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The SELECT statement returns results from a <i>table</i>.
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The CREATE statement builds an empty table to hold rows.
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With a WHERE clause only some rows are returned.  
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In this example the column yr is the PRIMARY KEY:
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This example shows the year that Athens hosted the Olympic games.
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CREATE TABLE games
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(yr  INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
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,city VARCHAR(20)
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);
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INSERT INTO games(yr,city) VALUES (2004,'Athens');
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INSERT INTO games(yr,city) VALUES (2008,'Beijing');
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SELECT * FROM games;
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CREATE TABLE games
 
CREATE TABLE games

Latest revision as of 13:34, 9 March 2014

CREATE TABLE

The table games shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.

games
yrcity
2004Athens
2008Beijing
schema:scott
 DROP TABLE games

The CREATE statement builds an empty table to hold rows. In this example the column yr is the PRIMARY KEY: 

CREATE TABLE games
(yr   INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
,city VARCHAR(20)
);
INSERT INTO games(yr,city) VALUES (2004,'Athens');
INSERT INTO games(yr,city) VALUES (2008,'Beijing');
SELECT * FROM games;

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