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

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Note: SQL is not case sensitive. SELECT is the same as select.

An SQL SELECT Example

The "Persons" table:

Now we want to select the content of the columns named "LastName" and "FirstName" from the table above.

We use the following SELECT statement:

The result-set will look like this:

SELECT * Example

Now we want to select all the columns from the "Persons" table.

We use the following SELECT statement: 

Tip: The asterisk (*) is a quick way of selecting all columns!

The result-set will look like this: