README.md

The lectures and exercises are based on StandfordOnline course 'Databases: Relational Databases and SQL'.

SQLite Installation:

Download the Precompiled Binaries for MacOS https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

Basic SQLite Operations:

Navigate to the folder you wish to work on and run: sqlite3 https://www.sqlite.org/cli.html

--> to create a new schema/table with various attributes/columns sqlite> CREATE TABLE table_name ( attribute_1_name attribute_1_type PRIMARY KEY, attribute_2_name attribute_2_type, ...);

--> to insert new tuples/rows into each attribute in the new schema sqlite> INSERT INTO table_name VALUES (attribute_1, attribute_2, ...);

--> to remove a row from a schema sqlite> DELETE FROM table_name WHERE column_name = 'condition';

--> to show all schemas sqlite> .schema

--> to show the content of a schema in table format sqlite> .headers on sqlite> .mode columns sqlite> SELECT * FROM table_name;

--> to remove a schema sqlite> DROP TABLE table_name;

--> to create/open a new database sqlite> .open new_db.db

--> to run the SQLite commands in a .sql file sqlite> .read schema_name.sql

---> to exit in the middle of a sqlite query sqlite> control+D