MySQL BETWEEN .... AND operator

BETWEEN .... AND operator

MySQL BETWEEN AND operator checks whether a value is within a range.

Syntax:

expr BETWEEN min AND max

If expr is greater than or equal to min and expr is less than or equal to max, BETWEEN returns 1, otherwise, it returns 0. This is equivalent to the expression (min <= expr AND expr <= max) if all the arguments are of the same type. Otherwise, type conversion takes place according to the rules

MySQL Version: 5.6

Example: MySQL BETWEEN .... AND operator

The following MySQL statement will fetch the rows from the table publisher which was established between the year 1968 and 1975.

Code:

SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
FROM publisher
WHERE YEAR(estd) BETWEEN 1968 AND 1975;

Sample table: publisher

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
    -> FROM publisher
    -> WHERE YEAR(estd) BETWEEN 1968 AND 1975;
+-------------------------+-----------+----------+------------+
| pub_name                | country   | pub_city | estd       |
+-------------------------+-----------+----------+------------+
| Jex Max Publication     | USA       | New York | 1969-12-25 | 
| New Harrold Publication | Australia | Adelaide | 1975-09-05 | 
| Mountain Publication    | USA       | Houstan  | 1975-01-01 | 
+-------------------------+-----------+----------+------------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Example: BETWEEN - AND operator with MONTH()

The following MySQL statement will fetch the rows from the table publisher which established between the month February and August.

Code:

SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd 
FROM publisher        
WHERE MONTH(estd) BETWEEN '02' and '08';

Sample table: publisher

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd 
    -> FROM publisher        
    -> WHERE MONTH(estd) BETWEEN '02' and '08';
+------------------------------+---------+-----------+------------+
| pub_name                     | country | pub_city  | estd       |
+------------------------------+---------+-----------+------------+
| Ultra Press Inc.             | UK      | London    | 1948-07-10 | 
| Pieterson Grp. of Publishers | UK      | Cambridge | 1950-07-15 | 
+------------------------------+---------+-----------+------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Example: BETWEEN - AND operator using logical AND

The following MySQL statement will fetch the rows from the table publisher which established between the month May and September and year between 1950 and 1975.

Code:

SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
FROM publisher          
WHERE MONTH(estd) BETWEEN '05' AND '09' 
AND YEAR(estd) BETWEEN 1950 AND 1975; 

Sample table: publisher

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
    -> FROM publisher          
    -> WHERE MONTH(estd) BETWEEN '05' AND '09' 
    -> AND YEAR(estd) BETWEEN 1950 AND 1975;
+------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| pub_name                     | country   | pub_city  | estd       |
+------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| New Harrold Publication      | Australia | Adelaide  | 1975-09-05 | 
| Pieterson Grp. of Publishers | UK        | Cambridge | 1950-07-15 | 
+------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
2 rows in set (0.03 sec)
 

Example: BETWEEN - AND operator with a date range

The following MySQL statement will fetch the rows from the table publisher which estd between the specified dates.

Code:

SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
   FROM publisher 
   WHERE estd BETWEEN '1950-01-01' AND '1975-12-31';
   
   

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Sample table: publisher

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
    ->    FROM publisher 
    ->    WHERE estd BETWEEN '1950-01-01' AND '1975-12-31';
+------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| pub_name                     | country   | pub_city  | estd       |
+------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| Jex Max Publication          | USA       | New York  | 1969-12-25 | 
| New Harrold Publication      | Australia | Adelaide  | 1975-09-05 | 
| Mountain Publication         | USA       | Houstan   | 1975-01-01 | 
| Pieterson Grp. of Publishers | UK        | Cambridge | 1950-07-15 | 
+------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 

PHP script:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>example-between-and-operator-specific-dates- php MySQL examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="example-between-and-operator-specific-dates- php MySQL examples | w3resource">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2>List of publishers whose month and year of establishment is between 1950-01-01 and 1975-12-31,along with their country, city and date of establishment:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr>
<th>Publisher</th><th>Country</th><th>City</th><th>Date of establishment</th>
</tr>
<?php
$hostname="your_hostname";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$db = "your_dbname";
$dbh = new PDO("MySQL:host=$hostname;dbname=$db", $username, $password);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd
FROM publisher
WHERE estd BETWEEN "1950-01-01" AND "1975-12-31"') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['pub_name'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['country'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['pub_city'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['estd'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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JSP script:

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>example-between-and-operator-specific-dates</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
try {
Class.forName("com.MySQL.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
String Host = "jdbc:MySQL://localhost:3306/w3resour_bookinfo";
Connection connection = null;
Statement statement = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(Host, "root", "datasoft123");
statement = connection.createStatement();
String Data = "SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd FROM publisher WHERE estd BETWEEN '1950-01-01' AND '1975-12-31'";
rs = statement.executeQuery(Data);
%>
<TABLE border="1">
<tr width="10" bgcolor="#9979">
<td>Publisher</td>
<td>Country</td>
<td>City</td>
<td>Date of establishment</td>
</tr>
<%
while (rs.next()) {
%>
<TR>
<TD><%=rs.getString("pub_name")%></TD>
<TD><%=rs.getString("country")%></TD>
<TD><%=rs.getString("pub_city")%></TD>
<TD><%=rs.getString("estd")%></TD>
</TR>
<%   }    %>
</table>
<%
rs.close();
statement.close();
connection.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
out.println("Can’t connect to database.");
}
%>
</body>
</html>

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