SQL is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. Although SQL is an ANSI/ISO standard, there are different versions of the SQL language. However, to be compliant with the ANSI standard, they all support at least the major commands (such as SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT, WHERE) in a similar manner.
- DELETE – DELETE statements are used to remove rows from a table
- GROUP BY – GROUP BY is used with SELECT to arrange identical data into groups
- HAVING – HAVING was added to SQL because WHERE could not be used with aggregate functions
- INNER JOIN – An inner join will combine rows from different tables if the join condition is true
- INSERT – INSERT statements are used to add a new row to a table
- IS (NOT) Null – IS Null and IS NOT NULL are operators used with WHERE to test for empty values
- LIKE – LIKE is a special operator used with WHERE to search for a specific pattern in a column
- LIMIT – LIMIT lets you specify the maximum number of rows the result set will have
- SUM() – SUM() returns the sum of all the values in a column
- UPDATE – UPDATE statements allow you to edit rows in a table
- WHERE – WHERE filters the result set to include only rows where the following condition is true
- WITH – WITH stores the result of a query in a temporary table using an alias
- OUTER JOIN – An outer join will combine rows from different tables in any conditions
- ROUND() – ROUND rounds the values in a column to the number of specific decimal places
- SELECT – SELECT is used to fetch data from a database
- SELECT DISTINCT – SELECT DISTINCT returns unique values in the specified column(s)
- BETWEEN – The BETWEEN operator is used to filter the result set within a certain range
- CASE – CASE statements are used to create different outputs.
- COUNT() – COUNT() is a function that counts the number of rows where a column is not null
- CREATE TABLE – CREATE TABLE creates a new table in the database
- ALTER TABLE – ALTER TABLE lets you add columns to a table in a database
- AND – AND is an operator that combines two conditions
- AS – AS allows you to rename a column or table using an alias
- AVG() – AVG() is an aggregate function that returns the average value for a numeric column
- MAX() – MAX() is a function that returns the largest value in a column
- MIN() – MIN() is a function that returns the smallest value in a column
- OR – OR is an operator that combines two conditions
- ORDER BY – ORDER BY sorts that result set by a particular column either alphabetically or numerically
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