SQL DROP,TRUNCATE ,ALTER TABLE

DROP TABLE IN SQL

The DROP TABLE statement is used to drop an existing table in a database.

Syntax

DROP TABLE table_name;

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;

SQL ALTER TABLE Statement

The ALTER TABLE statement is used to add, delete, or modify columns in an existing table.

The ALTER TABLE statement is also used to add and drop various constraints on an existing table.

Alter table-ADD Column

To add a column in a table, use the following syntax:

ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype;

Alter table-DROP Column

To delete a column in a table, use the following syntax (notice that some database systems don't allow deleting a column):

ALTER TABLE table_name
ALTER COLUMN column_name datatype;

ID	LastName	FirstName	Address	City
1	Hansen	Ola	Timoteivn 10	Sandnes
2	Svendson	Tove	Borgvn 23	Sandnes
3	Pettersen	Kari	Storgt 20	Stavanger

Now we want to add a column named "DateOfBirth" in the "Persons" table.

We use the following SQL statement:

ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD DateOfBirth date;