Optimus Pete » sql http://tech.petegraham.co.uk yes i love technology Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 SQL: Selecting Specifying Multiple Field Values http://tech.petegraham.co.uk/2007/03/22/sql-selecting-specifying-multiple-field-values/ http://tech.petegraham.co.uk/2007/03/22/sql-selecting-specifying-multiple-field-values/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:05:06 +0000 Pete http://tech.petegraham.co.uk/2007/03/22/sql-selecting-specifying-multiple-field-values/ Here are 3 different ways to perform a DB select when you want to specify two or more values for a field.

1. Use th OR operator

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SQL:
  1. SELECT * FROM people
  2. WHERE (first_name = 'pete'
  3. OR first_name = 'paul');

2. Use a Regular Expression

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SQL:
  1. SELECT * FROM people
  2. WHERE first_name ~'^pete|paul$';

3. Use an array

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SQL:
  1. SELECT * FROM people
  2. WHERE first_name = ANY('{pete,paul}');

Note: These should all work in PostgreSQL, I suspect the SQL may need altering for 2 and 3 to work with MySQL.

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