This document discusses SQL commands for creating, deleting, and emptying database tables. It provides the syntax and examples for the CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, and TRUNCATE TABLE statements. The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create a new database table with specified columns and data types. DROP TABLE completely removes a table from the database while TRUNCATE TABLE empties all records but keeps the table structure.

1. SQL CREATE and DROP
TABLE Statement
Database System 2
Angelo T. Retita
IT-Instructor

2. Objectives
• 1. Will able to understand in Creating Database Table.
• 2. Will able to determine the syntax in Creating Database Table.
• 3. Will able to understand in Deleting Database Table.
• 4. Will able to determine the syntax in Deleting Database Table.

3. SQL CREATE TABLE Statement
• The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create a new table in a
database.

4. SQL CREATE TABLE Syntax
CREATE TABLE table_name (
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
....
);
The column parameters specify the
names of the columns of the table.
The datatype parameter specifies the type of data the
column can hold (e.g. varchar, integer, date, etc.).
Note:
To Specify the Database where you want your table
to be inserted. Use this Syntax once:
Use databaseName;

5. SQL CREATE TABLE Example
• The following example creates a table called "Persons" that contains five
columns: PersonID, LastName, FirstName, Address, and City:
The PersonID column is of type int and will hold an integer.
The LastName, FirstName, Address, and City columns are of type varchar and will hold characters, and the maximum
length for these fields is 255 characters.
CREATE TABLE Persons (
PersonID int,
LastName varchar(255),
FirstName varchar(255),
Address varchar(255),
City varchar(255)
);

6. Table “Persons”
• The empty "Persons" table will now look like this:

7. SQL DROP TABLE Statement
• The DROP TABLE statement is used to drop an existing table in a
database.

8. SQL DROP TABLE Syntax
DROP TABLE table_name;
Note: Be careful before dropping a table. Deleting
a table will result in loss of complete information
stored in the table!

9. SQL DROP TABLE Example
• The following SQL statement drops the existing table "Persons":
DROP TABLE Persons;

10. SQL TRUNCATE TABLE
• The TRUNCATE TABLE statement is used to delete the data inside a
table, but not the table itself.
Syntax
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;

11. SQL TRUNCATE Example
• The following SQL statement TRUNCATE the existing records of
“tblGrades“ table:
TRUNCATE TABLE tblGrade;
tblGrade before

12. Create a query
Result: