The five types of SQL statements are :
DDL : The Data Definition Language(DDL)
helps in the creation of a database structure or schema. CREATE, DROP, ALTER, RENAME
, and TRUNCATE
are the five types of DDL
commands in SQL
.
DML : The Data Manipulation Language (DML)
allows you to insert, change, and delete data from a database instance. It’s incharge of making all kinds of changes to a database’s data. The database application and the user can insert data and information using three basic commands which are: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
.
DCL : GRANT
and REVOKE
are commands in the DCL (Data Control Language)
that can be used to grant “rights and permissions.” The database system’s parameters are controlled by other permissions.
TCL : TCL commands, or Transaction Control Language(TCL)
, deal with database transactions. COMMIT, ROLLBACK, SAVEPOINT
are the commands of TCL.
DQL : The data is retrieved from the database using Data Query Language (DQL)
. It just has one command, which is SELECT