The usual logical operators are available:
AND
OR
NOT
SQLuses a three-valued logic system with true, false, andnull
, 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 operatorsAND
andOR
are commutative, that is, you can switch the left and right operand without affecting the result. But seeSection 4.2.14for more information about the order of evaluation of subexpressions.