MySQL XOR operator with IN clause?

MySQL XOR returns TRUE if one or the other operand (or expression) but not both is TRUE. The IN clause is used to specify a condition with any other MySQL query.

Let us first create a table

mysql> create table DemoTable
-> (
-> Num1 int,
-> Num2 int
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values(5,5);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

mysql> insert into DemoTable values(6,6);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)

mysql> insert into DemoTable values(7,7);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

Output

This will produce the following output −

+------+------+
| Num1 | Num2 |
+------+------+
| 5    | 5    |
| 6    | 6    |
| 7    | 7    |
+------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query for XOR with IN in MySQL −

mysql> select Num1,Num2 from DemoTable where ( Num1 IN (5,6,7 ) XOR Num2 IN ( 16, 16, 16 ) );

Output

This will produce the following output −

+------+------+
| Num1 | Num2 |
+------+------+
| 5    | 5    |
| 6    | 6    |
| 7    | 7    |
+------+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)