Logical Operators
operator
logical
Boolean
operators
operators, logical
The usual logical operators are available:
AND (operator)
OR (operator)
NOT (operator)
conjunction
disjunction
negation
boolean AND boolean boolean
boolean OR boolean boolean
NOT boolean boolean
SQL uses a three-valued logic system with true,
false, and null, which represents unknown
.
Observe the following truth tables:
a
b
a AND b
a OR b
TRUE
TRUE
TRUE
TRUE
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
NULL
NULL
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE
NULL
FALSE
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
a
NOT a
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
NULL
NULL
The operators AND and OR are
commutative, that is, you can switch the left and right operands
without affecting the result. (However, it is not guaranteed that
the left operand is evaluated before the right operand. See for more information about the
order of evaluation of subexpressions.)