MySQL Select Multiple VALUES?

To select multiple values, you can use where clause with OR and IN operator.

The syntax is as follows −

Case 1 − Using OR

select *from yourTablename where yourColumnName = value1 or yourColumnName = value2 or yourColumnName = value3,.........N;

Case 2 − Using IN

select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName IN(value1,value2,....N);

To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table −

mysql> create table selectMultipleValues
−> (
−> BookId int,
−> BookName varchar(200)
−> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.68 sec)

Now you can insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query to insert records is as follows −

mysql> insert into selectMultipleValues values(100,'Introduction to C');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)

mysql> insert into selectMultipleValues values(101,'Introduction to C++');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

mysql> insert into selectMultipleValues values(103,'Introduction to java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

mysql> insert into selectMultipleValues values(104,'Introduction to Python');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

mysql> insert into selectMultipleValues values(105,'Introduction to C#');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

mysql> insert into selectMultipleValues values(106,'C in Depth');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table with the help of select statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from selectMultipleValues;

The following is the output −

+--------+------------------------+
| BookId | BookName               |
+--------+------------------------+
| 100    | Introduction to C      |
| 101    | Introduction to C++    |
| 103    | Introduction to java   |
| 104    | Introduction to Python |
| 105    | Introduction to C#     |  
| 106    | C in Depth             |
+--------+------------------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The following is the query to select multiple values with the help of OR operator.

Case 1 − Using OR operator.

mysql> select *from selectMultipleValues where BookId = 104 or BookId = 106;

The following is the output −

+--------+------------------------+
| BookId | BookName |
+--------+------------------------+
| 104 | Introduction to Python |
| 106 | C in Depth |
+--------+------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Case 2 − Using In operator.

The following is the query to select multiple values with the help of IN operator.

mysql> select *from selectMultipleValues where BookId in(104,106);

The following is the output −

+--------+------------------------+
| BookId | BookName               |
+--------+------------------------+
| 104    | Introduction to Python |
| 106    | C in Depth             |  
+--------+------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)