SQL 遵循一组称为“语法”的规则和指南。本教程列出了所有的 SQL 基础语法供你快速学习 SQL 之用。
所有的 SQL 语句都以下列关键字之一开始:SELECT、INSERT、UPDATE、DELETE、ALTER、DROP、CREATE、USE、SHOW,并以一个分号(;)结束。
有一点需要特别注意:SQL 不区分大小写,也就是说 SELECT 和 select 在 SQL 语句中有相同的含义。然而,MySQL 在表的名称方面并不遵循此规定。所以,如果你在使用 MySQL 的话,你需要在程序中严格按照它们在数据库中名字进行使用。
本教程列出的所有的例子都在 MySQL 下进行了测试。
SQL SELECT 语句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name;
SQL DISTINCT 子句
    SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name;
SQL WHERE 子句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  CONDITION;
SQL AND/OR 子句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  CONDITION-1 {AND|OR} CONDITION-2;
SQL IN 子句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  column_name IN (val-1, val-2,...val-N);
SQL BETWEEN 子句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  column_name BETWEEN val-1 AND val-2;
SQL LIKE 子句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  column_name LIKE { PATTERN };
SQL ORDER BY 子句
    SELECT column1, column2....columnN
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  CONDITION
    ORDER BY column_name {ASC|DESC};
SQL GROUP BY 子句
    SELECT SUM(column_name)
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  CONDITION
    GROUP BY column_name;
SQL COUNT 子句
    SELECT COUNT(column_name)
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  CONDITION;
SQL HAVING 子句
    SELECT SUM(column_name)
    FROM   table_name
    WHERE  CONDITION
    GROUP BY column_name
    HAVING (arithematic function condition);
SQL CREATE TABLE 语句
    CREATE TABLE table_name(
    column1 datatype,
    column2 datatype,
    column3 datatype,
    .....
    columnN datatype,
    PRIMARY KEY( one or more columns )
    );
SQL DROP TABLE 语句
    DROP TABLE table_name;
SQL CREATE INDEX 语句
    CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
    ON table_name ( column1, column2,...columnN);
SQL DROP INDEX 语句
    ALTER TABLE table_name
    DROP INDEX index_name;
SQL DESC 语句
    DESC table_name;
SQL TRUNCATE TABLE 语句
    TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;
SQL ALTER TABLE 语句(重命名)
    ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME TO new_table_name;
SQL INSERT INTO 语句
    INSERT INTO table_name( column1, column2....columnN)
    VALUES ( value1, value2....valueN);
SQL UPDATE 语句
    UPDATE table_name
    SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2....columnN=valueN
    [ WHERE  CONDITION ];