Which term refers to the name of the table the command is applied to?

• A. SQL Alias
• B. SET
• C. Table_name
• D. VALUES

Answer: (C)

In SQL, the thing that names the table you’re operating on is called the table name. Documentation often uses a placeholder like Table_name to stand in for the actual table’s real name. You place this name after keywords such as FROM, INTO, UPDATE, or DELETE FROM to indicate which table the command targets.

For example, in a query like SELECT * FROM orders, orders is the table name. If you instead use an alias, such as SELECT o.* FROM orders AS o, then o is just a temporary alias for that table within the query, not the actual table name. The other terms don’t refer to the real table being acted upon: an SQL alias renames the table for the query; SET assigns values or settings; VALUES provides data in an INSERT. So the term that refers to the actual table name is Table_name.