Database

A database is a collection of interrelated data. It’s a collection of information

that is organised so that it can be easily accessed, managed and updated.

e.g. A school’s database

Advantages of Database
● Reduces redundancy.
● Controls data inconsistency.
● Facilitates data sharing.
● Ensures data security
● Integrity can be maintained.
DBMS
DBMS(DataBase Management System) is a software which helps us establish
and implement a database. It consists of a group of programs which helps in
storing, retrieving and manipulating data while considering appropriate
safety measures.

e.g. MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.

Relational Data Model
In relational data models, data is organised in tables(rows and columns).
These tables are called relations.
Name Roll_No Marks

Harsh 1 100

Raghav 3 99

Abhinandan 23 01

Bhanupriya 7 00

Hemant 2 73
Terminologies
1. Relation : A table storing logically related data.
2. Domain : Pool of values from which the actual values appearing in
a given column are drawn.
3. Tuple : row
4. Attribute : Column
5. Degree : no. of rows/tuples.
6. Cardinality : no. of columns/attributes.
 Terminologies
1. View : A virtual table that doesn’t really exist, but it’s used to view the
base table or tables derived from one or more base tables.
2. Primary : One or more attributes that can uniquely identify tuples within
key the table.
3. Candidate : All attribute combinations inside a table that are candidates to
key become primary key.
4. Alternate : A candidate key which is not primary key.
key
5. Foreign : A non-key attribute whose values are derived from the primary
key key of some other table, is called foreign key in its current table.
 SQL
SQL(Structured Query Language) is a database language that is recognised by nearly
all RDBMSs(Relational DataBase Management System).
It contains set of commands that enables us to create and operate on relational
databases.

Why we use SQL?

SQL is fast, very high level, platform independent, standardized, portable language which
requires almost no coding skills.
 DDL Commands
DDL or Data Definition Language
It contains set of commands that allows us to perform tasks related to data definition.
It specifies the storage structure and access methods for database system.
DDL consists of :
● Creating, altering & dropping.
● Granting, revoking privileges and roles.
● Maintenance commands.
 DML Commands
DML or Data Manipulation Language
It consists of commands that allows you to perform data manipulation.
DML consists of :
● Insertion
● Deletion
● Modification
● Retrieval
 TCL Commands
TCL or Transaction Control Language
It consists of commands that allows us to manage and control the transactions
(a transaction is one complete unit of work involving many steps)
TCL consists of :
● Making changes to database, permanent.
● Undoing changes to database, permanent.
● Creating savepoints.
● Setting properties for current transactions.

*DCL and DQL are beyond scope of syllabus, we’ll study it later sometime.
 Important Data Types in MySQL

Data Type Description Data Type Description

CHAR string(0-255) DOUBLE Decimal(24 to 53 digits)

VARCHAR string(0-255) DECIMAL ‘DOUBLE’ stored as string

TINYINT integer(-128 to 127) DATE YYYY-MM-DD

SMALLINT integer(-32768 to 32767) DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

INT integer(-231 to 231-1) TIMESTAMP YYYYMMDDHHMMSS

BIGINT integer(-263 to 263-1) TIME HH:MM:SS

FLOAT Decimal(precise to 23 digits)

 Varchar
The difference between a char and varchar is of fixed length and variable length.
When a column is given datatype char(n), then values under this attribute are
strings of n bytes. If a value is less than n bytes, then empty spaces are added till
nth byte.
In varchar(n), values are still strings of n bytes. No spaces are added even if size is
smaller than n bytes.
‘Hey’ char(5) varchar(5)
‘Hey ’ ‘Hey’
 Varchar Varchar2
● It can identify NULL and empty ● NULL and empty string are same.
string separately.
● It’s an internal data type. ● It’s an external data type.
● Minimum size - 1 ● Minimum size - 1
Maximum size - 2000 Maximum size - 4000
 Creating table
CREATE TABLE <table-name> ( <column-name> <data type>, .. , .. , .. )

CREATE TABLE student Name rollno marks

( name char(20),
rollno int,
marks int );
 Inserting data into table
INSERT INTO <tablename> (<column list>)
VALUES (<value>, <value2>, ....);
INSERT INTO student
VALUES (‘Harsh’, 141, 97); Name rollno marks

INSERT INTO student(Name, marks) Harsh 141 97

VALUES (‘Raghav’, 99);
Raghav null 99
INSERT INTO student
Hemant 146 null
VALUES (‘Hemant’, 146, NULL);
 Using DATE
CREATE TABLE <table-name>( <column-name> date, .. , .... )
CREATE TABLE transac(Amount int, Date date)
INSERT INTO transac Amount Date
VALUES (10000, '2021-17-01');
10000 2021-17-01
INSERT INTO transac(Amount,Date)
VALUES (-3000, '2021-19-01'); -3000 2021-19-01
INSERT INTO transac 2 2021-24-01
VALUES (2, '2021-24-01');
 Name rollno marks
CREATE TABLE student
Harsh 141 97
( Name char(20) NOT NULL,
Making Queries Rollno int, Raghav null 99
Marks int );
Hemant 146 null

The SELECT command is used to pull information from a table.

SELECT what_to_select
FROM which_table Name
WHERE conditions_to_satisfy; Harsh SELECT Name
FROM student
Raghav

Hemant
 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

Making Queries Raghav null 99

Hemant 146 null

SELECT Name, rollno SELECT Name SELECT *

FROM student FROM student FROM student
where marks>95
Name rollno Name Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 Harsh Harsh 141 97

null Raghav null 99

Raghav Raghav
Hemant 146 null
Hemant 146
 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

ALL, DISTINCT, BETWEEN Raghav 143 99

Hemant 146 97

SELECT DISTINCT marks SELECT *

SELECT ALL Name
FROM student FROM student
FROM student WHERE marks
BETWEEN 90 AND 98
Name marks
Name rollno marks
Harsh 97 Harsh 141 97

Raghav 99 Hemant 146 97

Hemant
90 & 98 are inclusive
 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

Null, ORDER BY Raghav null 99

Hemant 146 null

SELECT Name, rollno SELECT Name, rollno SELECT *

FROM student FROM student FROM student
WHERE marks IS null WHERE marks IS not null ORDER BY marks ASC
Name rollno marks
Name rollno Name rollno
Hemant 146 null
Hemant 146 Harsh 141
Harsh 141 97

Raghav null Raghav null 99

 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

GROUP BY, count, Raghav 143 99

DESCRIBE, DISTINCT Hemant 146 97

SELECT marks, count(*) SELECT DISTINCT marks

FROM student FROM student DESCRIBE student
GROUP BY marks
Field Type NULL Key Default Extra
marks count(*) marks Name char(20) N PRI

97 2 97 rollno int

99 1 99 marks int

This is just an example table, real output might differ.

 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

IN, HAVING Raghav 143 99

Hemant 146 97

SELECT rollno, marks

SELECT marks, count(marks)
FROM student
FROM student
WHERE Name IN (‘Harsh’, ‘Suraj’, ‘Khushi’)
GROUP BY marks
HAVING count(marks)>1
rollno marks
marks count(marks)
141 97
97 2
 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

LIKE Raghav 143 99

Hemant 146 97

SELECT name SELECT name SELECT name SELECT name

FROM student FROM student FROM student FROM student
WHERE name WHERE name WHERE name LIKE ‘%t’ WHERE name
LIKE ‘H%’ LIKE ‘H_m%’ OR name LIKE ‘%gh% LIKE ‘%a_s%’

Name Name Name Name

Harsh Hemant Raghav Harsh

Hemant Hemant
 Name rollno marks

Harsh 141 97

SQL functions Raghav 143 99

Hemant 146 97

SELECT SUM(marks) SELECT AVG(marks) SELECT productid, max(quantity),

FROM student FROM student min(quantity)
FROM Orders
sum(marks) avg(marks)
GROUP BY productid having
293 97.666666…. avg(quantity)>100
 SQL Joins
An SQL Join is a query that fetches data from two or more tables whose
records are joined with one another based on a condition.
SELECT <attributes>
FROM <table1>,<table2>,<table3>, . . . .
WHERE <join condition of tables>
e.g. SELECT Name, marks, AdmNo
FROM student, list
WHERE student.name=list.name
This will join tables student and list on the basis of condition
student.name=list.name
 Types of Joins
1. Cartesian Product/Cross Join :
Without any condition, returns all joined records.
2. Equi Join :
Joins two or more tables based on a condition using equality operator.
3. Natural Join :
A type of equi join where the join condition compares all the same names
columns in both tables.
 Primary key
A primary key is used to uniquely identify each row in the table. It can be either
one attribute or an artificial field(like serial number).

CREATE TABLE student Name rollno marks

( Name char(20)
Rollno int PRIMARY KEY Harsh 141 97
Marks int );
Raghav 143 99
INSERT INTO student
Hemant 146 97
VALUES (‘Bhanu’, 141, 33)
 Composite key
A composite key or primary key composition is a combination of two or more
columns in a table that can be used to uniquely identify each row in the table.

CREATE TABLE student Name Class RollNo

( Name char(20)
Class int Harsh 9 80
Marks int Raghav 10 80
PRIMARY KEY(Class, Marks );
Hemant 10 87
 Name rollno marks class

FOREIGN key Harsh 141 97

Raghav 143 99
CREATE TABLE subject marks Hemant 146 97
( rollno int,
Maths int, rollno Maths Science Hindi English
Science int,
Hindi int, 141 100 100 100 100
English int, 143 99 93 97 85
FOREIGN KEY (rollno)
146 80 87 81 33
REFERENCES student(rollno) );
ALTER TABLE <tablename>
CREATE TABLE student
( Name char(20) Name rollno marks class
Rollno int
Harsh 141 97
Marks int );
Raghav 143 99
ALTER TABLE student
ADD PRIMARY KEY (Rollno); Hemant 146 97
ADD class int
DROP COLUMN Name
MODIFY COLUMN class char(5)