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MySQL - Select from view
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In this article, we would like to show you how to select from a view in MySQL.
Quick solution:
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SELECT `column1`, `column2`, `columnN`
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FROM `view_name`
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WHERE condition;
To show how to select from a view, we will use the following view named spain_users
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Note:
At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.
In this example, we will select email
column from the spain_users
view.
Query:
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SELECT `email`
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FROM `spain_users`;
Result:

create_tables.sql
file:
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CREATE TABLE `users` (
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`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
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`name` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
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`email` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
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`country` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
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PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
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)
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ENGINE=InnoDB;
insert_data.sql
file:
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INSERT INTO `users`
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(`name`, `email`, `country`)
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VALUES
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('Tom', 'tom@email.com', 'Poland'),
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('Chris','chris@email.com', 'Spain'),
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('Jack','jack@email.com', 'Spain'),
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('Kim','kim@email.com', 'Vietnam'),
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('Marco','marco@email.com', 'Italy'),
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('Kate','kate@email.com', 'Spain'),
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('Nam','nam@email.com', 'Vietnam');
create_view.sql
file:
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CREATE VIEW `spain_users` AS
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SELECT *
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FROM `users`
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WHERE `country` = 'Spain';