SQL IN Operator

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)