PostgreSQL SELECT

PostgreSQL Notes · CodingNow 2.01 min readSource

Select Data

To retrieve data from a database, we use the SELECT statement.

Specify Columns

By specifying the column names, we can choose which columns to select:

Example

SELECT
customer_name, country FROM customers;

Return ALL Columns

Specify a * instead of the column names to select all columns:

Example

SELECT * FROM customers;

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