Find all employees with a salary over 75,000, sorted from highest to lowest.
SELECT * means "Select everything." Use it sparingly in large databases!
SQL isn't case-sensitive ( select is the same as SELECT ), but writing keywords in CAPS makes your code easier to read.
SQL Essentials: Learn Fast & Practice SQL (Structured Query Language) is the standard language for talking to databases. Think of a database like a giant, organized collection of Excel spreadsheets. 1. The Core Commands (CRUD) Most SQL work revolves around four main actions: INSERT INTO Add new rows of data. Read SELECT Retrieve data. Update UPDATE Change existing data. Delete DELETE Remove data. 2. The Anatomy of a Query A standard "Read" query follows this order:
SELECT Name FROM Employees WHERE Department = 'Engineering'; Exercise 2: Sorting and Filtering
Get the names of all employees in the 'Engineering' department.