SQLite Syntax

Syntax is a unique set of rules and guidelines. Following is a list of syntax for SQLite.

Case sensitivity:

SQLite is not case sensitive. But, there are some commands which are case sensitive.
For example: GLOB and glob have different meaning in SQLite statements.

Comments:

Comments are used to add more readability in your SQLite code.
Comments cannot be nested.
Comments begin with two consecutive “-” characters.
Sometimes it also appears with “/*” and extend up to and including the next “*/” character pair.

SQLite Statements

All the SQLite statement is started with any of the keywords like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALTER, DROP, etc. All the statement will end with a semicolon (;).

SQLite ANALYZE Statement

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SQLite AND/OR Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  CONDITION-1 {AND|OR} CONDITION-2;   

SQLite ALTER TABLE Statement

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SQLite ALTER TABLE Statement (Rename)

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SQLite ATTACH DATABASE Statement

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SQLite BEGIN TRANSACTION Statement

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SQLite BETWEEN Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  column_name BETWEEN val-1 AND val-2;  SQLite COMMIT Statement:  COMMIT;  

SQLite CREATE INDEX Statement

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SQLite CREATE UNIQUE INDEX Statement

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SQLite CREATE TABLE Statement

Syntax:

  CREATE TABLE table_name(     column1 datatype,     column2 datatype,     column3 datatype,     …..     columnN datatype,     PRIMARY KEY( one or more columns ));   

SQLite CREATE TRIGGER Statement

Syntax:

  CREATE TRIGGER database_name.trigger_name   BEFORE INSERT ON table_name FOR EACH ROW  BEGIN      stmt1;      stmt2;     ….  END;   

SQLite CREATE VIEW Statement

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SQLite CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE Statement

Syntax:

  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE database_name.table_name USING weblog( access.log );  or  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE database_name.table_name USING fts3( );   

SQLite COMMIT TRANSACTION Statement

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SQLite COUNT Clause

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SQLite DELETE Statement

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SQLite DETACH DATABASE Statement

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SQLite DISTINCT Clause

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SQLite DROP INDEX Statement

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SQLite DROP TABLE Statement

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SQLite DROP VIEW Statement

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SQLite DROP TRIGGER Statement

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SQLite EXISTS Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  column_name EXISTS (SELECT * FROM   table_name );  

SQLite EXPLAIN Statement

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SQLite GLOB Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  column_name GLOB { PATTERN };  

SQLite GROUP BY Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT SUM(column_name)  FROM   table_name  WHERE  CONDITION  GROUP BY column_name;  

SQLite HAVING Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT SUM(column_name)  FROM   table_name  WHERE  CONDITION  GROUP BY column_name  HAVING (arithematic function condition);  

SQLite INSERT INTO Statement

Syntax:

  INSERT INTO table_name( column1, column2….columnN)  VALUES ( value1, value2….valueN);  

SQLite IN Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  column_name IN (val-1, val-2,…val-N);  

SQLite Like Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  column_name LIKE { PATTERN };  

SQLite NOT IN Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  column_name NOT IN (val-1, val-2,…val-N);  

SQLite ORDER BY Clause

Syntax:

  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  CONDITION  ORDER BY column_name {ASC|DESC};  

SQLite PRAGMA Statement

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For example:

SQLite RELEASE SAVEPOINT Statement

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SQLite REINDEX Statement

Syntax:

  REINDEX collation_name;  REINDEX database_name.index_name;  REINDEX database_name.table_name;  

SQLite ROLLBACK Statement

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SQLite SAVEPOINT Statement

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SQLite SELECT Statement

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SQLite UPDATE Statement

Syntax:

  UPDATE table_name  SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2….columnN=valueN  [ WHERE  CONDITION ];  

SQLite VACUUM Statement

Syntax:

  VACUUM;  SQLite WHERE Clause:  SELECT column1, column2….columnN  FROM   table_name  WHERE  CONDITION;  

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