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MySQL BETWEEN Condition

The MYSQL BETWEEN condition specifies how to retrieve values from an expression within a specific range. It is used with SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statement.

Syntax:

Parameters

expression: It specifies a column.

value1 and value2: These values define an inclusive range that expression is compared to.

Let’s take some examples:

(i) MySQL BETWEEN condition with numeric value:

Consider a table “officers” having the following data.

Execute the following query:

Output:

Note: In the above example, you can see that only three rows are returned between 1 and 3.

(ii) MySQL BETWEEN condition with date:

MySQL BETWEEN condition also facilitates you to retrieve records according to date.

See this example:

Consider a table “employees”, having the following data.

Execute the following query:

Output:

Note: In the above example you can see that only data between specific dates are shown.

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