Explain about Create, Insert, Select command in structure query language (DBMS)?

Query is a question or requesting information. Query language is a language which is used to retrieve information from a database.

Let’s see some of the structure query language (sql) commands used to perform operations on databases.

Create Command

The create command is used to create table, view, index.

The syntax for the create command is as follows −

Create table tablename(col1 datatype(size), col2 datatype(size),……….colN datatype(size));

For Example,

create table student(name char(30), regno number(10), branch char(20));

Output

The output is the table created below −

Example

Use the command given below −

create table employee(ename char(30), department varchar(20), age number(10), address varchar(20), Phone number(10));

Output

The output is as follows −

Describe Command

The command used to describe the table is desc.

Syntax

The syntax for the describe command is as follows −

desc tablename

Example 1

Use the command given below −

desc student

Description − It describes the structure / schema of a table.

The output is as follows −

Example 2

Use the command mentioned below −

desc employee

Description − It describes the structure/ schema of a table.

The output is as follows −

Insert Command

The command used to insert data into the table/view/index in the database using ‘insert’.

Syntax

The syntax for the insert command is as follows −

insert into tablename values(valu1,value2,value3,……valueN);

Example

• Insert into student values (‘hari’, 100,’CSE’); Output − 1 row created

• Insert into student values (‘pinky’, 101,’CSE’); Output − 1 row created

• Insert into student values (‘bob’, 102,’CSE’); Output − 1 row created

• Insert into student values (‘bhanu’, 103,’CSE’); Output − 1 row created

• Insert into student values (‘bhanu’, 103,’CSE’); Output − 1 row created

• Insert into student values (‘pinky’, 101,’CSE’); Output − 1 row created

Select Command

The command used to select columns is select.

Syntax

The syntax for the select command is as follows −

select column1, column2,…….coulmnN from tablename

Example 1

select name,regno,branch from student

Or

select * from student;

Output

Example 2

Use the command given below −

select distinct name from student;

Description − It displays distinct names in sorted order.

Output

Bhanu Priya

Updated on: 06-Jul-2021

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