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MySQL's BETWEEN operator returns values within a given range. It is inclusive of the start and end values, and can be used with numbers, strings and dates.

Syntax

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;

Examples

Consider the following table about some students:

student_id

fname

lname

day_enrolled

age

username

1

Sky

Towner

2015-12-03

17

stowner1

2

Ben

Davis

2016-04-20

19

bdavis2

3

Travis

Apple

2018-08-14

18

tapple3

4

Arthur

David

2016-04-01

16

adavid4

5

Benjamin

Town

2014-01-01

17

btown5

The above sample table can be created using the code here.

Numbers

To select people who are aged between 16 and 18:

SELECT * FROM studentsWHERE age
BETWEEN 16 AND 18;
+------------+----------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
| student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |
+------------+----------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
| 1 | Sky | Towner | 2015-12-03 | 17 | stowner1 |
| 3 | Travis | Apple | 2018-08-14 | 18 | tapple3 |
| 4 | Arthur | David | 2016-04-01 | 16 | adavid4 |
| 5 | Benjamin | Town | 2014-01-01 | 17 | btown5 |
+------------+----------+--------+--------------+------+----------+

Note that 'Arthur' and 'Travis', who are 16 and 18 respectively, are included in the results as the BETWEEN operator is inclusive of start and end values.

Strings

To find students with first name that is 'A' or greater (longer) and 'E' or shorter:

SELECT * FROM students
WHERE fname
BETWEEN 'A' AND 'E';
+------------+----------+-------+--------------+------+----------+
| student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |
+------------+----------+-------+--------------+------+----------+
| 2 | Ben | Davis | 2016-04-20 | 19 | bdavis2 |
| 4 | Arthur | David | 2016-04-01 | 16 | adavid4 |
| 5 | Benjamin | Town | 2014-01-01 | 17 | btown5 |
+------------+----------+-------+--------------+------+----------+

Note that if someone had 'Ethan' as fname, then it would not be included in the results.

Dates

To find students who enrolled between 1 January 2014 and 1 April 2016 inclusive:

SELECT * FROM students
WHERE day_enrolled
BETWEEN '2014-01-01' AND '2016-04-01';
+------------+----------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
| student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |
+------------+----------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
| 1 | Sky | Towner | 2015-12-03 | 17 | stowner1 |
| 4 | Arthur | David | 2016-04-01 | 16 | adavid4 |
| 5 | Benjamin | Town | 2014-01-01 | 17 | btown5 |
+------------+----------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
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