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SQL DDL, DML, DCL Commands
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SQL DDL, DML, DCL Commands

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Problem

Write commands of types DDL, DML, DCL, TCL

Asked in the Technical stage. Implement a Python function that returns representative SQL commands grouped by these four command types. Use the supplied safe table name in every table-specific command.

Input and Output

table_name is a lowercase identifier containing letters and underscores. Return a dictionary with keys DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL. Each value must be a list of SQL command strings.

Constraints

  • 1 <= len(table_name) <= 30
  • table_name contains only lowercase letters and underscores
  • Each category contains at least two commands
  • The function returns commands as strings and does not execute them

Function Signature

def generate_sql_commands(table_name):
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