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Courses Plus Student 6,249 Pointstrouble understanding declaring SELECT * FORM comments!!?
how to define it
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,184 PointsDid you perhaps mean to say FROM instead of "FORM"? If so, the FROM keyword goes before the name of the table where you want to get your data. And the asterisk ("*
") symbol is what is known as a "wildcard" that stands for all columns. So "SELECT *
" just means "give me everything".
So for example, if you wanted to get all the data in a table named "widgets", you might write:
SELECT * FROM widgets;
Patrick Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 6,249 PointsPatrick Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 6,249 Pointsyes it was thank you for the help !!! god bless
Steven Parker
231,184 PointsSteven Parker
231,184 PointsPatrick Maxwell — Glad to help. You can mark the question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!