What SQL command is used to retrieve data from a database?

Practice Questions

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What SQL command is used to retrieve data from a database?
  1. SELECT
  2. GET
  3. FETCH
  4. RETRIEVE

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What SQL command is used to retrieve data from a database?
Correct Answer: SELECT
  • Step 1: Understand that SQL is a language used to communicate with databases.
  • Step 2: Know that to get information from a database, you need to use a specific command.
  • Step 3: The command you use to get data is called 'SELECT'.
  • Step 4: You write 'SELECT' followed by the data you want to retrieve.
  • Step 5: For example, if you want to get all the names from a table called 'users', you would write: 'SELECT name FROM users;'.
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