We can pass in a comma-separated **list of fields**:
```sql
SELECT name, releaseDate FROM models
```
## With parameters
### `WHERE`
The `WHERE` clause specifies a search criterion. The `WHERE` clause should always be last in the syntax. The clauses are always written in this order: `FROM` followed by `WHERE`
```sql
SELECT name FROM models WHERE cores > 3
```
### Compound statements
Compound statements allow you to apply more filters to your clauses within an SQL statement. SQL allows you to build complex, combinatorial `WHERE` clauses by using Boolean and mathematical operators (i.e `AND` , `OR` , `>` , `<` , `!=` , `<=` ...)
Multiple clauses:
```sql
SELECT name, ram, release_date
FROM model
WHERE release_date > '2018-01-01' AND ram > 512;
```
More complex logic achieve with parentheses:
```sql
SELECT name, cores, release_date
FROM model
WHERE (manufacturer_id = 1 OR manufacturer_id = 2) AND cores >= 2;
```
## Transform returned data
We can apply **ordering** to the return data
```sql
SELECT name FROM models ORDER BY name, cores
SELECT name FROM models ORDER BY name, cores DESC
```
> `ORDER BY` always comes last, after the selection and any filtering clauses but _before_ a `WHERE` clause
