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Below I have listed the most common commands that I am using when acquiring data from a database | Below I have listed the most common commands that I am using when acquiring data from a database | ||
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Selecting a single Column from a table: | |||
<code> | |||
SELECT name | |||
FROM people; | |||
</code> | |||
This will select the column "Name" from the "People" Table. | |||
Selecting multiple columns from a table: | |||
<code> | |||
SELECT name, birthdate | |||
FROM people; | |||
</code> | |||
This will select the Name and Birthrate column from the people table. | |||
<code> | |||
SELECT * | |||
FROM people; | |||
</code> | |||
This will select all columns from a table. | |||
<code> | |||
SELECT * | |||
FROM people | |||
LIMIT 10; | |||
</code> | |||
This will select 10 rows with all columns from a table. |
Revision as of 02:04, 12 September 2023
Below I have listed the most common commands that I am using when acquiring data from a database
Selecting a single Column from a table:
SELECT name
FROM people;
This will select the column "Name" from the "People" Table.
Selecting multiple columns from a table:
SELECT name, birthdate
FROM people;
This will select the Name and Birthrate column from the people table.
SELECT *
FROM people;
This will select all columns from a table.
SELECT *
FROM people
LIMIT 10;
This will select 10 rows with all columns from a table.