2. 2
Objectives
• Explore basic commands and functions of
SQL
• How to use SQL for data administration (to
create tables, indexes, and views)
• How to use SQL for data manipulation (to
add, modify, delete, and retrieve data)
• How to use SQL to query a database to
extract useful information
3. 3
Introduction to SQL
• SQL functions fit into two broad
categories:
– Data definition language
• SQL includes commands to:
– Create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and
views
– Define access rights to those database objects
– Data manipulation language
• Includes commands to insert, update, delete, and
retrieve data within database tables
4. 4
Introduction to SQL (continued)
• SQL is relatively easy to learn
• Basic command set has vocabulary of less
than 100 words
• Nonprocedural language
• American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) prescribes a standard SQL
• Several SQL dialects exist
8. 8
Data Definition Commands
• Examine simple database model and
database tables that will form basis for
many SQL examples
• Understand data environment
10. 10
Creating the Database
• Following two tasks must be completed:
– Create database structure
– Create tables that will hold end-user data
• First task:
– RDBMS creates physical files that will hold
database
– Tends to differ substantially from one RDBMS
to another
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The Database Schema
• Authentication
– Process through which DBMS verifies that
only registered users are able to access
database
– Log on to RDBMS using user ID and
password created by database
administrator
• Schema
– Group of database objects—such as tables
and indexes—that are related to each other
12. 12
Data Types
• Data type selection is usually dictated by
nature of data and by intended use
• Pay close attention to expected use of
attributes for sorting and data retrieval
purposes
14. 14
Creating Table Structures
• Use one line per column (attribute)
definition
• Use spaces to line up attribute
characteristics and constraints
• Table and attribute names are capitalized
• NOT NULL specification
• UNIQUE specification
15. 15
Creating Table Structures
(continued)
• Primary key attributes contain both a NOT
NULL and a UNIQUE specification
• RDBMS will automatically enforce
referential integrity for foreign keys
• Command sequence ends with semicolon
16. 16
SQL Constraints
• NOT NULL constraint
– Ensures that column does not accept nulls
• UNIQUE constraint
– Ensures that all values in column are unique
• DEFAULT constraint
– Assigns value to attribute when a new row is added to
table
• CHECK constraint
– Validates data when attribute value is entered
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SQL Indexes
• When primary key is declared, DBMS
automatically creates unique index
• Often need additional indexes
• Using CREATE INDEX command, SQL
indexes can be created on basis of any
selected attribute
• Composite index
– Index based on two or more attributes
– Often used to prevent data duplication
19. 19
Adding Table Rows
• INSERT
– Used to enter data into table
– Syntax:
• INSERT INTO columnname
VALUES (value1, value2, … , valuen);
20. 20
Adding Table Rows (continued)
• When entering values, notice that:
– Row contents are entered between parentheses
– Character and date values are entered between
apostrophes
– Numerical entries are not enclosed in
apostrophes
– Attribute entries are separated by commas
– A value is required for each column
• Use NULL for unknown values
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Saving Table Changes
• Changes made to table contents are not physically
saved on disk until, one of the following occurs:
– Database is closed
– Program is closed
– COMMIT command is used
• Syntax:
– COMMIT [WORK];
• Will permanently save any changes made to any
table in the database
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Listing Table Rows
• SELECT
– Used to list contents of table
– Syntax:
• SELECT columnlist
FROM tablename;
• Columnlist represents one or more attributes,
separated by commas
• Asterisk can be used as wildcard character to
list all attributes
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Updating Table Rows
• UPDATE
– Modify data in a table
– Syntax:
• UPDATE tablename
SET columnname = expression [, columname =
expression]
[WHERE conditionlist];
• If more than one attribute is to be updated
in row, separate corrections with commas
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Restoring Table Contents
• ROLLBACK
– Used to restore database to its previous
condition
– Only applicable if COMMIT command has not
been used to permanently store changes in
database
• Syntax:
– ROLLBACK;
• COMMIT and ROLLBACK only work with
data manipulation commands that are used
to add, modify, or delete table rows
25. 25
Deleting Table Rows
• DELETE
– Deletes a table row
– Syntax:
• DELETE FROM tablename
[WHERE conditionlist ];
• WHERE condition is optional
• If WHERE condition is not specified, all
rows from specified table will be deleted
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Inserting Table Rows with a
Select Subquery
• INSERT
– Inserts multiple rows from another table (source)
– Uses SELECT subquery
• Query that is embedded (or nested) inside another
query
• Executed first
– Syntax:
• INSERT INTO tablename SELECT columnlist FROM
tablename;
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Selecting Rows with
Conditional Restrictions
• Select partial table contents by placing
restrictions on rows to be included in
output
– Add conditional restrictions to SELECT
statement, using WHERE clause
• Syntax:
– SELECT columnlist
FROM tablelist
[ WHERE conditionlist ] ;
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Arithmetic Operators:
The Rule of Precedence
• Perform operations within parentheses
• Perform power operations
• Perform multiplications and divisions
• Perform additions and subtractions
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Special Operators
• BETWEEN
– Used to check whether attribute value is
within a range
• IS NULL
– Used to check whether attribute value is null
• LIKE
– Used to check whether attribute value
matches given string pattern
33. 33
Special Operators (continued)
• IN
– Used to check whether attribute value
matches any value within a value list
• EXISTS
– Used to check if subquery returns any rows
34. 34
Advanced Data Definition
Commands
• All changes in table structure are made by
using ALTER command
– Followed by keyword that produces specific
change
– Following three options are available:
• ADD
• MODIFY
• DROP
35. 35
Changing a Column’s Data
Type
• ALTER can be used to change data type
• Some RDBMSs (such as Oracle) do not
permit changes to data types unless
column to be changed is empty
36. 36
Changing a Column’s Data
Characteristics
• Use ALTER to change data characteristics
• If column to be changed already contains
data, changes in column’s characteristics
are permitted if those changes do not alter
the data type
37. 37
Adding a Column
• Use ALTER to add column
– Do not include the NOT NULL clause for new
column
38. 38
Dropping a Column
• Use ALTER to drop column
– Some RDBMSs impose restrictions on the
deletion of an attribute
40. 40
Copying Parts of Tables
• SQL permits copying contents of selected
table columns so that the data need not be
reentered manually into newly created
table(s)
• First create the PART table structure
• Next add rows to new PART table using
PRODUCT table rows
41. 41
Adding Primary and Foreign
Key Designations
• When table is copied, integrity rules do not
copy, so primary and foreign keys need to
be manually defined on new table
• User ALTER TABLE command
– Syntax:
• ALTER TABLE tablename ADD
PRIMARY KEY(fieldname);
• For foreign key, use FOREIGN KEY in place of
PRIMARY KEY
42. 42
Deleting a Table from the
Database
• DROP
– Deletes table from database
– Syntax:
• DROP TABLE tablename;
43. 43
Advanced Select Queries
• SQL provides useful functions that can:
– Count
– Find minimum and maximum values
– Calculate averages
• SQL allows user to limit queries to only
those entries having no duplicates or
entries whose duplicates may be grouped
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Virtual Tables: Creating a View
• View is virtual table based on SELECT
query
– Can contain columns, computed columns,
aliases, and aggregate functions from one or
more tables
• Base tables are tables on which view is
based
• Create view by using CREATE VIEW
command
54. 54
Joining Database Tables
• Ability to combine (join) tables on common
attributes is most important distinction
between relational database and other
databases
• Join is performed when data are retrieved
from more than one table at a time
• Join is generally composed of an equality
comparison between foreign key and
primary key of related tables
55. 55
Joining Tables with an Alias
• Alias can be used to identify source table
• Any legal table name can be used as alias
• Add alias after table name in FROM
clause
– FROM tablename alias
56. 56
Summary
• SQL commands can be divided into two
overall categories:
– Data definition language commands
– Data manipulation language commands
• The ANSI standard data types are supported
by all RDBMS vendors in different ways
• Basic data definition commands allow you to
create tables, indexes, and views
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Summary (continued)
• DML commands allow you to add, modify, and
delete rows from tables
• The basic DML commands are SELECT,
INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, COMMIT, and
ROLLBACK
• INSERT command is used to add new rows to
tables
• SELECT statement is main data retrieval
command in SQL
58. 58
Summary (continued)
• Many SQL constraints can be used with
columns
• The column list represents one or more
column names separated by commas
• WHERE clause can be used with
SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE
statements to restrict rows affected by the
DDL command
59. 59
Summary (continued)
• Aggregate functions
– Special functions that perform arithmetic
computations over a set of rows
• ORDER BY clause
– Used to sort output of SELECT statement
– Can sort by one or more columns and use
either an ascending or descending order
• Join output of multiple tables with SELECT
statement
60. 60
Summary (continued)
• Natural join uses join condition to match
only rows with equal values in specified
columns
• Right outer join and left outer join used to
select rows that have no matching values
in other related table
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Saving Table Changes
• Changes made to table contents are not physically
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– Database is closed
– Program is closed
– COMMIT command is used
• Syntax:
– COMMIT [WORK];
• Will permanently save any changes made to any
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Updating Table Rows
• UPDATE
– Modify data in a table
– Syntax:
• UPDATE tablename
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[WHERE conditionlist];
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Deleting Table Rows
• DELETE
– Deletes a table row
– Syntax:
• DELETE FROM tablename
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• WHERE condition is optional
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Selecting Rows with
Conditional Restrictions
• Select partial table contents by placing
restrictions on rows to be included in
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– Add conditional restrictions to SELECT
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• Syntax:
– SELECT columnlist
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