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Retriving data in SQL
-- Retrieving a specific number of rows;
-- SELECT * FROM demo LIMIT 3;
-- Retrieeving start after , number of rows
-- SELECT * FROM demo LIMIT 3,3;
-- Retrive while odering by id comuln in Ascending
-- SELECT * FROM demo ORDER BY (id) ASC;
-- Retrive while odering by id comuln in Descending
-- SELECT * FROM demo ORDER BY (id) DESC;
-- Therefore the ordering clause in my sql and mariadb syntax is ORDER BY(column name)
-- IFi you don't specify the DESC or ASc , the default is Ascending order;
/*SELECT * FRom demo
ORDER BY id,name; */
/*SELECT * FROM demo
ORDEr BY id ASC, name DEsc;*/
-- Customizing table
-- We use the ALTER keyword
/*ALTER TABLE demo
ADD date Date ;*/
-- DESCRIBE demo; displsy
/*Alter TABLE demo
DROP DAte;
ALTER TABLE demo
ADD record_date DATETIME;*/
/*INSERT INTO demo (name, hint, record_date)
VALUES ('Dsvid', 'Coach',NOW()),('Mark', 'Coach',NOW()),('Charles', 'Coach',NOW());*/
-- SELECT * FROM demo;
-- DELETE FROM demo WHERE name = 'David';
-- UPDATE demo SET name = 'David' WHERE hint = 'coach';
-- SELECT * FROM demo;
-- UPDATE demo SET name = 'David' WHERE name = 'Dsvid';
-- SELECT * FROM demo;
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