可以使用 IN 子句代替許多 OR 條件。
要想理解 IN 子句,還以表 employee_tbl 為例,它的所有記錄如下所示:
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee_tbl;
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| id | name | work_date | daily_typing_pages |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| 1 | John | 2007-01-24 | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 2007-05-27 | 220 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-05-06 | 170 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-04-06 | 100 |
| 4 | Jill | 2007-04-06 | 220 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-06-06 | 300 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-02-06 | 350 |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
現(xiàn)在,我們希望根據(jù)以上表格,顯示出 daily_typing_pages 等于250、220和170這三個值的記錄。利用 OR 條件實現(xiàn)如下:
mysql>SELECT * FROM employee_tbl
->WHERE daily_typing_pages= 250 OR
->daily_typing_pages= 220 OR daily_typing_pages= 170;
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| id | name | work_date | daily_typing_pages |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| 1 | John | 2007-01-24 | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 2007-05-27 | 220 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-05-06 | 170 |
| 4 | Jill | 2007-04-06 | 220 |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.02 sec)
同樣的實現(xiàn)也可以用 IN子句 來完成:
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee_tbl
-> WHERE daily_typing_pages IN ( 250, 220, 170 );
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| id | name | work_date | daily_typing_pages |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| 1 | John | 2007-01-24 | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 2007-05-27 | 220 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-05-06 | 170 |
| 4 | Jill | 2007-04-06 | 220 |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.02 sec)