Match one value from a short list.
SQLite: Use IN for a set of allowed values.
CREATE TABLE lesson_items (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
category VARCHAR(20),
quantity INTEGER NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO lesson_items (id, name, category, quantity) VALUES
(1, 'Tea', 'Drinks', 4),
(2, 'Coffee', 'Drinks', 8),
(3, 'Bread', 'Food', 2),
(4, 'Water', NULL, 0);
SELECT name FROM lesson_items WHERE name IN ('Tea', 'Bread') ORDER BY id;Expected output EXAMPLE
Tea Bread
Details
Requires SQLite 3.40 or later. Run with sqlite3 demo.db in a scratch directory. Result rows below use | between columns, without headers; client display formatting may differ.
Run each example independently in an empty scratch database or schema; the example includes its own starting table and rows.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · SQLite 3.45.1 · bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
Execute the exact SQL in a fresh database/schema; serialize result rows with | separators- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
d4a033ced5bd69c2b621b3c2021b078d9bde177f59d0da64a4b323c3fe57460e- Dependencies
- bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
# No input files required.
Observed standard output
Tea Bread
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.