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Introduction to Databases
Structured Query Language
Prof. Beat Signer
Department of Computer Science

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
http://www.beatsigner.com
2 December 2005
Context of Today's Lecture
Programmers Users DB Admins
Application Database
Queries
Programs Schema
DBMS
DML Query DDL
Preprocessor Compiler Compiler
Program Authorisation Catalogue

Object Code Control Manager
Integrity Command Query

Checker Processor Optimiser
Transaction
Scheduler
Manager
Data
Manager Buffer Recovery
Manager Manager
Database
Manager
Access File
Methods Manager
System Database and

Based on 'Components of a DBMS', Database Systems,
Buffers System Catalogue
T. Connolly and C. Begg, Addison-Wesley 2010
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Structured Query Language (SQL)
Declarative query language to create database schemas,
insert, update, delete and query information based on a
data definition and data manipulation language
Data definition language (DDL)
definition of database structure (relation schemas)
data access control
Data manipulation language (DML)
query language to create, read, update and delete tuples
(CRUD operations)

Structured Query Language (SQL) ...
The SQL language further deals with the following issues
transaction control
integrity constraints (DDL)
auhorisation (DDL)
views (DDL)
embedded SQL and dynamic SQL

History of SQL
SEQUEL (70's)
structured english query language
developed by Raymond F. Boyce
and Donald D. Chamberlin
access data stored in IBM's
System R relational database
SQL-86 Donald D. Chamberlin Raymond F. Boyce
first ANSI standard version
SQL-89 / SQL 1
SQL-92 / SQL 2
we will mainly discuss features of the SQL-92 standard

History of SQL ...
SQL:1999 / SQL 3
recursive queries, triggers, object-oriented features, ...
SQL:2003
window functions, XML-related features, ...
SQL:2006
XML Query Language (XQuery) support, ...
SQL:2008
SQL:2011
improved support for temporal databases

SQL "Standard"
Each specific SQL implementation by a database vendor
is called a dialect
The vendors implement parts of the SQL standard
(e.g. most implement SQL-92) but add their vendor-
specific extensions
Most relational database vendors conform to a set of
Core SQL features but portability might still be limited
due to missing or additional features

Data Definition Language (DDL)
The data definition language (DDL) is used to specify the
relation schemas as well as other information about the
relations
relation schemas
attribute domain types
integrity constraints
relation indexes
access information
physical storage structure of relations

Database Creation
The concrete process of creating a new database might
differ for different relational database products
According to the SQL standard, an SQL environment
contains one or more catalogues
Each catalogue manages various metadata
set of schemas consisting of
environment
- relations/tables
catalogue catalogue
- views
schema schema
- assertions
- indexes schema
users and user groups

Database Creation ...
The creation of catalogues is not covered by the SQL
standard and therefore implementation specific
Schemas can be created and deleted via the CREATE and
DROP statements
createSchema = "CREATE SCHEMA" , name , "AUTHORIZATION" , creator ,
[ ddlStatements ];
dropSchema = "DROP SCHEMA" , name , [ "RESTRICT" | "CASCADE" ];
The default parameter of the DROP SCHEMA statement is

RESTRICT
only empty schema can be deleted
If CASCADE is specified, all objects associated with the

schema will be dropped
Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF)
Notation to describe computer program-
ming languages (context-free grammars)
developed by Niklaus Wirth
Notation Meaning
= Definition
, Sequence
; Termination Niklaus Wirth
| Choice
[...] Option
We use the EBNF
{...} Repetition
(...)
to describe different
Grouping
"..." Terminal String
SQL concepts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Backus-Naur_Form

Relational Database Example
customer
customerID name street postcode city
1 Max Frisch Bahnhofstrasse 7 8001 Zurich
2 Eddy Merckx Pleinlaan 25 1050 Brussels
5 Claude Debussy 12 Rue Louise 75008 Paris
53 Albert Einstein Bergstrasse 18 8037 Zurich
8 Max Frisch ETH Zentrum 8092 Zurich
cd
cdID name duration price year
1 Falling into Place 2007 17.90 2007
2 Carcassonne 3156 15.50 1993
3 Chromatic 3012 16.50 1993

Relational Database Example ...
order
orderID customerID cdID date amount status
1 53 2 13.02.2010 2 open
2 2 1 15.02.2010 1 delivered
supplier
supplierID name city
5 Max Frisch Zurich
2 Mario Botta Lugano
Customer (customerID, name, street, postcode, city)

CD (cdID, name, duration, price, year)
Order (orderId, customerID, cdID, date, amount, status)
Supplier (supplierID, name, city)
relational database schema

Table Definition Example
CREATE TABLE Customer (
customerID INTEGER CHECK (customerID > 0) PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
street VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
postcode SMALLINT CHECK (postcode > 0),
city VARCHAR(20)
);
CREATE TABLE CD (
cdID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
duration TIME,
price NUMERIC(6,2),
year SMALLINT
);

Table Definition Example ...
CREATE TABLE Supplier (
supplierID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
postcode SMALLINT CHECK (postcode > 0),
city VARCHAR(20)
);
CREATE TABLE Order (

orderID INTEGER CHECK (orderID > 0) PRIMARY KEY,
customerID INTEGER,
cdID INTEGER ,
date DATE,
amount INTEGER,
Status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'open',
UNIQUE (customerID, cdID, date),
FOREIGN KEY (customerID) REFERENCES Customer(customerID)
ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE SET NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (cdID) REFERENCES CD(cdID)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
);

Table Constraints
We can have only one PRIMARY KEY constraint but
multiple UNIQUE constraints
if no primary key is defined, duplicates are allowed (bag)
Referential integrity
a foreign key always has to have a matching value in the
referenced table (or it can be null)
different referential actions can be defined for update (ON UPDATE)
and delete (ON DELETE) operations on the referenced candidate
key
- CASCADE: propagate operations to the foreign keys which might lead to further
cascaded operations
- SET DEFAULT: set the foreign keys to their default value
- SET NULL: set the foreign keys to NULL
- NO ACTION: the operation on the candidate key will be rejected (default)

Table Definition
createTable = "CREATE TABLE" , table , "(" ,
( columnElement | tableConstraint ) ,
{ "," , ( columnElement | tableConstraint ) } , ")";
columnElement = column , datatype ,

[ "DEFAULT" , ( value | "NULL" ) ] , { columnConstraint };
columnConstraint = "NOT NULL" | "UNIQUE" | "PRIMARY KEY" |

( "REFERENCES" , table , [ "(" , column , ")" ] ,
{ referentialAction } ) |
( "CHECK (" , searchCondition , ")" );
tableConstraint = ( ( "UNIQUE" | "PRIMARY KEY ) , "(" , column ,

{ "," , column } , ")" ) |
( "FOREIGN KEY (" , column , { "," , column } , ")" ,
"REFERENCES" , table , [ "(" , column , { "," , column } , ")" ] ,
{ referentialAction } ) |
( "CHECK (" , searchCondition , ")" );

Table Definition ...
referentialAction = ( "ON UPDATE" | "ON DELETE" ) ,
( "CASCADE" | "SET DEFAULT" | "SET NULL" | "NO ACTION" );

SQL Datatypes
Character data
fixed-length or variable-length sequence of characters
optional multibyte character sets (e.g. for Japanese etc.)
char = fixedChar | varyingChar [charSet];
fixedChar = "CHAR" , [ "(" , length , ")" ];
varyingChar = "VARCHAR" , [ "(" , maxLength , ")" ];
charSet = "CHARACTER SET" charSetName;
Large character data or binary data

often a so-called locator is returned to access a large object in
pieces instead of loading the entire object into memory
lob = clob | blob;
clob = "CLOB" , [ "(" , size , ")" ];
blob = "BLOB" , [ "(" , size , ")" ];

SQL Datatypes ...
Numeric data
numeric = decimal | int | smallInt | float | real | double;
decimal = "DECIMAL" , [ "(" , precision , [ "," , scale ] , ")" ];
int = "INTEGER";
smallInt = "SMALLINT";
float = "FLOAT" , [ "(" , precision , ")" ];
real = "REAL";
double = "DOUBLE PRECISION";
The DECIMAL datatype is sometimes used as a synonym

for the NUMERIC datatype

SQL Datatypes ...
Datetime data
datetime = date | time | timestamp;
date = "DATE";
time = "TIME" , [ "(" , precision , ")" ] ,
[ "WITH TIME ZONE" , timezone ];
timestamp = "TIMESTAMP" , [ "(" , precision , ")" ] ,
[ "WITH TIME ZONE" , timezone ];
Format of the datetime values

date: YYYY-MM-DD
time: hh:mm:ss.p hh:mm
timestamp: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.p hh:mm

SQL Datatypes ...
Boolean
the domain of boolean values consist of the two truth values TRUE
and FALSE
a thrid UNKNOWN truth value is used to represent NULL values
introduced in SQL:1999
boolean = "BOOLEAN";
Bit data
fixed or varying sequence of binary digits (0 or 1)
bit = fixedBit | varyingBit;
fixedBit = "BIT" , [ "(" , length , ")" ];
varyingBit = "BIT VARYING" , [ "(" , maxLength , ")" ];

SQL Datatypes ...
For further details about the presented datatypes as well
as information about vendor-specific datatypes one has
to consult the specific database manuals
datatype = char | lob | numeric | datetime | boolean | bit;

Data Manipulation
After a table has been created, we can use the INSERT
command to add tuples
unspecified attribute values are set to the default value or NULL
attribute order can be changed via optional column names
"bulk loader" utilities to insert large amounts of tuples
insert = "INSERT INTO" , table ,
[ "(" , column , { "," , column } , ")" ] ,
( "VALUES (" , expr , { "," , expr } , ")" ) | ( "(" , query , ")" );
Example
INSERT INTO Customer VALUES(8,'Max Frisch','ETH Zentrum', 8001, 'Zurich');

Expressions
expr = exprElement { ( "+" | "-" | "*" | "/" ) , exprElement };
exprElement = column | value |

"COUNT" , "(" ( "*" | ( [ "ALL" | "DISTINCT" ] , column ) , ")" |
( "MIN" | "MAX" ) , "(" , expr , ")" |
( "SUM" | "AVG" ) , "(" , [ "DISTINCT" ] , expr , ")";

Data Manipulation ...
The DELETE statement can be used to delete tuples
delete = "DELETE FROM" , table [ "WHERE" , searchCondition ];
Tuples can be updated via the UPDATE statement

update = "UPDATE" , table , "SET" ,
column , "=" , ( "NULL" | expr | "(" , query , ")" ) ,
{ "," , column , "=" , ("NULL" | expr | "(" , query , ")" ) } ,
[ "WHERE" , searchCondition ];
Example
UPDATE Customer SET name = 'Walter Faber' WHERE customerID = 8;

Data Manipulation ...
The DROP TABLE statement can be used to delete a
relation from the database
dropTable = "DROP TABLE" , table;
A relation schema can be modified via the ALTER TABLE

command
existing tuples are assigned a NULL value for the new attribute
alterTable = "ALTER TABLE" , table , "ADD" ,
( columnElement | columnConstraint );
Example
ALTER TABLE Customer ADD birthdate DATE;

Basic SQL Query Structure
A basic SQL query consists of a SELECT, a FROM and a
WHERE clause
SELECT
- specifies the columns to appear in the result (projection in relational algebra)
FROM
- specifies the relations to be used (cartesian product in relational algebra)
WHERE
- filters the tuples (selection in relational algebra)
- join conditions are explicitly specified in the WHERE clause
GROUP BY
- groups rows with the same column values
- the HAVING construct can be used to further filter the groups
ORDER BY
- defines the order of the resulting tuples

Basic SQL Query Structure ...
In general, the SELECT FROM WHERE parts are evaluated as
follows
1. generate a cartesian product of the relations listed in the FROM
clause
2. apply the predicates specified in the WHERE clause on the result
of the first step
3. for each tuple in the result of the second step output the attri-
butes (or results of expressions) specified in the SELECT clause
The evaluation is normally optimised by a query optimiser

The order of clauses in an SQL query cannot be
changed
Note that the SELECT is equivalent to a relational algebra
projection
SELECT A1, A2,..., An pA1,A2,...,An(sP(r1 r2 ... rm)
FROM r1, r2,..., rm is equivalent to
WHERE P
In contrast to the relational algebra, SQL does not

eliminate duplicates automatically
the automatic elimination of duplicates would be time consuming
user has to eliminate duplicates explicitly via DISTINCT keyword

SELECT Clause
SELECT *
FROM Customer;

5 Claude Debussy 12 Rue Louise 75008 Paris
A '*' can be used in the SELECT clause as a shortcut to

get all tuple attributes

SELECT Clause ...
SELECT name
FROM Customer;
name
Max Frisch
Eddy Merckx
Claude Debussy
Albert Einstein
Max Frisch
Duplicate tuples resulting from a projection to specific

attributes are not eliminated by default

SELECT Clause ...
SELECT DISTINCT name
FROM Customer;
name
Max Frisch
Eddy Merckx
Claude Debussy
Albert Einstein
The DISTINCT keyword can be used to eliminate

duplicates

Computed Attributes and Rename
SELECT name, price * 1.5 AS newPrice
FROM CD;
name newPrice
Falling into Place 26.85
Carcassonne 23.20
Chromatic 24.75
Computations can be performed in the SELECT clause

multiple numeric attributes can be used in a computation
The rename operation (AS) is used to rename relations
as well as attributes
computed columns have no name by default
also used when multiple relations have the same attribute names
WHERE Clause
In the WHERE clause we can use five basic predicates
(search conditions)
comparison
- compare two expressions
range
- check whether the value is within a specified range of values (BETWEEN)
set membership
- check whether the value is equal to a value of a given set (IN)
pattern matching
- test whether the expression matches a specifies string pattern (LIKE)
check for NULL values
- check whether the expression is a NULL value (IS NULL)

WHERE Clause ...
SELECT name, postcode
FROM Customer
WHERE city = 'Zurich' AND postcode >= 8040;
name postcode
Max Frisch 8092
SELECT name, price

FROM CD
WHERE price BETWEEN 15.0 AND 17.0;
name price
Carcassonne 15.50
Chromatic 16.50

WHERE Clause ...
Check for set membership with the IN construct
SELECT *
FROM Customer
WHERE city IN ('Zurich', 'Brussels');


Pattern Matching
Strings are enclosed in single quotes
use a double single quote for escaping
The LIKE operator is used for pattern matching
the underscore (_) is a placeholder for a single character
the percent sign (%) is a placeholder for any substring
e.g. LIKE '_e%'

FROM Customer
WHERE name LIKE '%Ein%';
name
Albert Einstein

Null Values
Missing (unknown) info is represented by NULL values
result of any comparison involving a NULL value is Unknown
three-valued logic (3VL) based on True, False and Unknown
AND OR
True False Unknown True False Unknown
True True False Unknown True True True True
False False False False False True False Unknown
Unknown Unknown False Unknown Unknown True Unknown Unknown
= NOT
True False Unknown True False Unknown
True True False Unknown False True Unknown
False False True Unknown
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

Null Values ...
The NULL keyword can also be used in predicates to
check for null values
SELECT *
FROM CD
WHERE price IS NOT NULL;

1 Falling into Place 2007 17.90 2007
2 Carcassonne 3156 15.50 1993
3 Chromatic 3012 16.50 1993
Note that a check for NULL is not the same as a check for
the empty String ''

FROM Clause
The FROM clause creates a cartesian product of multiple
relations and can be used to specify join operations
In a previous lecture we have seen the following
relational algebra expression
- "list the name and street of customers whose order is still open"
- pname, street(sstatus="open"(order customer))
- the same can be achieved in SQL by explicitly specifying the matching attributes
SELECT name, street

FROM Customer, Order
WHERE Order.customerID = Customer.customerID AND status = 'open';
name street
Albert Einstein Bergstrasse 18

Inner and Outer Joins
Note that there exist SQL extensions to perform join
operations between two relations R and S in the FROM
clause
Inner Joins
SELECT * FROM R NATURAL JOIN S;
SELECT * FROM R CROSS JOIN S;
SELECT * FROM R JOIN S ON R.A > S.B;
Outer Joins
SELECT * FROM R LEFT OUTER JOIN S ON R.A = S.B;
SELECT * FROM R RIGHT OUTER JOIN S ON R.A = S.B;
SELECT * FROM R FULL OUTER JOIN S ON R.A = S.B;

Correlation Variable
A correlation variable can be used as an alias for a table
Example
"Find all pairs of CDs that were produced in the same year"
SELECT c1.name AS name1, c2.name AS name2
FROM CD c1, CD c2
WHERE c1.year = c2.year AND c1.cdID < c2.cdID;
name1 name2
Carcassonne Chromatic

Sorting
The ORDER BY clause can be used to arrange the result
tuples in acending (ASC) or descending (DESC) order
multiple sort keys can be specified; highest priority first
tuples with NULL values are either before or after non-NULL tuples
SELECT name, street, city
FROM Customer
ORDER BY city ASC, name DESC;
name street city

Eddy Merckx Pleinlaan 25 Brussels
Claude Debussy 12 Rue Louise Paris
Max Frisch ETH Zentrum Zurich
Max Frisch Bahnhofstrasse 7 Zurich
Albert Einstein Bergstrasse 18 Zurich

Set Operations
The UNION, INTERSECT and EXCEPT operations correspond
to the , and - relational algebra operations
the relations have to be compatible (same attributes)
these operations remove duplicates by default
- the ALL keyword has to be used to retain duplicates
(SELECT name
FROM Customer)
INTERSECT
(SELECT name
FROM Supplier);
name
Max Frisch

Aggregate Functions and Grouping
In SQL there are five aggregate functions (MIN, MAX, AVG,
SUM and COUNT) that take a set or multiset of values as
input and return a single value
Example
"Find the number of customers in each city"
city number
SELECT city, COUNT(customerID) AS number
Zurich 3
FROM Customer
GROUP BY city; Brussels 1
Paris 1
Aggregate functions (except COUNT(*)) ignore NULL

values in the input set
input set might be empty in which case NULL is returned
Subqueries
A subquery is a SELECT FROM WHERE expression that is
nested within another query
e.g. via check for set membership (IN or NOT IN)
Example
"Find all the suppliers who are no customers"
FROM Supplier
WHERE name NOT IN (SELECT name
FROM Customer);
name
Mario Botta

Nested Subqueries ...
Example
"Find all CDs with a price smaller than average"
SELECT *
FROM CD
WHERE price < (SELECT AVG(price)
FROM CD;

2 Carcassonne 3156 15.50 1993
3 Chromatic 3012 16.50 1993

Set Comparison
For nested queries with conditions like "greater than at
least one" we can use these set comparison operators
> SOME, >= SOME, < SOME, <= SOME, = SOME, <> SOME as well as the
same combination with ALL
Example
"Find the customers with a postcode greater than all supplier postcodes"
SELECT name ,postcode
FROM Customer
WHERE postcode > ALL (SELECT postcode
FROM Supplier);
name postcode
Claude Debussy 75008
Max Frisch 8092

Existence Test
The EXISTS operator can be used to check if a tuple
exists in a subquery
Example
SELECT name
FROM Customer
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM Supplier
WHERE Supplier.name = Customer.name);
name
Max Frisch

Derived Relations
A subquery expression can also be used in the FROM
clause
in this case, a name has to be given to the relation
Example
"Find the number of customers in the city with the most
customers"
SELECT MAX(noCustomers) AS max
FROM (SELECT city, COUNT(customerID)
FROM Customer
GROUP BY city) AS CityTotal(city, noCustomers);
max
3

Basic SQL Query Structure
query = select { ("UNION" | "INTERSECT" | "EXCEPT") , [ "ALL" ] , select};
select = "SELECT" [ "ALL" | "DISTINCT" ] ,

("*" | ( expr , [ "AS" , newName ] ,
{ "," , expr , [ "AS" , newName ] } ) ,
"FROM" , table , [ correlationVar ] ,
{ "," , table , [ correlationVar ] } ,
[ "WHERE" , searchCondition ] ,
[ "GROUP BY" , column , { "," , column } ,
[ "HAVING" , searchCondition ] ];
orderedQuery = query , "ORDER BY" , column , [ "ASC" | "DESC" ] ,

{ "," , column , [ "ASC" | "DESC" ] };
The query statement can be used to retrieve information

from one or multiple database tables
can perform the relational algebra's selection, projection and join
operation in a single SELECT FROM WHERE command
searchCondition = [ "NOT" ] , search ,
{ ( "AND" | "OR" ) , [ "NOT" ] , search };
search = ( expr , [ "NOT" ] , "BETWEEN" , expr , "AND" , expr ) |

( expr , [ "NOT" ] , "LIKE" , "'" , ( string | "_" | "%" ) ,
{ string | "_" | "%" } , "'" ) |
( column | ( "(" , expr , ")" ) , "IS" , [ "NOT" ] , "NULL" ) |
( expr , ( "=" | "<>" | ">" | ">=" | "<" | "<=" ) , ( expr |
( [ "SOME" | "ALL" ] , "(" , query , ")" ) ) ) |
( expr , [ "NOT" ] , "IN (" ,
( ( value , { "," , value } ) | query ) , ")" |
( "EXISTS (" , query , ")";

WITH Clause
The WITH clause can be used to improve the readability
by introducing temporary new relations
introduced only in SQL:1999 and not supported by all databases
Example
"Find all customers who bought one of the most expensive CDs"
WITH Expensive(price) AS
SELECT MAX(price)
FROM CD
SELECT Customer.name
FROM Customer, CD, Order
WHERE CD.price = Expensive.price AND CD.cdID = Order.cdID AND
Order.customerID = Customer.customerID;
name
Albert Einstein

Views
New virtual relations (views) can be defined on top of an
existing logical model
simplify queries
provide access to only parts of the logical model (security)
computed by executing the query whenever the view is used
Some DBMS allow views to be stored (materialised
views)
materialised views have to be updated when its relations change
(view maintenance)
createView = "CREATE VIEW" , table ,
[ "(" , column , { "," , column } , ")" ] ,
"AS" , query;

Views
Example
CREATE VIEW CustomerCD AS
SELECT Customer.customerID, Customer.name, CD.cdID, CD.name AS cdName
FROM Customer, Order, CD
WHERE Customer.customerID = Order.customerID AND
Order.cdID = CD.cdID;
Note that a view can be used like any other relation

Views are useful for queries but they present a serious
problem for UPDATE, INSERT and DELETE operations
modifications are difficult to be propagated to the actual relations
modifications on views are therefore generally not permitted

Transactions
A transaction consists of a sequence of query and/or
update statements
atomic set of statements
A transaction explicitly starts when an SQL statement is
executed and is ended by
a COMMIT statement
a ROLLBACK statement
In many SQL implementations each SQL statement is a
transaction on its own (automatic commit)
this default behaviour can be disabled
SQL:1999 introduced BEGIN ATOMIC ... END blocks
Transactions will be discussed in detail later
Homework
Study the following chapters of the
Database System Concepts book
chapter 3
- sections 3.1-3.10
- Introduction to SQL
chapter 4
- sections 4.1-4.5 and section 4.7
- Intermediate SQL

Exercise 5
Structured Query Language (SQL)


References
A. Silberschatz, H. Korth and S. Sudarshan,
Database System Concepts (Sixth Edition),
McGraw-Hill, 2010
Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce,
SEQUEL: A Structured English Query Language,
Proceedings of the 1974 ACM SIGFIDET Workshop on
Data Description, Access and Control (SIGFIDET '74),
Michigan, USA, May 1974

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Introduction to Databases

Structured Query Language

Prof. Beat Signer

Department of Computer Science

Program Authorisation Catalogue

Integrity Command Query

System Database and

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users and user groups

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The default parameter of the DROP SCHEMA statement is

If CASCADE is specified, all objects associated with the

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Customer (customerID, name, street, postcode, city)

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CREATE TABLE Order (

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columnElement = column , datatype ,

columnConstraint = "NOT NULL" | "UNIQUE" | "PRIMARY KEY" |

tableConstraint = ( ( "UNIQUE" | "PRIMARY KEY ) , "(" , column ,

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Large character data or binary data

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The DECIMAL datatype is sometimes used as a synonym

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Format of the datetime values

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exprElement = column | value |

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Tuples can be updated via the UPDATE statement

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A relation schema can be modified via the ALTER TABLE

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In contrast to the relational algebra, SQL does not

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customerID name street postcode city

A '*' can be used in the SELECT clause as a shortcut to

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Duplicate tuples resulting from a projection to specific

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The DISTINCT keyword can be used to eliminate

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Computations can be performed in the SELECT clause

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SELECT name, price

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