query
In SQL, an operation that reads information from one or more tables. Depending on the organization of data and the parameters of the query, the lookup might be optimized by consulting an index. If multiple tables are involved, the query is known as a join.
For historical reasons, sometimes discussions of internal processing for statements use "query" in a broader sense, including other types of MariaDB statements such as DDL and DML statements.
See also DDL.
See also DML.
See also index.
See also join.
See also SQL.
See also table.