TABLE

The TABLE statement can be used instead of SELECT * FROM when no aggregation or complex filtering is needed.

Synopsis

TableStmt ::=
    "TABLE" Table ( "ORDER BY" Column )? ( "LIMIT" NUM )?

Examples

CREATE TABLE t1(id INT PRIMARY KEY);

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.31 sec)

INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3);

Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.06 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

TABLE t1;

+----+
| id |
+----+
|  1 |
|  2 |
|  3 |
+----+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

TABLE t1 ORDER BY id DESC;

+----+
| id |
+----+
|  3 |
|  2 |
|  1 |
+----+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

TABLE t1 LIMIT 1;

+----+
| id |
+----+
|  1 |
+----+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

MySQL compatibility

The TABLE statement was introduced in MySQL 8.0.19.

See also

• SELECT
• TABLE statements in MySQL