SELECT 1 from table
select * from StudentTable; -- output : +------+-------+ | id | name | +------+-------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | Carol | | 3 | Smith | | 4 | Bob | +------+-------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) -- EXAMPLE OF SELECT 1 select 1 from StudentTable; -- output : +---+ | 1 | +---+ | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | +---+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) -- The above returns 1 four times for 4 records, -- and if we had 5 records then the above query -- would have returned 1 five times.