SQL SELECT Statement

The SQL SELECT Statement

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database.

Return data from the Customers table:

SELECT CustomerName, City FROM Customers;

SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM table_name;

Here, column1, column2, ... are the field names of the table you want to select data from.

The table_name represents the name of the table you want to select data from.

Below is a selection from the Customers table used in the examples:

CustomerID	CustomerName	ContactName	Address	City	PostalCode	Country
1	Alfreds Futterkiste	Maria Anders	Obere Str. 57	Berlin	12209	Germany
2	Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados	Ana Trujillo	Avda. de la Constitución 2222	México D.F.	05021	Mexico
3	Antonio Moreno Taquería	Antonio Moreno	Mataderos 2312	México D.F.	05023	Mexico
4	Around the Horn	Thomas Hardy	120 Hanover Sq.	London	WA1 1DP	UK
5	Berglunds snabbköp	Christina Berglund	Berguvsvägen 8	Luleå	S-958 22	Sweden

If you want to return all columns, without specifying every column name, you can use the SELECT * syntax:

Return all the columns from the Customers table:

SELECT * FROM Customers;