Lệnh SELECT dùng để lấy một hoặc nhiều cột từ bảng MySQL. Ví dụ:
mysql> SELECT * FROM Student; +------+---------+---------+-----------+ | Id | Name | Address | Subject | +------+---------+---------+-----------+ | 1 | Gaurav | Delhi | Computers | | 2 | Aarav | Mumbai | History | | 15 | Harshit | Delhi | Commerce | | 17 | Raman | Shimla | Computers | +------+---------+---------+-----------+ 4 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> SELECT Name, Subject FROM Student; +---------+-----------+ | Name | Subject | +---------+-----------+ | Gaurav | Computers | | Aarav | History | | Harshit | Commerce | | Raman | Computers | +---------+-----------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT Address FROM Student; +---------+ | Address | +---------+ | Delhi | | Mumbai | | Delhi | | Shimla | +---------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Truy vấn 1 lấy 2 cột Name, Subject; truy vấn 2 lấy 1 cột Address.