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Omnidex SQL: SELECT

Description

Syntax

SELECT expression_list
    FROM data_source
    [ WHERE predicates ]
    [ GROUP BY expression_list ]
        [ HAVING predicates ]
    [ ORDER BY expression_list ]
    [ ON [ CURSOR ] cursor_no ] | [ INSTANCE instance_no ]
    [ WITH options ]

SELECT

  [<TOP(n) [SKIP(n)] | EVERY(n) | RANDOM(n [, seed]) ] [SAMPLE(‘control_break’ [, ’qualifier’])]  
[<DISTINCT | ALL>]
	select_items
 	  FROM	table
  WHERE criteria

[SAMPLE(‘control_break’ [, ’qualifier’])]

expression_list
       [ < TOP (n) 
           [ SKIP(n) | EVERY(n) | RANDOM (n [, seed] ) ] ]
       [ < DISTINCT column | ALL >]
       [ SAMPLE(‘control_break’ [, ’qualifier’]) ] 
       [ UNION [ALL] | INTERSECT | EXCEPT ]
       [ * ] | [ table.]column [column_alias] [, table.column ... ]
       [ (subquery) ]
       [ aggregate_function( [table.]column ) ]
       [ $uniquekey | $odxid ]
       
FROM table1 [ table_alias ] [, table2 [ table_alias ] [ $omnidex ] ]
     [ LFET | RIGHT ]
         [ OUTER ]
         [ JOIN ]
         [ , table2 ]
         [ ON table1.linkfield = table2.linkfield ]
WHERE 
     [ EXISTS (subquery) ]
     [ IN (subquery) ]
GROUP BY
HAVING [ left_operand operator subquery ]
       [ left_operaand IN (subquery) ]
ORDER BY [column | position ] [, column | position ]

Discussion

FROM data_source
WHERE Clause
GROUP BY Clause
HAVING Clause
ORDER BY Clause
WITH options

Examples

Simple

> select * from mytable

select columns

> select company, contact from mytable
 
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