Quiz Discussion

DELETE FROM r;   /* r - relation  */

This command performs which of the following action?

• 1]

  Remove relation

• 2]

  Clear relation entries

• 3]

  Delete fields

• 4]

  Delete rows

The basic datatype char (n) is a _______ length character string and varchar (n) is _______ length character.

• 1]

  Fixed, equal

• 2]

  Equal, variable

• 3]

  Fixed, variable

• 4]

  Variable, equal

To remove a relation from an SQL database, we use the ______ command.

• 1]

  Delete

• 2]

  Purge

• 3]

  Remove

• 4]

  Drop table

Which of the following is true regarding views?

• 1]

  The user who creates a view cannot be given update authorization on a view without having update authorization on the relations used to define the view

• 2]

  The user who creates a view cannot be given update authorization on a view without having update authorization on the relations used to define the view

• 3]

  If a user creates a view on which no authorization can be granted, the system will allow the view creation request

• 4]

  A user who creates a view receives all privileges on that view

Updates that violate __________ are disallowed.

• 1]

  Integrity constraints

• 2]

  Transaction control

• 3]

  Authorization

• 4]

  DDL constraints

An attribute A of datatype varchar(20) has the value “Avi”. The attribute B of datatype char(20) has value ”Reed”. Here attribute A has ____ spaces and attribute B has ____ spaces.

• 1]

  3, 20

• 2]

  20, 4

• 3]

  20, 20

• 4]

  3, 4

Which one of the following is used to define the structure of the relation, deleting relations and relating schemas?

• 1]

  DML(Data Manipulation Langauge)

• 2]

  DDL(Data Definition Langauge)

• 3]

  Query

• 4]

  Relational Schema

Which of the following is used to provide privilege to only a particular attribute?

• 1]

  Grant update(budget,salary,Rate) on department to Raj

• 2]

  Grant update(budget) on department to Raj

• 3]

  Grant select on employee to Amit

• 4]

  Grant delete to Amit

CREATE TABLE employee (name VARCHAR, id INTEGER)

What type of statement is this?

• 1]

  DML

• 2]

  DDL

• 3]

  View

• 4]

  Integrity constraint

INSERT INTO instructor VALUES (10211, ’Smith’, ’Biology’, 66000);

What type of statement is this?

• 1]

  Query

• 2]

  DML

• 3]

  Relational

• 4]

  DDL