--- title: Top 10 SQL Commands Everyone Should Know | daily.dev description: Theo Despoudis is a Senior Software Engineer and an experienced mentor. He has a keen interest in Open Source Architectures, Cloud Computing, best practices... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/top-10-sql-commands-everyone-should-know-uoo-kolyh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Top 10 SQL Commands Everyone Should Know | daily.dev og:description: Theo Despoudis is a Senior Software Engineer and an experienced mentor. He has a keen interest in Open Source Architectures, Cloud Computing, best practices... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/top-10-sql-commands-everyone-should-know-uoo-kolyh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uoo_kOlyh.png og:image:alt: Top 10 SQL Commands Everyone Should Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Top 10 SQL Commands Everyone Should Know **[Sweetcode](https://daily.dev/sources/swcd)** · 6 min read · 63 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Theo Despoudis is a Senior Software Engineer and an experienced mentor. He has a keen interest in Open Source Architectures, Cloud Computing, best practices and functional programming. He occasionally blogs on several publishing platforms and enjoys creating projects from inspiration. He is a member of the Linux Foundation and the Apache Software Foundation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 4 upvotes > This is too basic. They even include select and where in this list. 🤦‍♂️ **@way2extreme** · 1 upvotes > The title is correct. Every developer should understand the basics of SQL. **@mangalsrdev** · 0 upvotes > this is beginer friendly, thanks. **@papoel** · 0 upvotes > It's very interesting 🤠 thanks ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#sql](https://daily.dev/tags/sql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/top-10-sql-commands-everyone-should-know-uoo-kolyh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Top 10 SQL Commands Everyone Should Know","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-10-sql-commands-everyone-should-know-uoo-kolyh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-10-sql-commands-everyone-should-know-uoo-kolyh"},"datePublished":"2021-02-13T05:29:07.398Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Theo Despoudis is a Senior Software Engineer and an experienced mentor. 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They even include select and where in this list. 🤦‍♂️","datePublished":"2021-02-13T16:37:46.033Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uoo_kOlyh#c-0QJAFePLT","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ido Shamun","url":"https://daily.dev/idoshamun","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---xy_OAwk--/f_auto,q_auto/v1703781380/avatars/avatar_28849d86070e4c099c877ab6837c61f0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The title is correct. Every developer should understand the basics of SQL.","datePublished":"2021-02-15T14:52:46.036Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uoo_kOlyh#c-_7MR4BPCb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rod Hartzell","url":"https://daily.dev/way2extreme","image":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/862497?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"this is beginer friendly, thanks.","datePublished":"2022-03-04T05:06:08.494Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uoo_kOlyh#c-Ywm_cqcIP","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mangal singh rawat","url":"https://daily.dev/mangalsrdev","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--dCVWerPE--/f_auto/v1748452520/avatars/avatar_8a8cU7FiPooQ4bTA9rITk?_a=BAMClqUq0"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It’s very interesting 🤠 thanks","datePublished":"2022-05-05T16:53:58.794Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uoo_kOlyh#c-tX3AUl5G2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pascal Briffard","url":"https://daily.dev/papoel","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69879180?v=4"}}]} ```