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SQL Select<\/h1>

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The SELECT<\/code> statement is without question the most commonly executed SQL command. A SELECT<\/code> statement is what is meant most often when someone informally refers to an “SQL query.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SELECT<\/code> statements are executed by the SQL engine and return data matching the criteria specified in the query. In its simplest form, a SELECT<\/code> statement must refer to the columns of data to be returned as well as the source table (or tables) from which they are being returned, and takes a form as the below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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