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SQL Where Clause

SQL Where Clause

WHERE Clause (and/or, IN, BETWEEN, and LIKE)

The WHERE clause is used to limit the number of rows returned.

In this case all five of these will be used is a some what ridiculous WHERE clause.

Here is the current full student list to compare to the WHERE clause result set:

select studentID, FullName, sat_score, rcd_updated from student;

+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
| studentID | FullName               | sat_score | rcd_updated         |
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
|         1 | Monique Davis          |       400 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         2 | Teri Gutierrez         |       800 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         3 | Spencer Pautier        |      1000 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         4 | Louis Ramsey           |      1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         5 | Alvin Greene           |      1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         6 | Sophie Freeman         |      1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         7 | Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd |      2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
|         8 | Donald D. Chamberlin   |      2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
|         9 | Raymond F. Boyce       |      2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
+-----------+------------------------+-----------+---------------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Rows will be presented that....

• WHERE Student IDs are between 1 and 5 (inclusive)
• OR studentID = 8

Here's an updated query, where any record that has an SAT score that's in this list (1000, 1400) will not be presented:

select  studentID, FullName, sat_score, recordUpdated
from    student
where   (studentID between 1 and 5 or studentID = 8)
        and
        sat_score NOT in (1000, 1400);

+-----------+----------------------+-----------+---------------------+
| studentID | FullName             | sat_score | rcd_updated         |
+-----------+----------------------+-----------+---------------------+
|         1 | Monique Davis        |       400 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         2 | Teri Gutierrez       |       800 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         4 | Louis Ramsey         |      1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         5 | Alvin Greene         |      1200 | 2017-08-16 15:34:50 |
|         8 | Donald D. Chamberlin |      2400 | 2017-08-16 15:35:33 |
+-----------+----------------------+-----------+---------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

*As with all of these SQL things there is MUCH MORE to them than what's in this introductory guide.

I hope this at least gives you enough to get started.

Please see the manual for your database manager and have fun trying different options yourself.