The select command is used to fetch record data from a table or multiple tables. If we design a select query, then it returns data in the form of a result table called result sets.
Syntax
The basic syntax of the SELECT statement is as follows −
SELECT [ TOP term ] [ DISTINCT | ALL ] selectExpression [,...]
FROM tableExpression [,...] [ WHERE expression ]
[ GROUP BY expression [,...] ] [ HAVING expression ]
[ { UNION [ ALL ] | MINUS | EXCEPT | INTERSECT } select ] [ ORDER BY order [,...] ]
[ [ LIMIT expression ] [ OFFSET expression ] [ SAMPLE_SIZE rowCountInt ] ]
[ FOR UPDATE ]
To fetch all the available fields, use the following syntax.
SELECT * FROM table_name;
Example
Consider the CUSTOMER table having the following records −
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
To get the customer table along with the given data, execute the following queries.
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER (id number, name varchar(20), age number, address varchar(20),
salary number);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (1, 'Ramesh', 32, 'Ahmedabad', 2000);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (2, 'Khilan', 25, 'Delhi', 1500);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (3, 'kaushik', 23, 'Kota', 2000);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (4, 'Chaitali', 25, 'Mumbai', 6500);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (5, 'Hardik', 27, 'Bhopal', 8500);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (6, 'Komal', 22, 'MP', 4500);
INSERT into CUSTOMER values (7, 'Muffy', 24, 'Indore', 10000);
The following command is an example, which would fetch ID, Name, and Salary fields of the customers available in the CUSTOMER table.
SELECT ID, NAME, SALARY FROM CUSTOMERS;
The above command produces the following result.
+----+----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | SALARY |
+----+----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+----------+
Use the following query to fetch all the fields of the CUSTOMERS table.
SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;
The above query produces the following result −
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal | 22 | MP | 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
