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The document discusses the SELECT query in SQL and how to use it to fetch records from a database table. It explains how to select all fields or particular fields and how to add WHERE clauses to filter results by conditions, lists, or ranges.

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2021 - 08 - 27 Tutorial 02

The document discusses the SELECT query in SQL and how to use it to fetch records from a database table. It explains how to select all fields or particular fields and how to add WHERE clauses to filter results by conditions, lists, or ranges.

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AID-523 Database Systems

Tutorial 02 August 27th , 2021

Tutorial Session
• SELECT query is used to fetch records from database. * is used to select all fields/columns:

SELECT * FROM tablename;

SELECT * FROM cats;

• SELECT query for particular fields:

SELECT fieldname_1, fieldname_2, ..., fieldname_n FROM tablename;

SELECT id, name FROM cats;

• Format of SELECT query with WHERE clause:

SELECT fieldname FROM tablename WHERE condition;

SELECT id, name FROM cats WHERE birth<‘2016-01-01’;

• Format of SELECT query with WHERE clause and multiple conditions:

SELECT fieldname FROM tablename


WHERE condition_1 [AND/OR] condition_2, ..., condition_n;

SELECT * FROM cats WHERE birth<‘2016-01-01’ AND birth>‘2014-01-01’;

• Format of SELECT query with WHERE clause and a list:

SELECT fieldname FROM tablename


WHERE condition_1 [IN/NOT IN] (a, ..., b);

SELECT * FROM cats WHERE owner IN (‘Lennon’, ‘Casey’);

SELECT * FROM cats WHERE id NOT IN (1, 5, 6, 7);

• Format of SELECT query with WHERE clause and a range (inclusive):

SELECT fieldname FROM tablename


WHERE fieldname BETWEEN a AND b;

SELECT * FROM cats WHERE id BETWEEN 2 AND 100;

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WHERE is an optional clause. It specifies the condition that returned the matched records in the result
set.

Operator Description Example


= Checks if the values of the two operands are equal or not, if yes, (A = B) is not true.
then the condition becomes true.
! = or <> Checks if the values of the two operands are equal or not, if the (A ! = B) is true.
values are not equal then the condition becomes true.
> Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than the value (A > B) is not true.
of the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes true.
< Checks if the value of the left operand is less than the value of the (A < B) is true.
right operand, if yes then the condition becomes true.
>= Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than or equal to (A >= B) is not true.
the value of the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes
true.
<= Checks if the value of the left operand is less than or equal to (A <= B) is true.
the value of the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes
true.

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