MySQL WHERE Clause Equality Comparison Operator

We don’t always need all rows from the table as part of the final results set. You can use one (or more) of the comparison operators to filter the rows with a WHERE clause conditional. In this post, we are looking at the equality comparison operator (=)…

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Equality Comparison Operator

To check if any column value is equal to some other value, you use the equality comparison operator (=).

This will typically (but not always) be in the form of:

column_name = some_value

Recommended Reading

Visit these articles to learn more MySQL:

• SELECT clause queries — MySQL Beginner Basics Series.
• Limit Rows with the WHERE clause — MySQL Beginner Series

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