WHERE keyword is used for fetching filtered data in a result set.

• It is used to fetch data according to a particular criteria.
• WHERE keyword can also be used to filter data by matching patterns.

Basic Syntax:
SELECT column1,column2 FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator value;

column1 , column2: fields int the table
table_name: name of table
column_name: name of field used for filtering the data
operator: operation to be considered for filtering
value: exact value or pattern to get related data in result 

List of operators that can be used with where clause:

operator	description
>	Greater Than
>=	Greater than or Equal to
<	Less Than
<=	Less than or Equal to
=	Equal to
<>	Not Equal to
BETWEEN	In an inclusive Range
LIKE	Search for a pattern
IN	To specify multiple possible values for a column

Queries

• To fetch record of students with age equal to 20

  SELECT * FROM Student WHERE Age=20;
  

  Output:

  ROLL_NO	NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE	Age
  3	SUJIT	ROHTAK	XXXXXXXXXX	20
  3	SUJIT	ROHTAK	XXXXXXXXXX	20

 

• To fetch Name and Address of students with ROLL_NO greater than 3

  SELECT ROLL_NO,NAME,ADDRESS FROM Student WHERE ROLL_NO > 3;
  

  Output:

  ROLL_NO	NAME	ADDRESS
  4	SURESH	Delhi

BETWEEN operator

It is used to fetch filtered data in a given range inclusive of two values.
Basic Syntax:
SELECT column1,column2 FROM table_name WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;

BETWEEN: operator name 

value1 AND value2: exact value from value1 to value2 to get related data in
result set.
 

Queries

• To fetch records of students where ROLL_NO is between 1 and 3 (inclusive)

  SELECT * FROM Student WHERE ROLL_NO BETWEEN 1 AND 3;
  

  Output:

  
  
  
  

  ROLL_NO	NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE	Age
  1	Ram	Delhi	XXXXXXXXXX	18
  2	RAMESH	GURGAON	XXXXXXXXXX	18
  3	SUJIT	ROHTAK	XXXXXXXXXX	20
  3	SUJIT	ROHTAK	XXXXXXXXXX	20
  2	RAMESH	GURGAON	XXXXXXXXXX	18

 

• To fetch NAME,ADDRESS of students where Age is between 20 and 30 (inclusive)

  SELECT NAME,ADDRESS FROM Student WHERE Age BETWEEN 20 AND 30;
  

  Output:

  NAME	ADDRESS
  SUJIT	Rohtak
  SUJIT	Rohtak

LIKE operator

It is used to fetch filtered data by searching for a particular pattern in where clause.
Basic Syntax:
SELECT column1,column2 FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE pattern;

LIKE: operator name 

pattern: exact value extracted from the pattern to get related data in
result set.

Note: The character(s) in pattern are case sensitive.

Queries

• To fetch records of students where NAME starts with letter S.

  SELECT * FROM Student WHERE NAME LIKE 'S%'; 

  The ‘%'(wildcard) signifies the later characters here which can be of any length and
  value.More about wildcards will be discussed in the later set.

  Output:

  ROLL_NO	NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE	Age
  3	SUJIT	ROHTAK	XXXXXXXXXX	20
  4	SURESH	Delhi	XXXXXXXXXX	18
  3	SUJIT	ROHTAK	XXXXXXXXXX	20

• To fetch records of students where NAME contains the patter ‘AM’.

  SELECT * FROM Student WHERE NAME LIKE '%AM%';
  

  Output:

  
  
  
  

  ROLL_NO	NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE	Age
  1	Ram	Delhi	XXXXXXXXXX	18
  2	RAMESH	GURGAON	XXXXXXXXXX	18
  2	RAMESH	GURGAON	XXXXXXXXXX	18

IN operator

It is used to fetch filtered data same as fetched by ‘=’ operator just the difference is that here we can specify multiple values for which we can get the result set.
Basic Syntax:
SELECT column1,column2 FROM table_name WHERE column_name IN (value1,value2,..);

IN: operator name 

value1,value2,..: exact value matching the values given and get related data in result set.

Queries

• To fetch NAME and ADDRESS of students where Age is 18 or 20.

  SELECT NAME,ADDRESS FROM Student WHERE Age IN (18,20);
  

  Output:

  NAME	ADDRESS
  Ram	Delhi
  RAMESH	GURGAON
  SUJIT	ROHTAK
  SURESH	Delhi
  SUJIT	ROHTAK
  RAMESH	GURGAON

• To fetch records of students where ROLL_NO is 1 or 4.

  SELECT * FROM Student WHERE ROLL_NO IN (1,4);
  

  Output:

  ROLL_NO	NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE	Age
  1	Ram	Delhi	XXXXXXXXXX	18
  4	SURESH	Delhi	XXXXXXXXXX	18

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