Title - SELECT SQL statements Tags - sqlstatements

SELECT statements are used to fetch data from a database.

They always return a new table called the ‘result set’.

Example 1:

SELECT name FROM celebs;

SELECT is the clause indicating that the statement is a query.

name specifies the column to query data from.

FROM celebs specifies the name of the table to query data from - in this case, the table named ‘celebs’.

Example 2:

SELECT * FROM celebs.

This statement queries data from all columns. The ’*’ is a wildcard character that allows you to select every column in a table without having to name each of them individually.