SQL Practice Lesson 1 of 26

Select specific columns

SELECT * grabs every column of every row. It works, and it's the fastest way to peek at a table you don't know yet - but real, day-to-day queries almost always name the columns they need instead. Naming columns is faster to send back, clearer to read six months later, and it doesn't quietly change shape when someone adds a column to the table.

You have a users table with columns id, name, country, and age. Every query on this page runs against a real, live copy of it - nothing you do here can break anything.

Your task: return only the name column, for every user.

You'll practice:

Naming columns in a SELECT instead of using *
Reading a small table's schema before you query it

-- The table is called users. Show ONLY the name column.
SELECT * FROM users;