select命令表示当前选择（连接）的数据库。



select命令格式：mysql> select database();



MySQL中SELECT命令类似于其他编程语言里的print或者write，你可以用它来显示一个字符串、数字、数学表达式的结果等等。如何使用MySQL中SELECT命令的特殊功能呢？



1) 显示MYSQL的版本

mysql> select version(); 

+-----------------------+ 

| version()             | 

+-----------------------+ 

| 6.0.4-alpha-community | 

+-----------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.02 sec) 



2) 显示当前时间

mysql> select now(); 

+---------------------+ 

| now()               | 

+---------------------+ 

| 2009-09-15 22:35:32 | 

+---------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.04 sec) 



3) 显示年月日

SELECT DAYOFMONTH(CURRENT_DATE); 

+--------------------------+ 

| DAYOFMONTH(CURRENT_DATE) | 

+--------------------------+ 

|                       15 | 

+--------------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.01 sec) 

  

SELECT MONTH(CURRENT_DATE); 

+---------------------+ 

| MONTH(CURRENT_DATE) | 

+---------------------+ 

|                   9 | 

+---------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.00 sec) 

  

SELECT YEAR(CURRENT_DATE); 

+--------------------+ 

| YEAR(CURRENT_DATE) | 

+--------------------+ 

|               2009 | 

+--------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.00 sec) 



4) 显示字符串

mysql> SELECT "welecome to my blog!"; 

+----------------------+ 

| welecome to my blog! | 

+----------------------+ 

| welecome to my blog! | 

+----------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.00 sec) 



5) 当计算器用

select ((4 * 4) / 10 ) + 25; 

+----------------------+ 

| ((4 * 4) / 10 ) + 25 | 

+----------------------+ 

|                26.60 | 

+----------------------+ 

1 row in set (0.00 sec) 



6) 串接字符串

select CONCAT(f_name, " ", l_name) 

AS Name 

from employee_data 

where title = 'Marketing Executive'; 

+---------------+ 

| Name          | 

+---------------+ 

| Monica Sehgal | 

| Hal Simlai    | 

| Joseph Irvine | 

+---------------+ 

3 rows in set (0.00 sec) 



注意：这里用到CONCAT()函数，用来把字符串串接起来。另外，我们还用到以前学到的AS给结果列'CONCAT(f_name, " ", l_name)'起了个假名。