SQL statement examples

This article demonstrates a variety of SQL statements.

SQL statements, broadly speaking, fall into four commonly used categories:

• SELECT statements
• INSERT statements
• UPDATE statements
• DELETE statements

SQL statements are typically case-insensitive. These examples follow the common convention of uppercasing SQL keywords.

SELECT statements

SELECT statement return zero or more records.

INSERT statements

INSERT statements insert a new record into a database table

UPDATE statements

UPDATE statements update zero or more existing records in a database table

DELETE statements

DELETE statements delete zero or more existing records from a database table

Different implementations of SQL

Note that different implementations of SQL -- different "flavors" -- may differ in their details. The examples on this page are appropriate to a wide range -- but not necessarily all -- implementations.