Pick the Columns You Want

Learn to select specific columns from a table.

You’ve seen how to retrieve an entire table with SELECT *. Now let’s get specific: you’ll learn how to query only the columns you need.

Goal

You’ll aim to:

  • Select specific columns using SELECT column_name.

  • Clean up your output.

Tables

Let’s use the following table in this lesson:

The people table

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