WHERE
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Published Jun 4, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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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_nameWHERE condition;
Example
The given query will select all records where the pub_year
equals 2017
.
SELECT titleFROM libraryWHERE pub_year = 2017;
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