SQL Select

The SQL SELECT Statement

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database.

The data returned is stored in a result table, called the result-set.

SELECT Syntax

SQL 
SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;

Here, column1, column2, … are the field names of the table you want to select data from. If you want to select all the fields available in the table, use the following syntax:

SQL 
SELECT * FROM table_name;

SELECT Column Example

The following SQL statement selects the “CustomerName” and “City” columns from the “Customers” table:

SQL 
SELECT CustomerName, City FROM Customers;

SELECT * Example

The following SQL statement selects all the columns from the “Customers” table:

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SELECT * FROM Customers;