MySQL From Clause

MySQL FROM Clause

The MySQL FROM Clause is used to select some records from a table. It can also be used to retrieve records from multiple tables using JOIN condition.

Syntax:

 FROM table1 [ { INNER JOIN | LEFT [OUTER] JOIN| RIGHT [OUTER] JOIN } table2 ON table1.column1 = table2.column1 ] 

table1 and table2: specify tables used in the MySQL statement. The two tables are joined based on table1.column1 = table2.column1.

Note:

If you are using the FROM clause in a MySQL statement then at least one table must have been selected.
If you are using two or more tables in the MySQL FROM clause, these tables are generally joined using INNER or OUTER joins.

The following query specifies how to retrieve data from a single table.

Use the following Query:

MySQL from clause 1

Let’s take an example to retrieve data from two tables using INNER JOIN.

Here, we have two tables “officers” and “students”.

MySQL from clause 2

Execute the following query:

 SELECT officers.officer_id, students.student_name FROM students INNER JOIN officers ON students.student_id = officers.officer_id; 

MySQL from clause 3

Execute the following query:

 SELECT officers.officer_id, students.student_name FROM officers LEFT OUTER JOIN students ON officers.officer_id = students.student_id; 

MySQL from clause 4