SQL: DDL Basic command examples

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1---> ALTER, CREATE, RENAME TABLE
CREATE DATABASE DDL;
USE DDL;

CREATE TABLE Alter_Example
(
id INT,
name VARCHAR(5),
date DATE,
PRIMARY KEY (id, name)
);

INSERT INTO Alter_Example VALUES(1,'sejal','1997-07-23');
INSERT INTO Alter_Example VALUES(2,'sup','1997-07-22');
INSERT INTO Alter_Example VALUES(3,'sunny','1997-07-21');

SELECT* FROM Alter_Example;
add column in the existing table

ALTER TABLE Alter_Example add age INT,
user_location VARCHAR(10);

DROP existing column
ALTER TABLE Alter_Example DROP COLUMN age;

alter column datatype
ALTER TABLE Alter_Example ALTER COLUMN DATE DATETIME;

add CHECK CONSTRAINT USING ALTER: 2 ways

1. without allocating name: dropping CONSTRAINT isn't possible. fOR that TABLE must be dropped
2. allocating name: recommended becaUSE dropping constraint is possible without dropping the table

ALTER TABLE Alter_Example add CHECK (age>18 AND age <40);
ALTER TABLE Alter_Example add age INT CONSTRAINT cs_age CHECK (age>18 AND age<40);

date format: yyyy-mm-dd

DROP CONSTRAINT
ALTER TABLE Alter_Example DROP CONSTRAINT cs_age;

rename table
sp_rename 'Alter_Example','Alter_Empl';
sp_rename 'Alter_Example.name','first_name','COLUMN';
OR
sp_rename 'Alter_Example.name','first_name';

ALTER TABLE Employee_old RENAME TO Employee_current;

2---> TRUNCATE, DROP, DELETE*
remove data but the structure stays intact
TRUNCATE TABLE temp;

Delete data AND TABLE structure
DROP TABLE temp;

Delete data AND TABLE structure
DROP TABLE temp;

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