Example
Retrieve all data from the table "employees".
Create a js file named select.js having the following data in DBexample folder.
var mysql = require('mysql'); var con = mysql.createConnection({ host: "localhost", user: "root", password: "12345", database: "rookienerd" }); con.connect(function(err) { if (err) throw err; con.query("SELECT * FROM employees", function (err, result) { if (err) throw err; console.log(result); }); });
Now open command terminal and run the following command:
Node select.js
You can also use the statement:
SELECT * FROM employees;