Name= 'Bob' OR 'John' for Where clause

cy163 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-24-10, 19:19

Hello ALL,

I wonder which statement is right in the following two choices

Code:

(1)  SELECT Salary FROM Employee Where  Name= 'Bob' OR 'John' 

(2) SELECT Salary FROM Employee WHERE Name= 'Bob' OR Name= 'John'

I have tried with both of them. Both run successfully, but result in different results.

guelphdad · #2 (**permalink**) 09-24-10, 22:00

The second statement is correct. The first statement does not compare 'John' to a column or other string.

r937 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-24-10, 22:24

Edit: oops, i was wrong

hey, how come i can't delete my own post?

Pat Phelan · #4 (**permalink**) 09-25-10, 10:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by r937

Edit: oops, i was wrong

hey, how come i can't delete my own post?

You're used to being a moderator, which allows you to delete posts until the post is processed by the post archiver, which takes months or years.

Users can only delete their posts for a relatively short period of time (until the VB post indexer processes the post, almost always less than a day).

-PatP

it-iss.com · #5 (**permalink**) 09-25-10, 15:27

Hi,

the second query is correct but the first one could have been rewritten as follows:

Code:

SELECT Salary FROM Employee Where  Name IN ('Bob', 'John')

r937 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-25-10, 17:12

correction, i just tried it on this post, there was no Delete immediately after

sorry for all the OT

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