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Chapter 1: The SELECT Statement
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Hello, SQL!

Welcome to SQL Playground

SQL (Structured Query Language) is the standard language for communicating with databases.

The most basic and common command in SQL is SELECT. It allows you to retrieve data from a database.

Your First Query

To select all columns from a table, we use the asterisk (*) character.

SELECT * FROM users;

Task: The editor on the right contains a query to select all data from the users table. Click Run to execute it!

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Run a query to see results