(state = 'CA') OR (state <> 'CA') : AND OR « Query Select « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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3. AND OR

SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE publishers(
  2    pub_id   CHAR(3)     NOT NULL,
  3    pub_name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
  4    city     VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
  5    state    CHAR(2)     NULL    ,
  6    country  VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL);

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO publishers VALUES('P01','A','New York','NY','USA');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO publishers VALUES('P02','C','San Francisco','CA','USA');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO publishers VALUES('P03','S','Hamburg',NULL,'Germany');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO publishers VALUES('P04','T','Berkeley','CA','USA');

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT pub_id, pub_name, state, country
  2    FROM publishers
  3    WHERE (state = 'CA') OR (state <> 'CA');

PUB PUB_NAME             ST COUNTRY
--- -------------------- -- ---------------
P01 A                    NY USA
P02 C                    CA USA
P04 T                    CA USA

SQL>
SQL> drop table publishers;

Table dropped.

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