Learn how to master the SELECT statement to form truly useful data queries. This article explains functions, clauses, and keywords that will make your life a lot easier.

#For example let's take a look at using a calculation in the select statement #You can see here we have the total_money_spent - we can perform calculations on this SELECT first_name, last_name, ...

I'm doing this in a stored proc using SQL Server.<BR><BR>Basically, I'm executing 1 SELECT statement and if that returns any rows then I want to do a SELECT INTO #Temp With criteria A.

Unlike the previous version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2000 lets you specify collations for almost any task, at virtually every level within a database — from table column to SELECT statement.

#Now remember we can just select everything by saying: SELECT * FROM parks_and_recreation.employee_demographics; #Let's try selecting a specific column SELECT first_name FROM employee_demographics; ...