The MySQL AND, OR and NOT Operators

The WHERE clause can be combined with AND, OR, and NOT operators.

AND Syntax

OR Syntax

NOT Syntax

Demo Database

The table below shows the complete "Customers" table from the Northwind sample database:

AND Example

The following SQL statement selects all fields from "Customers" where country is "Germany" AND city is "Berlin":

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country = 'Germany' AND City = 'Berlin';

OR Example

The following SQL statement selects all fields from "Customers" where city is "Berlin" OR "Stuttgart":

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE City = 'Berlin' OR City = 'Stuttgart';

The following SQL statement selects all fields from "Customers" where country is "Germany" OR "Spain":

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country = 'Germany' OR Country = 'Spain';

NOT Example

The following SQL statement selects all fields from "Customers" where country is NOT "Germany":

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE NOT Country = 'Germany';

Combining AND, OR and NOT

You can also combine the AND, OR and NOT operators.

The following SQL statement selects all fields from "Customers" where country is "Germany" AND city must be "Berlin" OR "Stuttgart" (use parenthesis to form complex expressions):

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country = 'Germany' AND (City = 'Berlin' OR City = 'Stuttgart');

The following SQL statement selects all fields from "Customers" where country is NOT "Germany" and NOT "USA":

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE NOT Country = 'Germany' AND NOT Country = 'USA';