SQL Cheat Sheet [2020 Update]

In this SQL Query cheat sheet you will learn

Create Database and table commands

Command	Description
CREATE DATABASE DATABASE;	Create database
CREATE DATABASE NOT EXISTS database1;	IF NOT EXISTS let you to instruct MySQL server to check the existence of a database with a similar name prior to creating database.
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS database1 CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci	the Latin1 character set uses the latin1_swedish_ci collation which is the Swedish case insensitive order.
SHOW DATABASES	You can see list of existing databases by running following SQL command.
CREATE TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] TableName (fieldname dataType [optional parameters]) ENGINE = storage Engine;	Create table syntax

DATA TYPES

Numeric Data types

Command	Description
TINYINT( )	-128 to 127 normal 0 to 255 UNSIGNED.
SMALLINT( )	-32768 to 32767 normal 0 to 65535 UNSIGNED.
MEDIUMINT( )	-8388608 to 8388607 normal 0 to 16777215 UNSIGNED.
INT( )	-2147483648 to 2147483647 normal 0 to 4294967295 UNSIGNED.
BIGINT( )	-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807 normal 0 to 18446744073709551615 UNSIGNED.
FLOAT	A small approximate number with a floating decimal point.
DOUBLE( , )	A large number with a floating decimal point.
DECIMAL( , )	A DOUBLE stored as a string , allowing for a fixed decimal point. Choice for storing currency values.

Text Data Types

Command	Description
CHAR( )	A fixed section from 0 to 255 characters long.
VARCHAR( )	A variable section from 0 to 255 characters long.
TINYTEXT	A string with a maximum length of 255 characters.
TEXT	A string with a maximum length of 65535 characters.
BLOB	A string with a maximum length of 65535 characters.
MEDIUMTEXT	A string with a maximum length of 16777215 characters.
MEDIUMBLOB	A string with a maximum length of 16777215 characters.
LONGTEXT	A string with a maximum length of 4294967295 characters.
LONGBLOB	A string with a maximum length of 4294967295 characters.

Date / Time data types

Command	Description
DATE	YYYY-MM-DD
DATETIME	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
TIMESTAMP	YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
TIME	HH:MM:SS

Other data types

Command	Description
ENUM	To store text value chosen from a list of predefined text values.
SET	This is also used for storing text values chosen from a list of predefined text values. It can have multiple values.
BOOL	Synonym for TINYINT(1), used to store Boolean values
BINARY	Similar to CHAR, difference is texts are stored in binary format.
VARBINARY	Similar to VARCHAR, difference is texts are stored in binary format.

MySQL SELECT statement command

Command	Description
SELECT [DISTINCT\|ALL ] { * \| [fieldExpression [AS newName]} FROM tableName [alias] [WHERE condition][GROUP BY fieldName(s)] [HAVING condition] ORDER BY fieldName(s)	SQL SELECT statement syntax
SELECT * FROM table1;	select the table
SELECT t1,t2,t3, t4 FROM table1;	we are only interested in getting only the t1, t2, t3 and t4 fields only.
SELECT Concat(t1, (, t3, )) , t4 FROM table2;	Getting table2 listing
SELECT column_name\|value\|expression [AS] alias_name;	Alias field names syntax

MySQL WHERE clause with AND,OR,IN,NOT IN commands

Command	Description
SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE condition;	WHERE clause Syntax
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t1 = 2 AND t2 = 2008;	WHERE clause combined with – AND LOGICAL Operator
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t1 = 1 OR t1 = 2;	WHERE clause combined with – OR LOGICAL Operator
SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE t1 IN (1,2,3);	WHERE clause combined with – IN Keyword
SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE t1 NOT IN (1,2,3);	WHERE clause combined with – NOT IN Keyword
SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE t3 = Female;	WHERE clause combined with Equal(=) to COMPARISON OPERATORS
SELECT * FROM table3 WHERE t3 > 2000;	WHERE clause combined with greater than(>) to COMPARISON OPERATORS
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t1<> 1;	WHERE clause combined with Not Equal to (<>)COMPARISON OPERATORS

MySQL Command INSERT INTO Table

Command	Description
INSERT INTO table_name(column_1,column_2,…) VALUES (value_1,value_2,…);	basic syntax of the SQL INSERT command
INSERT INTO table1 (t1,t2,t3,t4) VALUES (X1,X2,X3,X4);	INSERT data into table
INSERT INTO table_1 SELECT * FROM table_2;	Inserting into a Table from another Table

MySQL DELETE command

Command	Description
DELETE FROM table_name [WHERE condition];	Delete a row in MySQL

Example :-
DELETE FROM table1 WHERE table1_id = 18;
(delete entry of 18 number id form table1.)
DELETE FROM table1 WHERE table1_id IN (20,21);
(delete entry of 20 and 21 number id form table1)

MySQL Update Command

Command	Description
UPDATE table_name SET column_name = new_value [WHERE condition];	update command syntax

Example :-
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t1 = 1;
(retrieve the record for t1 =1)
UPDATE table1 SET t4 = X1 WHERE t1 = 1;
(update the t4 value in table)

ORDER BY in MySQL: DESC & ASC command

Command	Description
SELECT statement… [WHERE condition \| GROUP BY field_name(s) HAVING condition] ORDER BY field_name(s) [ASC \| DESC];	Order by clause basic syntax
SELECT {fieldName(s) \| *} FROM tableName(s) [WHERE condition] ORDER BY fieldname(s) ASC /DESC [LIMIT N]	DESC and ASC syntax

Example :-
For DESC (descending)
SELECT * FROM table1 ORDER BY t3 DESC;
For ASC (ascending)
SELECT * FROM table1 ORDER BY t3 ASC;

MySQL GROUP BY and HAVING Clause command

Group by

Command	Description
SELECT statements… GROUP BY column_name1[,column_name2,…] [HAVING condition];	GROUP BY Syntax

Example for grouping a single column :-
SELECT t4 FROM table1 ;
SELECT t4 FROM table1 GROUP BY t4;( suppose we want to get the unique values for t4.)

Example for grouping a multiple columns :-
SELECT t1_id,t4 FROM table2 ;
SELECT t1_id,t4 FROM table2 GROUP BY t1_id,t4;(using group by method )

Grouping and aggregate functions

Command	Description
SELECT t2,COUNT(t1) FROM table1 GROUP BY t2;	Suppose we want the total number of t2 column values in our database.

HAVING clause

Command	Description
SELECT * FROM table2 GROUP BY t1_id,t4 HAVING t1_id = x1;	all the t4 for table2 t1 id x1. We would use the following script to achieve our results.

MySQL Wildcards commands for Like, NOT Like, Escape, ( % ), ( _ )

% the percentage wildcards commmand in MySQL

Command	Description
SELECT statements… WHERE fieldname LIKE xxx%;	basic syntax for % percentage wildcard

Example :- we would use the percentage wildcard to perform a pattern match on both sides of the word “X1” as part t2 of table1
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t2 LIKE %X1%;
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t2 LIKE %X1;
(the percentage wildcard at the beginning of the search criteria only)
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t2 LIKE X1%;
(the percentage wildcard to the end of the specified pattern to be matched.)

_ underscore wildcard command

Command	Description
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t3 LIKE x2_;	all the table1 that were t3 in the year “x2”

NOT Like wildcard command

Command	Description
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t3 NOT LIKE X2_;	Suppose we want to get table1 that were not t3 in the year X2_

Escape keyword wildcard command

Command	Description
LIKE 67#%% ESCAPE #;	we want to check for the string “67%”

MYSQL Regular Expressions (REGEXP)

Command	Description
SELECT statements… WHERE fieldname REGEXP pattern;	basic syntax of Regular Expression

Example :- all the table1 t1 that have the word X1 in them. It does not matter whether the “X1” is at the beginning, middle or end of the title.
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t1 REGEXP X1;

Regular expression Metacharacters

Command	Description
`*`	The asterisk (*) metacharacter is used to match zero (0) or more instances of the strings preceding it
`+`	The plus (+) metacharacter is used to match one or more instances of strings preceding it.
`?`	The question(?) metacharacter is used to match zero (0) or one instances of the strings preceding it.
`.`	The dot (.) metacharacter is used to match any single character in exception of a new line.
`[abc]`	The charlist [abc] is used to match any of the enclosed characters.
`[^abc]`	The charlist [^abc] is used to match any characters excluding the ones enclosed.
`[A-Z]`	The [A-Z] is used to match any upper case letter
`[a-z]`	The [a-z] is used to match any lower case letter
`[0-9]`	The [0-9] is used to match any digit from 0 through to 9.
`^`	The caret (^) is used to start the match at beginning.
`\|`	The vertical bar (\|) is used to isolate alternatives.
`[[:<:]]`	The[[:<:]] matches the beginning of words.
`[[:>:]]`	The [[:>:]] matches the end of words.
`[:class:]`	The [:class:] matches a character class i.e. [:alpha:] to match letters, [:space:] to match white space, [:punct:] is match punctuations and [:upper:] for upper class letters.

SQL Functions commands

String functions

Command	Description
SELECT t1_id,t2, UCASE(t2) FROM table1;	the “UCASE” function to do that. It takes a string as a parameter and converts all the letters to upper case.

Numeric functions

Command	Description	Example
`DIV`	Integer division	SELECT 23 DIV 6;
`/`	Division	SELECT 23 / 6 ;
`-`	Subtraction	SELECT 23 – 6 ;
`+`	Addition	SELECT 23 + 6 ;
`*`	Multiplication	SELECT 23 * 6 AS multiplication_result;
`% or MOD`	Modulus	SELECT 23 % 6 ; or SELECT 23 MOD 6;
`Floor`	this function removes decimals places from a number and rounds it to the nearest lowest number.	SELECT FLOOR(23 / 6) AS floor_result;
`Round`	this function rounds a number with decimal places to the nearest whole number.	SELECT ROUND(23 / 6) AS round_result;

Stored functions

Command	Description
CREATE FUNCTION sf_name ([parameter(s)]) RETURNS data type DETERMINISTIC STATEMENTS	basic syntax for creating a stored function
CREATE FUNCTION sf_name ([parameter(s)])	Mandatory and tells MySQL server to create a function named `sf_name’ with optional parameters defined in the parenthesis.
RETURNS data type	Mandatory and specifies the data type that the function should return.
DETERMINISTIC	The function will return the same values if the same arguments are supplied to it.
STATEMENTS	The procedural code that the function executes.

MySQL Aggregate function commands

Command	Description
SELECT COUNT(t1_id) FROM table1 WHERE t1_id = 2;	COUNT Function
SELECT MIN(t3) FROM table2;	MIN function
SELECT MAX(t3) FROM table2;	MAX function
SELECT SUM(t4) FROM table3;	SUM function
SELECT AVG(t4) FROM table3;	AVG function

MySQL IS NULL & IS NOT NULL commands

Command	Description
SELECT COUNT(t3) FROM table1; ( if t3 have null value present that not count)	Null as a Value
CREATE TABLE table2( t1_number int NOT NULL, t2_names varchar(255) , t3 varchar(6) );	NOT NULL Values
comlumn_name IS NULL comlumn_name NOT NULL	NULL Keywords Basic syntax
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t2_number IS NULL;	Example of IS NULL
SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE t2_number IS NOT NULL;	Example of IS NOT NULL

MySQL AUTO_INCREMENT commands

Command	Description
CREATE TABLE table1 ( t1_id int(11) AUTO_INCREMENT, t2_name varchar(150) DEFAULT NULL, t3 varchar(500) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (t1_id) );	Auto increment syntax

MYSQL – ALTER, DROP, RENAME, MODIFY

Command	Description
ALTER TABLE table_name ADD COLUMN column_name data_type;	Alter- syntax
DROP TABLE sample_table;	DROP TABLE syntax
RENAME TABLE current_table_name TO new_table_name;	RENAME COMMAND syntax
ALTER TABLE table1 CHANGE COLUMN t1_names t1name char(250) NOT NULL;	CHANGE KEYWORD
ALTER TABLE table1MODIFY t1name char(50) NOT NULL;	MODIFY KEYWORD
ALTER TABLE table1 ADD t4 date NULL AFTER t3;	AFTER KEYWORD

MySQL LIMIT & OFFSET

Command	Description
SELECT {fieldname(s) \| *} FROM tableName(s) [WHERE condition] LIMIT N;	LIMIT keyword syntax
SELECT * FROM table1 LIMIT 1, 2;	OFF SET in the LIMIT query

MySQL SubQuery commands :

Command	Description
SELECT t1_name FROM table1 WHERE category_id =( SELECT MIN(t1_id) from table2);	sub queries

MySQL JOINS commands

Command	Description
SELECT * FROM table1 CROSS JOIN table2	Cross JOIN
SELECT table1.t1 , table1.t2 , table2.t1 FROM table1 ,table2 WHERE table2.id = table1.table2_id	INNER JOIN
SELECT A.t1 , B.t2 , B.t3 FROM table2 AS A LEFT JOIN table1 AS B ON B.table2_id = A.id	LEFT JOIN
SELECT A.t1 , A.t2, B.t3 FROM table1 AS A RIGHT JOIN table2 AS B ON B.id = A.table2_id	RIGHT JOIN
SELECT A.t1 , B.t2 , B.t3 FROM table2 AS A LEFT JOIN table1 AS B USING ( table2_id )	“ON” and “USING” clauses

MySQL UNION commands

Command	Description
SELECT column1, column2 FROM table1	UNION syntax
SELECT column1,column2 FROM table2;	UNION DISTINCT

MySQL in Views commands

Command	Description
CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT statement;	Views syntax
DROP VIEW general_v_movie_rentals ;	Dropping views

MySQL Index commands

Command	Description
CREATE INDEX id_index ON table_name(column_name);	Add index basic syntax
DROP INDEX index_id ON table_name;	Drop index basic syntax

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