SQL Secrets Revealed

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OVERVIEW OF MYSQL
SQL (Structured query language) is initially created by IBM and first
commercially implemented by Oracle corporation in 1979 but there
were no official standards so later 1986 it was improved and jointly
published by ANSI and ISO. In 1992, SQL’92’ was published. It is
organised in much better way, Data is contained in table, tables are
grouped into schemas and schemas are grouped into catalogues and
catalogues are grouped into clusters. The first version of MySQL was
developed by Monty Widenius, David Axmark and Allan. It was
appeared in 1995. Many versions of the MySQL were released by 2000.
These versions were compatible with almost all the major platforms.
MySQL is a RDBMS (Relational Database management system) which
is based on structured query language (SQL). A relational database
stores information in tabular form, with rows and columns
representing different data attributes and the various relationships
between the data values.
We use commands to create, define, Insert, extract, update and control
the database. Following are the types of SQL commands:
• DDL (Data Definition Language)
• DQL (Data Query Language)
• DML (Data Manipulation Language)
• DCL (Data Control Language)
• TCL (Transaction Control Language)
We will discuss about all these in upcoming chapters.
Following are the Top 10 popular applications using MySQL
1. online gaming,
2. digital marketing,
3. retail point-of-sale systems,
4. Internet of Things monitoring systems.
5. SaaS applications
6. Facebook,
7. Flickr,
8. Web development
9. Twitter
10. YouTube.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO
MYSQL
1.1 Introduction
MySQL is a software which employs SQL (Structured query language). It is very fast, reliable,
scalable, and easy to use for both small and large applications. The name MySQL suggested by the
co-founder Widenius's daughter.

What is Database?
Data is a raw fact and figure that is used everywhere in our real world. A
group of data makes a specific information or database. In our day-to-day
life if we visit a mall, we see that a shopkeeper is handling a product
database using a scanner. Another example, let us consider a bank, they are
handling customer database. Third example is in schools they are handling
student’s database. Henceforth the database can be handled either manually
in a register or through computer software such as MySQL.
What is relational database?
It is a collection of organized data stored in one or more tables. We can
easily see and understand how different data structures relate to each other.
Difference between MySQL and SQL
We can create, read, update, and delete the database using MySQL. But SQL
(structured query language) is a Compact-English-Statement used to access,
manipulate, and coordinate the database. In this eBook we are going to
discuss about interactive environment that is how to work on entered
database.
Types of Command used in MySQL
Following are the types of commands used in MySQL
• DDL (Data definition language)- These commands are used to
create, drop, alter and describe the Table.
• DML (Data manipulation language) -These commands are used to
manipulate data such sum, average and many more
• DCL (Data control language) – It provides security to the database
such as Grant and Revoke.
• DQL (Data query language) – It allows user to pass query to the
relational database.
• TCL (Transaction Control Language) – It allows user to save and
restore databases.
Note: We are about to discuss these commands in upcoming chapters.
In this section you will learn the installation of MySQL work bench.
Let’s get started by downloading MySQL from dev.mysql.com. Select
the operating system and download MySQL installer 8.0.19. Save it in
appropriate location for e.g. Desktop.

Click on saved file, now choose a setup type, I am choosing according to

my requirement – Full than click on next button
Select the location for MySQL and data. Click on next button, check
requirement screen appears you can select the requirement or just
click next.
If we do not select the requirements than screen shown below will
appear, just click on “Yes” than next
Next features of MySQL screen will appear, click on Execute and wait
for few minutes
All products installed successfully on our PC, now click on next button
twice, select standalone MySQL server than click on next button.
Skip type and networking/Authentication by clicking on next button

Now set password for your account, click on next button

Click next and reach to Apply configuration screen, click on execute
than hit Finish. We have successfully configured the MySQL. Next
skip the product configuration
Next Connect to the server screen will appear, enter your account
password and check whether you have connected to the server or not –
Connection succeeded, click on next button
Go to Apply configuration click on execute than click on Finish. We are
successfully configured and installed MySQL in our PC.

MySQL work bench is successfully installed, connect to the server

using your password and start working on MySQL.
CHAPTER 2: MYSQL SYNTAX
Just like other programming language MySQL follows the unique set of
rules and guidelines known as MySQL syntax. It is very easy to run and
execute as well.
2.1 Data Types in MySQL
MySQL data types specify the type of value that can be store in
database table. Data types are mainly classified into three categories.

• Numeric
• String
• Date and Time
2.1.1 Numeric data type
It refers to the data that is in the form of numbers such as Integer, Float and
Boolean. The following table lists the MySQL Numeric data type.
Numeric data Type Range
BIT 0-1
TINYINT 0-255
SMALLINT -32,768 - 32,767
BIGINT -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 - 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
FLOAT -1.79E+308 - 1.79E+308
REAL -3.40E+38 - 3.40E+38
2.1.2 String data type
It allows us to store fixed or variable character values such as char, varchar, and text. The following
table lists the MySQL String data type.
String data Description
Type
CHAR Fixed length of 8000 characters
VARCHAR Variable- length of 8000 characters
TEXT Variable- length of 2GB data
2.1.3 Date and Time data type
It is used for storing values that can contain both date as well as time. The
following table lists the MySQL Date and Time data type.
Date and Time data Description
Type
DATE It stores date in the format (YYYY-MM-DD)
TIME It stores time in the format (HH:MI:SS)
DATETIME It stores date and time information (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS)
 2.2 Operators in MySQL

MySQL operators use to specify certain condition in statement.

Operators are broadly classified in five categories -
• Arithmetic operator
• Logical operator
• Comparison operator
• Bitwise operator
• Set operator
 2.2.1 Arithmetic operators
It performs the arithmetical operation on numerical data in a table as well as SQL queries. The
following table lists the MySQL Arithmetic operators.
Arithmetic operatorsDescription
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
% Modulus
 2.2.2 Logical operators

The Logical operator performs Boolean operation which gives two results
either true or false. The following table lists the MySQL Logical operators.
Logical operators Description
AND True if both expressions are true
IN TRUE if the operand is equal to any one from
the list of expression
OR One expression must be true to get TRUE result
NOT Reverses the value
Like if the operand matches a pattern than true
BETWEEN if operand is within a range than true
 2.2.3 Comparison operators

It is also known as relational operator which compare values in a Database

table. The following table lists the MySQL Comparison operators.
Comparison operators Description
= > < >= <= <> Equal to
Greater than
Less than
Greater than or equal to
Less than or equal to
Not equal to
2.2.4 Bitwise operators
It converts two integer values to binary bits, perform the AND, OR, and
NOT operation on each bit. The following table lists the MySQL Bitwise
operators.
Bitwise operators Description
AND True if both values are true
OR True if any one value is true
NOT Reverses the value
 2.2.5 Set operators

Set operators used to combine rows from two or more table. The following
table lists the MySQL Set operators.
Set operators Description
UNION Combines two or more result set without duplicating values
UNION ALL Combines two or more result set including duplicating values
INTERSECT It includes only the common values present in two or more result set
EXCEPT It includes only results from first result set that are not included in
second result set
CHAPTER 3: DATA DEFINITION
LANGUAGE (DDL)
In previous chapter we have seen the syntax of MySQL which includes
datatypes and operators used in MySQL, now we will learn about
integrity constraints used in MySQL than we will learn about DDL and
create a table using DDL commands.
3.1 Integrity constraints in MySQL
Integrity constraints are set of rules that a table’s data or column must
follow. We can use integrity Constraints with commands at the column or
table level. The table-level Integrity constraints will be applied to the entire
table, but the column level constraints are only applied to one column.
Table shows the list of Integrity constraints used in MySQL.
Description
Integrity constraints
It prevents a column from having a NULL value
NOT NULL
When no value is defined for a column, the DEFAULT Constraint
DEFAULT
provides a default value.
It ensures that any value in a column is unique.
UNIQUE
Uniquely identifies each row/record.
PRIMARY KEY
It recognizes a row/record in any database table uniquely.
FOREIGN KEY
3.2 Introduction to MySQL DDL
MySQL DDL statements are used to define and manipulate data base
structure. It allows us to create a table, modify and maintain databases
using commands.
Following are the commands of DDL.

• CREATE- It is used to create a table and schema.

• ALTER - It is used to add, modify or delete columns or
constraints from the database table.
• TRUNCATE - It is used to delete the data present in the table
but this will not delete the table.
• DROP – It is used to delete the entire Table.
• RENAME – It is used to rename the Table.
3.2.1 CREATE command
MySQL allows us to create a database table using CREATE command.
Let’s create a table of employees. If we execute the sequence of
statement in MySQL workbench as shown below than a table of
employees can be created.
1 CREATE TABLE employees (

2 employee_id INT,
3 first_name VARCHAR (50),
4 last_name VARCHAR (50),
5 hourly_pay DECIMAL (5,2),
6 hire_date DATE
7 );
I am going to show you how we can make some tables in MySQL. A
table in a relational database they consist of rows and columns kind of
like an Excel spreadsheet. In this topic we are going to create the table
and the column.
Just type CREATE TABLE than the name of table, I am going to create
a table named employees then add a set of parentheses semicolon at the
end within the set of parentheses we will list the columns for employees,
let’s have an employee_id, first_name, hourly_pay, hire_date. Now each
column we need to set the data type of what we are storing within each
column
Let’s set the data type for each and every column:
Employee_id INT – Data going to be whole integer
First_name VARCHAR (50) – series of max 50 characters
Last_name VARCHAR (50) – series of max 50 characters
Hourly_pay Decimal (5,2) – max 5 before decimal and 2 after decimal
point (99999.99)
Hire_data DATE – date format (dd-mm-yyyy)

If you need to select the table than type

Syntax: SELECT * FROM table name;
Implementation: SELECT * FROM employees;
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date

We have successfully created a table of Employees with five columns.

 3.2.2 RENAME command

If we need to rename the above table than type

Syntax: RENAME TABLE original name TO new name;
Implementation: RENAME TABLE employees TO workers;
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.
 3.2.3 DROP command

If we need to drop the above table than type

Syntax: DROP TABLE name of table;
Implementation: DROP TABLE employees;
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.
 3.2.4 ALTER command

If we need to alter the table, let’s add the new column phone_number,
type
ALTER TABLE employees
ADD phone_number VARCHAR (15);
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.

Let’s rename the phone_number to email , type

ALTER TABLE employees
RENAME COLUMN phone_number to email;
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.

Let’s add data type to email column, here we have to use MODIFY
command, type
ALTER TABLE employees
MODIFY COLUMN email VARCHAR (100)
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.

Let’s add email after last_name, type

ALTER TABLE employees
MODIFY email VARCHAR (100)
AFTER last_name;
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.
Let’s drop the column email, type
ALTER TABLE employees
DROP COLUMN email;
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.
 CHAPTER 4: DATA
MANIPULATION LANGUAGE
(DML)
4.1 Introduction to MySQL DML
MySQL DML deals with the modification of data within the tables of a
database. DML statements used for adding(inserting), deleting, and
modifying (updating) data in a database.
Following are the commands of DML

• INSERT – It is used to add rows to a table manually.

• SELECT – We can access and manipulate data using Select
command.
• DELETE – We can remove rows of existing table using Delete
command.
• UPDATE - To change the actual data in a table.
4.2 DML command execution
In previous chapter we have created an employees table, now let’s
manipulate the table using DML commands.
4.2.1 INSERT command
In this topic, I am going to discuss about how we can insert rows into a
table. We have a table named employees. I will select everything from my
table employees.
SELECT * FROM employees;
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date

Let’s insert a row of data using INSERT command. To insert a row into a
table we would type INSERT INTO the name of the
table followed by VALUES parentheses semicolon, between this set of
parentheses we will add all of the data for a row. We will follow this order
beginning with employee ID, first name, last name so on but we do have to
pay attention to the data types. Each piece of data will be separated with a
comma.
Let’s insert a row of data in Employees table
INSERT INTO employees
VALUES (1, “Eugene”, “Krabs”, 25.50, “2023-01-02”);
Now we can execute these statements and get the result as shown below.

employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date

1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-02

Let’s insert multiple rows at once, to do this MySQL allows us to add

another set of parentheses each separated with a comma as shown below.
1 INSERT INTO employees
2 VALUES (2, “Squidward”, “Tentacles”, 15.00, “2023-01-03”),
3 (3, “Spongebob”, “Squarepants”, 12.50, “2023-01-04”),
4 (4, “Patrick”, “Star”, 12.50, “2023-01-05”),
5 (5, “Sandy”, “Cheeks”, 17.25, “2023-01-06”);
6
7 SELECT * FROM employees;

Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
4.2.2 SELECT command
In this section, we are going to discuss how to select data in a table. To
select entire rows and columns in employees table, type
SELECT * FROM employees;
Sometimes you may not want all of the data. We can select specific
columns.
To retrieve full name of employees, type
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees;

Output
first_name last_name
Eugene Krabs
Squidward Tentacles
Spongebob Squarepants
Patrick Star
Sandy Cheeks

We can also change the order of column, type

SELECT last_name, first_name FROM employees;
Execute and get the result in MYSQL workbench.

There is a WHERE clause if we are looking for something specific.

Let’s select all from employees where employee ID equals one.
1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE employee_id =1;
This will give us a specific employee, the employee that has an ID of one.
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-02

Note: Similarly, we can take reference of any column and their

corresponding data such as first name, last name and so on.

We can also add conditions using comparison operator to WHERE

clause.
Let’s find all employees that have an hourly pay greater than or equal to 15.
1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE hourly_pay >= 15;

Output
employee_i first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
d125 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
Squidward Tentacles 15.00 02 2023-
Sandy Cheeks 17.25 01-03
2023-01-
06

We can also add integrity constraints to WHERE clause.

NULL means no data, let’s display the data of every employee that does
have a hire date.
SELECT *FROM employees
WHERE hire_date IS NOT NULL;

Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
 4.2.3 UPDATE command

In this section, we are going discuss how to update data from a table. In our
table employee Id 6 missing some data.

employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date

1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton

Let’s update single column hourly_pay = 10.25, type

1 UPDATE employees
2 SET hourly_pay = 10.25
3 WHERE employee_id = 6;
Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25
Let’s update multiple columns hourly_pay and hire_date, type
1 UPDATE employees
2 SET hourly_pay = 10.25,
3 hire_date = “2023-01-07”
4 WHERE employee_id = 6;
Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07

We can UPDATE all of the rows within a column.

Let’s update hourly_pay = 10.25 to all employees, type
1 UPDATE employees
2 SET hourly_pay = 10.25;
Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 10.25 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 10.25 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 10.25 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 10.25 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 10.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25

We can also use integrity constraints with UPDATE command

Let’ set a field to NULL meaning no value, as in above example Sheldon
Plankton’s hire_date is blank, type
1 UPDATE employees
2 SET hire_date = NULL
3 WHERE employee_id = 6;
Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 10.25 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 10.25 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 10.25 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 10.25 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 10.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25

Note: Plankton’s hire_date is now NULL.

 4.2.4 DELETE command

To delete all rows in employees table, type

1 DELETE FROM employees;
Note: Be alert! entire rows in a table will be deleted.

To delete 6th row in employees table, type

1 DELETE FROM employees;
2 WHERE employee_id = 6;

Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 10.25 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 10.25 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 10.25 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 10.25 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 10.25 2023-01-
06
CHAPTER 5: DATA CONTROL
LANGUAGE (DCL)
5.1 Introduction to MySQL DCL
MySQL DCL used to implement security on database objects. GRANT
command gives the permission to access the database and REVOKE
command is used to remove previously granted access privileges from a
user.
The primary DCL commands in MySQL include:
GRANT: It allows users to perform specified tasks.
REVOKE: To remove user access rights.
5.2 DCL command execution
Let us control the root database by giving access permission. DCL gives us
facility to implement security on created database.
5.2.1 GRANT command
We have already created a root database (employees table), now Let’s
give access privileges to a new user(user1) using GRANT command.
To create new dummy user, let’s move on to the MySQL workbench.
We can click on one connection, we have already created a data base
(employees table), to create a new user click on server and go to Users
and Privileges
In “User and privileges” section we have all the users already created,
now I will add an account, enter login Name – user_1 and password –
12345, confirm the password and apply.

Now go to Home of MySQL workbench, click on data base, and connect to

database, enter user- User_1 and password – 12345 a blank screen will
appear. There is no database over here because there is no access which
is given to the user, we must close this application and go to the root data
base(hr_emp) which is already created by us (employees table).
Enter the Grant command, type
1 USE hr_emp;
2 GRANT SELECT, INSERT, DELETE
3 On hr_emp
4 TO “User_1”;
Execute the sequence of statements
1 USE hr_emp;
2 GRANT SELECT
3 On employee
4 TO “User_1”;
Execute the sequence of statements

Now, Logout from MySQL workbench,

Login and reconnect with User- User_1 and password- 12345.
User_1 got the access to the employee data, Type
1 USE hr_emp
2 SELECT * FROM employees
Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07

Note: New user (User_1) having permission to access, insert and delete
data from root database.
5.2.2 REVOKE command
Let’s remove the permission of inserting data in to a employees table,
login to the root database, press ctrl+V and type
USE hr_emp;
REVOKE INSERT
ON employees
FROM ‘User_1’;
Execute and get the result
User access rights for INSERT command is successfully removed.
Note: Now, the new user (User_1) is unable to insert data in root
database (employees table).
CHAPTER 6: TRANSACTION
CONTROL LANGUAGE (TCL)
6.1 Introduction to MySQL TCL
MySQL TCL is a subset of SQL commands used to manage
transactions in a database. It allows us to roll back the changes made in
database during transaction.

Following are the applications of MySQL TCL:

1. Committing Transactions: TCL allows us to save the changes

made in database.
2. Rolling Back Transactions: TCL used to undo the changes made
during the transaction and restores the database to its previous
state.
3. Setting Transaction Isolation Levels: TCL used to set the
transaction isolation level. We can determine the level of
concurrency and consistency.
4. Savepoints: TCL allows us to set savepoints within a transaction,
allowing for partial rollback if needed.
5. Managing Transactions in Stored Procedures: We can use
manage transactions within the scope of the procedure.
6.2 TCL command execution
In this section we are going to explain auto commit, commit and
rollback. Auto commit is a mode by default, Auto commit is set to on
whenever you execute a transaction within MySQL that transaction is
saved what if we were to make a transaction and we need to undo a
transaction, for example what if we accidently delete all of the rows of
the table.
Let’s take an example of employees table which we have already
created, I accidently deleted all rows because I forgot to add a WHERE
clause so all rows are now gone, how to undo these changes, type
1 DELETE FROM employees;
To undo follow these steps, type
1 SET AUTOCOMMIT = OFF;
Now, transaction will not save automatically, we would need to
manually save each transaction, type
1 COMMIT;
Execute it, Now I am going to select my table, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees;
Now if I delete the rows and to undo the changes, type
1 ROLLBACK
This will restore my current transaction back to previous save point
where we used commit, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees;
Our table is back to what it previously was
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07

Note: If we want to save the change, use COMMIT command.

CHAPTER 7: DATA QUERY
LANGUAGE (DQL)
7.1 Introduction to MySQL DQL
DQL in MySQL is a part of the base grouping of SQL sub-languages. It is
used to pass query to the data base schema. It offers maximum flexibility of
using SELECT command to retrieve the information from database
according to requirement of user. We are going to discuss in details about
SELECT command.
When a SELECT statement is fired against a table the result is compiled
into a further temporary table according to requirements.
We can use SELECT commands only if table is created and values are
inserted. Let’s take an example of employees table which is already created.
 7.1.1 Syntax1

SELECT * FROM table_name;

Implementation: To retrieve all information from employees table.
SELECT * FROM employees;
Execute and get the result

employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date

1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07
 7.1.2 Syntax 2

SELECT Col1, Col2,…. FROM table_name;

Implementation: To retrieve specific column of table.
SELECT employee_id, first_name, last_name FROM employees;
Execute and get the result
employee_id first_name last_name
1 Eugene Krabs
2 Squidward Tentacles
3 Spongebob Squarepants
4 Patrick Star
5 Sandy Cheeks
6 Sheldon Plankton

Note: The order of column will be decided by the user.

 7.1.3 Syntax 3

SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE condition;

Implementation: It will retrieve all the rows of data related to WHERE
clause
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE employee_id< 4;
Execute and get the result
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04

Note: WHERE clause use to filter the rows depending upon condition.
 7.1.4 Syntax 4

SELECT col1, col2, …… FROM table_name WHERE condition;

Implementation: Here first_name, last_name and hourly_pay of employees
will be retrieved, depending upon WHERE clause.
SELECT first_name, last_name, hourly_pay FROM employees WHERE
hourly_pay<15;
Execute and get the result
first_name Last_name hourly_pay
Spongebob Squarepants 12.50
Patrick Star 12.50
Sheldon Plankton 10.25
 7.2 Current date and time using MySQL

Let’s create a temporary demo table, type 1 CREATE TABLE demo( 2

my_date DATE, 3 my_time TIME, 4 my_datetime DATETIME 5 ); Execute
it, we have successfully created a table with three columns –
my_date, my_time, my_datetime.
If we want to get the current date than we need to create a timestamp
Let’s insert data into a DEMO table, type
1 INSERT INTO demo
2 VALUE(CURRENT_DATE(), CURRENT_TIME(), NOW());
3
4 SELECT * FROM demo;
Execute it and get the current date and time.

my_date my_time my_datetime

2024-07-23 07:27:5 2024-07-23 07:27:58
8
Let’s add a day to current date, type
1 INSERT INTO demo
2 VALUES(CURRENT_DATE() + 1, NULL, NULL)
3
4 SELECT * FROM demo;
Execute and get the result
my_date my_time my_datetime
2024-07-23 07:27:5 2024-07-23 07:27:58
8
2024-07-24

Note: Here time and datetime set to NULL.

 CHAPTER 8: ROLE OF
CONSTRAINTS IN MYSQL
In this section we will discuss about the constraints in MySQL.
8.1 UNIQUE constraint in MySQL
The unique constraint shows the values of a column are all different.
We add this constraint when we create a table, so let’s a create a new
table
1 CREATE TABLE products (

2 product_id INT,
3 product_name VARCHAR (25) UNIQUE,
4 price DECIMAL (4,2)
5 );
Since we have used UNIQUE constraint so we cannot insert any product
names that are the same they all have to be unique.
In case if we forgot to add UNIQUE constraint during table creation
than we can use the following sequence of commands to add UNIQUE
constraint
1 ALTER TABLE products
2 ADD CONSTRAINT
3 UNIQUE (product_name);
Execute and get the result.
UNIQUE constraint is successfully added to column product_name.
If we insert the same product twice in product_name column than an
error message will be displayed. So, all the values in product_name
need to be different.
8.2 NOT NULL constraint
If we use NOT NULL constraint than the value within a specific column
should not be null. If we forgot to add value than error will occur. We
cannot enter a null value. We can set to be zero that’s acceptable. It’s a
useful constraint to verify input if there’s any column that you don’t want to
have any null values.
8.3 CHECK constraint
The CHECK constraint is used to limit what values can be placed in a
column, for example I live in a United States depending on which state
you live in there is a minimum hourly wage that employers must pay in
this example let’s set an hourly pay to our employees table, every
employee needs to be paid at least minimum wage in that region, we
can do that with the CHECK constraint.
Let’s create employees table with constraint CHECK
1 CREATE TABLE employees (

2 employee_id INT,
3 first_name VARCHAR (50),
4 last_name VARCHAR (50),
5 hourly_pay DECIMAL (5,2),
6 hire_date DATE
7 CONSTRAINT chk_hourly_pay CHECK (hourly_pay >= 10.00)
8 );
Here, check constraint check hourly pay will be violated if hourly_pay is
less than 10.00. so after executing the above sequence of statement a
user must be alert not to enter any value less than 10 in hourly_pay
column.
We can also remove the CHECK constraint, type
1 ALTER TABLE employees
2 DROP CHECK chk_hourly_pay;
Execute and get the result
8.4 DEFAULT constraint
When we are inserting a new row if we do not specify a value for a
column by default, we can add some value that we set here’s an
example. Let’s create products table and set the price default value to 0.
Type
1 CREATE TABLE products (

2 product_id INT,
3 product_name VARCHAR(25),
4 price DECIMAL(4,2) DEFAULT 0
5 );
Here, if we insert product id and product name in the table than the
price 0 will be automatically included due to DEFAULT constraint.

Let’s insert some values in to the products table, type

1 INSERT INTO products (product_id, product_name)
2 VALUES (10, “spoon”),
3 (11, “fork”);
4 SELECT * FROM products;
Output
product_i product_name price
d 10 11 spoon 0.00 fork 0.00
8.5 PRIMARY KEY constraint
The PRIMARY KEY is applied to a column where each value in that
column must both be unique and not NULL. It is typically used as a
unique identifier, for example I live in United States each citizen within
the United States has a unique social security number. There is a strong
possibility that two citizens in the United States shares the same first
name and last name. Let us take an example “John Smith”, if we
search for a citizen with a unique social security number than we know
for sure we have the right person. A table can have only one primary
key constraint.
Let’s create a table of transactions with two columns and PRIMARY
KEY constraint, type
1 CREATE TABLE transactions(

2 transaction_id INT PRIMARY KEY,

3 amount DECIMAL(5,2)
4 );
Execute and get the result

We can also add primary key to any table, type

1 ALTER TABLE products
2 ADD CONSTRAINT
3 PRIMARY KEY (transaction_id);
8.6 Auto increment attribute in MYSQL
The auto increment attribute can be applied to a column that is set as a
key whenever we insert a new row our primary key can be populated
automatically then each subsequent row is auto incremented.
Let’s drop the transaction table and recreate with auto increment
feature, type
1 CREATE TABLE transactions (

2 transaction_id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,

3 amount DECIMAL (5,2)
4 );
Note: By default, auto increment will set to 1.
Let’s insert some values in transaction table, no need to insert
transaction_id, it will be automatically assigned.
1 INSERT INTO transactions (amount)
2 VALUES (2.56);
3 SELECT * FROM transactions;
transaction_id amount
1 2.56

Note: Here transaction id automatically inserted.

We could set our primary key to begin at a different value, type
1 ALTER TABLE transactions
2 AUTO_INCREMENT = 1000;
Execute and get the result, transaction ID set to 1000 onwards. We
must delete entire rows and insert new values.
8.7 FOREIGN KEY constraint
Foreign key is a PRIMARY KEY from one table that can be found
within a different table using a foreign key we can establish a link
between two tables. There are two primary benefits to this in our
transaction table if I were to take a look at the customer ID of who
initiated this transaction, I could refer to the customers table then find
the first and last name of that customer.
Let’s create transaction and customer table, establish a link between
them using foreign key
I am going to create a new table of customers, type
1 CREATE TABLE customers (

2 customer_id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT.

3 first_name VARCHAR (50),
4 last_name VARCHAR (50)
5 );
Execute and get the result
Now insert some values in to the table, type
1 INSERT INTO customers (first_name, last_name)
2 VALUES (“Fred”, “Fish”),
3 (“Larry”, “Lobster”),
4 (“Bubble”, “Bass”);
5
6 SELECT * FROM customers;

Output
customer_id first_name last_name
1 Fred Fish
2 Larry Lobster
3 Bubble Bass

Now, we are going to create a link between our customers table and our
transactions table via customer ID. Let’s create a transaction table with
FOREIGN KEY constraint, type
1 CREATE TABLE transactions (
2 transaction_id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
3 amount DECIMAL (5,2),
4 customer_id INT,
5 FOREIGN KEY (customer_id) REFERENCES
customers(customer_id)
6 );
Execute and get the result
transaction_id amount customer_id
Note: Here customer_id column is FOREIGN KEY.

Link between two table using foreign key is shown below

customer_id first_name last_name
1 Fred Fish
2 Larry Lobster
3 Bubble Bass

transaction_id amount customer_id

1000 4.89 2
1001 2.68 3
1002 3.32 1
1003 4.99 3
8.8 JOIN clause in MySQL
A JOIN is a clause that is used to combine rows from two or more tables
based on a related column between them such as a foreign key. Let’s join
two previously created table. We have two tables a table of transaction and
a table of customers.

1. Table of Transaction
transaction_id amount customer_i
1000 4.8 d2313
1001 9
1002 2.6
1003 8
3.3
2
4.9
9

2. Table of Customers
customer_id first_name last_name
1 Fred Fish
2 Larry Lobster
3 Bubble Bass

Let’s inner join both table, type

1 SELECT *
2 FROM transactions INNER JOIN customers
3 ON transaction.customer_id = customer.customer_id;
Execute and get the result
Output

transaction_id amoun customer_id customer_id first_name last_nam

 t e
100 4.8 2 2 Larry Lobster
0 9 3 3 Bubble Bass
100 2.6 1 1 Fred Fish
1 8 3 3 Bubble Bass
100 3.3
2 2
100 4.9
3 9
 CHAPTER 9: FUNCTIONS AND
LOGICAL OPERATORS IN MYSQL
9.1 Functions in MySQL
A stored program that accepts parameter from the user and returns the
value known as Function . MySQL provides lot of functions. Some of
them shown below.
Let’s count number of rows in amount column of transaction table,
type
1 SELECT COUNT (amount)
2 FROM transaction;
Execute and get the result

Let’s find the maximum value in amount column, type

1 SELECT MAX(amount) AS maximum
2 FROM transaction;
Execute and get the result
Note: Here column name will be changed in output “maximum”.

Let’s find the minimum value in amount column, type

1 SELECT MIN(amount) AS minimum
2 FROM transaction;
Execute and get the result

Let’s find average value of amount column, type

1 SELECT AVG(amount) AS average
2 FROM transaction;
Execute and get the result
Let’s find sum of amount column, type
1 SELECT SUM(amount) AS sum
2 FROM transaction;
Execute and get the result

Let’s concatenate the first and last name of employees, type

1 SELECT CONCAT (first_name, last_name) AS full_name
2 FROM employees;
Execute and get the result

Note: Here, I have explained the process of using functions in MySQL.

 9.2 Logical operators in MySQL

The Logical operator is a keyword use to combine more than one condition.
Let’s use our employees table to demonstrate logical operators.
SELECT * FROM employees;
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07
 9.2.1 AND operator

1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE hire_date< “2023-01-6” AND hourly_pay<15;
It will return any results that match these two criteria.
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
 9.2.2 OR operator

1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE hire_date< “2023-01-6” OR hourly_pay<15;
It will return any results that match one of these two criteria.
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
 9.2.3 NOT operator

1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE NOT hourly_pay = 12.50;
Here, NOT basically reverses anything you say.
employee_i
hourly_pay first_name last_name hire_date
d12
25.50 Eugene Krabs 2023-01-
15.00 Squidward Tentacles 02 2023-
01-03
 9.2.4 Between operator

1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE hire_date BETWEEN “2023-01-04” AND “2023-01-07”;
Execute and get the result according to criteria.
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07
 9.2.5 IN operator

1 SELECT *
2 FROM employees
3 WHERE hourly_pay IN (17.25,10.25);
We can find any values that are within a set.
employee_i first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
d56 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
Sheldon Plankton 10.25 06 2023-
01-07
 CHAPTER 10: SOME IMPORTANT
MYSQL COMMANDS
In this section, we are going to discuss about some important clauses used
in MySQL to handle databases or schema object.
10.1 Wild card character
Wild card is a special character used to handle the database. There are two
wild card character – precent and underscore.
Let’s use % in our employees table to retrieve first name begins with S, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees
2 WHERE first_name LIKE “s%”;

Execute and get the result

employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07

Let’s find the employee hired in January from employees table, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees
2 WHERE hire_date LIKE “____-01-__”;
Note: Year uses four underscore and month uses two underscore.

Output
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07
10.2 Order by clause
The ORDER BY clause sorts the results of a query in either ascending
or descending order based on which column we list.
Let’s change the order of our employees table’s first name, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees
2 ORDER BY first_name DESC;
Execute and get the result
1 SELECT * FROM employees
2 ORDER BY first_name ASC;
Execute and get the result
10.3 Limit clause
The LIMIT clause use to limit the number of records. It is very useful if you
are working with a large database.
Let’s limit the number of employees that are displayed from employees
table, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees
2 LIMIT 2;
Note: Only first two employee’s details will be displayed.
Output
employee_i first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
d12 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
Squidward Tentacles 15.00 02 2023-
01-03
10.4 Union operator
The UNION operator combines the results of two or more select statements.
Let’s combine the first_name and last_name of our two tables- Employees
table and Customers table.

Employees table
employee_id first_name last_name hourly_pay hire_date
1 Eugene Krabs 25.50 2023-01-
02
2 Squidward Tentacles 15.00 2023-01-
03
3 Spongebob Squarepants 12.50 2023-01-
04
4 Patrick Star 12.50 2023-01-
05
5 Sandy Cheeks 17.25 2023-01-
06
6 Sheldon Plankton 10.25 2023-01-
07

Customers table
customer_id first_name last_name
1 Fred Fish
2 Larry Lobster
3 Bubble Bass

To combine using UNION, type

1 SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees
2 UNION
3 SELECT first_name, last_name FROM customers
Output
first_name last_name
Eugene Krabs
Squidward Tentacles
Spongebob Squarepants
Patrick Star
Sandy Cheeks
Sheldon Plankton
Fred Fish
Larry Lobster
Bubble Bass

Note: If we want to combine duplicate values than use UNION ALL

instead of UNION.
10.5 Views in MySQL
We can create a virtual table using VIEWS in MySQL. The fields in a view
are fields from one or more real tables in the database.
Let’s view our employees table as employees_attendance table, type
1 CREATE employees_attendance AS
2 SELECT first_name, last_name
3 FROM employees;
So everything was successful, we have a new view, type
1 SELECT * FROM employees_attendance;

Output
first_name last_name
Eugene Krabs
Squidward Tentacles
Spongebob Squarepants
Patrick Star
Sandy Cheeks
Sheldon Plankton
10.6 Indexes in MySQL
Indexes are used to find the values within a specific column more quickly.
MySQL normally searches sequentially through a column.
Customer’s table
customer_id first_name last_name
1 Fred Fish
2 Larry Lobster
3 Bubble Bass

Let’s create index in our customer table’s last name, type

1 CREATE INDEX last_name_idx
2 ON customers(last_name);
Execute and get the result
If I want to search for a customer by last name, type
1 SELECT * FROM customers
2 WHERE last_name = “Bass”;

Output
customer_id first_name last_name
3 Bubble Bass
 10.7 Subqueries

A query within the query is called the subquery.

Let’s display the name of employees whose hourly pay is equal to
average hourly_pay from our employees table, type
1 SELECT first_name, last_name, hourly_pay,
2 (SELECT AVG (hourly_pay) FROM employees) AS avg_pay
3 FROM employees;
Execute and get the result
10.8 Group by clause
A GROUP BY clause will aggregate all rows by a specific column often
used with aggregate functions such as SUM(), MAX(), MIN(), AVG(),
COUNT() etc.
Transaction table
transaction_id amoun Order_date
1000 t 4.89 2023-01-
1001 2.68 01 2023-
1002 3.32 01-01
1003 4.99 2023-01-
02 2023-
01-02

Let’s apply a group by clause in transaction table to calculate transaction

per day, type
1 SELECT SUM (amount), order_date
2 FROM transactions
3 GROUP BY order_date;
Output
SUM(amount) order_date
7.57 2023-01-01 8.31
2023-01-02
10.9 Roll up clause
It is an extension of GROUP BY clause which produces another row and
shows the super aggregate values.
Let’s calculate the grand total of transaction made in transaction table using
ROLLUP, type
1 SELECT SUM (amount), order_date
2 FROM transactions
3 GROUP BY order_date WITH ROLLUP;
Output
SUM(amount) order_date
7.57 2023-01-01 8.31
2023-01-02 15.88
 10.10 On delete clause

There are two versions of ON DELETE clause

1. ON DELETE SET NULL
2. ON DELETE CASCADE
When a foreign key is deleted than we can replace the foreign key with
the value 0.
Let’s take an example of customer table where customer id is a foreign
key, so to delete the entire selected row, type
1 SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
2 DELETE FROM customers
3 WHERE customer_id = 4;
4 SELECT * FROM customers;
Execute and get the result

THE END