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The process for searching tables based on specific column values typically involves the following steps:

1. Identify the table and column(s) to search.
2. Determine the search criteria or the specific value(s) to search for.
3. Formulate a query using SQL (Structured Query Language) that includes the appropriate SELECT statement, specifying the columns to retrieve and the table to search, as well as the WHERE clause with the search condition(s) based on the column(s) and value(s) specified.
4. Execute the query and examine the resulting output or result set to verify that the correct rows with the specified column values have been retrieved.

For example, if you want to search for all customers whose last name is "Smith" in a table called "Customers" with columns "CustomerID", "FirstName", "LastName", "Address", you can use a query like:

SELECT CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, Address FROM Customers WHERE LastName = 'Smith';

This query will retrieve all the rows from the "Customers" table where the "LastName" column equals 'Smith', and specify the columns to retrieve in the result set.