Section 2

SELECT STATEMENT
AN INTRODUCTION
 Section 2
SELECT Statement

Overview
Introduction to the SELECT statement

• Introduction The SELECT statement reads data from your database

• Syntax
• In this section It can output literal strings and calculations

You can concatenate columns, and even literal strings

SELECT is an important part of a query and the SQL language in general

 Section 2
SELECT STATEMENT

Overview
Syntax

• Introduction Most queries start with the SELECT keyword

• Syntax
• In this section Alone, it can only return literal strings, numbers and calculations

SELECT is just one of the building blocks to fetch data from a database

Basic SQL Query structure

SELECT <columns>
FROM <schema.database>
WHERE <criteria>
 Section 2
SELECT STATEMENT

Overview
In this section

• Introduction Get hands on with the next videos in this section

• Syntax
• In this section Follow along while you are watching, pause if needed

Solve all the assignments at the end of the section.

We will show you the solutions the video following the assignments