Table:
A table is a collection of related data organized in a structured format with in a database.It contains rows and columns.
Syntax:
Create table table_name(
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
......);
Ex 1: Creating table Using Command.
Ex 2: Creating table using management studio
Step 1: Right click on the required database there you find an option table
Step 2: Click on the table and enter the fields i.e column name and related datatype
Step 3: After entering all the fields close the current window.when eve closing the current window then a box will open for confirming the changes.Press Yes
.
Step 4: After pressing Yes a box will open for generating Table name.
Enter the table name and press Yes.
Step 5: Inserting values to the created table.
Truncate:
Alter Command:
The alter command is used to add,delete and modify the columns in an existing table.
Ex 1:Adding column to an existing table.
Syntax: Alter table table-name add column_name datatype;
Inserting values to the table after adding of new column
Output:
Ex 2: Changing the size of the datatype
Syntax: Alter table table_name alter column column_name datatype(size);
Inserting the values
Output:
Ex 3: Changing the datatype of the column
Syntax: alter table table_name alter column column_name new datatype;
Output:
Ex 4: Changing the column name
Syntax: sp_rename '<table_name.column_name>',<new column_name>','<column>';
Output:
Ex 5: Droping the existing column
Syntax: alter table table_name drop column column_name;
Output:
A table is a collection of related data organized in a structured format with in a database.It contains rows and columns.
Syntax:
Create table table_name(
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
......);
Ex 1: Creating table Using Command.
Ex 2: Creating table using management studio
Step 1: Right click on the required database there you find an option table
Step 2: Click on the table and enter the fields i.e column name and related datatype
Step 3: After entering all the fields close the current window.when eve closing the current window then a box will open for confirming the changes.Press Yes
.
Step 4: After pressing Yes a box will open for generating Table name.
Enter the table name and press Yes.
Step 5: Inserting values to the created table.
Truncate:
- It is like delete command.
- If we truncate the table then only data will be deleted.
- It deletes all the data at a time where delete command deletes the data row by row.
- We can not use Where condition with truncate.
- We can not delete specific record with truncate.
Alter Command:
The alter command is used to add,delete and modify the columns in an existing table.
Ex 1:Adding column to an existing table.
Syntax: Alter table table-name add column_name datatype;
Inserting values to the table after adding of new column
Output:
Ex 2: Changing the size of the datatype
Syntax: Alter table table_name alter column column_name datatype(size);
Inserting the values
Output:
Ex 3: Changing the datatype of the column
Syntax: alter table table_name alter column column_name new datatype;
Output:
Ex 4: Changing the column name
Syntax: sp_rename '<table_name.column_name>',<new column_name>','<column>';
Output:
Ex 5: Droping the existing column
Syntax: alter table table_name drop column column_name;
Output: