select query sql code example

Example 1: css in sql query

SELECT  'test1' AS [@class]
    , ( SELECT  'test2' as [@class]
        , (SELECT 'Name' FOR XML PATH(''))
        FOR XML PATH('td'), type)
    ,(SELECT  'test3' as [@class]
        , (SELECT 'Value' FOR XML PATH(''))
        FOR XML PATH('td'), type) 
FOR XML PATH('tr'), type

Example 2: sql example query

SELECT * FROM users;

Example 3: 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 4: 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