Operators

In PostgreSQL, operators enable users to perform different operations on the data in one or multiple tables in a database. They can be used for calculations, comparisons, joining, filtering, etc.

Syntax

There are many operators that can be used in PostgreSQL. Here are some common ones:

Comparison Operators

The following operators can be categorized as comparison operators:

// Equal to
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE column1 = 'North';

// Not Equal to
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE column1 != column2;

// Greater than
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE column1 > 10;

// Less than
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE column1 < 1000;

Logical Operators

The following operators can be categorized as logical operators:

// AND
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE column1 >= 10 AND column1 <= 1000;

// OR
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE column1 = 'NORTH' OR 'WEST';

// NOT
SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE NOT column1 = 'SOUTH';

Examples

The following examples demonstrate the usage of operators in PostgreSQL.

Here’s a table named animals to be used for the examples:

Here’s a query that invokes some of the operators mentioned above:

SELECT * FROM animals WHERE gender = 'female' AND age >= 4;

The above query results in the following output:

Here’s another query that invokes some operators:

SELECT * FROM animals WHERE NOT species = 'lion';

The above query produces the following output: