9.1. Logical Operators
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## 9.1. Logical Operators

The usual logical operators are available:

    boolean AND boolean → boolean
    boolean OR boolean → boolean
    NOT boolean → boolean

SQL uses a three-valued logic system with true, false, and `null`, which represents “unknown”. Observe the following truth tables:

`a` | `b` | `a` AND `b` | `a` OR `b`
--- | --- | --- | ---
TRUE | TRUE | TRUE | TRUE
TRUE | FALSE | FALSE | TRUE
TRUE | NULL | NULL | TRUE
FALSE | FALSE | FALSE | FALSE
FALSE | NULL | FALSE | NULL
NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL

`a` | NOT `a`
--- | ---
TRUE | FALSE
FALSE | TRUE
NULL | NULL

The operators `AND` and `OR` are commutative, that is, you can switch the left and right operands without affecting the result. (However, it is not guaranteed that the left operand is evaluated before the right operand. See Section 4.2.14 for more information about the order of evaluation of subexpressions.)

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