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SQL Basics – Create Database and Tables in SQL Server
A Database, it is a collection of data/information organized in a particular fashion so that it can be easily managed and accessed back in same fashion. The data stored and retrieved should in same format and should be consistent.
A Relational Database stores data in Tables, and there can be multiple tables in a database, which may be related to each other by referential integrity.
A Table is a collection of related data stored in a structured format within a database, in form or rows (tuple) and columns (fields).
–> Database:
Check video on how to create a new Database by using both, SSMS GUI and T-SQL Script:
–> T-SQL script to Create a new Database:
USE master GO CREATE DATABASE [Demo] ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'Demo', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER2016\MSSQL\DATA\Demo.mdf' , SIZE = 4096KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB ) LOG ON ( NAME = N'Demo_log', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER2016\MSSQL\DATA\Demo_log.ldf' , SIZE = 1024KB , FILEGROWTH = 10% ) GO
–> Table:
Check video on how to create a new Table by using both, SSMS GUI and T-SQL Script:
–> T-SQL script to Create a new Table:
USE [Demo] GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Employee]( [EmployeeID] [int] NOT NULL, [EmployeeName] [nvarchar](100) NOT NULL, [Gender] [nchar](1) NULL, [DOB] [datetime] NULL, [DOJ] [datetime] NULL, [DeptID] [int] NULL ) SELECT * FROM [dbo].[Employee] INSERT INTO [dbo].[Employee] VALUES (1, 'MANOJ PANDEY', 'M', '1990-01-01', '2010-01-01', 101) sp_help 'Employee' -- ALT + F1 INSERT INTO [dbo].[Employee] VALUES (2, 'JHON K', 'M', NULL, '2010-01-01', NULL) INSERT INTO [dbo].[Employee] ([EmployeeID], [EmployeeName]) VALUES (3, 'Brock H') sp_rename 'Employees', 'Employee' DELETE FROM [dbo].[Employee] WHERE EmployeeID = 2 TRUNCATE TABLE [dbo].[Employee] DROP TABLE [dbo].[Employee]
Check my [next post] on how to ADD/DROP columns in a table.