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title: SQL Filtering Data
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sidebar_label: SQL Filtering Data
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tags: [html, web-development, attributes, values]
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description: In this tutorial, you will learn about HTML attributes and values. HTML attributes provide additional information about elements, and values define the specific settings or properties of the attributes.
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keywords: [html, web development, attributes, values, html attributes, html values, html tutorial, html basics, web design, web pages, websites, html structure, html attributes tutorial, html values tutorial, html in 2024]
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tags: [html, web-development, attributes, values, SQL]
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description: This document is a tutorial on SQL data filtering techniques, designed for beginners learning database querying. It covers the fundamental concepts and practical applications of retrieving specific data from database tables.
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keywords: [sql filtering, sql where clause, sql distinct, sql select statement, sql tutorial, sql basics, sql data filtering, sql query tutorial, sql database filtering, sql conditional queries, sql duplicate removal, sql unique values, sql filtering examples, sql beginner tutorial, sql data retrieval, sql filtering techniques, sql where examples, sql distinct tutorial, sql filtering rows, sql column selection, sql 2024]
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## 📙 Using Conditions
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## 📙 Selecting Data
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Welcome to the **Selecting Data** module! This foundational learning path is designed to help you master the basics of querying data, particularly focusing on how to retrieve specific information from databases effectively.
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### 📘 Using Coditions
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### 📘 Using Conditions with the WHERE Clause
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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to interpret and use rows in a database table. Tables are essential to storing structured data, and each **row** in a table represents a unique **item or record**.
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> The first step in filtering is selecting the Items
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> We use WHERE keyword to filter the data., we also apply the condition over there.
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> We filter the table items we slect to get only items that satisy certain conditions.
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> The condition we want our items to fulfil comes after the where keyword
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> The first step in filtering is selecting the items.
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> We use **WHERE** keyword to filter the data by applying conditions.
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> We filter the table items, we select to get only items that satisfy certain conditions.
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> The condition we want our items to fulfill comes after the where keyword
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For example, consider a table named `Friends`. Below is how a simple table might look:
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For example, consider a table named `Students`. Below is how a simple table might look:
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<TabItem value="SQL Table" label="SQL Table">
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```sql title="Friends"
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```sql title="Students"
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```sql title="Creating SQL Tables & db. "
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SELECT *
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WHERE major = 'Biology';
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```sql title="Select command with a condition"
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<TabItem value="Students" label="Output ">
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| Ava Smith | 1 | Biology |
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| Lin Wong | 3 | Biology |
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### 📘 Practice Example
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### 📘 Practise Example
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> To query data from a table, use the FROM clause followed by the table's name.
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> To query data from a table, use the FROM clause followed by the table&apos;s name and then the WHERE clause to specify the conditions for the data you want to retrieve.
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When requesting data with SQL staments like SELECT, we say that we are making a query.
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