A Guide to INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE Statements in Oracle


 

In this article, we’ll be focusing on three of the most used SQL commands in Oracle: INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE. These commands are used to insert new data into tables, update existing data, and delete data from tables, respectively.

In this article I will take a closer look at each of these statements and how they are used in Oracle. Please note the INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements can only be used on tables that you have been granted the privilege to execute these commands.

Note that by default, Oracle implicitly starts a transaction after every statement. Because of this,