How can you perform a simple SELECT query to retrieve all records from a table?

 To perform a simple SELECT query to retrieve all records from a table, you can use the following SQL statement:

SELECT * FROM table_name;

Here's a brief explanation of each part of the query:

• SELECT: This is the SQL keyword that indicates you want to retrieve data from the database.

• *: The asterisk (*) is a wildcard character that represents all columns in the specified table. Using * in the SELECT statement means you want to retrieve all columns in the table.

• FROM: This keyword is used to specify the table from which you want to retrieve the data.

• table_name: Replace table_name with the name of the table from which you want to retrieve all records.

So, when you execute this SQL query, it will return all the records from the specified table, including all columns.