database query
nounUK /ˈdeɪtəbeɪs ˈkwɪəri/
US /ˈdeɪtəbeɪs ˈkwɪri/
A database query is a question you ask a computer to find information in its files.
The librarian typed a database query to find all the books about dinosaurs.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A command written in a special language that tells a database what to do.
He wrote a database query to count how many students joined the club.
3. The act of asking a database for specific records that match certain rules.
Her database query returned only the customers who live in London.
4. A saved instruction that can be run again later to get updated results.
The weekly report runs the same database query every Monday morning.