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This document contains 15 SQL statements to alter database tables by renaming tables and columns, modifying data types, adding and dropping columns, adding and dropping primary keys and foreign keys, and creating and dropping indexes. The statements demonstrate how to modify table structures and relationships.

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Review Questions 6

This document contains 15 SQL statements to alter database tables by renaming tables and columns, modifying data types, adding and dropping columns, adding and dropping primary keys and foreign keys, and creating and dropping indexes. The statements demonstrate how to modify table structures and relationships.

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1. Write a SQL statement to rename the table countries to country_new.


ALTER TABLE countries RENAME country_new

2. Write a SQL statement to add a column region_id to the table locations.


ALTER TABLE locations ADD region_id

3. Write a SQL statement to add a columns ID as the first column of the table locations.
ALTER TABLE locations ADD ID FIRST;

4. Write a SQL statement to add a column region_id after state_province to the table
locations.
ALTER TABLE locations ADD region_id
AFTER state_province

5. Write a SQL statement change the data type of the column country_id to integer in the
table locations.
ALTER TABLE locations
MODIFY country_id

6. Write a SQL statement to drop the column city from the table locations.
ALTER TABLE locations DROP city

7. Write a SQL statement to change the name of the column state_province to state,
keeping the data type and size same.
ALTER TABLE locations
CHANGE state_province state varchar (25)

8. Write a SQL statement to add a primary key for the column location_id in the locations
table.
ALTER TABLE locations ADD PRIMARY KEY (location_id)
Here is the sample table employees.

Sample table: employees

9. Write a SQL statement to add a primary key for a combination of columns location_id
and country_id.
ALTER TABLE locations
ADD PRIMARY KEY (location_id,country_id)
10. Write a SQL statement to drop the existing primary from the table locations on a
combination of columns location_id and country_id.
ALTER TABLE locations DROP PRIMARY KEY

11. Write a SQL statement to add a foreign key on job_id column of job_history table
referencing to the primary key job_id of jobs table.
ALTER TABLE job_history
ADD FOREIGN KEY (job_id) REFERENCES jobs (job_id)

12. Write a SQL statement to add a foreign key constraint named fk_job_id on job_id
column of job_history table referencing to the primary key job_id of jobs table.
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13. Write a SQL statement to drop the existing foreign key fk_job_id from job_history table on
job_id column which is referencing to the job_id of jobs table.

14. Write a SQL statement to add an index named indx_job_id on job_id column in the table
job_history.

15. Write a SQL statement to drop the index indx_job_id from job_history table.

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