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title: "What is a database command?"  
description: "What is a database command?"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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category: "db2"  
tags: ["db2"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a database command?

A database command specifies which particular action you want to perform to the database.The commands are in the form of SQL (Structured Query Language). There are four basic SQL statements that can be passed to the database.

## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

A database command specifies which particular action you want to perform to the database.The commands are in the form of SQL (Structured Query Language). There are four basic SQL statements that can be passed to the database.


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