--- title: SQL Commands 1 | daily.dev description: This post explores basic SQL commands, including SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, USE, DISTINCT, LIKE, COUNT, BETWEEN, OR, IN, and IS NULL / IS NOT... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SQL Commands 1 | daily.dev og:description: This post explores basic SQL commands, including SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, USE, DISTINCT, LIKE, COUNT, BETWEEN, OR, IN, and IS NULL / IS NOT... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lIHag15LH.png og:image:alt: SQL Commands 1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SQL Commands 1 **[AI in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/aiplainenglish)** · 6 min read · 6 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary This post explores basic SQL commands, including SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, USE, DISTINCT, LIKE, COUNT, BETWEEN, OR, IN, and IS NULL / IS NOT NULL. It also discusses how to install MySQL and export data in SQL. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randy** · 0 upvotes > I mean... there's only one "command" in there, `SELECT`. The rest are keyword, operators, etc. But none of them make MySQL _do_ anything without a command to start the process. --- Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SQL Commands 1","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh"},"datePublished":"2024-05-08T11:08:40.659Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"This post explores basic SQL commands, including SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, USE, DISTINCT, LIKE, COUNT, BETWEEN, OR, IN, and IS NULL / IS NOT...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/71870db250d3f80cbf9a81a5a9a935a3?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/71870db250d3f80cbf9a81a5a9a935a3?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AI in Plain English","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AI in Plain English","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/8a17667bb9684f35ae94c89e2d61e7eb","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/aiplainenglish"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"data-science,database,mysql","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AI in Plain English","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/aiplainenglish"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SQL Commands 1"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sql-commands-1-lihag15lh","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I mean… there’s only one “command” in there, SELECT. 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