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Q.Write SQL statements to

(i) change the marks of the student with RollNo 1 to 80, and
(ii) delete the record of the student with RollNo 2 from the Student table.
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Both of these are DML operations, and both need a WHERE clause so that they affect only the intended row.

(i) Changing data uses UPDATE ... SET ... WHERE. To set the marks of the student whose RollNo is 1 to 80:

UPDATE Student
SET Marks = 80
WHERE RollNo = 1;

The WHERE RollNo = 1 part is essential — without it, the marks of every student would be changed to 80.

(ii) Removing data uses DELETE FROM ... WHERE. To delete the record of the student whose RollNo is 2:

DELETE FROM Student
WHERE RollNo = 2;
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