Oracle SELECT Statement

The Oracle SELECT statement is used to retrieve data from one or more than one tables, object tables, views, object views etc.

Syntax

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SELECT expressions
FROM tables
WHERE conditions;

Parameters

1) expressions: It specifies the columns or calculations that you want to retrieve.

2) tables:This parameter specifies the tables that you want to retrieve records from. There must be at least one table within the FROM clause.

3) conditions: It specifies the conditions that must be followed for selection.

Let's take an example to select all fields from an already created table named customers

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SELECT *
FROM customers;

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Example

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SELECT age, address, salary
FROM customers
WHERE  age < 25
AND salary > '20000'
ORDER BY age ASC, salary DESC;

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SELECT customers.name, courses.trainer
FROM courses
INNER JOIN customers
ON courses.course_id = course_id
ORDER BY name;

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