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MYSQL COMMANDS REVISION

The document provides a comprehensive overview of MySQL commands for database management, including commands for selecting, inserting, updating, deleting, creating, and altering tables. It also covers aggregate functions such as COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX, and MIN, along with example SQL queries for manipulating employee data. Additionally, it includes specific SQL queries to display, sort, and modify records in an 'employee' table.

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MYSQL COMMANDS REVISION

The document provides a comprehensive overview of MySQL commands for database management, including commands for selecting, inserting, updating, deleting, creating, and altering tables. It also covers aggregate functions such as COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX, and MIN, along with example SQL queries for manipulating employee data. Additionally, it includes specific SQL queries to display, sort, and modify records in an 'employee' table.

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MySql Commands

• SELECT -Retrieve data from a database.


Eg:-SELECT * FROM customers;

• INSERT - Insert new records into a table.


Eg:- INSERT INTO customers VALUES ('John', 30);

• UPDATE- Modify existing records in a table.


Eg:-UPDATE customers SET age = 31 WHERE name = 'John';

• DELETE -
Eg:- DELETE FROM customers WHERE name = 'John';

• CREATE TABLE - Create a new table in a database.

◦ Eg:- CREATE TABLE customers ( id INT PRIMARY KEY, name


VARCHAR(100), age INT );

• DROP TABLE :-Delete a table.


Eg:- DROP TABLE customers;

• ALTER TABLE :-Modify the structure of an existing table.

1. Add coloumns
Eg:- ALTER TABLE customers ADD email VARCHAR(100);
Adds a new column "email" to the "customers" table.

2. Delete coloumn
Eg:-ALTER TABLE customers DROP COLUMN email;
Removes the "email" column from the "customers" table.

3. Modify an existing coloumn


1. Modify an existing column

ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY column_name


new_column_datatype;
Eg:-ALTER TABLE users MODIFY email VARCHAR(500);

2. Rename a column
ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE old_column_name
new_column_name column_datatype;
Eg:- ALTER TABLE users CHANGE email email_address
VARCHAR(200);
• ORDER BY :-Sort the result set.
1. Descending oder(Highest Order)
Eg:- SELECT * FROM customers ORDER BY age DESC;

2. Ascending oder(Alaphabetical Order)


Eg:- SELECT * FROM customers ORDER BY age ASC;
OR
SELECT * FROM customers ORDER BY age;

AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS

In a Database Management System (DBMS), aggregate functions are used to perform


calculations on multiple rows of data to return a single result. They are commonly
used with the GROUP BY clause to summarize data.

• COUNT() :- Returns the number of rows that match a specified condition.


Eg:- SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees;
Counts the total number of rows in the "employees" table.

• SUM() :- Returns the sum of values in a numeric column.


Eg:- SELECT SUM(salary) FROM employees;

• AVG() :- Returns the average value of a numeric column.


Eg:- SELECT AVG(salary) FROM employees;

• MAX() :-Returns the maximum value in a column.


Eg:- SELECT MAX(salary) FROM employees;

• MIN() :-Returns the minimum value in a column.


Eg:- SELECT MIN(salary) FROM employees;

Q. Write the SQL queries for the below questions.

Table:- employee

Empid Name Age Salary


1 Suman 36 20000
2 Sanjay 42 32000
3 Ravi 30 10000
4 Hari 55 5500
1. Display the above table.
select * from employee;

2. To display all the records in the alphabetical order of name.


select * from employee order by Name asc;
OR
select * from employee order by Name;

3. To display the name and salary in the highest order of salary.


select Name,Salary from employee order by Salary desc;

4. Display the employee id and name.


select Empid, Salary from employee;

5. Display the name and salary whose salary between 8000 and 30000.
select Name,Salary from employee where salary between 8000 and 30000;

6. Display all the details of employee whose age greater than 40.
Select * from employee where age>40;

7. Insert a new record with value: 5, 'Sam' , 68, 45000.


insert into employees values (5, 'Sam' , 68, 45000);

8. Change the salary of the employee to 35000 whose id=1.


update employee set salary=35000 where id=1;

9. Delete the coloumn Age from the table.


alter table employee drop coloumn Age;

10.Add a new coloumn city.


alter table employee add coloumn city varchar(100);

11.Delete employee whose id=3;


delete from employee where id=3;

12.Delete the entitre table.


drop table employee;

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