LU07.S02 - SQL-DDL: Table Management

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Task A: CREATE TABLE

Create a table called employees with the following columns:

CREATE TABLE employees (
  employee_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
  first_name VARCHAR(50),
  last_name VARCHAR(50),
  hire_date DATE,
  salary DECIMAL(10,2)
);

Task B: CREATE TABLE

Create a table called products to store inventory information. The table should have:

CREATE TABLE products (
  product_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
  product_name VARCHAR(100),
  category VARCHAR(50),
  price DECIMAL(10,2),
  stock_quantity INT
);

Task C: ALTER TABLE

Add a new column email (VARCHAR 100) to the employees table.

ALTER TABLE employees
ADD COLUMN email VARCHAR(100);

TASK D: MODIFY COLUMN

Change the salary column's data type to FLOAT in the employees table.

ALTER TABLE employees
MODIFY COLUMN salary FLOAT;

TASK E: DROP COLUMN

Remove the stock_quantity column from the products table.

ALTER TABLE products
DROP COLUMN stock_quantity;

TASK F: DROP TABLE

Completely remove the products table from the database.

DROP TABLE products;

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