Difference between ALTER and UPDATE
ALTER
* It is a DDL.
* It is used for adding, deleting and modifying attributes of the table.
* Changes are made to the table structure.
* By default, all the values in the tuple are initialized as null if the ALTER command is used.
UPDATE
* It is a DML.
* It is used for updating the data in the existing table.
* Changes are made to the data.
* It sets the specified value to the tuple if update command is used.
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