In this article, where clause will be discussed alongside example.
Introduction :
- To extract the data at times, we need a particular conditions to satisfy.
- ‘where’ is a clause used to write the condition in the query.
Syntax :
select select_list from table_name where condition
A example is given below for better clarification –
Example :
Sample table: Student
| Roll number | Name | Course |
|---|---|---|
| 111 | Riya | CSE |
| 112 | Apoorva | ECE |
| 113 | Mina | Mech |
| 114 | Rita | Biotechnology |
| 115 | Veena | Chemical |
| 116 | Deepa | EEE |
If a user wants to extract the name of the student who is pursuing Mechanical, the query is as follows:
select name from student where course='Mechanical'
The output is –
| Name | Course |
|---|---|
| Mina | Mech |
‘where’ condition filters only the rows that are evaluated to true. If the condition evaluates to false or unknown, the rows will not be filtered causing an error.
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