{"id":281,"date":"2024-08-26T04:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T04:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/sql\/?p=281"},"modified":"2025-05-16T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T06:36:31","slug":"sql-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/sql\/sql-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In SQL, operators are special symbols that perform operations on one or more expressions and return a result. 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They are used to simplify statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Addition Assignment (<code>+=<\/code>)<\/strong>: Adds the right operand to the left operand and assigns the result to the left operand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subtraction Assignment (<code>-=<\/code>)<\/strong>: Subtracts the right operand from the left operand and assigns the result to the left operand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Multiplication Assignment (<code>*=<\/code>)<\/strong>: Multiplies the left operand by the right operand and assigns the result to the left operand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Division Assignment (<code>\/=<\/code>)<\/strong>: Divides the left operand by the right operand and assigns the result to the left operand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SQL Logical Operators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Logical operators are used to combine multiple conditions in a SQL statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AND<\/strong>: Returns true if both conditions are true.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OR<\/strong>: Returns true if at least one condition is true.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NOT<\/strong>: Reverses the result of a condition (true becomes false and vice versa).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SQL Operators Labs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.techkubo.com\/sql-sim.html\" title=\"Try SQL on TechKubo\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In SQL, operators are special symbols that perform operations on one or more expressions and return a result. 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