A- Quick Revision

  • SQL Stands for: Structured Query Language
  • SQL is a type of: Relational Database Management System
  • A type of database in which data is stored in the format of rows and columns i.e. in a table is called: Relational Database Management System
  • Table in RDBMS is known as: Relation
  • Row in RDBMS is known as: Tuple
  • Column in RDBMS is known as: Attribute
  • No of rows in RDBMS is called: Cardinality
  • No of columns in RDBMS is called: Attribute
  • Pool of values in a table is referred to as: Domain
  • SQL commands are divided into how many parts?: 3 (Three)
  • Name all types of SQL commands: DDL, DML, TCL/DCL
  • DDL stands for: Data Definition Language
  • DML stands for: Data Manipulation Language
  • DCL/TCL stands for: Data Control Language / Transaction Control Language
  • Example of DDL Commands (any two): create table, alter table
  • Example of DML Commands (any two): select, update, insert, delete
  • Example of DCL/TCL Commands (any two): grant, revoke, commit, rollback
  • Mention any four datatypes of MySQL: char, varchar, integer, decimal
  • What are sets of rules called?: Constraint
  • Primary key is the combination of: Unique  and   Not Null
  • Keys that might be considered as primary key are called as: Candidate Keys
  • Secondary key or primary key =: Alternate Keys
  • Two or more columns combine to make primary key then it is called as: Composite Key
  • Which constraint doesn’t allow duplication of data?: Unique Key
  • Which constraint doesn’t allow blank value?: NOT NULL
  • Command used to show list of databases: show databases
  • Command used to show list of tables: show tables
  • Command used to show the structure of table: desc table_name
  • Is it possible to insert values in table as per our wish (randomly)?: Yes
  • Command used to change structure of table: Alter
  • Name Alter Command attribute which is used to add new column: ADD
  • Name Alter Command attribute which is used to make change in any column: MODIFY
  • Name Alter Command attribute which is used to change name of column: RENAME
  • Command used to delete a column: DROP
  • Which command is used to update the data of the table?: Update
  • Which command is used to delete rows from table?: Delete
  • To retrieve data from table we use: Select
  • To implement condition in select statement we use: Where
  • To use multiple conditions at a time we use: And/Or
  • Is it possible to calculate something during extraction of data based on fields?: Yes
  • Clause used to remove duplicate values: Distinct
  • Clause used to sort data in ascending order: Asc
  • Clause used to sort data in descending order: Desc
  • Clause used to extract data in a given range: Between
  • Clause used to extract data not in the given range: Not Between
  • Clause used to extract data from given set of values: In
  • For pattern matching we use: Like
  • In pattern matching % shows: Many/Infinite  characters
  • In pattern matching _ shows: Single/One  character

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