What Is Select a * in Sql

.* means, select all columns of a table.

What does returning do in SQL?

The RETURNING clause allows you to retrieve values of columns (and expressions based on columns) that were modified by an insert, delete or update. Without RETURNING , you would have to run a SELECT statement after the DML statement is completed, in order to obtain the values of the changed columns.

How do you write a SELECT statement?

SELECT statements An SQL SELECT statement retrieves records from a database table according to clauses (for example, FROM and WHERE ) that specify criteria. The syntax is: SELECT column1, column2 FROM table1, table2 WHERE column2=’value’;