MySQL AND Operator

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The MySQL AND Operator

The WHERE clause can contain one or many AND operators.

The AND operator is used to filter records based on more than one condition.

Note: The AND operator displays a record if all the conditions are TRUE.

The following SQL selects all customers where country is "UK" AND city is "London":

Example

SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE Country = 'UK' AND City = 'London';

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AND Syntax

SELECT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name
WHERE condition1 AND condition2 AND condition3 ...;

Demo Database

Below is a selection from the "Customers" table in the Northwind sample database:

CustomerID	CustomerName	ContactName	Address	City	PostalCode	Country
1	Alfreds Futterkiste	Maria Anders	Obere Str. 57	Berlin	12209	Germany
2	Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados	Ana Trujillo	Avda. de la Constitución 2222	México D.F.	05021	Mexico
3	Antonio Moreno Taquería	Antonio Moreno	Mataderos 2312	México D.F.	05023	Mexico
4	Around the Horn	Thomas Hardy	120 Hanover Sq.	London	WA1 1DP	UK
5	Berglunds snabbköp	Christina Berglund	Berguvsvägen 8	Luleå	S-958 22	Sweden

AND vs. OR

The AND operator displays a record if all the conditions are TRUE.

The OR operator displays a record if any of the conditions are TRUE.

Combining AND and OR

You can also combine the AND and OR operators.

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