What is a query? Asking the database a question

Lesson 3 of where your data lives: how your app asks for exactly the rows it wants, and what happens when the question has no "only".

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Sam Ortega · Build Editor

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A query is a question to the database, usually in SQL

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The WHERE filter decides which rows come back

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RLS adds a filter to every query automatically

What this means for your app

Your AI tool writes queries for you. You don't need to write SQL, but when it shows you one, look for the where part. A query on private data without one should make you ask why.

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