SQL Select Statement

The SELECT statement is used to retrieve all the data of a table in a database.

Example

select * from employee;

This will retreive all the field values of the table employee.

Output

empno name age role location
001 Andrew 30 Manager India
002 Beslin 28 Business Analyst India
003 Joanna 23 Senior Developer USA

To retrieve specific fields of the table specify the field name with comma seperation.

Example

select name,age from employee;

The above query will retrieve only the name and age fields of the employee table.

Output

name age
Andrew 30
Beslin 28
Joanna 23

If the select statement does not have any condition specified with where clause, then it will retrieve all the rows of the table.


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