TSQL (Transact-SQL) Tutorial: OR Operator

In TSQL Tutorial OR Condition is used to check multiple conditions and query returns result when any one condition is true. It can be used in a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement.

WHERE condition1

OR condition2

...

OR condition_n;

if we need to implement a scenario where we say these are the condition and we want data when any of these conditions is true we implement or operator. While returning the result if first condition is true SQL server won’t check other conditions i.e. it moves to next condition only in case of earlier ones failure.

Using with SELECT Statement

Let say army is recruiting for their work force. As per their norms they dont want to recruit the people who are either less than18 years or more than 30 years aur height less than 5 feet.

For example:

SELECT *

FROM People

WHERE Age < '18' or Age > 30 or height < 5;

Above query will return the result set which can be eliminated from main result set to get eligible people for army recruitment.