SQL is used in Google BigQuery to interact with datasets and retrieve data.
The basic and commonly used SQL statement SELECT * FROM `project.dataset.table`; fetches all columns and rows from a specified table.
Components of the SELECT statement include SELECT * (all columns), FROM (source table), and the fully qualified table name in BigQuery.
Before executing a query in BigQuery, the Query Editor provides an estimate of the amount of data the query will process, displayed in the top right corner.