Special comparison operator used in where clause-dml, Database Management System

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Special comparison operator used in where Clause

a.   between. ...and...It gives range among two values (inclusive)

Example:

SELECT ENAME, SAL FROM EMP

WHERE SAL BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500;

b.   In (list): match any of a list of values

Example:

SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, SAL, MGR FROM EMP

WHERE MGR IN (7902, 7566, 7788);

7902, 7566, and 7788 are Employee numbers c.      Like: match a character pattern

  • % indicates zero or many characters
  • Like operator is used only with char and Varchar2 to match a pattern
  • _ indicates one character
  • Combination of % and_can also be used.

Example:

(I)  List the names of employees whose name begins with 's' SELECT ENAME FROM EMP

WHERE ENAME LIKE 'S%';

 (II)    List the ename finished with's'

SELECT ENAME FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE '%S';

(III)   List ename having I as a second character

SELECT ENAME FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE '_I%';

d. Is null operator

Example:

 to search employee whose manage-id is not specified

SELECT ENAME, MGR FROM EMP WHERE MGR IS NULL;


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