Introducing the MySQL SELECT statement


 

The series so far:

Getting started with MySQL Working with MySQL tables Working with MySQL views Working with MySQL stored procedures Working with MySQL stored functions Introducing the MySQL SELECT statement

Up to this point in the series, I’ve focused primarily on creating schema objects in a MySQL database. The SQL statements used to create these objects are typically categorized as data definition language (DDL). They include statements such as CREATE TABLE, CREATE VIEW, and CREATE PROCEDURE.

Beginning with this article, I’m switching my attention to data manipulation language (DML), which includes statements used to query and modify