Assignment 3 ..

SOME COMMANDS AND CLAUSES

USED
WHILE CREATING A USER
AND GRANTING HIM
RESOURCES.

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SYNTAX

COMMANDS

DESCRIPTION

CREATE USER

To create and configure a database user, which is an

account through which you can log in to the database, and
to establish the means by which Oracle Database permits
access by the user.

username

Specify the name of the user to be created. This name can

contain only characters from your database character set
and must follow the rules
The IDENTIFIED clause lets you indicate how Oracle
Database authenticates the user.

IDENTIFIED
Clause

BY
password

The BY password clause lets you creates a local user and

indicates that the user must specify password to log on to
the database. Passwords can contain only single-byte
characters from your database character set regardless of
whether the character set also contains multibyte
characters.
To grant System privileges to users and roles

GRANT

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commits the current transaction to the database,

disconnects the current username from Oracle Database,
and reconnects with the specified username.
CONNECT

CREATE USER username

IDENTIFIED BY password ;

SOME COMMANDS USED

WHILE CREATING TABLES
AND ENTERING VALUES
IN THEM.

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COMMAND
S

Create

INSERT

DESCRIPTION
To make a new database, table, index,
or stored query. A CREATE statement
in SQL creates an object inside of
a relational database management
system (RDBMS).
The INSERT command in SQL is used
to add records to an existing table.

SYNTAX
CREATE [TEMPORARY]
TABLE [table
name] ( [column
definitions] ) [table
parameters].
INSERT INTO ...
VALUES ...

Edit

Enter EDIT with no filename to edit the

contents of the SQL buffer with the
operating system text editor.

edit

Desc

Describe an Oracle Table, View,

Synonym, package or Function or
simply structure.

DESC table

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SOME COMMANDS USED

WHILE SOLVING OR
PERFORMING QUERIES
ON TABLE.

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COMMANDS

DML

SELECT

UPDATE

DELETE

DDL

DESCRIPTION
The Data Manipulation Language (DML) is used to
retrieve, insert and modify database information.
These commands will be used by all database users
during the routine operation of the database.
The SELECT command is the most commonly used
command in SQL. It allows database users to
retrieve the specific information they desire from an
operational database.

SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE ...

The UPDATE command can be used to modify

information contained within a table, either in bulk or
individually.

UPDATE ... SET ... WHERE ...

The DELETE command with a WHERE clause can

be used to remove any record from table.

DELETE FROM ... WHERE ...

The Data Definition Language (DDL) is used to

create and destroy databases and database objects.
These commands will primarily be used by database
administrators during the setup and removal phases
of a database project.
To destroy an existing database, table, index, or

Drop

SYNTAX

Drop table tablename

view.

Alter

To modify an existing database object.

Edit

Enter EDIT with no filename to edit the contents of

the SQL buffer with the operating system text editor.

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Alter table tablename

modify(column definations)
edit