NOT operator is used to get the records if the condition is not true.
In SELECT Statement
Syntax:-
SELECT column(s) FROM table_name WHERE NOT column=value
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 |
Find the employees that country has not the “USA”
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE NOT country='USA';
Output:-
+----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+ | id | first_name | last_name | email | country | +----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+ | 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 | +----+------------+-----------+----------------+-----------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)