SQL IN operator

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IN operator

IN operator allows you to multiple values specified in the WHERE clause.

SQL IN syntax

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN ( value1 , value2 ,...);

The demo database

In this tutorial, we will use w3big sample database.

The following is a selected "Websites" table data:

+----+--------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
| id | name         | url                       | alexa | country |
+----+--------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
| 1  | Google       | https://www.google.cm/    | 1     | USA     |
| 2  | 淘宝          | https://www.taobao.com/   | 13    | CN      |
| 3  | 本教程      | http://www.w3big.com/    | 4689  | CN      |
| 4  | 微博          | http://weibo.com/         | 20    | CN      |
| 5  | Facebook     | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3     | USA     |
| 7  | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ |   0 | IND     |
+----+---------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+

IN operator examples

The following SQL statement select name as "Google" or the "course" of all sites:

Examples

SELECT * FROM Websites
WHERE name IN ( 'Google', 'tutorial');

Execution output: