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SQL Statements	Grammar
and/or	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name WHERE condition And|or condition
ALTER TABLE	ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name datatype Or ALTER TABLE table_name DROP COLUMN column_name
As (alias)	SELECT column_name as Column_alias From table_name Or SELECT column_name From table_name as Table_alias
Between	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name WHERE column_name Between Value1 and value2
CREATE DATABASE	CREATE DATABASE database_name
CREATE TABLE	CREATE TABLE table_name ( Column_name1 Data_type, Column_name2 Data_type, Column_name2 Data_type, ... )
CREATE INDEX	CREATE INDEX index_name On table_name (COLUMN_NAME) Or CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name On table_name (COLUMN_NAME)
CREATE VIEW	CREATE VIEW View_name as SELECT column_name (s) From table_name WHERE condition
DELETE	DELETE from table_name WHERE Some_column=some_value Or DELETE from table_name (Note: deletes the entire table!!) DELETE * FROM table_name (Note: deletes the entire table!!)
DROP DATABASE	DROP DATABASE database_name
DROP INDEX	DROP INDEX table_name.index_name (SQL Server) DROP INDEX index_name on table_name (MS Access) DROP INDEX index_name (db2/oracle) ALTER TABLE table_name DROP INDEX index_name (MySQL)
DROP TABLE	DROP TABLE table_name
GROUP by	SELECT column_name, aggregate_function (column_name) From table_name WHERE column_name operator Value GROUP by column_name
Having	SELECT column_name, aggregate_function (column_name) From table_name WHERE column_name operator Value GROUP by column_name Having aggregate_function (column_name) operator value
Inch	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name WHERE column_name In (Value1,value2,..)
INSERT into	INSERT into table_name VALUES (value1, value2, Value3,....) Or INSERT into table_name (Column1, Column2, Column3,...) VALUES (value1, value2, Value3,....)
INNER JOIN	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name1 INNER JOIN table_name2 On Table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
Left JOIN	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name1 Left JOIN table_name2 On Table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
Right JOIN	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name1 Right JOIN table_name2 On Table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
Full JOIN	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name1 Full JOIN table_name2 On Table_name1.column_name=table_name2.column_name
Like	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name WHERE column_name like pattern
ORDER by	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name ORDER by column_name [asc| DESC]
SELECT	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name
SELECT *	SELECT * From table_name
SELECT DISTINCT	SELECT DISTINCT column_name (s) From table_name
SELECT into	SELECT * into new_table_name [in Externaldatabase] From Old_table_name Or SELECT column_name (s) into new_table_name [in Externaldatabase] From Old_table_name
SELECT TOP	SELECT TOP number|percent column_name (s) From table_name
TRUNCATE TABLE	TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
UNION	SELECT column_name (s) from table_name1 UNION SELECT column_name (s) from table_name2
UNION All	SELECT column_name (s) from table_name1 UNION All SELECT column_name (s) from table_name2
UPDATE	UPDATE table_name SET Column1=value, Column2=value,... WHERE Some_column=some_value
WHERE	SELECT column_name (s) From table_name WHERE column_name operator Value

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