Introduction to SQL (Part II)

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INSERT, SELECT UPDATE, and DELETE.
The basic data manipulation commands are

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TermDefinition
INSERT, SELECT UPDATE, and DELETE.
The basic data manipulation commands are
INSERT INTO
adds new rows/records to a table
SELECT
retrieves values of all rows or a subset of rows in a table
DISTINCT
an operator used with SELECT to retrieve unique values from columns in a table
WHERE
an option used with SELECT to filter the rows of data based on provided criteria
IS NULL
an operator used with SELECT to determine whether a field is empty or not
LIKE
an operator used with WHERE to determine whether a value matches a given string pattern
IN
an operator used with WHERE to check whether a value matches any value within a given list
BETWEEN
an operator used with WHERE to check whether a value is within a range
ORDER BY
An option used with SELECT to sort retrieved values in ascending or descending order
UPDATE
modifies existing records in a table
DELETE
removes existing records in a table