Filtering SELECT queries with the WHERE clause in MySQL.

Filtering SELECT query result sets is a common MySQL operation. This blog post will visit basic usage of the WHERE clause for just such a purpose.

Note: All data, names or naming found within the database presented in this post, are strictly used for practice, learning, instruction, and testing purposes. It by no means depicts actual data belonging to or being used by any party or organization.

I will be using Xubuntu Linux 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus) and MySQL 5.7.20 for these exercises.

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Discover PostgreSQL table data with SELECT statement.

Proceeding from Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, today’s post will involve reading stored data in a PostgreSQL table using the SELECT statement along with filtering criteria in the WHERE clause for specific record searches. Modifying table data with the UPDATE command will also be visited to round out this discussion.

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