IN operator is used to match the value from the list of values.
It is a short form of multiple OR condition.
In SELECT Statement
Syntax:-
SELECT column(s) FROM table_name WHERE column IN (value1, value2.......valueN)
Example:- Suppose we have employees table which has 7 records
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+ | id | first_name | last_name | email | country | +----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+ | 1 | John | Tailor | john@abc.com | USA | | 2 | Rom | Tailor | rom@abc.com | USA | | 3 | Andrew | Symonds | andrew@abc.com | Australia | | 4 | Miacle | Tailor | miacle@abc.com | Australia | | 5 | Sachin | Tendulkar | sachin@abc.com | India | | 6 | Virat | Kohli | virat@abc.com | India | | 7 | rohit | NULL | rohit@abc.com | India |
Q:- Find the employees that have last_name Tendulkar OR Kohli
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE last_name IN ('Tendulkar', 'Kohli');
Output:-
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+---------+ | id | first_name | last_name | email | country | +----+------------+-----------+----------------+---------+ | 5 | Sachin | Tendulkar | sachin@abc.com | India | | 6 | Virat | Kohli | virat@abc.com | India | +----+------------+-----------+----------------+---------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)