SELECT

Returns rows from tables, views, and user-defined functions.

Note

The maximum size for a single SQL statement is 16 MB.

Syntax

[ WITH with_subquery [, ...] ]
SELECT
[ TOP number | [ ALL | DISTINCT ]
* | expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...] ]
[ FROM table_reference [, ...] ]
[ WHERE condition ]
[ [ START WITH expression ] CONNECT BY expression ]
[ GROUP BY expression [, ...] ]
[ HAVING condition ]
[ QUALIFY condition ]
[ { UNION | ALL | INTERSECT | EXCEPT | MINUS } query ]
[ ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC ] ]
[ LIMIT { number | ALL } ]
[ OFFSET start ]

Topics

• WITH clause
• SELECT list
• FROM clause
• WHERE clause
• GROUP BY clause
• HAVING clause
• QUALIFY clause
• UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT
• ORDER BY clause
• CONNECT BY clause
• Subquery examples
• Correlated subqueries