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SQL Cheat Sheet: CREATE TABLE, ALTER, DROP, TRUNCATE

Command Syntax Description Example
MySQL/DB2: CREATE TABLE table_name (col1 CREATE TABLE statement is to create the table.
CREATE datatype optional keyword, col2 datatype Each column in the table is specified with its MySQL/DB2: CREATE TABLE employee (
optional keyword,col3 datatype optional employee_id char(2) PRIMARY KEY, first_name
TABLE keyword,..., coln datatype optional
name, data type and an optional keyword which varchar(30) NOT NULL, mobile int);
keyword) could be PRIMARY KEY, NOT NULL, etc.,
MySQL/DB2:
MySQL/DB2
Option 1. ALTER TABLE table_name ADD
ALTER column_name_1 datatype....ADD COLUMN Option 1. ALTER TABLE employee ADD income
column_name_n datatype; ALTER TABLE statement is used to add the bigint;
TABLE - ADD
columns to a table.
COLUMN
Option 2. ALTER TABLE table_name ADD COLUMN Option 2. ALTER TABLE employee ADD COLUMN
column_name_1 datatype....ADD COLUMN income bigint;
column_name_n datatype;
MySQL: ALTER TABLE MODIFY MODIFY clause
ALTER MySQL: ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY is used with the ALTER TABLE statement to MySQL: ALTER TABLE employee MODIFY mobile
column_name_1 new_data_type; CHAR(20);
TABLE - modify the data type of columns.
ALTER
DB2: ALTER TABLE table_name ALTER COLUMN DB2: ALTER TABLE employee ALTER COLUMN
COLUMN column_name_1 SET DATA TYPE datatype;
Db2: ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN statement is mobile SET DATA TYPE CHAR(20);
used to modify the data type of columns.
ALTER
TABLE - MySQL/DB2: ALTER TABLE table_name DROP ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN statement is used to MySQL/DB2:
DROP COLUMN column_name_1 ; remove columns from a table. ALTER TABLE employee DROP COLUMN mobile ;
COLUMN
MySQL:ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE MySQL: ALTER TABLE CHANGE COLUMN CHANGE
ALTER COLUMN current_column_name new_column_name COLUMN clause is used to rename the columns MySQL: ALTER TABLE employee CHANGE COLUMN
first_name name VARCHAR(255);
TABLE - datatype [optional keywords]; in a table.
RENAME
DB2: ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME COLUMN DB2: ALTER TABLE employee RENAME COLUMN
COLUMN DB2: ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN statement is first_name TO name;
current_column_name TO new_column_name; used to rename the columns in a table.
MySQL: TRUNCATE TABLE statement is used to
delete all of the rows in a table.
TRUNCATE MySQL: TRUNCATE TABLE table_name; MySQL: TRUNCATE TABLE employee;
TABLE Db2: The IMMEDIATE specifies to process the
DB2: TRUNCATE TABLE table_name IMMEDIATE; DB2: TRUNCATE TABLE employee IMMEDIATE ;
statement immediately and that it cannot be
undone.
Use the DROP TABLE statement to delete a table
from a database. If you delete a table that MySQL/DB2:
DROP TABLE MySQL/DB2DROP TABLE table_name ;
contains data, by default the data will be deleted DROP TABLE employee ;
alongside the table.

Author(s)
Himanshu Birla
Niveditha Pandith TS

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