Select Query in SQL

The SELECT statement is used to retrieve the data from a database table in the form of result sets.

Syntax of SELECT to fetch all columns:

SELECT * FROM tableName;

Example:

SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEE;

Output:

EMP_ID	EMP_NAME	AGE	SALARY
1	Parbhjot	28	35000
5	Parmender	28	45000
2	Parmender	30	45000
3	Nidhi	        28	48000
4	Parbhjot	29	46000

Syntax of SELECT to fetch specific columns:

SELECT column1, column2, column FROM tableName; 

Example:

SELECT EMP_ID, EMP_NAME FROM EMPLOYEE;

Output:

EMP_ID	EMP_NAME
1	Parbhjot
5	Parmender
2	Parmender
3	Nidhi
4	Parbhjot