The jOOQ User Manual SQL building Conditional expressions TRUE and FALSE condition

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TRUE and FALSE condition

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

When a conditional expression is mandatory, or when using dynamic SQL, it may be required to provide a "dummy" condition that always evaluates to TRUE or FALSE. For this purpose, you can use DSL.trueCondition() or DSL.falseCondition(). For example:

TRUE

TRUE is the identity value of the AND boolean operator, and can be used for procedural or functional reduction of a set of values to a condition:

TRUE
AND
  ID = 1
AND
  TITLE = 'Animal Farm'

Condition condition = trueCondition();
if (id != null)
    condition = condition.and(BOOK.ID.eq(id));
if (title != null)
    condition = condition.and(BOOK.TITLE.eq(title));

If a dialect does not support boolean column types, jOOQ will simply generate 1 = 1.

FALSE

FALSE is the identity value of the OR boolean operator, and can be used for procedural or functional reduction of a set of values to a condition:

FALSE
OR
  ID = 1
OR
  ID = 7

List<Integer> list = List.of(1, 7);
Condition condition = list
    .stream()
    .map(BOOK.ID::eq)
    .reduce(falseCondition(), Condition::or)

If a dialect does not support boolean column types, jOOQ will simply generate 1 = 0.

The jOOQ User Manual SQL building Conditional expressions TRUE and FALSE condition

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