SQL WHERE

Filters records (rows) that match a certain condition.

Syntax

WHERE is a clause that indicates you want to filter the result set to include only rows where the following condition is true.

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition;

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Example

The given query will select all records where the pub_year equals 2017.

SELECT title
FROM library
WHERE pub_year = 2017;

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