Find all employees with a salary over 75,000, sorted from highest to lowest.
SQL isn't case-sensitive ( select is the same as SELECT ), but writing keywords in CAPS makes your code easier to read.
SELECT * means "Select everything." Use it sparingly in large databases!
Always end your statements with a ; to tell the database you're done.
SELECT column1, column2 -- Which columns do you want? FROM table_name -- Which table are they in? WHERE condition -- How do you want to filter them? ORDER BY column1 DESC; -- How should the results be sorted? Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 3. Practice Exercises To practice, imagine a table named : Department Engineering Engineering Exercise 1: The Basics
Get the names of all employees in the 'Engineering' department.
Find all employees with a salary over 75,000, sorted from highest to lowest.
SQL isn't case-sensitive ( select is the same as SELECT ), but writing keywords in CAPS makes your code easier to read.
SELECT * means "Select everything." Use it sparingly in large databases!
Always end your statements with a ; to tell the database you're done.
SELECT column1, column2 -- Which columns do you want? FROM table_name -- Which table are they in? WHERE condition -- How do you want to filter them? ORDER BY column1 DESC; -- How should the results be sorted? Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 3. Practice Exercises To practice, imagine a table named : Department Engineering Engineering Exercise 1: The Basics
Get the names of all employees in the 'Engineering' department.