bool_or

Returns true if at least one row for expr is true. Otherwise, returns false. boolor_agg is an alias for this function.

Syntax

bool_or(expr)

Parameters

expr: The expression must evaluate to a boolean value, that is, true or false.

Return value

Returns a boolean value. An error is returned if expr does not exist.

Usage notes

This function ignores NULL values.

Examples

1. Create a table named employees.

   CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS employees (
       region_num    TINYINT,
       id            BIGINT,
       is_manager    BOOLEAN
       )
       DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(region_num);

2. Insert data into employees.

   INSERT INTO employees VALUES
   (3,432175, TRUE),
   (4,567832, FALSE),
   (3,777326, FALSE),
   (5,342611, TRUE),
   (2,403882, FALSE);

3. Query data from employees.

   MySQL > select * from employees;
   +------------+--------+------------+
   | region_num | id     | is_manager |
   +------------+--------+------------+
   |          3 | 432175 |          1 |
   |          4 | 567832 |          0 |
   |          3 | 777326 |          0 |
   |          5 | 342611 |          1 |
   |          2 | 403882 |          0 |
   +------------+--------+------------+
   5 rows in set (0.01 sec)

4. Use this function to check for managers in each region.

   Example 1: Check if there is at least one manager in each region.

   MySQL > SELECT region_num, bool_or(is_manager) from employees
   group by region_num;
   
   +------------+---------------------+
   | region_num | bool_or(is_manager) |
   +------------+---------------------+
   |          3 |                   1 |
   |          4 |                   0 |
   |          5 |                   1 |
   |          2 |                   0 |
   +------------+---------------------+
   4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

keyword

BOOL_OR, bool_or, boolor_agg