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*The column names on the select line control which columns you get
 
*The column names on the select line control which columns you get
 
*The FROM clause controls which table you access
 
*The FROM clause controls which table you access
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The table <code>games</code> shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.
 
The table <code>games</code> shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.
 
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<table border='1'>
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<caption>Author</caption>
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<caption>games</caption>
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<tr> <th>AUTHOR_ID</th> <th>NAME</th> </tr>
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<tr> <th>yr</th> <th>city</th> <th>y1</th></tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>1</td> <td>Shevchenko</td>  </tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>2000</td> <td>Sydney</td>  <td></td></tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>2</td> <td>Franko</td></tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>2004</td> <td>Athens</td> <td>2000</td></tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>3</td> <td>Lesya</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>2008</td> <td>Beijing</td><td>2004</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>4</td> <td>Nestaiko</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>2012</td> <td>London</td><td>2008</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td align='right'>5</td> <td>Vasyliv</td></tr>
 
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</table>
 
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<caption>Book</caption>
 
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<tr> <th>BOOK_ID</th> <th>AUTHOR_ID</th> <th>NAME</th><th>TYPE</th></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>1</td> <td>4</td>  <td>School adventures</td><td>Roman</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>Forest song</td><td>Poema</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>3</td> <td>1</td><td>Cobzar</td><td>Virshi</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>4</td> <td>2</td><td>Stolen happiness</td> <td>Povist</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>5</td> <td>4</td>  <td>Moon rabbits</td><td>Roman</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>Sun rabbits</td><td>Roman</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>7</td> <td>2</td><td>Fox Mykyta</td> <td>Poema</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>8</td> <td>3</td><td>Cool baby</td> <td>Poema</td></tr>
 
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<tr> <td align='right'>9</td> <td>4</td><td>Muhoos from Vasyukivka</td> <td>Roman</td></tr>
 
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
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DROP TABLE games;
 
DROP TABLE games;
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DROP TABLE games CASCADE;
 
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CREATE TABLE Author(AUTHOR_ID INT, NAME VARCHAR(20));
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CREATE TABLE games(yr INT, city VARCHAR(20),y1 INT);
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INSERT INTO Author(AUTHOR_ID,NAME) VALUES (1,'Shevchenko');
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INSERT INTO games(city,yr) VALUES ('Sydney',2000);
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INSERT INTO Author(AUTHOR_ID,NAME) VALUES (2,'Franko');
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INSERT INTO games(city,yr,y1) VALUES ('Athens',2004,2000);
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INSERT INTO Author(AUTHOR_ID,NAME) VALUES (3,'Lesya');
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INSERT INTO games(city,yr,y1) VALUES ('Beijing',2008,2004);
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INSERT INTO Author(AUTHOR_ID,NAME) VALUES (4,'Nestaiko');
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INSERT INTO games(city,yr,y1) VALUES ('London',2012,2008);
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INSERT INTO Author(AUTHOR_ID,NAME) VALUES (5,'Vasyliv');
 
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CREATE TABLE Book(BOOK_ID INT, AUTHOR_ID INT, NAME VARCHAR(30),TYPE VARCHAR(20));
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (1,4,'School adventures','Roman');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (2,4,'Forest song','Poema');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (3,4,'Cobzar','Virshi');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (4,4,'Stolen happiness','Povist');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (5,4,'Moon rabbits','Roman');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (6,4,'Sun rabbits','Roman');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (7,4,'Fox Mykyta','Poema');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (8,4,'Cool baby','Poema');
 
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INSERT INTO Book(BOOK_ID,AUTHOR_ID,NAME,TYPE) VALUES (9,4,'MuhoosfromVasyukivka','Roman');
 
 
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SELECT NAME FROM Autor
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SELECT yr, city FROM games
 
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</div>
 
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Revision as of 22:59, 18 June 2013

A SELECT statement gets data from a table. Each table contains rows and columns - you can SELECT some columns and ignore others

  • The column names on the select line control which columns you get
  • The FROM clause controls which table you access
schema:scott

The table games shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.

games
yr city y1
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens 2000
2008 Beijing2004
2012 London2008

The SELECT statement returns results from a table. In this example the table is games and the columns are yr and city.

DROP TABLE games; DROP TABLE games CASCADE;

CREATE TABLE games(yr INT, city VARCHAR(20),y1 INT); INSERT INTO games(city,yr) VALUES ('Sydney',2000); INSERT INTO games(city,yr,y1) VALUES ('Athens',2004,2000); INSERT INTO games(city,yr,y1) VALUES ('Beijing',2008,2004); INSERT INTO games(city,yr,y1) VALUES ('London',2012,2008);

SELECT yr, city FROM games

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