Using DDL Statements To Create and Manage Tables

10
Using DDL Statements

to Create and Manage Tables
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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the
following:
Categorize the main database objects
Review the table structure
List the data types that are available for columns
Create a simple table
Explain how constraints are created at the time of table
creation
Describe how schema objects work
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Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules
CREATE TABLE statement:

Access another users tables
DEFAULT option
Data types
Overview of constraints: NOT NULL, UNIQUE, PRIMARY
KEY, FOREIGN KEY, CHECK constraints
Creating a table using a subquery
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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DROP TABLE statement

Database Objects
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Object
Description
Table
Basic unit of storage; composed of rows
View
Logically represents subsets of data from one or

more tables
Sequence
Generates numeric values
Index
Improves the performance of some queries
Synonym
Gives alternative name to an object
Naming Rules
Table names and column names must:
Begin with a letter
Be 130 characters long
Contain only AZ, az, 09, _, $, and #
Not duplicate the name of another object owned by the
same user
Not be an Oracle serverreserved word
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Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules

DEFAULT option
Data types
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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CREATE TABLE Statement
You must have:

The CREATE TABLE privilege
A storage area
CREATE TABLE [schema.]table
(column datatype [DEFAULT expr][, ...]);
You specify:
The table name
The column name, column data type, and column size
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Referencing Another Users Tables
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Tables belonging to other users are not in the users

schema.
You should use the owners name as a prefix to those
tables.
USERA
USERB
SELECT *
FROM userB.employees;
SELECT *
FROM userA.employees;
DEFAULT Option
Specify a default value for a column during an insert.

... hire_date DATE DEFAULT SYSDATE, ...
Literal values, expressions, or SQL functions are legal

values.
Another columns name or a pseudocolumn are illegal
values.
The default data type must match the column data type.
CREATE TABLE hire_dates
(id
NUMBER(8),
hire_date DATE DEFAULT SYSDATE);
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Creating Tables
Create the table:

CREATE TABLE dept
(deptno
dname
loc
create_date
NUMBER(2),
VARCHAR2(14),
VARCHAR2(13),
DATE DEFAULT SYSDATE);
Confirm table creation:

DESCRIBE dept
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Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules

DEFAULT option
Data types
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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Data Types
Data Type
Description
VARCHAR2(size) Variable-length character data

CHAR(size)
Fixed-length character data
NUMBER(p,s)
Variable-length numeric data
DATE
Date and time values
LONG
Variable-length character data (up to 2 GB)
CLOB
Character data (up to 4 GB)
RAW and LONG

RAW
Raw binary data
BLOB
Binary data (up to 4 GB)
BFILE
Binary data stored in an external file (up to 4 GB)
ROWID
A base-64 number system representing the unique

address of a row in its table
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Datetime Data Types

You can use several datetime data types:
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Data Type
Description
TIMESTAMP
Date with fractional seconds
INTERVAL YEAR TO
MONTH
Stored as an interval of years

and months
INTERVAL DAY TO
SECOND
Stored as an interval of days, hours, minutes,

and seconds
Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules

DEFAULT option
Data types
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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Including Constraints
Constraints enforce rules at the table level.

Constraints prevent the deletion of a table if there
are dependencies.
The following constraint types are valid:
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NOT NULL
UNIQUE
PRIMARY KEY
FOREIGN KEY
CHECK
Constraint Guidelines
You can name a constraint, or the Oracle server generates

a name by using the SYS_Cn format.
Create a constraint at either of the following times:
At the same time as the creation of the table
After the creation of the table
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Define a constraint at the column or table level.

View a constraint in the data dictionary.
Defining Constraints
Syntax:
CREATE TABLE [schema.]table
(column datatype [DEFAULT expr]
[column_constraint],
...
[table_constraint][,...]);
Column-level constraint syntax:

column [CONSTRAINT constraint_name] constraint_type,
Table-level constraint syntax:

column,...
[CONSTRAINT constraint_name] constraint_type
(column, ...),
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Defining Constraints
Example of a column-level constraint:

CREATE TABLE employees(
employee_id NUMBER(6)
CONSTRAINT emp_emp_id_pk PRIMARY KEY,
first_name
VARCHAR2(20),
...);
Example of a table-level constraint:

employee_id NUMBER(6),
first_name
VARCHAR2(20),
...
job_id
VARCHAR2(10) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT emp_emp_id_pk
PRIMARY KEY (EMPLOYEE_ID));
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NOT NULL Constraint

Ensures that null values are not permitted for the column:
NOT NULL constraint

(Primary Key enforces
NOT NULL constraint.)
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Absence of NOT NULL

constraint (Any row can contain
NOT NULL a null value for this column.)
constraint
UNIQUE Constraint
EMPLOYEES
UNIQUE constraint
INSERT INTO
Allowed
Not allowed: already exists
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UNIQUE Constraint
Defined at either the table level or the column level:
employee_id
NUMBER(6),
last_name
email
VARCHAR2(25),
salary
NUMBER(8,2),
commission_pct
NUMBER(2,2),
hire_date
DATE NOT NULL,
...
CONSTRAINT emp_email_uk UNIQUE(email));
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PRIMARY KEY Constraint
DEPARTMENTS
PRIMARY KEY
Not allowed
(null value)
INSERT INTO
Not allowed
(50 already exists)
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FOREIGN KEY Constraint

PRIMARY
KEY
DEPARTMENTS
EMPLOYEES
FOREIGN
KEY
INSERT INTO
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Not allowed
(9 does not
exist)
Allowed
FOREIGN KEY Constraint

Defined at either the table level or the column level:
employee_id
NUMBER(6),
last_name
email
VARCHAR2(25),
salary
NUMBER(8,2),
commission_pct
NUMBER(2,2),
hire_date
DATE NOT NULL,
...
department_id
NUMBER(4),
CONSTRAINT emp_dept_fk FOREIGN KEY (department_id)
REFERENCES departments(department_id),
CONSTRAINT emp_email_uk UNIQUE(email));
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FOREIGN KEY Constraint: Keywords
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FOREIGN KEY: Defines the column in the child table at the

table-constraint level
REFERENCES: Identifies the table and column in the parent
table
ON DELETE CASCADE: Deletes the dependent rows in the
child table when a row in the parent table is deleted
ON DELETE SET NULL: Converts dependent foreign key
values to null
CHECK Constraint
Defines a condition that each row must satisfy

The following expressions are not allowed:
References to CURRVAL, NEXTVAL, LEVEL, and ROWNUM
pseudocolumns
Calls to SYSDATE, UID, USER, and USERENV functions
Queries that refer to other values in other rows
..., salary NUMBER(2)
CONSTRAINT emp_salary_min
CHECK (salary > 0),...
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CREATE TABLE: Example

CREATE TABLE employees
( employee_id
NUMBER(6)
CONSTRAINT
emp_employee_id
PRIMARY KEY
, first_name
VARCHAR2(20)
, last_name
VARCHAR2(25)
CONSTRAINT
emp_last_name_nn NOT NULL
, email
VARCHAR2(25)
CONSTRAINT
emp_email_nn
NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT
emp_email_uk
UNIQUE
, phone_number
VARCHAR2(20)
, hire_date
DATE
CONSTRAINT
emp_hire_date_nn NOT NULL
, job_id
VARCHAR2(10)
CONSTRAINT
emp_job_nn
NOT NULL
, salary
NUMBER(8,2)
CONSTRAINT
emp_salary_ck
CHECK (salary>0)
, commission_pct NUMBER(2,2)
, manager_id
NUMBER(6)
CONSTRAINT emp_manager_fk REFERENCES
employees (employee_id)
, department_id NUMBER(4)
CONSTRAINT
emp_dept_fk
REFERENCES
departments (department_id));
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Violating Constraints
UPDATE employees
SET
department_id = 55
WHERE department_id = 110;
Department 55 does not exist.
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Violating Constraints
You cannot delete a row that contains a primary key that is used
as a foreign key in another table.
DELETE FROM departments
WHERE department_id = 60;
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Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules

DEFAULT option
Data types
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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Creating a Table Using a Subquery
Create a table and insert rows by combining the CREATE

TABLE statement and the AS subquery option.
CREATE TABLE table
[(column, column...)]
AS subquery;
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Match the number of specified columns to the number of

subquery columns.
Define columns with column names and default values.
Creating a Table Using a Subquery
CREATE TABLE dept80

AS
SELECT employee_id, last_name,
salary*12 ANNSAL,
hire_date
FROM
employees
WHERE
department_id = 80;
DESCRIBE dept80
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Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules

DEFAULT option
Data types
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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ALTER TABLE Statement

Use the ALTER TABLE statement to:
Add a new column
Modify an existing column definition
Define a default value for the new column
Drop a column
Rename a column
Change table to read-only status
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Read-Only Tables
You can use the ALTER TABLE syntax to:
Put a table into read-only mode, which prevents DDL or
DML changes during table maintenance
Put the table back into read/write mode
ALTER TABLE employees READ ONLY;
-- perform table maintenance and then
-- return table back to read/write mode
ALTER TABLE employees READ WRITE;
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Lesson Agenda
Database objects
Naming rules

DEFAULT option
Data types
ALTER TABLE
Read-only tables
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Dropping a Table
Moves a table to the recycle bin

Removes the table and all its data entirely if the PURGE
clause is specified
Invalidates dependent objects and removes object
privileges on the table
DROP TABLE dept80;
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Quiz
You can use constraints to do the following:
1. Enforce rules on the data in a table whenever a row is
inserted, updated, or deleted.
2. Prevent the deletion of a table.
3. Prevent the creation of a table.
4. Prevent the creation of data in a table.
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to use the CREATE
TABLE statement to create a table and include constraints:
Categorize the main database objects
Review the table structure
List the data types that are available for columns
Create a simple table
Explain how constraints are created at the time of table
creation
Describe how schema objects work
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Practice 10: Overview

This practice covers the following topics:
Creating new tables
Creating a new table by using the CREATE TABLE AS
syntax
Verifying that tables exist
Setting a table to read-only status
Dropping tables
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Using DDL Statements

Copyright 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Copyright 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.

CREATE TABLE statement:

DROP TABLE statement

Basic unit of storage; composed of rows

Logically represents subsets of data from one or

Generates numeric values

Improves the performance of some queries

Gives alternative name to an object

Copyright 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Copyright 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.

CREATE TABLE statement:

DROP TABLE statement

CREATE TABLE Statement

You must have:

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Referencing Another Users Tables

Tables belonging to other users are not in the users

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Specify a default value for a column during an insert.

Literal values, expressions, or SQL functions are legal

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Create the table:

Confirm table creation:

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CREATE TABLE statement:

DROP TABLE statement

VARCHAR2(size) Variable-length character data

Fixed-length character data

Variable-length numeric data

Date and time values

Variable-length character data (up to 2 GB)

Character data (up to 4 GB)

RAW and LONG

Raw binary data

Binary data (up to 4 GB)

Binary data stored in an external file (up to 4 GB)

A base-64 number system representing the unique

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Datetime Data Types

Date with fractional seconds

Stored as an interval of years

Stored as an interval of days, hours, minutes,

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CREATE TABLE statement:

DROP TABLE statement

Constraints enforce rules at the table level.

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You can name a constraint, or the Oracle server generates

Define a constraint at the column or table level.

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Column-level constraint syntax:

Table-level constraint syntax:

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Example of a column-level constraint:

Example of a table-level constraint:

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