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What is DML (Data Manipulation Language):

DML stands for data manipulation language, and it is a subset of structured query language
(SQL) that is used for adding (inserting), deleting, and altering (updating) data in a database,
So the SQL instructions that deal with the alteration of data stored in a database are classified
as DML, or Data Manipulation Language, and this category comprises the majority of SQL
statements as well. In an SQL statement, it is the component that controls access to data as
well as access to the database.

List of DML commands:

INSERT : It is utilized in the process of populating data into a table.


UPDATE : It is used to make changes to data that has already been entered
into a table.
DELETE : It is used to remove records from a table in a database.
Consider the following relational model created in the previous tutorial of DDL.

1. Insert sample records to the tables


2. Modify the existing records.
3. Delete the records.

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