MySQL IN Condition

The MySQL IN condition is used to reduce the use of multiple OR conditions in a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statement.

Syntax:

Parameters

expression: It specifies a value to test.

value1, value2, ... or value_n: These are the values to test against expression. If any of these values matches expression, then the IN condition will evaluate to true. This is a quick method to test if any one of the values matches expression.

MySQL IN Example

Consider a table "officers", having the following data.

Execute the following query:

Output:

Let's see why it is preferred over OR condition:

Execute the following query:

Output:

It also produces the same result. So IN condition is preferred over OR condition because it has minimum number of codes.