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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://ydb.tech/docs/en/llms.txt

# WHERE

Filtering rows in the `SELECT`  result based on a condition in [row-oriented](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/concepts/datamodel/table.md?version=main#row-oriented-tables) or [column-oriented](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/concepts/datamodel/table.md?version=main#column-oriented-tables).

## Example

```yql
SELECT key FROM my_table
WHERE value > 0;
```