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| − | {{SELECT Ref}}
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| − | The [[SELECT]] command is used to show data from a database.
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| − | The output from a SELECT statement is always a grid - with a number of rows and a number of columns.
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| − | ==Simple SELECT==
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| − | The simplest SELECT commands involve a single table:
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| − | <table>
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| − | <tr><th>SQL</th><th>Result</th></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>
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| − | <source lang='sql'>
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| − | SELECT name, population
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| − | FROM bbc
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| − | WHERE region='North America'
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| − | </source>
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| − | </td><td>
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| − | <table class="sqlmine"><tr><th>name</th><th>population</th></tr><tr><td>Canada</td><td class="r">32000000</td></tr><tr><td>Mexico</td><td class="r">106400000</td></tr><tr><td>United States of America</td><td class="r">295000000</td></tr></table>
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| − | </td></tr></table>
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| − | *The SELECT line determines which columns to show - in this case <code>name</code> and <code>population</code>, both of which are columns of the bbc table.
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| − | *The WHERE clause determines which rows to show
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| − | The SELECT statement may involve data from more than one table using a [[JOIN]] or a [[UNION]].
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| − | SELECT statements may nested - that is the output from one SELECT may be the input to another SELECT.
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| − | The output from a SELECT may be added to another table using [[INSERT .. SELECT]]
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Revision as of 11:13, 9 January 2013
CREATE TABLE emp (ID NUMBER, name VARCHAR2(40));
