Chapter 5. Manipulating Data
In this hour, you learn the part of SQL known as Data Manipulation Language (DML). DML is the part of SQL that is used to make changes to data and tables in a relational database.
This hour’s highlights include:
An overview of data manipulation language
Instruction on how to manipulate data in tables
Concepts behind table population of data
How to delete data from tables
How to change or modify data in tables
Overview of Data Manipulation
DML is the part of SQL that allows a database user to actually propagate changes among data in a relational database. With DML, the user can populate tables with new data, update existing data in tables, and delete data from tables. Simple database queries can also be performed within a DML ...
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