02 - Retrieving information with SELECT

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mysql> USE wild_db_quest;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
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mysql> SELECT firstname,lastname,birthday,birth_place,biography,is_muggle FROM wizard WHERE birthday BETWEEN '1975-01-01' AND '1985-12-31';
+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+---------------------------------------+-----------+
| firstname | lastname | birthday   | birth_place | biography                             | is_muggle |
+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+---------------------------------------+-----------+
| harry     | potter   | 1980-07-31 | london      |                                       |         0 |
| hermione  | granger  | 1979-09-19 |             | Friend of Harry Potter                |         0 |
| ron       | weasley  | 1980-03-01 |             | Best friend of Harry                  |         0 |
| ginny     | weasley  | 1981-08-11 |             | Sister of Ron and girlfriend of Harry |         0 |
| fred      | weasley  | 1978-04-01 |             |                                       |         0 |
| george    | weasley  | 1978-04-01 |             |                                       |         0 |
| drago     | malefoy  | 1980-06-05 |             |                                       |         0 |
| dudley    | dursley  | 1980-06-23 |             | Cousin d'Harry                        |         1 |
+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+---------------------------------------+-----------+
8 rows in set (0,00 sec)

mysql> SELECT firstname FROM wizard WHERE firstname LIKE 'h%';
+-----------+
| firstname |
+-----------+
| harry     |
| hermione  |
+-----------+
2 rows in set (0,00 sec)

mysql> SELECT firstname,lastname FROM wizard WHERE lastname='potter' ORDER BY firstname ASC;
+-----------+----------+
| firstname | lastname |
+-----------+----------+
| harry     | potter   |
| lily      | potter   |
+-----------+----------+
2 rows in set (0,00 sec)

mysql> SELECT firstname,lastname,birthday FROM wizard ORDER BY birthday ASC LIMIT 0,1;
+-----------+------------+------------+
| firstname | lastname   | birthday   |
+-----------+------------+------------+
| albus     | dumbledore | 1881-07-01 |
+-----------+------------+------------+
1 row in set (0,00 sec)