SQL Exercises: Select specific columns from a table

SQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-6 with Solution

Write a SQL statement to display specific columns such as names and commissions for all salespeople.

 salesman_id |    name    |   city   | commission 
-------------+------------+----------+------------
        5001 | James Hoog | New York |       0.15
        5002 | Nail Knite | Paris    |       0.13
        5005 | Pit Alex   | London   |       0.11
        5006 | Mc Lyon    | Paris    |       0.14
        5007 | Paul Adam  | Rome     |       0.13
        5003 | Lauson Hen | San Jose |       0.12

Sample Solution:

-- This query selects specific columns 'name' and 'commission' from the 'salesman' table.
SELECT name, commission
-- Specifies the table from which to retrieve the data (in this case, 'salesman').
FROM salesman;

Output of the Query:

name		commission
James Hoog	0.15
Nail Knite	0.13
Pit Alex	0.11
Mc Lyon		0.14
Paul Adam	0.13
Lauson Hen	0.12

Code Explanation:

The said SQL query that selects the "name" and "commission" columns from the 'salesman' table.
The table will have columns for "name" and "commission".

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