What is sub query Sub query is a query with in other query is known is Sub query Use if you want to get data from table1 by using value form table2 we will go for subquery not for joins. syntax. select * from table_name where....(select * from table_name where...(select * from table_name)...)... // Inner most query execute first Type of Sub Query Single row sub query - the sub query which is returning only one output value. example- get department name of employee 708. select dname from department where deptno = (select deptno from employee where empno=708) example- get department detailsof employee 708. select * from department where deptno = (select deptno from employee where empno=708) Multi row sub query - the sub query which is returning more than one output value. example- get department detailsof employee 708.709 select dname from department where dept_no IN (select deptno from employee where empno IN( 708, 709)); If we want