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This chapter will explain the SELECT and the SELECT * statements.

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The SQL SELECT Statement

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database. The result is stored in a result table, called the result-set.

SQL SELECT Syntax

S E L E C Tc o l u m n _ n a m e ( s ) F R O Mt a b l e _ n a m e
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S E L E C T*F R O Mt a b l e _ n a m e
Note: SQL is not case sensitive. SELECT is the same as select.

An SQL SELECT Example

The "Persons" table: P_Id 1 2 3 LastName Hansen Svendson Pettersen FirstName Ola Tove Kari Address Timoteivn 10 Borgvn 23 Storgt 20 City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger

Now we want to select the content of the columns named "LastName" and "FirstName" from the table above. We use the following SELECT statement:

S E L E C TL a s t N a m e , F i r s t N a m eF R O MP e r s o n s
The result-set will look like this: LastName Hansen Svendson Pettersen FirstName Ola Tove Kari

SELECT * Example
Now we want to select all the columns from the "Persons" table. We use the following SELECT statement:

S E L E C T*F R O MP e r s o n s
Tip: The asterisk (*) is a quick way of selecting all columns! The result-set will look like this: P_Id 1 2 3 LastName Hansen Svendson Pettersen FirstName Ola Tove Kari Address Timoteivn 10 Borgvn 23 Storgt 20 City Sandnes Sandnes Stavanger

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Navigation in a Result-set
Most database software systems allow navigation in the result-set with programming functions, like: Move-ToFirst-Record, Get-Record-Content, Move-To-Next-Record, etc. Programming functions like these are not a part of this tutorial. To learn about accessing data with function calls, please visit our ADO tutorial or our PHP tutorial.

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