SQL (Structured Query Language) is the computer language meant for working with RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems).
Transact-Sql (T Sql) is the Microsoft SQL Server's implementation of SQL.
Transact-Sql (T Sql) is the Microsoft SQL Server's implementation of SQL.
For working with SQL Server we can use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or light weight options like sqlcmd command line option.
Types of Sql Commands
DDL
Data Definition Language
Eg : CREATE TABLE
DML Data Manipution Lanaguage
Eg : INSERT, UPDAT and DELETE
DCL
Data Control Language
Eg: GRANT and REVOKE
Creating a database
Switching to the newly created database
Data Definition Language
Eg : CREATE TABLE
DML Data Manipution Lanaguage
Eg : INSERT, UPDAT and DELETE
DCL
Data Control Language
Eg: GRANT and REVOKE
Creating a database
create database Shalvin
Switching to the newly created database
use Shalvin
Creating a new table, setting an auto increment field and primary key
IDENTY is used for creating an auto increment field. The parameters are seed and increment.
create table Categories (
CategoryId int identity(1,1) primary key,
CategoryName varchar(40),
Description varchar(60))
Inserting values
insert into Categories values ('Beverages', 'Tea, Coffee, soft drinks, etc')
insert into Categories values ('Condiments', 'Sweets and savory sauces')
insert into Categories values ('Confections', 'Desserts, candies and sweet breads')
insert into Categories values ('Diary', 'Cheese')
Inserting values only to specific field(s)
Updating a value in a Table
Selecting Records
Selecting Specific record(s) using WHERE clause
insert into Categories (CategoryName)
values ('Milk Products')
Updating a value in a Table
update Categories set Description = 'Bakery items'
WHERE CategoryId = 2
Selecting Records
select * from Categories
Selecting Specific record(s) using WHERE clause
--
Here I am using the Northwind database that is coming with Sql Server 2000.
Creating a table for foreign key constraint
Adding constraints to an existing column in a Table
Demonstrating foreign key vioation error
--Here there is no record in Categories table with CategoryId 5
use Northwind
SELECT CategoryId, CategoryName, Description FROM Categories WHERE CategoryId = 1
select * from categories where categoryid = 1 or categoryid = 2<br />
In Clauseselect * from Categories where CategoryId in(1, 2)
Creating a table for foreign key constraint
create table Products (ProductId int identity(10, 1) primary key,
CategoryId int foreign key references Categories(CategoryId),
ProductName varchar(40), UnitPrice numeric(6,2))
insert into Products values (1, 'Bru Coffee 100 g', 10)
insert into Products values (10, 'Tomato Sauce 200 ml', 20)
Adding constraints to an existing column in a Table
alter table expense add constraint expense_uk unique(expensename)
Demonstrating foreign key vioation error
--Here there is no record in Categories table with CategoryId 5
insert into Products values (5, 'ASP.Net 3.5 Unleashed', 10)
Following is the complete SELECT query. In the bracket I have specified the execution order.
SELECT (5)
FROM (1)
WHERE (2)
GROUP BY (3)
HAVING (4)
ORDER BY (6)
OFFSET - FETCH (7)
1. FROM defined the data set
2. WHERE defines the ROW filter using predicates (a logical expression that evaluates to either true or false)
3. GROUP BY - Individual rows can be combined into groups based on grouping expression.
4. HAVING - Group filer
5 SELECT - Selects the record
6. ORDER BY - Presentation Order
7. OFFSET - FETCH - Paging Specification
SELECT WITHOUT FROM
SELECT 123, 2*3, sqrt(3)
123 6 1.73205080756888
The above command will not work with Oracle. It requires a dummy table.
SELECT 123 as Numbers, 2*3 as Multiple, sqrt(3) as Square
The above command introduce alias so there can be column name.
SELECT * from Products
Select * from <TABLENAME> extracts all the data from table.
SELECT Categories.CategoryName, Products.ProductName,
Products.UnitPrice
FROM Categories, Products
WHERE Categories.CategoryId = Products.CategoryId
Selecting Records from Multiples Tables using Table Alias
SELECT C.CategoryName, P.ProductName, P.UnitPrice
FROM Categories C , Products P
WHERE C.CategoryId = P.CategoryId
Need for Normalization
Lets take the case of an unnormalized Table. My intention is the track the employee information and their transactions.
create table NNEmployee (TraId int identity(1,1) primary key,EmployeeId int, EmployeeName varchar(40), DOJ DateTime, Department varchar(40), Year varchar(4), Month varchar(10), NoOfDaysPresent int)
insert into NNEmployee values (1, 'Shalvin', '12-Jan-08', 'IT', '09', 'Jan', 22)
insert into NNEmployee values (1, 'Shalvin', '12-Jan-08', 'IT', '09','Feb', 21)
insert into NNEmployee values (2, 'Ajith', '1-Jan-08', 'Networking', '09','Jan', 22)
insert into NNEmployee values (2, 'Ajith', '1-Jan-08', 'Networking', '09','Feb', 20)
select * from NNEmployee
Here I am duplication information like Date of Join, Department, etc.
Instead I can create three tables holding Department, Employee Master and Transaction Information.
Create table Dept (DeptNo int identity(1,1) primary key, DName varchar(40))
insert into Dept values ('IT')
insert into Dept values ('Networking')
select * from Dept
create table Emp (EmpNo int identity(10, 1) primary key, DeptNo int references Dept(DeptNo), EName varchar(40), DOJ DateTime)
insert into Emp values (1, 'Shalvin', '12-Jan-08')
insert into Emp values (2, 'Ajith', '1-Jan-08')
select * from emp
select E.EmpNo, D.DName, E.EName, E.DOJ FROM Dept D, Emp E WHERE D.DeptNo = E.DeptNo
create table EmpTran (TranId int identity(100, 1) primary key,EmpNo int references Emp(EmpNo), Year varchar(4), Month varchar(10), NoOfDaysPresent int)
insert into EmpTran values (10, '09', 'Jan', 22)insert into EmpTran values (10, '09', 'Feb', 20)
insert into EmpTran values (11, '09', 'Jan', 22)insert into EmpTran values (11, '09', 'Feb', 21)
select * from EmpTran
Aggregate Functions
Aggregated Functions act on a set of values and returns a single result row.
select max(sal) from emp
select min(sal) from emp
select avg(sal) from emp
select sum(sal) from emp;
select count(*) from emp;
Aritmetic Functionsselect power(5,2)
select sqrt(25)
Date Functions
select getdate()
Result - 2009-07-22 16:00:03.590
Extracting the current year
select datepart(year, getdate())
Result - 2009
Extracting the current month
select datepart(month, getdate())
Result - 7
Extracting the current day
select datepart(day, getdate())
Result - 22
SubQuery
Subquery is a query nested inside another query.
For example, for extracting all the products from Products table of category 'Beverages' the subquery is
SELECT * FROM Products WHERE CategoryId IN (SELECT CatgoryId from Categories WHERE CategoryName = 'Beverages')
More Info
Renaming databasesp_renamedb 'Shalvin', 'ShalvinPD'
or
Alter Database Shalvin Modify Name = ShalvinPD
Listing all databases in an sql server Instancesp_helpdb
Listing all tables within a databaseSELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE xtype = 'u'
Listing the structure of a tablesp_help Categories
Versions of Sql Server and Developer Tools
Sql Server 7
Sql Server 2000 - Query Analyser, Enterprise Manager
Sql Server 2005 - Sql Server Management Studio
Sql Server 2008
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sqlcmd and Sql Server 2005
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