You can select only from `MendeleevSystem` table SELECT fields list FROM `MendeleevSystem` WHERE 1 AND clauses list ORDER BY sort order list LIMIT limit definition | Your fields (Name [Type]):Discovery [tinytext] Appearance [tinytext] Source [text] Uses [text] Biological [text] General [text] Number [tinyint(3) unsigned] Mass [float unsigned] Melting [float] Boiling [float] Density [float unsigned] Configuration [varchar(65)] Affinity [float] nuclide [varchar(200)] Atomic [varchar(65)] abundance [varchar(90)] life [varchar(100)] Ionisation [text] Fusion [float] Vaporisation [float] main [varchar(200)] others [varchar(165)] Bonds [text] Symbol [char(3)] SELECT
field list | WHERE 1 AND
clause list | ORDER BY
sort order list | LIMIT
limit definition | | |