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# Vault Query Language (VQL)



When an application invokes a query call, it passes in a **Vault Query Language (VQL)** statement (a SQL-like statement) that specifies the object to query (in the `FROM` clause), the fields to retrieve (in the `SELECT` clause), and any optional filters to apply (in the `WHERE` and `FIND` clauses) to narrow your results.



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