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Basic Uses of SELECT

            There are many clauses, and combinations thereof, that can be used with a SELECT statement to yield  particular table query results.  They range from very basic, commonly-used options to very specialized and  complex.  The following basic, optional clauses will be covered in this section:  Clauses                   Definition DISTINCT                Eliminates duplicate row data  FROM                      Specifies what table(s) to retrieve data from  WHERE                   Decides what data to show  ORDER BY             Sorts data by specified order criteria  LIMIT                        Reduces the amount of records received  Example of SELECT statement with clauses:  SELECT DISTINCT values_to_display FROM table_name WHERE expression ORDER BY how_to_sort LIMIT row_count;               The above syntax shows the correct order and usage of each of the above optional clauses.  This statement is specifically  selecting  distinct data rows  from a named ta