each row of table1 with each row of table2 to find all pairs of rows
which satisfy the join-predicate. When the join-predicate is satisfied, column values for each matched pair of rows
of A and B are combined into a result row.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of INNER JOIN is as follows:

SELECT table1.column1, table2.column2...

FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.common_filed = table2.common_field;

Example:
Consider the following two tables, (a) CUSTOMERS table is as follows:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

(b) Another table is ORDERS as follows:

+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+

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 | OID | DATE | ID | AMOUNT |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
| 102 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 3000 |
| 100 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 1500 |
| 101 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 | 2 | 1560 |
| 103 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 | 4 | 2060 |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+

Now, let us join these two tables using INNER JOIN as follows:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, AMOUNT, DATE

FROM CUSTOMERS
INNER JOIN ORDERS
ON [Link] = ORDERS.CUSTOMER_ID;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+--------+---------------------+
| ID | NAME | AMOUNT | DATE |
+----+----------+--------+---------------------+
| 3 | kaushik | 3000 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 1500 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 1560 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 2060 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 |
+----+----------+--------+---------------------+

LEFT JOIN
The SQL LEFT JOIN returns all rows from the left table, even if there are no matches in the right table. This means
that if the ON clause matches 0 (zero) records in right table, the join will still return a row in the result, but with
NULL in each column from right table.
This means that a left join returns all the values from the left table, plus matched values from the right table or
NULL in case of no matching join predicate.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of LEFT JOIN is as follows:

SELECT table1.column1, table2.column2...

FROM table1
LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.common_filed = table2.common_field;

Here given condition could be any given expression based on your requirement.

Example:
Consider the following two tables, (a) CUSTOMERS table is as follows:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |

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 | 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

(b) Another table is ORDERS as follows:

+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
| OID | DATE | CUSTOMER_ID | AMOUNT |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
| 102 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 3000 |
| 100 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 1500 |
| 101 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 | 2 | 1560 |
| 103 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 | 4 | 2060 |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+

Now, let us join these two tables using LEFT JOIN as follows:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, AMOUNT, DATE

FROM CUSTOMERS
LEFT JOIN ORDERS
ON [Link] = ORDERS.CUSTOMER_ID;

This would produce the following result:

+----+----------+--------+---------------------+
| ID | NAME | AMOUNT | DATE |
+----+----------+--------+---------------------+
| 1 | Ramesh | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | Khilan | 1560 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 3000 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 1500 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 2060 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 |
| 5 | Hardik | NULL | NULL |
| 6 | Komal | NULL | NULL |
| 7 | Muffy | NULL | NULL |
+----+----------+--------+---------------------+

RIGHT JOIN
The SQL RIGHT JOIN returns all rows from the right table, even if there are no matches in the left table. This
means that if the ON clause matches 0 (zero) records in left table, the join will still return a row in the result, but
with NULL in each column from left table.
This means that a right join returns all the values from the right table, plus matched values from the left table or
NULL in case of no matching join predicate.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of RIGHT JOIN is as follows:

SELECT table1.column1, table2.column2...

FROM table1
RIGHT JOIN table2
ON table1.common_filed = table2.common_field;

Example:
Consider the following two tables, (a) CUSTOMERS table is as follows:

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| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

(b) Another table is ORDERS as follows:

+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
|OID | DATE | CUSTOMER_ID | AMOUNT |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
| 102 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 3000 |
| 100 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 1500 |
| 101 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 | 2 | 1560 |
| 103 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 | 4 | 2060 |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+

Now, let us join these two tables using RIGHT JOIN as follows:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, AMOUNT, DATE

FROM CUSTOMERS
RIGHT JOIN ORDERS
ON [Link] = ORDERS.CUSTOMER_ID;

This would produce the following result:

+------+----------+--------+---------------------+
| ID | NAME | AMOUNT | DATE |
+------+----------+--------+---------------------+
| 3 | kaushik | 3000 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 1500 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 1560 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 2060 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 |
+------+----------+--------+---------------------+

FULL JOIN
The SQL FULL JOIN combines the results of both left and right outer joins.
The joined table will contain all records from both tables, and fill in NULLs for missing matches on either side.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of FULL JOIN is as follows:

SELECT table1.column1, table2.column2...

FROM table1
FULL JOIN table2
ON table1.common_filed = table2.common_field;

Here given condition could be any given expression based on your requirement.

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Example:
Consider the following two tables, (a) CUSTOMERS table is as follows:

+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

(b) Another table is ORDERS as follows:

+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
|OID | DATE | CUSTOMER_ID | AMOUNT |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+
| 102 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 3000 |
| 100 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 | 3 | 1500 |
| 101 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 | 2 | 1560 |
| 103 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 | 4 | 2060 |
+-----+---------------------+-------------+--------+

Now, let us join these two tables using FULL JOIN as follows:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, AMOUNT, DATE

FROM CUSTOMERS
FULL JOIN ORDERS
ON [Link] = ORDERS.CUSTOMER_ID;

This would produce the following result:

+------+----------+--------+---------------------+
| ID | NAME | AMOUNT | DATE |
+------+----------+--------+---------------------+
| 1 | Ramesh | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | Khilan | 1560 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 3000 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 1500 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 2060 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 |
| 5 | Hardik | NULL | NULL |
| 6 | Komal | NULL | NULL |
| 7 | Muffy | NULL | NULL |
| 3 | kaushik | 3000 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 1500 | 2009-10-08 00:00:00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 1560 | 2009-11-20 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 2060 | 2008-05-20 00:00:00 |
+------+----------+--------+---------------------+

If your Database does not support FULL JOIN like MySQL does not support FULL JOIN, then you can use UNION
ALL clause to combine two JOINS as follows:

SQL> SELECT ID, NAME, AMOUNT, DATE

FROM CUSTOMERS
LEFT JOIN ORDERS

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