SELECT
從資料庫中檢索行,并允許從一個或多個表中選擇一個或多個行或列。雖然 SELECT 語句的完整文法較複雜,但是其主要的子句可歸納如下:
SELECT select_list
[ INTO new_table ]
FROM table_source
[ WHERE search_condition ]
[ GROUP BY group_by_expression ]
[ HAVING search_condition ]
[ ORDER BY order_expression [ ASC | DESC ] ]
可以在查詢之間使用 UNION 運算符,以将查詢的結果組合成單個結果集。
文法
SELECT statement ::=
< query_expression >
[ ORDER BY { order_by_expression | column_position [ ASC | DESC ] }
[
,
...n ]
]
[ COMPUTE
{
{ AVG | COUNT | MAX | MIN | SUM }
(
expression
)
}
[
,
...n ]
[ BY expression [
,
...n ]
]
]
[ FOR { BROWSE | XML { RAW | AUTO | EXPLICIT }
[
,
XMLDATA ]
[
,
ELEMENTS ]
[
,
BINARY base64 ]
}
]
[ OPTION ( < query_hint > [
,
...n ]) ]
< query expression > ::=
{
< query specification > | ( < query expression > ) }
[ UNION [ ALL ] < query specification | ( < query expression > ) [...n ] ]
< query specification > ::=
SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT ]
[ { TOP integer | TOP integer PERCENT } [ WITH TIES ] ]
< select_list >
[ INTO new_table ]
[ FROM { < table_source > } [
,
...n ] ]
[ WHERE < search_condition > ]
[ GROUP BY [ ALL ] group_by_expression [
,
...n ]
[ WITH { CUBE | ROLLUP } ]
]
[HAVING <search_condition>]