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<chapter id="queries">
<title>Queries</title>
</para>
<para>
- The simplest kind of query has the form
+ A simple kind of query has the form
<programlisting>
SELECT * FROM table1;
</programlisting>
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PostgreSQL documentation
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<title>Description</title>
<para>
- <command>SELECT</command> retrieves rows from one or more tables.
+ <command>SELECT</command> retrieves rows from zero or more tables.
The general processing of <command>SELECT</command> is as follows:
<orderedlist>