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ADD ADD CONSTRAINT ALTER ALTER COLUMN ALTER TABLE ALL AND ANY AS ASC BACKUP DATABASE BETWEEN CASE CHECK COLUMN CONSTRAINT CREATE CREATE DATABASE CREATE INDEX CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW CREATE TABLE CREATE PROCEDURE CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CREATE VIEW DATABASE DEFAULT DELETE DESC DISTINCT DROP DROP COLUMN DROP CONSTRAINT DROP DATABASE DROP DEFAULT DROP INDEX DROP TABLE DROP VIEW EXEC EXISTS FOREIGN KEY FROM FULL OUTER JOIN GROUP BY HAVING IN INDEX INNER JOIN INSERT INTO INSERT INTO SELECT IS NULL IS NOT NULL JOIN LEFT JOIN LIKE LIMIT NOT NOT NULL OR ORDER BY OUTER JOIN PRIMARY KEY PROCEDURE RIGHT JOIN ROWNUM SELECT SELECT DISTINCT SELECT INTO SELECT TOP SET TABLE TOP TRUNCATE TABLE UNION UNION ALL UNIQUE UPDATE VALUES VIEW WHERE
MySQL Functions
String Functions ASCII CHAR_LENGTH CHARACTER_LENGTH CONCAT CONCAT_WS FIELD FIND_IN_SET FORMAT INSERT INSTR LCASE LEFT LENGTH LOCATE LOWER LPAD LTRIM MID POSITION REPEAT REPLACE REVERSE RIGHT RPAD RTRIM SPACE STRCMP SUBSTR SUBSTRING SUBSTRING_INDEX TRIM UCASE UPPER Numeric Functions ABS ACOS ASIN ATAN ATAN2 AVG CEIL CEILING COS COT COUNT DEGREES DIV EXP FLOOR GREATEST LEAST LN LOG LOG10 LOG2 MAX MIN MOD PI POW POWER RADIANS RAND ROUND SIGN SIN SQRT SUM TAN TRUNCATE Date Functions ADDDATE ADDTIME CURDATE CURRENT_DATE CURRENT_TIME CURRENT_TIMESTAMP CURTIME DATE DATEDIFF DATE_ADD DATE_FORMAT DATE_SUB DAY DAYNAME DAYOFMONTH DAYOFWEEK DAYOFYEAR EXTRACT FROM_DAYS HOUR LAST_DAY LOCALTIME LOCALTIMESTAMP MAKEDATE MAKETIME MICROSECOND MINUTE MONTH MONTHNAME NOW PERIOD_ADD PERIOD_DIFF QUARTER SECOND SEC_TO_TIME STR_TO_DATE SUBDATE SUBTIME SYSDATE TIME TIME_FORMAT TIME_TO_SEC TIMEDIFF TIMESTAMP TO_DAYS WEEK WEEKDAY WEEKOFYEAR YEAR YEARWEEK Advanced Functions BIN BINARY CASE CAST COALESCE CONNECTION_ID CONV CONVERT CURRENT_USER DATABASE IF IFNULL ISNULL LAST_INSERT_ID NULLIF SESSION_USER SYSTEM_USER USER VERSION
SQL Server Functions
String Functions ASCII CHAR CHARINDEX CONCAT Concat with + CONCAT_WS DATALENGTH DIFFERENCE FORMAT LEFT LEN LOWER LTRIM NCHAR PATINDEX QUOTENAME REPLACE REPLICATE REVERSE RIGHT RTRIM SOUNDEX SPACE STR STUFF SUBSTRING TRANSLATE TRIM UNICODE UPPER Numeric Functions ABS ACOS ASIN ATAN ATN2 AVG CEILING COUNT COS COT DEGREES EXP FLOOR LOG LOG10 MAX MIN PI POWER RADIANS RAND ROUND SIGN SIN SQRT SQUARE SUM TAN Date Functions CURRENT_TIMESTAMP DATEADD DATEDIFF DATEFROMPARTS DATENAME DATEPART DAY GETDATE GETUTCDATE ISDATE MONTH SYSDATETIME YEAR Advanced Functions CAST COALESCE CONVERT CURRENT_USER IIF ISNULL ISNUMERIC NULLIF SESSION_USER SESSIONPROPERTY SYSTEM_USER USER_NAME
MS Access Functions
String Functions Asc Chr Concat with & CurDir Format InStr InstrRev LCase Left Len LTrim Mid Replace Right RTrim Space Split Str StrComp StrConv StrReverse Trim UCase Numeric Functions Abs Atn Avg Cos Count Exp Fix Format Int Max Min Randomize Rnd Round Sgn Sqr Sum Val Date Functions Date DateAdd DateDiff DatePart DateSerial DateValue Day Format Hour Minute Month MonthName Now Second Time TimeSerial TimeValue Weekday WeekdayName Year Other Functions CurrentUser Environ IsDate IsNull IsNumeric
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SQL Syntax

Select all the records from a specific table ("Customers")

Example Explained

SQL SELECT

SELECT Column SELECT *

Examples Explained

SQL SELECT DISTINCT

SELECT DISTINCT SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT column_name) workaround for MS Access

Examples Explained

SQL WHERE

WHERE Clause Text Fields vs. Numeric Fields

Examples Explained

SQL AND, OR and NOT Operators

AND OR NOT Combining AND, OR and NOT

Examples Explained

SQL ORDER BY

ORDER BY ORDER BY DESC ORDER BY Several Columns

Examples Explained

SQL INSERT INTO

INSERT INTO Insert data in specific columns

Examples Explained

SQL NULL Values

IS NULL Operator IS NOT NULL Operator

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SQL Update

UPDATE Table UPDATE Multiple Records UPDATE Warning (if you omit the WHERE clause, all records will be updated)

Examples Explained

SQL DELETE

DELETE DELETE All Records

Examples Explained

SQL SELECT TOP

SELECT TOP LIMIT SELECT TOP PERCENT SELECT TOP and add a WHERE Clause

Examples Explained

SQL MIN() and MAX()

MIN() MAX()

Examples Explained

SQL COUNT, AVG() and SUM()

COUNT() AVG() SUM()

Examples Explained

SQL LIKE

LIKE - select all table rows starting with "a" LIKE - select all table rows ending with "a" LIKE - select all table rows that have "or" in any position LIKE - select all table rows that have "r" in the second position LIKE - select all table rows that starts with "a" and ends with "o" LIKE - select all table rows that does NOT start with "a"

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SQL Wildcards

Using the % Wildcard Using the _ Wildcard Using the [charlist] Wildcard Using the [!charlist] Wildcard

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SQL IN

IN NOT IN

Examples Explained

SQL BETWEEN

BETWEEN NOT BETWEEN BETWEEN with IN BETWEEN Text Values NOT BETWEEN Text Values

Examples Explained

SQL Aliases

Alias for Columns Two Aliases Alias for Tables

Examples Explained

SQL Joins

INNER JOIN LEFT JOIN RIGHT JOIN Self JOIN

Examples Explained

SQL UNION

UNION UNION ALL UNION With WHERE UNION ALL With WHERE

Examples Explained

SQL GROUP BY

GROUP BY GROUP BY and ORDER BY GROUP BY With JOIN

Examples Explained

SQL HAVING

HAVING and GROUP BY HAVING and ORDER BY

Examples Explained

SQL EXISTS

EXISTS

Example Explained

SQL ANY and ALL

ANY ALL

Examples Explained

SQL INSERT INTO SELECT

INSERT INTO SELECT INSERT INTO SELECT with WHERE

Examples Explained

SQL CASE

CASE 1 CASE 2

Examples Explained

SQL Comments

Single Line Comments Single Line Comments At The End Of a Line Multi-line Comments

Examples Explained

SQL Database

SQL Database tutorials can be found here:

SQL Create DB SQL Drop DB SQL Backup DB SQL Create Table SQL Drop Table SQL Alter Table SQL Constraints SQL Not Null SQL Unique SQL Primary Key SQL Foreign Key SQL Check SQL Default SQL Index SQL Auto Increment SQL Dates SQL Views SQL Injection SQL Hosting
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