QUERY SELECT code example

Example 1: sql select syntax

select [all/distinct] <COL1>, <COL2>, <COL3>
from <TABLE_NAME>
[join <JOIN_CONDITION>]
[where <CONDITION>]
[group by <COLUMN_NAME>]
[having <SEARCH_CONDITION>]
[order by <SORT_SPECIFICATION>]


/*
Specifically for SQL -> Oracle

LEGEND: 
[...]   :   optional entries
<...>   :   your specific entry
*/

Example 2: return columns from table sql

SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS -- INFORMATION_SCHEMA is an ANSI-standard (American National Standard Institute) set of read-only views which provide information about all of the tables, views, columns, and procedures in a database
WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'Customers' -- "N" defines the subsequent string (the string after the N) as being in unicode

Example 3: select query in sql

SELECT column_name FROM table_name;

Example 4: SQL SELECT

Mit SELECT können Daten aus der Datenbank abgefragt werden. Es ist die am 
meissten verbreitete Art.

  SELECT name
  FROM country
  WHERE region = (
      SELECT region
      FROM country
      WHERE name = 'Brasilien'
      )