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Combining Conditions

Combining Conditions

This lesson discusses how to combine multiple conditions in a MySQL query.

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Combining Conditions

In this lesson we’ll learn how to combine multiple conditions in the WHERE clause.

Example Syntax

SELECT col1, col2, … coln

FROM table

WHERE col3 LIKE "%some-string%"

AND

col4 = 55;

Connect to the terminal below by clicking in the widget. Once connected, the command line prompt will show up. Enter or copy and paste the command ./DataJek/Lessons/10lesson.sh and wait for the MySQL prompt to start-up.

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-- The lesson queries are reproduced below for convenient copy/paste into the terminal. 



-- Query 1

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE FirstName > "B" AND NetWorthInMillions > 200;



-- Query 2

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE FirstName > "B" OR NetWorthInMillions > 200;



-- Query 3

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE (FirstName > 'B' AND FirstName < 'J') OR (SecondName >'I' AND SecondName < 'K');



-- Query 4

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE NOT(FirstName > "B" OR NetWorthInMillions > 200);



-- Query 5

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE NOT NetWorthInMillions = 200;



-- Query 6

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE (NOT NetWorthInMillions) = 200;



-- Query 7

SELECT * FROM Actors WHERE FirstName > "B" XOR NetWorthInMillions > 200;
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  1. We can use the AND operator to query for actors whose first name starts with the letter ‘B’ or any character thereafter and whose net worth is greater than 200 ...

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