EdgeQL​

Statements in EdgeQL are a kind of an expression that has one or more clauses and is used to retrieve or modify data in a database.

Query statements:

• select

  Retrieve data from a database and compute arbitrary expressions.

• for

  Compute an expression for every element of an input set and concatenate the results.

• group

  Group data into subsets by keys.

Data modification statements:

• insert

  Create new object in a database.

• update

  Update objects in a database.

• delete

  Remove objects from a database.

Transaction control statements:

• start transaction

  Start a transaction.

• commit

  Commit the current transaction.

• rollback

  Abort the current transaction.

• declare savepoint

  Declare a savepoint within the current transaction.

• rollback to savepoint

  Rollback to a savepoint within the current transaction.

• release savepoint

  Release a previously declared savepoint.

Session state control statements:

• set and reset.

Introspection command:

• describe.