MySQL IS operator

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IS operator

MySQL IS operator tests a value against a Boolean value. A boolean value can be TRUE, FALSE, or UNKNOWN.

Syntax:

IS boolean_value

MySQL Version: 5.6

Example: MySQL IS operator

In the following MySQL statement, it is checked whether 5 is TRUE, 0 is TRUE and NULL is UNKNOWN using IS operator. For the first and third case it returns 1, for the second case, it returns 0.

Code:

SELECT 5 IS TRUE, 0 IS TRUE, NULL IS UNKNOWN;

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT 5 IS TRUE, 0 IS TRUE, NULL IS UNKNOWN;
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+
| 5 IS TRUE | 0 IS TRUE | NULL IS UNKNOWN |
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+
|         1 |         0 |               1 | 
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.02 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-is-operator- php MySQL examples | w3resource</title>
<meta name="description" content="example-is-operator- 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>Testing whether a value is NULL  using MySQL. It returned 1 if the value id NULL else returns 0:</h2>
<table class='table table-bordered'>
<tr> 
<th>5 IS TRUE</th><th>0 IS TRUE</th><th>NULL IS UNKNOWN</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 5 IS TRUE, 0 IS TRUE, NULL IS UNKNOWN') as $row) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['5 IS TRUE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['0 IS TRUE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['NULL IS UNKNOWN'] . "</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-is-operator</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 5 IS TRUE, 0 IS TRUE, NULL IS UNKNOWN";
rs = statement.executeQuery(Data);
%>
<TABLE border="1">
<tr width="10" bgcolor="#9979">
<td>5 IS TRUE</td>
<td>0 IS TRUE</td>
<td>NULL IS UNKNOWN</td>
</tr>
<%
while (rs.next()) {
%>
<TR>
<TD><%=rs.getString("5 IS TRUE")%></TD>
<TD><%=rs.getString("0 IS TRUE")%></TD>
<TD><%=rs.getString("NULL IS UNKNOWN")%></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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