Purpose

Indicates the tables to be used in the Select statement.

Syntax

FROM table_name [table_alias] [,...]

where:

table_name
is the name of a table or a subquery. Multiple tables define an implicit inner join among those tables. Multiple table names must be separated by a comma. For example:
SELECT * FROM emp, dep
Subqueries can be used instead of table names. Subqueries must be enclosed in parentheses. See Subquery in a From Clause for an example.
table_alias
is a name used to refer to a table in the rest of the Select statement. When you specify an alias for a table, you can prefix all column names of that table with the table alias.

Example

This example specifies two table aliases, e for emp and d for dep:

SELECT e.name, d.deptName 
FROM emp e, dep d
WHERE e.deptId = d.id

The equal sign (=) includes only matching rows in the results.