Examples of Simple Queries

This section provides several examples of queries based on the concepts that hav
e been discussed. The hour begins with the simplest query you can issue, and bui
lds upon the initial query progressively. You use the EMPLOYEE_TBL table.
Selecting all records from a table and displaying all columns:
SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEE_TBL;
Selecting all records from a table and displaying a specified column:
SELECT EMP_ID
FROM EMPLOYEE_TBL;
Selecting all records from a table and displaying a specified column. You can en
ter code on one line or use a carriage return as desired:
SELECT EMP_ID FROM EMPLOYE