Yes, an alternative for MySQL “WHERE.. OR” is using REGEXP.
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable684(EmployeeInformation text); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.68 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable684 values('John 21 Google');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable684 values('Carol 23 Amazon');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable684 values('Carol 26 Flipkart');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable684 values('David 29 Microsoft');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable684;
This will produce the following output −
+---------------------+ | EmployeeInformation | +---------------------+ | John 21 Google | | Carol 23 Amazon | | Carol 26 Flipkart | | David 29 Microsoft | +---------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query for implementing MySQL where...OR using REGEXP −
mysql> select *from DemoTable684 where EmployeeInformation REGEXP '(David|29|Microsoft)';
This will produce the following output −
+---------------------+ | EmployeeInformation | +---------------------+ | David 29 Microsoft | +---------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)