SQL is a programming language that is widely used to operate relation databases. Many users (such as data analysts and junior programmers) will encounter various difficulties when writing SQL query programs due to the lack of programming experience and knowledge of SQL syntax. Currently, the research on the automatic synthesis of SQL query programs from the <input-output> (I/O) example tables has attracted more and more attention. The inductive SQL synthesis with positive and negative tuples (ISST) method proposed in this study can automatically synthesize SQL query programs that meet the users’ expectations by the I/O example tables edited by users and containing a small number of tuples. The ISST method contains five main stages: constructing the SQL query program sketches, expanding the worksheet data, dividing the sets of positive and negative examples, inductively synthesizing selection predicates, and sorting after verifying. The candidate set of SQL query programs is verified on the online database PostgreSQL, and the candidate set of synthesized SQL query programs is scored and sorted according to the principle of Occam’s razor. The ISST method is implemented using the Java language and then is evaluated on a test set containing 28 samples. The results reveal that the ISST method can correctly synthesize 24 of the samples, which takes an average of 2 seconds.