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Data Definition Language (DDL)

This document discusses Data Definition Language (DDL) queries in SQL. It defines DDL as SQL commands that define the database schema and structure, allowing users to add, alter, and delete logical structures like databases, tables, keys, and views. The document provides examples of DDL commands like CREATE, ALTER, and DROP and how to create databases and tables, add/modify/delete columns, rename tables, and delete tables and databases. It also lists MySQL data types and provides a link to the documentation for more details on each type.

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Data Definition Language (DDL)

This document discusses Data Definition Language (DDL) queries in SQL. It defines DDL as SQL commands that define the database schema and structure, allowing users to add, alter, and delete logical structures like databases, tables, keys, and views. The document provides examples of DDL commands like CREATE, ALTER, and DROP and how to create databases and tables, add/modify/delete columns, rename tables, and delete tables and databases. It also lists MySQL data types and provides a link to the documentation for more details on each type.

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DDL queries
Instructor: Bidur Devkota
13th Sept 2020

Data Definition Language (DDL)


• includes SQL commands that define the database schema. i.e. about "metadata".
• DDL works to add / alter / delete the logical structures that contain the data
• DDL allows to access / maintain the data (databases, tables, keys, views...).
• E.g. CREATE, ALTER and DROP statements.

Data types:
MySQL supports SQL data types in several categories: numeric types, date and
time types, string (character and byte) types, spatial types,etc. More details are
available in the MySQL documentation.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/data-types.html

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1. Create Database

Syntax:
CREATE DATABASE <DatabaseName>

Example:

CREATE DATABASE infomax;

USE infomax;

2. Create Table
Syntax:
CREATE TABLE <TableName> (
<Column1> <DataType>,
<Column2> <DataType>,
.
.
.
<ColumnN> <DataType>,
)

Example:

CREATE TABLE students (


roll INT,
name VARCHAR(50),
phone INT,
sem VARCHAR(20)
);

3. ALTER Table

To modify the tables to add, rename, edit or delete a column .

3.1 ADD Column


Syntax:
ALTER TABLE <TableName> ADD <ColumnName> <DataType>

ALTER TABLE students ADD department VARCHAR(20);

desc students;

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3.2. Modify column name and datatype
Syntax:
ALTER TABLE <TableName> RENAME TO <NewTableName> <DataType>

ALTER TABLE students CHANGE sem TO semester INT;

Modify Datatype only


Syntax:
ALTER TABLE <TableName> MODIFY <ColumnName> <DataType>

ALTER TABLE students MODIFY semester VARCHAR(20);

3.3 Rename table

Syntax:

ALTER TABLE <TableName> RENAME TO <NewTableName>

ALTER TABLE students RENAME TO infomax_students;

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3.4 Delete column
Syntax:
ALTER TABLE <TableName> DROP COLUMN <ColumnName>;

ALTER TABLE students DROP COLUMN phone;

4. Delete
table

Syntax:
DROP TABLE <TableName>

DROP TABLE students;

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5. Delete Database

Syntax:
DROP DATABASE <DatabaseName>

DROP DATABASE infomax;

Task:

1. Complete the above examples.


Instead of the table name student create new table with name `your-
name_roll`.
For e.g. if your name is Ram and your roll number is 100 then you have to create
table named `ram-100`.

Submission:
1. Title: 2. DDL Queries.
2. Theory: Explain about the related queries( syntax, Descriptions)
3. Observations: Queries you run and their screenshot.
4. Conclusion

Note:
1. Submit a file with name <2_DDL_Queries_ROLL_NAME.pdf>
For example student ‘Ram’ with roll number ‘100’ should send a file named:
2_DDL_Queries_100_Ram.pdf
2. Copying will be marked ZERO.
3. Send as email attachment to bidur.devkota@informaxcollege.edu.np
4. Email Subject: 2. DDL Queries

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