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DDL Lab3

The document discusses SQL constraints and auto-increment fields. It defines six types of SQL constraints - NOT NULL, UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY, CHECK, and DEFAULT - that can be applied at the column or table level to enforce data rules. It also explains that auto-increment allows a unique number to be automatically generated for a primary key field each time a new record is inserted into a table. The syntax for defining auto-increment and examples of using constraints and auto-increment in table creation statements are provided.

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DDL Lab3

The document discusses SQL constraints and auto-increment fields. It defines six types of SQL constraints - NOT NULL, UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY, CHECK, and DEFAULT - that can be applied at the column or table level to enforce data rules. It also explains that auto-increment allows a unique number to be automatically generated for a primary key field each time a new record is inserted into a table. The syntax for defining auto-increment and examples of using constraints and auto-increment in table creation statements are provided.

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Database2 (Section 3)

SQL Constraints:

- SQL constraints are used to specify rules for the data in a table.

- Constraints can be specified when the table is created (inside the


CREATE TABLE statement) or after the table is created (inside the
ALTER TABLE statement).

- In SQL, we have the following constraints:

1. NOT NULL - Indicates that a column cannot store NULL value


2. UNIQUE - Ensures that each row for a column must have a unique value
3. PRIMARY KEY - A combination of a NOT NULL and UNIQUE. Ensures
that a column (or combination of two or more columns) have a unique
identity which helps to find a particular record in a table more easily and
quickly
4. FOREIGN KEY - Ensure the referential integrity of the data in one table to
match values in another table.
5. CHECK - Ensures that the value in a column meets a specific condition.
6. DEFAULT - Specifies a default value for a column and it will be added
to all new records IF no other value is specified.

- There are two levels to create a constraint:


1- Based on column level.
2- Based on table level.

Constraint type Column level Table level


1. Not null 

2. Primary key  

3. Composite key (primary key) 

4. Foreign key  

5. check  

1
6. default 

7. unique  

- Constraint Syntax in SQL:

1. Based on column level: constraint const_name const_type

Ex:

employee_id int constraint e_eid_pk primary key,


dno int not null constraint emp_dno_fk foreign key references
departments(deptid),

2. Based on table level: constraint const_name const_type (column_name)

Ex:

employee_id int not null,


dno int not null,
constraint e_eid_pk primary key(employee_id),
constraint emp_dno_fk foreign key(dno) references departments(deptid)

SQL Auto Increment Field:

- Auto-increment allows a unique number to be generated automatically


when a new record is inserted into a table.

- Often this is the primary key field that we would like to be created
automatically every time a new record is inserted.

- Auto Increment Syntax in SQL:

Identity

Or

Identity (seed value, increment value)

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EX:

Employees
emp_i F_nam mini L_nam ss bdat E_addres gende salar manage dn
d e t e n e s r y r o

use company
create table employees
(
emp_id int not null constraint pk_emp_eid primary key identity,
fname nvarchar(20) not null,
mname nvarchar(20) not null,
lname nvarchar(20) not null,
ssn nvarchar(14) not null,
badte date,
e_address nvarchar(100),
--salary1 money,
salary2 decimal(10,2) constraint ck_emp_salary check(salary2 between 1000 and
10000) constraint def_emp_salary default 3000,
gender nvarchar(5) constraint ck_emp_gender check(gender ='male' or gender
='female') constraint def_emp_gender default 'male',
dno int not null,
manager int constraint fk_emp_manager foreign key references employees(emp_id)
)

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