SELECT语句用来从数据表中检索信息。语句的一般格式是:
SELECT what_to_select
FROM which_table
WHERE conditions_to_satisfy;
what_to_select指出你想要看到的内容,可以是列的一个表,或*表示“所有的列”。which_table指出你想要从其检索数据的表。WHERE子句是可选项,如果选择该项,conditions_to_satisfy指定行必须满足的检索条件。
- 选择所有数据
SELECT最简单的形式是从一个表中检索所有记录:
mysql> select * from pet;
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| Whistler | Gwen | bird | NULL | 1997-12-09 | NULL |
| Puffball | Diane | hamster | f | 1999-03-30 | NULL |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
-
修改数据
至少有两种修正方法:
编辑文件“pet.txt”改正错误,然后使用DELETE和LOAD DATA清空并重新装载表:
· mysql> DELETE FROM pet;
· mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'pet.txt' INTO TABLE pet;.
然而, 如果这样操做,必须重新输入Puffball记录。
用一个UPDATE语句仅修正错误记录:
· mysql> UPDATE pet SET birth = '1989-08-31' WHERE name = 'Bowser';
UPDATE只更改有问题的记录,不需要重新装载数据库表。
- 你可以在任何列上指定条件,不只仅仅是name。例如,如果你想要知道哪个动物在1998以后出生的,测试birth列:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE birth > '1998-1-1';
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| Chirpy | Gwen | bird | f | 1998-09-11 | NULL |
| Puffball | Diane | hamster | f | 1999-03-30 | NULL |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
- 可以组合条件,例如,找出雌性的狗:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE species = 'dog' AND sex = 'f';
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
上面的查询使用AND逻辑操作符,也有一个OR操作符:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE species = 'snake' OR species = 'bird';
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| Chirpy | Gwen | bird | f | 1998-09-11 | NULL |
| Whistler | Gwen | bird | NULL | 1997-12-09 | NULL |
| Slim | Benny | snake | m | 1996-04-29 | NULL |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
AND和OR可以混用,但AND比OR具有更高的优先级。如果你使用两个操作符,使用圆括号指明如何对条件进行分组是一个好主意:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE (species = 'cat' AND sex = 'm')
-> OR (species = 'dog' AND sex = 'f');
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| Claws | Gwen | cat | m | 1994-03-17 | NULL |
| Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
- 选择特殊列
如果你不想看到表中的所有行,就命名你感兴趣的列,用逗号分开。例如,如果你想要知道你的动物什么时候出生的,选择name和birth列:
mysql> SELECT name, birth FROM pet;
+----------+------------+
| name | birth |
+----------+------------+
| Fluffy | 1993-02-04 |
| Claws | 1994-03-17 |
| Buffy | 1989-05-13 |
| Fang | 1990-08-27 |
| Bowser | 1989-08-31 |
| Chirpy | 1998-09-11 |
| Whistler | 1997-12-09 |
| Slim | 1996-04-29 |
| Puffball | 1999-03-30 |
+----------+------------+
- 找出谁拥有宠物,使用这个查询:
mysql> SELECT owner FROM pet;
+--------+
| owner |
+--------+
| Harold |
| Gwen |
| Harold |
| Benny |
| Diane |
| Gwen |
| Gwen |
| Benny |
| Diane |
+--------+
- 请注意该查询只是简单地检索每个记录的owner列,并且他们中的一些出现多次。为了使输出减到最少,增加关键字DISTINCT检索出每个唯一的输出记录:
mysql> SELECT DISTINCT owner FROM pet;
+--------+
| owner |
+--------+
| Benny |
| Diane |
| Gwen |
| Harold |
+--------+
- 可以使用一个WHERE子句结合行选择与列选择。例如,要想查询狗和猫的出生日期,使用这个查询:
mysql> SELECT name, species, birth FROM pet
-> WHERE species = 'dog' OR species = 'cat';
+--------+---------+------------+
| name | species | birth |
+--------+---------+------------+
| Fluffy | cat | 1993-02-04 |
| Claws | cat | 1994-03-17 |
| Buffy | dog | 1989-05-13 |
| Fang | dog | 1990-08-27 |
| Bowser | dog | 1989-08-31 |
+--------+---------+------------+
-
排序
你可能已经注意到前面的例子中结果行没有以特定的顺序显示。然而,当行按某种方式排序时,检查查询输出通常更容易。为了排序结果,使用ORDER BY 子句。这里是动物生日,按日期排序:
mysql>
SELECT name, birth FROM pet ORDER BY birth;
+----------+------------+
| name | birth |
+----------+------------+
| Buffy | 1989-05-13 |
| Bowser | 1989-08-31 |
| Fang | 1990-08-27 |
| Fluffy | 1993-02-04 |
| Claws | 1994-03-17 |
| Slim | 1996-04-29 |
| Whistler | 1997-12-09 |
| Chirpy | 1998-09-11 |
| Puffball | 1999-03-30 |
+----------+------------+
在字符类型列上,与所有其他比较操作类似,分类功能正常情况下是以区分大小写的方式执行的。这意味着,对于等同但大小写不同的列,并未定义其顺序。对于某一列,可以使用BINARY强制执行区分大小写的分类功能,如:
ORDER BY BINARY col_name
- 默认排序是升序,最小的值在第一。要想以降序排序,在你正在排序的列名上增加DESC(降序 )关键字:
mysql>SELECT name, birth FROM pet ORDER BY birth DESC;
+----------+------------+
| name | birth |
+----------+------------+
| Puffball | 1999-03-30 |
| Chirpy | 1998-09-11 |
| Whistler | 1997-12-09 |
| Slim | 1996-04-29 |
| Claws | 1994-03-17 |
| Fluffy | 1993-02-04 |
| Fang | 1990-08-27 |
| Bowser | 1989-08-31 |
| Buffy | 1989-05-13 |
+----------+------------+
可以对多个列进行排序,并且可以按不同的方向对不同的列进行排序。例如,按升序对动物的种类进行排序,然后按降序根据生日对各动物种类进行排序(最年轻的动物在最前面),使用下列查询:
mysql>
SELECT name, species, birth FROM pet
->ORDER BY species, birth DESC;
+----------+---------+------------+
| name | species | birth |
+----------+---------+------------+
| Chirpy | bird | 1998-09-11 |
| Whistler | bird | 1997-12-09 |
| Claws | cat | 1994-03-17 |
| Fluffy | cat | 1993-02-04 |
| Fang | dog | 1990-08-27 |
| Bowser | dog | 1989-08-31 |
| Buffy | dog | 1989-05-13 |
| Puffball | hamster | 1999-03-30 |
| Slim | snake | 1996-04-29 |
+----------+---------+------------+
注意DESC关键字仅适用于在它前面的列名();不影响species列的排序顺序