- With the select statement we can easily retrieve data from databases.
- It’s the most used statement in every database language.
- Returns data like a table, called result-set
Syntax
Select columnNames from tableNameIf all columns were selected then we can use * (star) instead of column names
If there are two or more colums then column names are separated by commas.
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Basic Select Examples
Example1- List all students
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Select * from students |
Result Of Query
505 rows
Example 2- List only name and surname of all students
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Select name, surname from students |
Result Of Query
505 rows
Example 3- List book names and pagecount
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Select name,pagecount from books |
Result Of Query;
168 rows
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