the smallest unit that can contain a meaningful set of data (Table Entity, Horizontal Entity, Vertical Entity)
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Entity Instance
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entity instance is a single occurrence of an entity. Instance means: In a database model, a row where the Primary Key identifies a single instance
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CREATE (statement)
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Creates an object such as a table or database
eg: CREATE sales ( purchase_number INT);
This creates a table named sales with purchase_number as its only field(column)
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Field
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Column containing specific information about every record in the table.
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Data Definition Language (DDL)
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A syntax
A set of statements that allow the user to define or modify data structures and objects such as tables
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Record
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A row of a table made up of different data values
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ALTER (statement)
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Used when altering existing objects
eg ALTER table sales
ADD COLUMN date_of_purchase DATE;
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Relational Database
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A database with related tables
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SQL Syntax
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a set of several types of statements that allow you to perform various commands and operations