SQL SELECT Statement

The SELECT statement is used to select data from a database table or view or ....
The data returned is shown in a result table, (result-set).
this table is the result of select command

SELECT Syntax

for the field names of the table you want to select data from we use:
SELECT column1, column2,column3, ... FROM table_name

for select all the fields of table, we use the following syntax:
SELECT * FROM table_name
examples:
we have a tbl_Members on database as following details :

+ tbl_Members
  - userID
  - UserName
  - eMail
  - SignUpDate

SELECT Columns Example:
The following SQL statement selects the "eMail" and "SignUpDate" columns from the "tbl_Members" table:

SELECT eMail, SignUpDate FROM tbl_Members

An example for SELECT * :
The following SQL statement selects all the columns in the "tbl_Members" table:

SELECT * FROM tbl_Members