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9.1. Logical Operators
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9.1. Logical Operators

The usual logical operators are available:

AND

OR

NOT

SQL uses a three-valued logic system with true, false, and null, which represents “[.quote]#unknown”#. Observe the following truth tables:

`a` `b` `a AND b` `a OR b`

`a`	`b`	`a `AND` b`	`a `OR` b`
TRUE	TRUE	TRUE	TRUE
TRUE	FALSE	FALSE	TRUE
TRUE	NULL	NULL	TRUE
FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE
FALSE	NULL	FALSE	NULL
NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

NULL

TRUE

FALSE

NULL

FALSE

NULL

`a`	NOT `a`
TRUE	FALSE
FALSE	TRUE
NULL	NULL

`a`

NOT `a`

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

NULL

The operators AND and OR are commutative, that is, you can switch the left and right operand without affecting the result. But see Section 4.2.14 for more information about the order of evaluation of subexpressions.

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