MySQL query to exclude some of the values from the table

Use NOT IN() to exclude some of the values from the table.

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable791 (
   Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   FirstName varchar(100)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('Robert');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('David');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('Bob');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('Carol');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable791(FirstName) values('Adam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable791;

This will produce the following output -

+----+-----------+
| Id | FirstName |
+----+-----------+
| 1  | Chris     |
| 2  | Robert    |
| 3  | David     |
| 4  | Mike      |
| 5  | Bob       |
| 6  | Carol     |
| 7  | Adam      |
+----+-----------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to exclude some of the values from the table using NOT IN() in MySQL −

mysql> select *from DemoTable791 where Id NOT IN(4,5,6);

This will produce the following output -

+----+-----------+
| Id | FirstName |
+----+-----------+
| 1  | Chris     |
| 2  | Robert    |
| 3  | David     |
| 7  | Adam      |
+----+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)