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MySQL WHERE Clause

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The MySQL WHERE Clause

The WHERE clause is used to filter records.

It is used to extract only those records that fulfill a specified condition.

WHERE Syntax

SELECT column1, column2, ...

FROM table_name
WHERE condition;

Note: The WHERE clause is not only used in SELECT statements, it is also used in
UPDATE , DELETE , etc.!

Demo Database
Below is a selection from the "Customers" table in the Northwind sample database:
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1 Alfreds Maria Anders Obere Str. 57 Berlin 12209
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2 Ana Trujillo Ana Trujillo Avda. de la México 05021

Emparedados y Constitución D.F.
helados 2222

3 Antonio Moreno Antonio Mataderos México 05023

Taquería Moreno 2312 D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 Hanover London WA1 1DP
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5 Berglunds Christina Berguvsvägen Luleå S-958 22

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WHERE Clause Example

The following SQL statement selects all the customers from "Mexico":

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SELECT * FROM Customers

WHERE Country = 'Mexico';

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SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerID = 1;

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Operators in The WHERE Clause

The following operators can be used in the WHERE clause:

Operator Description Example

= Equal Try it

> Greater than Try it

< Less than Try it

>= Greater than or equal Try it

<= Less than or equal Try it

<> Not equal. Note: In some versions of SQL this operator Try it
may be written as !=

BETWEEN Between a certain range Try it

LIKE Search for a pattern Try it

IN To specify multiple possible values for a column Try it

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Select all records where the City column has the value "Berlin".

SELECT * FROM Customers

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