SQL WHERE Clause

The SQL WHERE clause specifies a certain condition in the query and records are filtered from the database according to that condition. Where clause is used with SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE statement.

WHERE Clause Syntax :

The syntax of the WHERE Clause is −

SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE condition;



WHERE Clause Example :

Consider the Customer table with the following records -

CustomerID CustomerName Age Address CustomerSalary
1 Aarav 28 Udaipur 28000
2 Vivaan 25 Mumbai 30000
3 Reyansh 28 Chennai 35000
4 Muhammad 24 Udaipur 50000
5 Sai 30 Mumbai 27000


TEST CASE 1 :- The following code is an example, which would fetch the all fields from Customer table where Address is Udaipur.

SELECT * FROM Customer
WHERE Address='Udaipur';


The result for the respective sql query is as follows −

CustomerID CustomerName Age Address CustomerSalary
1 Aarav 28 Udaipur 28000
4 Muhammad 24 Udaipur 50000



TEST CASE 2:- The following code is an example, which would fetch the all fields from Customer table where Age is 28.

SELECT * FROM Customer
WHERE Age=28;


The result for the respective sql query is as follows −

CustomerID CustomerName Age Address CustomerSalary
1 Aarav 28 Udaipur 28000
3 Reyansh 28 Chennai 35000



Operators in The WHERE Clause:

The following operators can be used in the WHERE clause:

Operator Description
= Equal
> Greater than
< Less than
>= Greater than or Equal
<= Less than or Equal
< > Not equal
BETWEEN A range
LIKE Search for a pattern
IN specify multiple possible values



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