SELECT Name, Continent, Population
FROM country
| Name | Continent | Population |
| Aruba | North America | 103,000 |
| Afghanistan | Asia | 22,720,000 |
| Angola | Africa | 12,878,000 |
| Anguilla | North America | 8,000 |
| Albania | Europe | 3,401,200 |
| Andorra | Europe | 78,000 |
| Netherlands Antilles | North America | 217,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | Asia | 2,441,000 |
| ... |
| This statement uses the SELECT statement to retrieve data from the country table. In this example, three column names are specified, each separated by a comma. |