August 2009
Intermediate to advanced
960 pages
21h 21m
English
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Chapter 12. Create, Alter, and Drop Tables
This chapter introduces you to the Data Definition Language (DDL) commands associated with tables, the type of database object most frequently used. Table 12.1 provides an overview of other commonly used object types discussed in this and the following chapters.
Table 12.1 Commonly Used Database Object Types
The DDL commands allow you to create, modify, and remove database ...