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+   The process of retrieving or the command to retrieve data from a
+   database is called a <em class="firstterm">query</em>.  In SQL the
+   <a class="link" href="sql-select.html" title="SELECT"><code class="command">SELECT</code></a> command is
+   used to specify queries.  The general syntax of the
+   <code class="command">SELECT</code> command is
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+[<span class="optional">WITH <em class="replaceable"><code>with_queries</code></em></span>] SELECT <em class="replaceable"><code>select_list</code></em> FROM <em class="replaceable"><code>table_expression</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>sort_specification</code></em></span>]
+</pre><p>
+   The following sections describe the details of the select list, the
+   table expression, and the sort specification.  <code class="literal">WITH</code>
+   queries are treated last since they are an advanced feature.
+  </p><p>
+   A simple kind of query has the form:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+SELECT * FROM table1;
+</pre><p>
+  Assuming that there is a table called <code class="literal">table1</code>,
+  this command would retrieve all rows and all user-defined columns from
+  <code class="literal">table1</code>.  (The method of retrieval depends on the
+  client application.  For example, the
+  <span class="application">psql</span> program will display an ASCII-art
+  table on the screen, while client libraries will offer functions to
+  extract individual values from the query result.)  The select list
+  specification <code class="literal">*</code> means all columns that the table
+  expression happens to provide.  A select list can also select a
+  subset of the available columns or make calculations using the
+  columns.  For example, if
+  <code class="literal">table1</code> has columns named <code class="literal">a</code>,
+  <code class="literal">b</code>, and <code class="literal">c</code> (and perhaps others) you can make
+  the following query:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+SELECT a, b + c FROM table1;
+</pre><p>
+  (assuming that <code class="literal">b</code> and <code class="literal">c</code> are of a numerical
+  data type).
+  See <a class="xref" href="queries-select-lists.html" title="7.3. Select Lists">Section 7.3</a> for more details.
+ </p><p>
+  <code class="literal">FROM table1</code> is a simple kind of
+  table expression: it reads just one table.  In general, table
+  expressions can be complex constructs of base tables, joins, and
+  subqueries.  But you can also omit the table expression entirely and
+  use the <code class="command">SELECT</code> command as a calculator:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+SELECT 3 * 4;
+</pre><p>
+  This is more useful if the expressions in the select list return
+  varying results.  For example, you could call a function this way:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+SELECT random();
+</pre><p>
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