SQL - Database Programming Language
This course covers the basics of working with SQL. Work your way through the videos/articles and I'll teach you everything you need to know to interact with database management systems and create powerful relational databases!

Creating Tables

Lesson 6
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Last Updated : December, 2017

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CopyINT                           -- Whole Numbers
DECIMAL(M,N)                  -- Decimal Numbers - Exact Value
VARCHAR(l)                    -- String of text of length l
BLOB                          -- Binary Large Object, Stores large data
DATE                          -- 'YYYY-MM-DD'
TIMESTAMP                     -- 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' - used for recording events

-- Creating tables
CREATE TABLE student (
  student_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
  name VARCHAR(40),
  major VARCHAR(40)
  -- PRIMARY KEY(student_id)
);

DESCRIBE student;
DROP TABLE student;
ALTER TABLE student ADD gpa DECIMAL;
ALTER TABLE student DROP COLUMN gpa;