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MySQL Statements (Basic)

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MySQL Statements Basic

Note by Tawhid Monowar

1. CREATE DATABASE (Creates a new database)


CREATE DATABASE database_name;

2. CREATE TABLE (Creates a new table in a database)


CREATE TABLE table_name (
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
);

3. INSERT INTO (Inserts data into a table)


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

/*adding values for all the columns of the table*/


INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);

4. SELECT (Retrieves data from a table)


SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;

/* select all the fields available in the table */


SELECT * FROM table_name;

5. SELECT DISTINCT (SELECT DISTINCT statement is used to return only distinct values)
SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;

6. WHERE (WHERE clause is used to filter records)


SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE condition;

7. UPDATE (UPDATE statement is used to modify the existing records in a table.)


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

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8. DELETE (DELETE statement is used to delete existing records in a table)
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE condition;

9. AND, OR, NOT, IN, LIKE, BETWEEN (Operators)


/*AND Syntax*/
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE condition1 AND condition2 AND condition3 ...;

/*OR Syntax*/
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE condition1 OR condition2 OR condition3 ...;

/*NOT Syntax*/
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE NOT condition;

/*IN Syntax*/
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN (value1, value2, ...);

/*LIKE Syntax*/
/*Wildcards (%) (_)*/
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE columnN LIKE pattern;

/*BETWEEN Syntax*/
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;

10. SUM, MIN, MAX & AVG (Aggregate Functions)


SELECT COUNT(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition;

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11. ORDER BY (Used to sort the result-set in ascending or descending order)
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column1, column2, ... ASC|DESC;

12. GROUP BY (Groups data based on a column)


SELECT column1, COUNT(column2) FROM table_name GROUP BY column1;

13. LIMIT, OFFSET (LIMIT clause is used to specify the number of records to return)
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
LIMIT number OFFSET starting position;

14. Constraints (constraints are used to specify rules for data in a table)
CREATE TABLE table_name (
col_name1 datatype constraint
.........
);

NOT NULL - Ensures that a column cannot have a NULL value.


UNIQUE - Ensures that all values in a column are different.
PRIMARY KEY - A combination of NOT NULL and UNIQUE. Uniquely identifies each row.
FOREIGN KEY - Prevents actions that would destroy links between tables.
CHECK - Ensures that the values in a column satisfies a specific condition.
DEFAULT - Sets a default value for a column if no value is specified.
CREATE INDEX - Used to create and retrieve data from the database very quickly.

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