How to Retrieve SQL Data

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Summary

In this lesson, you learned how to use the SQL SELECT statement to retrieve a single table column, multiple table columns, and all table columns. You also learned how to return distinct values and how to comment your code. And unfortunately, you were also introduced to the fact that more complex SQL tends to be less portable SQL. Next, you’ll learn how to sort the retrieved data.