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SQL / MySQL » Where Clause » OR 
An OR operator

/*

mysql> select * from Bird;
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name     | owner | species | sex  | birth      | death |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| BlueBird | Joe   | Car     | f    | 1999-03-30 | NULL  |
| RedBird  | Yin   | Bus     | m    | 1979-03-30 | NULL  |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM Bird WHERE species = 'Bus' OR sex = 'f';
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name     | owner | species | sex  | birth      | death |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| BlueBird | Joe   | Car     | f    | 1999-03-30 | NULL  |
| RedBird  | Yin   | Bus     | m    | 1979-03-30 | NULL  |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)


*/  
Drop table Bird;

CREATE TABLE Bird (
    name VARCHAR(20)
    owner VARCHAR(20),
    species VARCHAR(20)
    sex CHAR(1)
    birth DATE, 
    death DATE
);
  
INSERT INTO  Bird VALUES ('BlueBird','Joe','Car','f','1999-03-30',NULL);
INSERT INTO  Bird VALUES ('RedBird','Yin','Bus','m','1979-03-30',NULL);
  
select from Bird;


SELECT FROM Bird WHERE species = 'Bus' OR sex = 'f';
  

           
       
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